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It's heavy (rated 4.17 in BGG). Will take long (> 3h) to play in the first session. It's a Spielworxx game! SANDS OF TIME, the latest from Spielworxx is not hard to learn but has layers to unpeel in order to master. The Chronicles approach offers multi-path to winning while the game board scales according to num of players (like Spirit Island) and has random seeding of resource/capacity tokens making each game's tactical start different. Board position is importan, very important. It is a CIV theme game after all. Military might is another important element (yup, no carebear civ route to victory here) but its not as punishing as Thru the Ages. I like how the Raid mechanic allows a militarily-weaker Civ to carry out guerilla style attacks against the strong, providing some balance from the Oppresive. The 2-layer turn order mechanic using Dynasty & Generations achieves both objectives of being a game timer yet introducing uncertainty and tension into the game (will the King live one more round?) This is a limited 1000 copies print run by Spielworxx and I heard Stronghold is working on a 2nd print run later this year. Another solid game to join our Spielworxx library. #boardgamecafe #otkmeetups #boardgamenight #thesandsoftime #spielworxx #boardgames #tabletopgaming #boardgamegeek #civilization

It was Expansion Nite two weeks back and we did a number of the recent expansions that just arrived in store. The PELOTON XP adds to an already interesting base for Flamme Rouge where you manage a tag team of Sprinter/Rouleur in a race to the finish line! Its not all speed as smart use of slipstreaming behind the leaders is key to winning. Peloton adds more variety to the base, adds option to play up to 6 players which is great as this is one game that's even more fun with more players. In fact since each team has two riders, you can play up to 12, each controlling one rider in a 6-team race. Not sure if thats too many players but then if you like a large party race game, might be worth checking this out. There's also the cobblestone module which was not played in this session. #boardgamecafe #otkmeetups #boardgamenight #tabletopgames #boardgames #flammerouge #flammerougepeloton #strongholdgames #expansionnite

Two of Phil Eklund's BIOS games are now available in our webstore now; BIOS Genesis and BIOS Megafauna (hopefully we'll get to bring in the 3rd game to complete the trilogy). Get them from our Webstore while stocks last. #boardgamecafe #webstore #sierramadregames #phileklund Note: BIOS Genesis has the most dense rulebook I've ever read!

Last Fri being Coop Nite we took the opportunity to play SPIRIT ISLAND. While the rules are streamlined, there are quite a num of moving parts and this makes the game less gateway-ish compared to other coops like Pandemic or Flashpoint. However gamers looking for heavier coop would love this. The various ways one can scale up or down the difficulty of the Invaders, added to the various unique powers of the Spirits help to add lots of replayability and challeges. The 1st XP looks a must-get while the next one adding 5-6 players, i'm not so sure. I was Rampant Green and love how thematic my powers are described in the game. #boardgamecafe #otkmeetups #boardgamenight #spiritisland #ericreuss #dahan #invaders #notblighted #tabletopgames #boardgames #boardgamegeek

Been awhile since this gets Steamed onto the OTK table. We have six peeps, and none has done this game before (except one who has done Steam), it was time to introduce them to an all time classic. Not on the standard map but on this seemingly plain Germany map (part of Expansion 2). Rule changes include offsite cities (ala Railways of the World's Western Links), Berlin always getting one cube on each production, very expensive terrain cost when connecting to offsite locations and Engineers giving a 50% discount on such terrain cost (instead of Build 4), and each link built must be "completed" in the same turn. I think 5 or 6 is the best player count for this map, the fight for good link up was not easy since you can only do "completed" links (or not build at all). Turn order bidding was quite intense almost from turn one. No one got First on a cheap. Yet surprisingly there was no bankcruptcy. Everyone survived even if barely. I think all of them now know why this is one of Martin's finest. #boardgamecafe #otkmeetup #boardgamenight #tabletopgaming #boardgames #ageofsteam #eaglegames #winsomegames #martinwallace #johnbohrer #traingame

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