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March 14th, 2008

Valley of the Mammoths - Arrrrgh!

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A fun and easy-to-learn game (altough I had to flip through the few pages of rules quite often but it was our first game ever). There isn’t a great deal of strategy involved and luck plays an important role, especially when wild animals enter play. We loved the cavemen tribe theme. First boardgame we played with cavemen (and cavewomen!), sabertooth tigers, and mammoths! There was many laughing moments. I remember one when (not to name him) Mace got stuck without any food just before the winter with his large tribe… Most of his cavemen starved to death during that season. He should have taken control of the fire! :-) I was lucky and ended up winning but at one time during the game, a mammoth stomped my camp (and my wheat field!) and killed most of my tribe. Fortunately for me, I had a genetically superior big cavewomen mama that produced a few twins to fill the ranks of my depleted tribe!

I recommend this game. It is light, it is fun, and it is very funny! Only a few more rules than your usual Beer & Pretzel game.


January 17th, 2008

Combat Commander: Europe (GMT)

I played Combat Commander: Europe for the first time this weekend. I will definitely buy this game and its expansions! You can read a nice review on BoardGameGeek that covers most of what I think about the game after one try.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/183436

In short:

  • Well-organized rulebook
  • Nice, thick counters
  • Battlefield chaos is awesome: do what you can with what you have now!
  • Great tactical play based on your hand of cards
  • Each nation’s characteristics are implemented in their Nation’s deck
  • Excellent replayability
  • Variety of maps

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