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Braxton
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Dec 11, 2017
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These games look like a pretty decent deal. Can anyone comment on the replay-ability or ease learning it for the first time?
ASieting
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Dec 13, 2017
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BraxtonI've played Above & Below and Near & Far. They both have A TON of replay-ability.
A&B is probably our most played game. It's relatively easy to learn if you're a semi-experienced gamer. It's a standard worker placement game with some Choose-Your-Own Adventure style elements. There's a big book full of "Adventures" your villagers can go on and you draw cards and roll dice to determine which adventure you encounter. You'll have to play quite a few times before you even scratch the surface of this book. The games are pretty quick. We always find ourselves wishing it would go a few more rounds, but I guess that's what keeps us coming back to it.
N&F is fairly new to our family, and we've only played it twice. It's a bit more difficult to learn, but Rodney over at Watch-It-Played has a great video tutorial for the base game mode. Here's a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFiNJ07cgnA. Theres an equally large book of "Quests" in this game as well as 11 different maps to choose from, all with different quests to encounter. There are also 4 or 5 different play modes, and "Quest Cards" in case the ones in the book start to get stale. TL;DR: This game is going to be a staple for us for a LOOONNGG time.
I'm honestly envious of anyone who doesn't have these games yet and has the opportunity to purchase all three of them here. I'm contemplating picking it up as a late Christmas gift for someone.
I would highly recommend checking out some game play videos and reviews to decide for yourself, but as someone who owns two of these games, and loves them, it's a no-brainer in my opinion.
A&B is probably our most played game. It's relatively easy to learn if you're a semi-experienced gamer. It's a standard worker placement game with some Choose-Your-Own Adventure style elements. There's a big book full of "Adventures" your villagers can go on and you draw cards and roll dice to determine which adventure you encounter. You'll have to play quite a few times before you even scratch the surface of this book. The games are pretty quick. We always find ourselves wishing it would go a few more rounds, but I guess that's what keeps us coming back to it.
N&F is fairly new to our family, and we've only played it twice. It's a bit more difficult to learn, but Rodney over at Watch-It-Played has a great video tutorial for the base game mode. Here's a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFiNJ07cgnA. Theres an equally large book of "Quests" in this game as well as 11 different maps to choose from, all with different quests to encounter. There are also 4 or 5 different play modes, and "Quest Cards" in case the ones in the book start to get stale. TL;DR: This game is going to be a staple for us for a LOOONNGG time.
I'm honestly envious of anyone who doesn't have these games yet and has the opportunity to purchase all three of them here. I'm contemplating picking it up as a late Christmas gift for someone.
I would highly recommend checking out some game play videos and reviews to decide for yourself, but as someone who owns two of these games, and loves them, it's a no-brainer in my opinion.
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