Okay, due to work, I've gotten a little behind with the #TableTopGails reports (AND last week's was massively huge). BUT I have been asked a lot about shorter, simpler games that people can play quickly so I thought I would talk about that a little and names some new faves!
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So, every day, either at breakfast or lunch, @rocketspouse and I, sometimes with Rocketkid, go out on our back patio and play a new game. We call these “Cup O’ Tea” games because they are quick to learn and we have them with a cup of tea. Here’s the view!
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First, LAST WORD STANDING, by @chroniclebooks, a very high quality word/card game, with an interesting twist.
You form words not just from your own cards, but also those of the other players, and from ‘community’ cards.
Great for wordplay fans!
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We found the components and cards to be very good, and fun to use. Gameplay is enjoyable. Our one niggle was the rules feel a bit incomplete, we needed to watch some YouTube videos to learn proper set-up. After that, solid fun. Recommended!
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As always, the funnest part of this is hearing from you game nerds. :)
What are your go-to Cup O’ Tea games, meaning quick and fun to play with little prep?
Also, if you have questions, the designers and publishers usually show up to read these threads, feel free to ask!
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Next is THE FOX IN THE FOREST DUET, from @FoxtrotGames and @PlayRenegade. We LOVE LOVE LOVE the original version of this game, which is competitive. In this version, the two players cooperate, making a very different, but huge;y fun experience.
This game rocks. :)
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The original is just cards, this has a little tracking board and a whole new strategy elements, so it’s a card/board game. The art is, as before, stunning, with new characters and suits and skills.
We love it, highly recommended! A GREAT 2-player game!
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This next one is unique and very fun, it require 3 players, but you can play with more in teams. It’s TEAM 3 by @BrainGames_int, and it is played with Tetris-like plastic blocks. One player looks at a card with the shapes, another player has to match it with the blocks. BUT…
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…the player who sees the card can’t TALK while describing the card to the 2nd player, who has to describe the card to the THIRD player, who can’t open his eyes at all!
It’s hilarious, and suspenseful. A great party.family game!
RECOMMENDED! You will LAFF!
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Again, the game seems simple, but it KICKED OUR BUTTS the first few rounds, until you get a non-verbal language going. After that, the cards have levels of difficulty, making it challenging the more you play. There are videos of players, very fun to watch!
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And finally, we just played this for the first time today. But we CAN’T STOP PLAYING IT. It’s DUNGEON MAYHEM from @Wizards_DnD.
I know everyone knows about this game already but WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME IT’S THE FUNNEST CARD GAME EVER?
Seriously, 10 out of 10.
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No hype, this is one of the funnest card games we’ve ever played. Not only is it easy to learn and different each time, they managed to somehow convey a lot of the fun of D&D in a simple set of rules and components. How much did we love it?
We played it 10 TIMES in a row!
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The set comes with four decks for four different characters (paladin, rogue, wizard, barbarian), and each deck matches the character’s combat style. You keep track of hit points and shield and spells, but it’s EFFORTLESS. It’s just perfectly executed.
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Games last around ten minutes. You will be hooked, I promise.
You’ll want to try different combinations of characters and different numbers of players. It is an astoundingly Great game design and we could NOT stop playing. Highest recommendation for Dungeon Mayhem!
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That’s it for now for #tabletopgails…as always, these games are given to me, I am not paid for any endorsement and my opinions are my own.
Seriously, these little game breaks have made a HuGe difference to my family’s hoy and welfare, you don’t always have time for Gloomhaven, for example.
Grab a couple easy fun games and have your own Cup O’ Tea break, you won’t regret it!
Love to all!
JOY and welfare!
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Okay. So, a couple days ago, I took RocketKid to the dentist, and it was a sunny day so I waited outside in our car, reading a historical novel called Rose Code (quite good, too!).
This older gentleman, maybe in his early seventies came out of the dentist’s office…
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And he had obviously had some work done, his mouth was clearly hurting.
It was sunny, I had my windows open, he gets into the car next to me, and leaves the door open, and grabs his phone. I;m not trying, but it’s on speaker so I can hear as he calls his wife.
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And I can hear every word. He is speaking a bit loudly, and his wife is speaking a bit loudly, maybe one of them has diminished hearing, not sure. But she asks how it went, clearly concerned for him, he reassures her that he’s all right. They speak with pure kindness.
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I have a super-short #TableTopGails thread today, just five items!
HEY! It's SHORT!
But MAN, were these games fun!
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Okay, so this lovely company that makes a lot of family games and puzzles, @ThinkFun, saw that we love Escape Room and mystery games, and sent this big lovely box...and I really want to talk about two of them that we freaking LOVED.
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The games I want to talk about in particular are the COLD CASE games, but first, check out these ESCAPE THE ROOM games...we have played a few from other companies, but they were not this elaborate...these look incredible. Anyone played them?
Okay, so the very lovely people at @LuckyDogHotSaus, knowing my family loves good hot sauces, sent a gift box of four of their favorites. Seriously, without hyperbole, they are the tastiest bottled hot sauces we have had, I think.
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They sent:
Heat’s a Peach—an x-hot peach sauce
Year of the Dog-a Thai pineapple sauce
Dia Del Perro- an applewood/serrano mild with label by @DarickR!
And HELL HOUND—an XX-Hot.
The sauces have been praised repeatedly for flavor on the Hot Ones show...
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We cooked eggs to try them on and this was our unanimous ranking.
I worked with three massive video game franchises in the past couple years where women working on them each individually told me their bosses were shocked and unprepared for the number of women and girls buying their games. Some expressed disbelief rather than delight.
When Disney Infinity and Lego Dimensions launched, it was believed at the corporate level boys would be turned off if the starter sets included female characters. Lego fought to include one, Disney zero.
(The sole female starter character was Wyldstyle).
This continued during the run of both games (and I stress, I loved these games, two of my all-time favorites), despite the actual developers fighting to include more female characters, which led to weird decisions like Lone Ranger getting more in-game content than Frozen.