My July Gaming

 July was a month for learning quiet games for me. Well, not all of them but a lot of games that fall on the meditative side. I learned:

Paper App Dungeon

Evil Lab

Around the World in 10-15 minutes

A Gentle Rain

Monster Healer Solo IIDX

Mysticana - Curse of Dragons

Battle Card - The Malayan Campaign 

Drakard

Easily the most significant game I learned was A Gentle Rain. The philosophy behind the game, playing for decompression and not to win, isn’t a unique one but A Gentle Rain presents it very well. I made a homemade copy but I’d really like to get a published copy. So it worked out for me and the creaters lol

I had tried out My Little Evil Lab in June and liked it enough to move on to the other games in that family. Evil Lab, the core game, proved to be more challenging, enough that I will keep on looking at the other games in the series. The core concept is simple but the designers find ways to make it difficult.

I also enjoyed the basic map of Around the World in 10-15 Minutes. While a simple game, it has a real family game feel and I can see it doing well as a casual game. Printing out some sheets and calling it a family game night is becoming more and more viable.

I also realized that I had only tried the first two maps of Voyages. I decided to try the third map and ended up playing all six maps by the end of July. And each one is remarkably distinct. I keep changing my mind about which is my favorite Post Mark Games R&W but they are all top notch.

I don’t know of what August will bring but I have at least a couple games on my To Do list.