Ben is in England for the next two weeks, so it’s up to Owen, Mike and I to carry the gaming banner. This week we chose to play Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization. From the beginning I dubbed this game the most complicated card game in history, or maybe “of†history. Anyway, it’s complicated. We don’t even play the FULL game. We play the Mostly Full game called the Advanced game in the rules. (And yes, there is a level above “Advancedâ€.)
In the game, you must develop your civilization by selecting and playing various cards representing your population, your science, your production, and your military might. Sounds easy right? It probably is, but I don’t understand it. The way you win is by garnering the most culture points. So that’s what I concentrate on. It must have worked, because as the game progressed Mike and Owen conceded to me. This never happens. I immediately left and bought some lottery tickets.
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But before I left, we also played a game called God Dice. The entry on Board Game Geek has a great description, so I’m including it below to describe the game:
“A strategic dice combat game that pits the 2-4 players in mortal combat with one another. Players choose from six classes consisting of Hero, Monk, Assassin, Sage, Bowman and Cleric. Players roll nonstandard six sided dice attempting to qualify for special attacks and spells. Along with this, prior to combat, the special God Dice are rolled to see which character if any has found favor. In some cases this favor can be devastating. This is a great quick game of combat with a number of interesting strategic choices for combat.â€
I mopped up the table with my opponents’ puny heroes.