{"id":1340,"date":"2018-07-29T12:14:35","date_gmt":"2018-07-29T12:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/?p=1340"},"modified":"2018-07-29T12:18:20","modified_gmt":"2018-07-29T12:18:20","slug":"game-night-july-23-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Night &#8211; July 23, 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-69f3d227114e8\" 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\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#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\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Games_Played\" >Games Played<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Survive_Escape_from_Atlantis\" >Survive: Escape from Atlantis!<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Location_Earthen_Ales\" >Location: Earthen Ales<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Day_Sunday_July_22nd_2018\" >Day:\u00a0 Sunday, July 22nd, 2018<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Codenames_Pictures\" >Codenames: Pictures<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Location_Earthen_Ales-2\" >Location: Earthen Ales<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Day_Sunday_July_22nd_2018-2\" >Day:\u00a0 Sunday, July 22nd, 2018<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#The_Bloody_Inn\" >The Bloody Inn<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Location_Earthen_Ales-3\" >Location: Earthen Ales<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Day_Sunday_July_22nd_2018-3\" >Day:\u00a0 Sunday, July 22nd, 2018<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Cah_%E2%80%98n_Guns_Second_Edition\" >Ca$h &#8216;n\u00a0Guns (Second Edition)<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Location_Earthen_Ales-4\" >Location: Earthen Ales<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Day_Sunday_July_22nd_2018-4\" >Day:\u00a0 Sunday, July 22nd, 2018<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Kerala_The_Way_of_the_Elephant\" >Kerala: The Way of the Elephant<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Location_Earthen_Ales-5\" >Location: Earthen Ales<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Day_Sunday_July_22nd_2018-5\" >Day:\u00a0 Sunday, July 22nd, 2018<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Faza\" >Faza<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Location_Earthen_Ales-6\" >Location: Earthen Ales<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Day_Sunday_July_22nd_2018-6\" >Day:\u00a0 Sunday, July 22nd, 2018<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Memoir_44\" >Memoir\u00a0&#8217;44<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Location_Earthen_Ales-7\" >Location: Earthen Ales<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Day_Sunday_July_22nd_2018-7\" >Day:\u00a0 Sunday, July 22nd, 2018<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Cottage_Garden\" >Cottage Garden<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Location_Earthen_Ales-8\" >Location: Earthen Ales<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-26\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Day_Sunday_July_22nd_2018-8\" >Day:\u00a0 Sunday, July 22nd, 2018<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-27\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Everdell\" >Everdell<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-28\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Location_The_Village_at_the_Grand_Traverse_Commons\" >Location: The Village at the Grand Traverse Commons<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-29\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#Day_Wednesday_July_25th_2018\" >Day:\u00a0 Wednesday, July 25th, 2018<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-30\" href=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/game-night-july-23-2018\/#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>This was a week of new experiences, games, and teachers.\u00a0 A total of three new games this week were played at Game Night this last Sunday at Earthen Ales.\u00a0 Some of those games had teachers that don&#8217;t normally teach games which were very refreshing seeing players take on different roles.\u00a0 We had a wide age range of players which makes for a fun atmosphere for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>I was also able to get one of my new favorites to the table this Wednesday for our mid-week Game Night at The Village at the Grand Traverse Commons.<\/p>\n<p>More on all of this in our analysis of this week&#8217;s game review.\u00a0 Enjoy!\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<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Survive_Escape_from_Atlantis\"><\/span>Survive: Escape from Atlantis!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Location_Earthen_Ales\"><\/span>Location: Earthen Ales<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Day_Sunday_July_22nd_2018\"><\/span>Day:\u00a0 Sunday, July 22nd, 2018<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1341\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095114-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095114-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095114-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095114-768x373.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Codenames_Pictures\"><\/span>Codenames: Pictures<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Location_Earthen_Ales-2\"><\/span>Location: Earthen Ales<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Day_Sunday_July_22nd_2018-2\"><\/span>Day:\u00a0 Sunday, July 22nd, 2018<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1343\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095125-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095125-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095125-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095125-768x373.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Bloody_Inn\"><\/span>The Bloody Inn<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Location_Earthen_Ales-3\"><\/span>Location: Earthen Ales<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Day_Sunday_July_22nd_2018-3\"><\/span>Day:\u00a0 Sunday, July 22nd, 2018<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1344\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095134-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095134-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095134-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095134-768x373.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cah_%E2%80%98n_Guns_Second_Edition\"><\/span>Ca$h &#8216;n\u00a0Guns (Second Edition)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Location_Earthen_Ales-4\"><\/span>Location: Earthen Ales<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Day_Sunday_July_22nd_2018-4\"><\/span>Day:\u00a0 Sunday, July 22nd, 2018<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1345\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095154-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095154-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095154-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095154-768x373.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kerala_The_Way_of_the_Elephant\"><\/span>Kerala: The Way of the Elephant<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Location_Earthen_Ales-5\"><\/span>Location: Earthen Ales<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Day_Sunday_July_22nd_2018-5\"><\/span>Day:\u00a0 Sunday, July 22nd, 2018<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1346\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095208-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095208-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095208-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095208-768x373.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Faza\"><\/span>Faza<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Location_Earthen_Ales-6\"><\/span>Location: Earthen Ales<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Day_Sunday_July_22nd_2018-6\"><\/span>Day:\u00a0 Sunday, July 22nd, 2018<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1347\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095225-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095225-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095225-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095225-768x373.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Memoir_44\"><\/span>Memoir\u00a0&#8217;44<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Location_Earthen_Ales-7\"><\/span>Location: Earthen Ales<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Day_Sunday_July_22nd_2018-7\"><\/span>Day:\u00a0 Sunday, July 22nd, 2018<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1348\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095236-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095236-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095236-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095236-768x373.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cottage_Garden\"><\/span>Cottage Garden<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Location_Earthen_Ales-8\"><\/span>Location: Earthen Ales<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Day_Sunday_July_22nd_2018-8\"><\/span>Day:\u00a0 Sunday, July 22nd, 2018<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1349\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095612-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095612-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095612-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180723_095612-768x373.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Everdell\"><\/span>Everdell<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Location_The_Village_at_the_Grand_Traverse_Commons\"><\/span>Location: The Village at the Grand Traverse Commons<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Day_Wednesday_July_25th_2018\"><\/span>Day:\u00a0 Wednesday, July 25th, 2018<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1355\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180725_224516-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180725_224516-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180725_224516-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180725_224516-768x373.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/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 wp-image-1350\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pic3332448.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pic3332448.jpg 631w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pic3332448-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pic3332448-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Total Plays &#8211;\u00a0 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Total Players Played &#8211;\u00a0 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>First Played &#8211;\u00a0 July 22nd, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Top Ranked Player &#8211;\u00a0 Kristian (1 Wins, 100% Win Percentage)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Top Score &#8211;\u00a0 Kristian (36 Points)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Longest Win Streak &#8211;\u00a0 Kristian (21 Wins)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Current Win Streak &#8211;\u00a0 Kristian (1 Wins)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been taking on the student role more at Game Night which has been a welcome change.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve taught so many games that I tend to stay in the same rhythm\u00a0when I start to teach a game and I rarely deviate\u00a0from my routine.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve come to realize that there are still some things I could learn by being the one being taught.\u00a0 It shows me a different way to approach\u00a0teaching and lets me fine-tune the process.\u00a0 Game Night this Sunday was a perfect time to learn some new strategies for teaching as I learned two new games that were brought by Kristian.\u00a0 One of which I want to talk about here.<\/p>\n<p>Kerala is a tile-placement drafting game with an abstract theme about elephants.\u00a0 These elephants will be moving along a grid of tiles that you will be drafting in turn order and placing orthogonally adjacent to one of your two elephants which will then move to that tile.\u00a0 These tiles will provide points or special abilities that can be used upon placement.\u00a0 The endgame triggers when the last tile has drawn from the bag with victory going to the player with the most points.\u00a0 Sounds simple but the real game happens when you&#8217;re calculating your score.\u00a0 The placement of the tiles matter as for every color tile that isn&#8217;t touching the biggest set of that color will lose you points.\u00a0 You will also lose points if you&#8217;re missing any colors.<\/p>\n<p>I had a surprisingly good time playing this game.\u00a0 My favor has been pushing farther from the lightweight games and to more complex style games.\u00a0 The lighter games that I have been enjoying lately have more tactical or strategic value to them and usually can be played in a relatively short amount of time.\u00a0 A few examples of this are games like Azul or Sagrada.\u00a0 Two of the recent favorites that I would say are on the lighter side of the complexity spectrum.\u00a0 Games that have very few rules and mechanisms don&#8217;t necessarily have to be void of thought.\u00a0 I have little interest in games of that ilk as I don&#8217;t get much out of them anymore.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not the reason I play games.\u00a0 I play board games to enjoy the company of people and challenge of the game.\u00a0 Games of that don&#8217;t provide that challenge, to me, only are a means to pass time.\u00a0 It&#8217;s time that could be better served to play another game that I enjoy like this one for example.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zKQFIy_pKvQ\">Watch this play-through of Kerala: The Way of the Elephant from BoardGameGeek<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1351\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pic3499059.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pic3499059.jpg 450w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pic3499059-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Total Plays &#8211;\u00a0 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Total Players Played &#8211;\u00a0 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>First Played &#8211;\u00a0 Sept 5th, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Top Ranked Player &#8211;\u00a0 Kyle D. (4 Wins, 66% Win Percentage)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Top Score &#8211;\u00a0 Esther K. (99 Points)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Most Total Plays &#8211;\u00a0 Kyle D. (6 Plays)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Longest Win Streak &#8211;\u00a0 Kyle D. (4 Wins)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Current Win Streak &#8211;\u00a0 Kyle D. (4 Wins)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Uwe Rosenberg, the designer of Cottage Garden, is one of my favorite designers.\u00a0 You may have already heard of this before if you read any of my reviews.\u00a0 His designs have fun themes on the back of strong Euro-style mechanics.\u00a0 Cottage Garden is one of his designs that feel a bit different from the rest.\u00a0 Along with titles like Feast for Odin and Patchwork, this title utilizes a puzzle mechanic of placing different shaped tiles on a personal board.\u00a0 This particular title is meant to be the start of a three-part series all about nature.<\/p>\n<p>Cottage Garden has players in the role of a gardener.\u00a0 They will be attempting to fill a small garden plot with flower tiles.\u00a0 These plots will have flower pots and\u00a0cloche which are your points that you will score on these plots if left uncovered when the plot is filled.\u00a0 Players will also have access to cat tiles which can be used to fill small holes between the flower tiles.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t help but compare this title to Patchwork which was the first little game that came from Rosenberg with this puzzle mechanic.\u00a0 Patchwork is very similar in play but with a few key differences.\u00a0 Patchwork is strictly two player where Cottage Garden can be played with as many as four players.\u00a0 Patchwork also has an economic system set up that players need to manage to afford each tile that they would like to place on their board.\u00a0 Cottage Garden doesn&#8217;t require players to pay anything for the tiles they take for their boards but will be taken through a conveyor belt system.<\/p>\n<p>I bring up these differences it an attempt to compare the two.\u00a0 I understand that this may seem unfair but I feel it&#8217;s relevant.\u00a0 The designer is the same and the mechanics are very similar.\u00a0 Which one I like more is a difficult question.\u00a0 I do enjoy both very much and have great qualities but I have to give the edge in gameplay to Patchwork.\u00a0 I love the economy aspect of buying the patches you need for your quilt in Patchwork.\u00a0 It makes for a much difficult system to manage and gives it a high replayability.\u00a0 \u00a0Cottage Garden is lighter and is more of a timing exercise than anything.\u00a0 It&#8217;s easily played and doesn&#8217;t have the complexity of strategy that Patchwork has.\u00a0 That being said, I do like Cottage Garden and have fun playing it.\u00a0 It has more opportunities to come to the table as it can hold up to four players, unlike Patchwork which can only have two.\u00a0 If you have two players than I would prefer Patchwork to this.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7oCUlfEPekg\">Learn how to play Cottage Garden with this YouTube video from Rahdo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1334\" src=\"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/everdell.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/everdell.jpg 981w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/everdell-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/everdell-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/everdell-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Total Plays &#8211;\u00a0 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Total Players Played &#8211;\u00a0 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>First Played &#8211;\u00a0 July 19th, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Top Ranked Player &#8211;\u00a0 Amanda S. (1 Wins, 100% Win Percentage)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Top Score &#8211;\u00a0 Amanda S. (56 Points)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Most Total Plays &#8211;\u00a0 Kyle D. and Ramon R. (2 Plays)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I wrote last week about Everdell in general but this has come out again this week and will probably come out again this Sunday at our weekly Game Night.\u00a0 I wanted to elaborate on this title of it&#8217;s strategies and tactics.\u00a0 It has proven to be quite the puzzle to figure out when we dove in for the second time.<\/p>\n<p>The game we played this week was a bit different than the previous week.\u00a0 It was a three player game with the only one new player to the game as opposed to all new players.\u00a0 The flow of the game seemed to be much quicker than the first and we were done almost 60 minutes faster.\u00a0 The teaching is surprisingly quick and easy as the mechanics are fairly simple in concept.\u00a0 The worker placement isn&#8217;t anything new and the card play isn&#8217;t groundbreaking either.\u00a0 Our last round did last a lot longer than the previous rounds but I think that is intended as you receive a massive glut of resources in which to use in the final round (season).<\/p>\n<p>I was the first player and started off my game with a hand of cards that I was geared for production.\u00a0 I started with a Store House card that allowed me to place various resources on it whenever production happened.\u00a0 I figured playing this in the first round would yield more benefit with more production activation.\u00a0 Another card that I had access to early was the Chip Sweep critter card and a Resin Refinery construction card.\u00a0 They have linked cards which means if I build the Resin Refinery first then I would be able to play one Chip Sweep for free.\u00a0 The Resin Refinery would grant me access to a resin (of course) and the Chip Sweep would let me activate another production card which everything that I intended to play first would be.\u00a0 I used the Chip Sweep&#8217;s ability to activate my Store House which got me a bunch of resources back and got me ready for the later seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Mid game came along with a few other key components which I was able to exploit for a massive amount of points.\u00a0 I was able to build an Ever Tree in my city which rewarded me with more points when I had Prosperity cards in my city.\u00a0 That would be my focus for the mid-game as I was able to play three more Prosperity cards which all had end game bonuses as well.\u00a0 The King and the Palace were all played giving me bonuses and some focus for my endgame.<\/p>\n<p>My end game turned into a bit of a crunch and where my game slowed right down to a few points here and there.\u00a0 The system I had built up until this point was very resource dependent.\u00a0 I spent a lot of it just to get to this point which I then needed to rebuild by the final season.\u00a0 As you can imagine, the game became very difficult here.\u00a0 I was able to grab some resources from what was available but the Meadow cards (the public hand of cards) had become stagnant and hadn&#8217;t been moving quickly.\u00a0 I tried everything I could to make the cards that were available work but my plays seemed to me to be forced and very clunky.\u00a0 Nothing was rolling smoothly.\u00a0 This turned into a lackluster endgame which I feel cost me the game.\u00a0 I ended the game in last place with a tight end.\u00a0 Eric B. ended the game with 49 points and Ramon and I ended with 48 with the tiebreaker going to him.<\/p>\n<p>This game is more tactical than I would like to admit.\u00a0 I usually don&#8217;t excel at highly tactical games as opposed to strategic games.\u00a0 I find my stubbornness comes through a little too strong here.\u00a0 I pick a starting strategy and won&#8217;t adjust it accordingly with the changing game climate.\u00a0 The Meadow cards in the center of the board really dictate how adaptive you will have to be.\u00a0 In this game, the cards were not moving at a pace that allowed me to keep my original strategy which seemed to explain my poor final season.\u00a0 I think with a different set of Forest action cards, which change from game to game, that the game will move at a different pace and a more strategic play style will emerge.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m frustrated by this game but in a good way that keeps my interest.\u00a0 I&#8217;m excited to try this again and figure out the puzzle that is this game.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary &nbsp; 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