My August Gaming

 I didn’t learn that many games in August. In particular, I didn’t learn any remotely heavy games. 

I learned:

Greatest Beach Vacation

Evil Lab Biohazard Zone

Spooky Forest

Evil Lab Bio Split

Fliptricks

Scribbly Gum

I almost feel that the two Evil Lab games deserve an asterisk because they are just variations on the original Evil Lab game. They use the same rules, just with a little tweaking. However, they aren’t expansions but actual standalone games so they squeaked in. (I wouldn’t consider Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers an expansion, although knowing how to play Carcassonne will really help the learning curve)

I did not count some expansions I was part of the play test pool for. However, those really were expansions, no use without the base game.

I realized, looking over the list, that everything I learned was a Roll and Write, except for Fliptricks. Not that I have a problem with that. As someone who has been doing a lot of solitaire PnP, R&Ws have been a huge gift.

The highlight of the month was Scribbly Gum. I went in with relatively low expectations but it proved to be quite fun. It is the weakest R&W I’ve played from Postmark Games but Voyages, Aquamarine and Waypoints are some of the strongest R&Ws I’ve played so that leaves plenty of room beneath them for quality.

I am hoping to get at least one ‘heavier’ game in September but we will just see what life has in store.