{"id":1202,"date":"2018-05-29T15:44:54","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T15:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/?p=1202"},"modified":"2018-05-29T15:44:54","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T15:44:54","slug":"game-night-may-20-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/29\/game-night-may-20-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Night &#8211; May 20, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Unboxing the Blog<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f3d027ac450\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" 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href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/29\/game-night-may-20-2018\/#Summary\" >Summary<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/29\/game-night-may-20-2018\/#Games_Played\" >Games Played<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/29\/game-night-may-20-2018\/#Santorini\" >Santorini<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/29\/game-night-may-20-2018\/#Seikatsu\" >Seikatsu<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/29\/game-night-may-20-2018\/#Sagrada\" >Sagrada<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/29\/game-night-may-20-2018\/#%E2%80%A6and_then_we_held_hands\" >&#8230;and then we held hands<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/29\/game-night-may-20-2018\/#Sheriff_of_Nottingham\" >Sheriff of Nottingham<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/29\/game-night-may-20-2018\/#Timeline\" >Timeline<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/29\/game-night-may-20-2018\/#Star_Trek_Panic\" >Star Trek Panic<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/29\/game-night-may-20-2018\/#Dice_Masters\" >Dice Masters<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/29\/game-night-may-20-2018\/#Splendor\" >Splendor<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/29\/game-night-may-20-2018\/#Bloodborne_The_Card_Game\" >Bloodborne: The Card Game<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/29\/game-night-may-20-2018\/#Phase_10\" >Phase 10<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/29\/game-night-may-20-2018\/#Jaipur\" >Jaipur<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/29\/game-night-may-20-2018\/#Analysis\" >Analysis<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Summary\"><\/span>Summary<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been noticing a trend toward the simpler games in the last few game nights.\u00a0 That isn&#8217;t to say that these games are too simple to enjoy but rather that they are rules light and quicker to play.\u00a0 The heavier games that are brought seem to hang out on the shelf for the night and really don&#8217;t get played.\u00a0 I cannot say exactly why this happens but I think it has something to do with the open nature of our game nights.\u00a0 Our group has many different players with various levels of board game experience.\u00a0 Some that stop by are simply looking for a social experience.\u00a0 Others that stop by are really into board games and are interested in playing some new games.\u00a0 This mixture of gamers tends to put the game selection to a grinding halt at times.\u00a0 Everyone wants to play something but everyone wants a different experience.\u00a0 The obvious answer would be that when more gamers come then it is not an issue anymore but most nights we have maybe 3 or 4 games going at one time.\u00a0 This demands a mixture of gamers.\u00a0 This has turned into the same few games coming to the table more often because everyone knows them and it&#8217;s easier to get started.\u00a0 These titles lately have been Sagrada, Seikatsu, Santorini, and Splendor (alliteration is mere coincidence).\u00a0 All of these carry the same qualities of being around under 60 minutes playtime, fast to teach, simple to grasp, and difficult to master.\u00a0 I almost want to call this the birth of an era.\u00a0 The era of the abstract game.\u00a0 It will be interesting to revisit this theory in the coming weeks to see if this is still the case.<\/p>\n<p>I din&#8217;t get a chance to play any of those games this week but I did play some games that I was really excited to see get some play that I would like to share some thoughts about so let&#8217;s dive right in.\u00a0\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Games_Played\"><\/span>Games Played<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Santorini\"><\/span>Santorini<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1193 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180513_185842-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180513_185842-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180513_185842-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180513_185842-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Seikatsu\"><\/span>Seikatsu<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1204\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_195203-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_195203-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_195203-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_195203-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sagrada\"><\/span>Sagrada<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1162 \" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/91WIiaMI96L._SY550_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/91WIiaMI96L._SY550_.jpg 412w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/91WIiaMI96L._SY550_-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%A6and_then_we_held_hands\"><\/span>&#8230;and then we held hands<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1196\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2a-549x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"161\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2a-549x1024.jpg 549w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2a-161x300.jpg 161w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2a-768x1432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2a.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 161px) 100vw, 161px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sheriff_of_Nottingham\"><\/span>Sheriff of Nottingham<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1205\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_183216-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_183216-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_183216-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_183216-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Timeline\"><\/span>Timeline<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1206\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_210030-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_210030-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_210030-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_210030-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Star_Trek_Panic\"><\/span>Star Trek Panic<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1207\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_192907-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_192907-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_192907-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_192907-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dice_Masters\"><\/span>Dice Masters<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1208\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_184748-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_184748-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_184748-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_184748-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Splendor\"><\/span>Splendor<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1209\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_165112-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_165112-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_165112-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_165112-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bloodborne_The_Card_Game\"><\/span>Bloodborne: The Card Game<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1210\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_162212-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_162212-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_162212-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_162212-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Phase_10\"><\/span>Phase 10<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1212\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_195206-1-e1527006345218-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_195206-1-e1527006345218-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_195206-1-e1527006345218-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_195206-1-e1527006345218-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_195206-1-e1527006345218.jpg 1836w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jaipur\"><\/span>Jaipur<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1205\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_183216-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_183216-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_183216-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180520_183216-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Analysis\"><\/span>Analysis<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1213\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dicemasters.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"119\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Boardgamegeek.com Rating &#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a07.32<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Total Plays at Game Night &#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a03<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Last Played &#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0March 26, 2017<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Most Wins &#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Kyle D. (4 Wins with a 80% Win Rate)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Most Total Plays &#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Kyle D. (5 Plays)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve started like most people in our hobby playing Dungeon &amp; Dragons and Magic The Gathering when I was younger.\u00a0 I stepped away for quite some time and came back recently.\u00a0 Both have been a delight to jump back into but I found myself playing Magic differently than I have in the past.\u00a0 I would play in local tournaments and try to forge a worthy deck.\u00a0 My skills in this were rather poor and I never did that well.\u00a0 It required a lot of time and also money to basically buy a good deck.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t really want to fall back into this economic trap and discovered the cube format.\u00a0 A close friend of mine put together a rather extensive stack of cards that each player drafts from and builds a deck using those cards.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a great format for those who enjoy the game and the elements of deck building but don&#8217;t want to drop all the money it requires.\u00a0 You might be asking yourself how does this have anything to do with Dice Masters.\u00a0 Good question.<\/p>\n<p>Dice Masters is a collectible game just like Magic the Gathering with the same pitfalls that scared me away.\u00a0 I really like the game and the Marvel theme that is attached so I decided to give it a try.\u00a0 This time around I decided to do something a bit different and build a similar cube but for Dice Masters.\u00a0 This was quite the task as each card in the deck also comes with dice which can make set up of a cube very tedious.\u00a0 I did it anyway a got a workable version of the cube to game night to test it out.\u00a0 It didn&#8217;t go as well as I would have liked.<\/p>\n<p>This game has lots of rules that differ from card to card and can be difficult to teach new players.\u00a0 I started setting up the drafting round and soon after it started realized that no one but I really knows the game well enough to draft well.\u00a0 This leads to poorly constructed decks and just overall frustration from the players.\u00a0 This wasn&#8217;t the response I was looking for with something that I spent some time with.\u00a0 I was advised by one of the players that I shouldn&#8217;t dive new players into an experience like this as it can be overwhelming.\u00a0 I decided to do something a little different in the future.\u00a0 I built two simple starter decks that players can use just to become acquainted with the games mechanics and learn the cards.\u00a0 Hopefully this will bring people into the fold of Dice Masters so we can enjoy the cube more often.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rVmqPvAVPI4\">Learn how to play Marvel Dice Masters with this YouTube video from Watch it Played<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1214\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pic2887923.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pic2887923.jpg 629w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pic2887923-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pic2887923-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Boardgamegeek.com Rating &#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a07.19<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Total Plays at Game Night &#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Last Played &#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0June 11, 2017<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Most Wins &#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Kyle D. (2 Wins with a 100% Win Rate)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Most Total Plays &#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Kyle D. (2 Plays)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I love a good cooperative game.\u00a0 There is something very fulfilling about working as a team to bring down a common villain.\u00a0 It builds comradely, trust, and really emphasizes why I love the hobby.\u00a0 It takes communication to play well.\u00a0 This game is a good example of how this genre of game works and brings with it a common theme that new gamers can get behind.<\/p>\n<p>Set in the Star Trek universe, Star Trek Panic has players taking on the role of one of the original Star Trek characters.\u00a0 The group has the task of completing several missions before their ship is destroyed by the barrage of enemy ships.\u00a0 This game truly earns its title of Panic as these enemy ships will be coming in almost too fast to handle on top of the missions that have other parameters of completion.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a fan of the original Star Trek series and this theme is drenched in Star Trek lore.\u00a0 Every mission in the box is directly pulled from an episode of Star Trek which will have each fan lost in nostalgia.\u00a0 It&#8217;s almost hard to concentrate on the task on hand as you just want to start talking about the episode.\u00a0 This is definitely one that will be making multiple appearances to game night as it is easy to teach and has the benefit of being able to teach while you play.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a great tool if you have some anxious players at the table.<\/p>\n<p>I think cooperative games as a whole have found a good home in our group.\u00a0 Flash Point: Fire Rescue is another game that has seen a lot of play in our group and is a favorite.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think the groups collection has many cooperative games now that I&#8217;m thinking about it.\u00a0 Flash Point, Pandemic, and Star Trek Panic are some of the only true cooperative games in it.\u00a0 This may be an opportunity for expansion in the group.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary &nbsp; I&#8217;ve been noticing a trend toward the simpler games in the last few game nights.\u00a0 That isn&#8217;t to say that these games are too simple to&#8230; <a class=\"list-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/29\/game-night-may-20-2018\/\">Continue reading <i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[110,92,113,50,115,98,114,95,108,111,107,52,112,100],"class_list":["post-1202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-night","tag-and-then-we-held-hands","tag-bloodborne","tag-dice-masters","tag-game-night","tag-jaipur","tag-may-2018","tag-phase-10","tag-sagrada","tag-santorini","tag-seikatsu","tag-sheriff-of-nottingham","tag-splendor","tag-star-trek-panic","tag-timeline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1202"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1219,"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202\/revisions\/1219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}