Love Is…..

We are continuing with our love affair for all things board game – with the nights about to begin their long draw, and the chills starting to deepen, the ‘get togethers’ hunched around a table with family and friends going on various adventures seems like nirvana.

This fall we’ve got Twilight Struggle, and Mage Wars on the endless wanted list, granted these are both strictly 2 player games out the box, although Mage Wars can include more players – we’ll give our impressions on both of these as and when we get down and dirty with them!

The best seller (board game wise) so far this year has been the re-print of Pandemic, for a co op game it seems to avoid the pit falls that other similar games have fallen into… Ticket to Ride, Carcassonne, and Settlers continue to sell well, the Ticket to Ride Map Expansions proving popular.

Deck Building games seem to have been in vogue this year (certainly with the games makers), with various titles entering the market which has been dominated mainly by Dominion. The Resident Evil and Star Trek ones from Bandai, were a hit for us (though as with a lot of licensed things – it helps if you’re really into the license to begin with!).

Hopefully the next board game order will include ‘Love Letter’ (if available) – This is thanks to a customer who recently recommended it, we do take notice what people want, and rave about, as well as research them on the various review sites like boardgamegeek – “At each of the bi-annual Japan Game Market trade shows, they poll the attendees to rate the various games launched at that show.Love Letter won the Game Market Popularity Vote for New Games with a resounding 4.42 rating (out of 5).”

So if you fancy something a bit different now and again for your Saturday nights – get a few friends around – takeaway – and enjoy some fun and adventure at home…. 🙂