SEATON PERSONALITIES
SEATON
Author: ELDAR1986
SEATON
SEATON
Seaton, town with the population of 771.
SAL’S STORE -” If we ain’t got it, you don’t need it!”
- All arms, armor, and items from the players handbook at book price
- SOLD 2 pearls of water breathing – 1500gp each
- 3 healing (2d4+2) potions – 55gp each
- 9 antidote potions – 70gp each
- 2 cure disease potions – 155gp
- SOLD 9 +1 arrows – 7gp each/55gp for the lot
- SOLD 2 ice shot – 21gp each (+1 hit/damage, +2d4 cold damage)
- SOLD 11 swarm shot – 40gp each/400gp for the lot (turns into 1d6 shot)
- 8 gust of wind bolts – 20gp each/140gp for lot (casts gust of wind spell along flight path)
- 14 +1 bolts – 7gp each/100gp for lot
- SOLD 5 +1 atlatl darts – 25gp each/100gp for the lot
- SOLD +1 spear gun 5875gp
- SOLD 9 spear gun spears, shock, 30gp each/240 for the lot (+1 hit/damage 1d4 lightening damage, or +2d10 lightening damage if in metal armor)
- +1 sub mariner studded leather – 16450gp (+20 swimming speed, wearer gains water breathing, dark vision, speak with aquatic humanoid races, immune to cold from depths/weather, advantage vs cold based attacks. Once per day speak with sea creatures for one hour. Armor is dark green, grey and black)
- +1 trident – 6150gp
- +1 tomahawk – 4500gp
- SOLD M8 fire starter pouches – 6gp each
- 1 vial of kelp/krill – 260gp (adds 5 temp hit points for 1 week)
- 3 sponge belt pouches – 75gp each (holds 2 gallons of water)
- 13 seaweed poultices – 20gp each (heals 3hp)
- 12# of dried sea cucumber plant – 6gp/# (herbalism uses)
- Spyglass – 850gp
- Compass, adventuring – 95gp
- Compass, ships – 440gp
- Sextant – 975gp
- SOLD Bag of the Librarian – 3450gp (functions as a bag of holding for books and papers only, unlimited use
- Dried fish stew – 2sp/1gp per dozen
- 11 Berle pumpkin spiced tea – 2gp/10 serving pouch
- 4 each 50′ silk rope – 11gp each
- SOLD 5 folding shovels – 4gp each
- collapsible bucket – 4gp
- SOLD 7 pints pure, double filtered grain alcohol – 10gp each
- SOLD 4 each 1 gallon jugs moonshine – 2gp each
- SOLD 7 Henry’s Hoofed Beast Miracle Salve – 2gp each (12 applications, immediately eliminates a raw spot on a beast of burden)
- 75 each 1# of Seaton’s Select Bird Feed – 1gp (20 servings, gives bird +1hp short rest)
SEATON – LIBRARY BOOKS AVAILABLE
- Horton Hears a Who – Children’s Book
- Green Eggs and Troll – Demented Children’s Book
- Basic Seamanship
- Tymora’s Gift
- The Halfling – fiction
- Rising Sun – fiction
- Who Said That? – book of quotes
- Basic Arithmetic
- 20 Calligraphy Fonts You Can Use
- Darshan Hammerheart, Hero?
- The Tinkerer’s Bible
- Saltwater Fishing
- I Would if I Could – Self Help
- Bixby’s Field Tree Identification Guide
- The Odds, How to Calculate Odds in Games of Chance
- The Third World War, 1985 – fantasy
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – romance
- 20 Short Stories for Children
- How it all Works – human anatomy
- 4 Plays, Plays From the Playwright Medigas
- The Pioneer Woman’s Cookbook
- Spices From Around the World
- Winter Survival Guide
- The Eel Folk
- The Vagadarns
- Corn Seed Hybrids
- The Bartenders Guide to Vodka, Whiskey, and Rum Drinks
- Count Brass – biography
- Army of Darkness – fiction
- The Art of the Brothers Hildebrandt
- Inks, a Reference Guide
- Team Yankee – military fiction
- Winter Wheat – agricultural reference
SEATON SKILLS BOARD
- Learn to Sail a Skiff – CLASS 32 hours, 20gp KIT Books 4gp PRACTICE – 32 hours practice, 1gp per hour practice
- Ropes and Knots – CLASS 12 hours, 4gp KIT 1gp PRACTICE none
- Sail Boat Maintenance – CLASS 40 hours, 20gp KIT 20gp PRACTICE 20 hours
- Food Dehydration – CLASS 40 hours, 40gp KIT 20gp PRACTICE 20 hours
- Learn to Make Mead – CLASS 40 hours, 120gp KIT 120gp PRACTICE none
- Learn Croquet – CLASS 24 hours, 5gp KIT 12gp PRACTICE none
- Weapon Maintenance – CLASS 24 hours, 4gp, KIT 16gp PRACTICE 16 hours
- Swimming – CLASS 24 hours, 10gp KIT none PRACTICE 24 hours Lifesaving – CLASS 40 hours, 40gp KIT 5gp PRACTICE 40 hours
- Jewel Appraising – CLASS 70 hours, 100gp KIT 125gp PRACTICE none
SEATON JOB BOARD
- Barnacle Scraping – 3gp/day
- Provincial Lumbar Company is hiring! Animal Handling skill 18gp/day, lumberjack 12gp/day, standard labor 8gp/day Team of 4 with 1 handler, 1 lumberjack, 2 laborers 25gp/day
- Big Bog Peat Company – Land vehicle skill 9gp/day, general labor 6gp 5sp/day. Team of two with teamster – 18gp/day Team of 3 with teamster, 25gp/day
- Certified Public Accountant needed to audit my accounts 150gp for job completion
- COMPLETED Dig and line new well for town – 55gp job completion, masonry skill needed, approximately 16 hours labor
- Repair seawall, 6gp per day, unlimited work available
- COMPLETED Repair naval dress uniform – 17gp, approximately 8 hours of work
- COMPLETED Repair lighthouse walls and stairs – 175gp, masonry skill needed, approximately 40 hours, general labor also needed 75gp up to two, 40 hours payment upon job completion
- COMPLETED Repair grandfather clock – 10gp (tinkering required
THE MEETING
DC MUSEUM GAMING GROUP, MARCH 2014 UPDATE
March saw the weather improve, and our gaming group attend more events.
The Activities
DC Museum Game Day, Saturday, 3/7, Daviess County Museum
Attendees – 4
New Attendees – none
Number of Games Played – 3 games played a total of 3 times
Games Played
Ascension, Rise of Vigil – played once
Black Market Warehouse – played once
California Water Rights – played once
New Games Introduced to the Group
Black Market Warehouse
California Water Rights
Friday Night Games, Friday 3/13, Daviess County Museum
Attendees – 4
New Attendees – none
Number of Games Played – three games played a total of four times
Games Played
Ascension, Rise of Vigil – played once
Bohnanza – played once
Dig Down Dwarf – played twice
New Games Introduced to the Group
Bohnanza
Dig Down Dwarf
EPIC Game Day, Saturday, March 28, Daviess County Museum
Attendees – 5
New Attendees – none
Number of Games Played – One game played one time
Games Played
Game of Thrones, the Board Game
New Games Introduced to the Group
Game of Thrones, the Board Game
Weekly Board Game Night, Daviess County Museum
Wednesday, 3/4, Cancelled
Wednesday, 3/11
Attendees – 6
Number of Games Played – 3 games played a total of three times
Games Played
Ascension, Rise of Vigil – played once
Pathfinder Adventure Card Game – played once
X Wing Miniatures – played once
Wednesday, 3/18
Attendees – 6
Number of Games Played – 3 games played a total of three times
Games Played
Ascension, Rise of Vigil – played once
Pathfinder, Adventure Card Game – played once
X Wing Miniatures – played once
Wednesday, 3/25
Attendees – 7
Number of Games Played – 4 games played a total of eight times
Games Played
Marvel Legendary – played once
X Wing Miniatures – played once
Imperial Assault – played once
The Resistance – played 5 times
New Attendees During Weekly Game Nights – one
New Games Played During Weekly Game Nights
Pathfinder, Adventure Card Game
X Wing Miniatures
Imperial Assault
The Resistance
In addition, members of the group attended:
-Thursday Night Game Nights at Game Knight in Huntingburg, Indiana
-Store Con, 3/14, Game Knight, Huntingburg
-Saint Peter’s Game Night, 3/20, Saint
Peter’s Church, Evansville, Indiana
-Various game nights in members homes
Upcoming Events at the Daviess County Museum
-Saturday, April 4, Museum Gamers Game Day, noon – 5pm
-Wednesdays, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Board Game Night, 5 – 10pm
-Friday, April 10, Friday Night Games, 7pm -12am
-Saturday, April 11, International TableTop Day, 1pm – 8pm
Come game with us!
DC Museum Gamers meet at the Daviess County Museum, 212 Main Street, Washington, Indiana 47501. Admission is free, snack and pop are available on site.
For further information contact the Daviess County Museum at 812-257-0301, or contact via e-mail at dchistory@sbcglobal.net
Check out our Facebook page at Daviess County Museum Gaming Group.
DC MUSEUM GAMING GROUP, JANUARY 2015 RECAP
Inclement weather had a big impact on our gaming this month. Two of our events were cancelled, and our monthly trip to Evansville to join the Saint Peter’s Church Community Game Night was also cancelled. So we had to make the most of our abbreviated schedule!
The Activities
DC Museum Game Day, Saturday 2/7
Attendees – 5
New Attendees – none
Number of Games Played – 3 games played a total of 5 times
Games Played
Munchkin – played once
Coup – played three times
Dead of Winter – played once
New Games Introduced to the Group
Munchkin
Friday Night Games, Friday 2/27
Attendees – 4
New Attendees – none
Number of Games Played – 2 games played a total of 2 times
Games Played
Village – played once
Bohnanza – played once
New Games Introduced to the Group
Village
Bohnanza
EPIC Game Day, 2/21 – CANCELLED
Weekly Board Game Night
Wednesday, 2/4
Attendees – 4
Number of Games Played – Two games played a total of 3 times
Games Played
Ascension – played once
Pathfinder, Adventure Card Game – played once
Wednesday, 2/11
Attendees – 5
Number of Games Played – Three games played a total of eight times
Games Played
Ascension, Rise of Vigil – played once
Descent – played once
Bang, the Dice Game – played six times
Wednesday, 2/18 – CANCELLED
Wednesday, 2/27
Attendees – 5
Numbers of Games Played – Two games played a total of four times
Games Played
Ascension, Rise of Vigil – played once
Descent – played three times
New Games Played During the Weekly Game Nights
Ascension, Rise of Vigil
Upcoming Events at the Daviess County Museum
-Saturday, March 7, Museum Gamers Game Day, theme is
Party Games, noon – 5pm
-Wednesdays, March 4, 11, 18, 25, Board Game Night, 5 – 10pm
-Friday, March 13, Friday Night Games, 7pm -12am
-Saturday, March 28, EPIC Game Day, 2pm to midnight
-Saturday, April 4, DC Museum Gamers Game Day, noon – 5pm
-Friday, April 10, Friday Night Games, 7pm – 12am
-Saturday, April 11, International TableTop Day, 1pm – 8pm
-Wednesdays, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Board Game Night, 5 – 10pm
Come game with us!
DC Museum Gamers meet at the Daviess County Museum, 212 Main Street, Washington, Indiana 47501. Admission is free, snack and pop are available on site.
For further information contact the Daviess County Museum at 812-257-0301, or contact via e-mail at dchistory@sbcglobal.net
Check out our Facebook page at Daviess County Museum Gaming Group.
DC MUSEUM GAMING GROUP, 2014 RECAP
The DC Museum Gaming Group ended 2014 as a good first year. Initially Ken Graber decided to host an International TableTop Day event at the museum, and that got the ball rolling.
TableTop Day was a success: 20 gamers participated, playing 13 different games a total of twenty five times. A decision was made by the Director of the Museum, Vince Sellers, to hold a Museum Game Day once a month. From that decision, DC Museum Gamers Group was born.
In 2014, we have grown to include the following:
-Five regular gamers that attend our regular events
-A total of 34 different gamers have attended DC Museum events
-A Monthly Daviess County Museum Game Day, held on the first
Saturday of the month from noon to 5pm
-A weekly DC Museum Gamers Game Night, held every
Wednesday Night from 5pm – 10pm
-A Monthly Friday Night Games, held on a different Friday night
each month, from 7pm – 11pm, focusing card and board
games new to the group
-Played 125 different games during 2014
-Held 52 different gaming events at the Museum
-Several members attend seven Saint Peter’s Game Nights, at Saint Peter’s Church in Evansville, Indiana
-Participated In the Extra Life Event, a fundraiser for the
Children’s Miracle Network benefitting Riley’s Hospital for
Children
We have several ideas to usher in the new year, including an EPIC Game Day, a day to play those long games that take too long to play on our regular game nights. We also are planning some outreach, visiting local business such as coffee shops and out of town game stores.
Its been a great beginning and I look forward to more great things for the DC Gamers in 2015!
Jeff Chattin
Great Gaming Gang!
DC MUSEUM GAMERS UPDATE, DECEMBER 2014
December brought an end to our inaugural year of gaming at the Daviess County Museum. We have grown from an idea from the mind of Ken Graber, to participating in TableTop Day 2014. We begin January with our usual first Saturday of the Month Game Day, weekly Wednesday Game Nights, monthly Friday Night Games, traveling to Evansville once a month for a meet up with an Evansville Game Group, and starting in January, EPIC Game Saturday. We have grown from one gamer, Ken, to five regulars and a couple of semi regulars.
On to the games!
The Activities
DC Museum Game Day, Saturday 12/6
Attendees – 4
New Attendees – none
Games Played – 2 games played a total of three times
Games Played
Stone Age – played twice
Love Letter – played once
New Games Introduced to the Group
Stone Age
Friday Night Games, Friday 12/12
Attendees – 4
Games Played – One game one time
Games Played
Sid Meier’s Civilization
DC Museum Gamers Board Game Night, Wednesday 12/3
Attendees – 5
Games Played – two games played a total of 14 times
Games Played
Pandemic the Cure – played four times
Bang the Dice Game – played ten times
New Games Introduced to the Group
Pandemic the Cure
Bang the Dice Game
DC Museum Gamers Board Game Night, Wednesday, 12/10
Attendees – 5
Games Played – two games played three times
Games Played
Pandemic the Cure – played once
Descent – played twice
New Games Introduced to the Group
Descent
DC Museum Gamers Board Game Night, Wednesday, 12/17
Attendees – 5
Games Played – two games played twice
Games Played
Paperback – played once
Snake Oil – played once
New Games Introduced to the Group
Paperback
Snake Oil
DC Museum Gamers Board Game Night, Tuesday, 12/23
Attendees – 5
Games Played – two games played three times
Games Played
Pandemic Contagion – played once
Descent – played twice
New Games Introduced to the Group
Pandemic Contagion
DC Museum Gamers Board Game Night, Tuesday, 12/30
Attendees – 5
Games Played – three games played a total of six times
Games Played
Dragon Slayer – played once
Texas Zombies – played twice
Descent – played three times
New Games Introduced to the Group
Texas Zombies
In addition, four members of the group traveled to Evansville to our monthly meet up to attend Saint Peter’s Game Night. This event was a fund raiser for Play Pandemic, raise money for Doctors Without Borders. The event raised over $450 for Doctors Without Borders to help fight Ebola in West Africa.
Games Played
Pandemic – played four times by the group
Upcoming Events at the Daviess County Museum
-Saturday, January 3, DC Museum Gamers Game Day, theme is
TV to Table Top, noon – 5pm
-Wednesdays, January 7, 14, 21, 28, Board Game Night, 5 – 10pm
-Friday, January 9, Friday Night Games, 6 -11pm
-Saturday, January 31, EPIC Game Saturday, 2pm to midnight
-Saturday, February 7, DC Museum Gamers Game Day, theme is
Lies, Deceit, and Treachery, Valentines Day Special, noon – 5pm
-Wednesdays, February 4, 11, 18, 25, Board Game Night, 5 – 10pm
-Saturday, February 21, EPIC Game Saturday, 2pm to midnight
-Friday, February 27, Friday Night Games, 6 – 11pm
Come game with us!
DC Museum Gamers meet at the Daviess County Museum, 212 Main Street, Washington, Indiana 47501. Admission is free, snack and pop are available on site.
For further information contact the Daviess County Museum at 812-257-0301, or contact via e-mail at dchistory@sbcglobal.net
Check out our Facebook page at Daviess County Museum Gaming Group.
Jeff Chattin
Great Gaming Gang!
DC MUSEUM GAMERS UPDATE, NOVEMBER 2014
November was a busy month for the Daviess County Museum Gamers. We continue to add events and gamers, if at a slow pace.
The Activities
DC Museum Game Day, Saturday, November 1
Attendees – 4
New Attendees – none
Games Played – 6 games played a total of 13 times
Games Played
Cthulhu Dice – played three times
Cardline Animals – played five times
Zombie Dice – played twice
Elder Sign – played once
Nightfall – played once
Legend of Zelda, the Board Game – played once
New Games Introduced to the Group
Cthulhu Dice
Cardline Animals
Nightfall
Legend of Zelda, the Board Game
Friday Night Games, Friday November 7
Attendees – 2
Games Played – one game played one time
Games Played
Civilization
New Games Introduced to the Group
Civilization
DC Museum Gamers Board Game Night, Wednesday 11/5
Attendees – 4
Games Played – two games played a total of twice
Games Played
Star Realms – played once
Ghost Stories – played once
New Games Introduced to the Group
Ghost Stories
DC Museum Gamers Board Game Night, Wednesday 11/12
Attendees – 5
Games Played – two games played a total of three times
Games Played
Elder Sign – played once
Evolution – played twice
New Games Introduced to the Group
Evolution
DC Museum Gamers Board Game Night, Wednesday 11/19
Attendees – 6
Games Played – two games played a total of three times
Games Played
Sushi Go – played twice
Eldritch Horror – played once
New Games Introduced to the Group
Sushi Go
DC Museum Gamers Board Game Night, Wednesday 11/26
Attendees – 5
Games Played – three games played a total of three times
Games Played
Sushi Go – played once
Pairs – played once
Eldritch Horror – played once
New Games Introduced to the Group
Pairs
In addition, four of the members attended Saint Peter’s Board Game Night at Saint Peter’s Church in Evansville Indiana, on Friday, 11/21
Games Played
Ave Caesar – played once
Donkey – played once
Sushi Go – played twice
Guillotine – played once
7 Card Samurai – played once
Jamaica – played once
New Games Introduced to the Group
Ave Caesar
Donkey
Guillotine
Jamaica
Future plans for DC Museum Game Day (tentative)
-Game Night every Wednesday at the Museum, 5-10pm
-December’s focus is Children’s and Family Games
-January’s focus is TV to Tabletop
-February’s focus is Lies, Deceit, and Treachery (Valentine’s
Special)
-Ongoing, Friday Night Card Games at the Daviess County
Museum, check our Facebook Page for details
Come game with us!
DC Museum Gamers Game Day – Held the first Saturday of each month from noon to 5 at the Daviess County Museum, 212 Main Street, Washington, Indiana 47501.
DC Museum Gamers Game Night – Held every Wednesday Night from 5-10 at the Daviess County Museum.
For further information contact the Daviess County Museum at 812-257-0301, or contact via e-mail at dchistory@sbcglobal.net
Check out our Facebook page at Daviess County Museum Gaming Group.
Jeff Chattin
Great Gaming Gang!
50 FAVORITE GAMES, 2014 EDITION
Since the end of the year brings out numerous Top 100/50/25/10 Games of All Time Lists, I thought I would throw my hat in the ring.
My list is a little different, it is my favorite games, listed alphabetically. While I do have games that I like better than others, not in all situations. As an example, Mage Wars is a top 10 game for me, if played with two people, With 3 or 4 people, it doesn’t make the top 50. How much time there is to play, who I am playing with, how many people I am playing with, how much table space is available, and lighting all cause games to move up and down the list or off the list. Plus, its my list and I can make it any way I want to. So it is alphabetical.
I have some games or game types that I have listed in my Hall of Fame, published here previously. Some games have been important to me as I have aged, and while they might not make the list of my current 50 favorite games, felt they needed a nod. As an example, Monopoly was in the top 5 played games in each decade of my life except for the 2010’s. Will I play Monopoly now, sure, but I don’t want a steady diet of it. How can I not show it some love when it has been so important to me in my gaming life, hence, the Hall of Fame.
I had one criteria for games to make the list, I must have played them at least twice, and most 5 times, although I broke that rule several times for games that I felt were deserving.
Some numbers to help put this list in perspective, I started logging games on Boardgame Geek on 6/30/2012. I have played 100’s of different games 1000’s of times previous to that date. As of 11/9/2014, I have 1585 logged plays of 284 different games.
On to the games!
7 WONDERS – 14 plays – A fantastic drafting, set collection game. Looks great, civilization building with several unique ways to build victory points. Plays well with 2 to 7.
ALHAMBRA – 21 plays – A great tile laying game with a unique buy mechanic.
ASCENSION – 13 plays – A tight deckbuilder. This is an example of a game I did not like after my first playing session. Came back to it 18 months later, and my opinion changed, maybe because I had been exposed to many games by then. In my opinion, the best game to teach the deckbuilder concept to gamers.
BIBLIOS – 3 plays – A neat little drafting, bidding card game. A fast game that needs to get to the table more.
BLOKUS – 18 plays – No, it is not Tetris the board game, even though at first glance it looks like it. Colorful, easy to teach, great for kids. One of the best spatial relationship games.
CAN’T STOP – 11 plays – The father of push your luck games. Easy to teach. Great for kids, helps them understand probabilities.
CARCASONNE – 74 plays – THE tile laying game, great replayability. Numerous expansions available. One of the Classics that would be in my list of essential designer games.
CASTLE PANIC – 18 plays – A great cooperative game with Orcs! Great theme, defend the castle. Easy to teach. Good game for kids, made better by its expansion, The Wizard’s Tower!
CORE WORLDS – 6 plays – A deckbuilding civilization game with a space theme. Good artwork. Definitely needs more table time.
DEAD OF WINTER – 4 plays – The newest game on my list, survivalist zombie game set in Alaska. Dripping with theme. A semi cooperative game with a traitor possibility. Neat mechanics, especially the crossroads mechanic. Needs more plays.
DOMINION – 8 plays – The deckbuilder that made deckbuilders popular. No theme, but very fast game once you learn it. Great replayability with numerous tableau options. Has numerous expansions, which I don’t have any of, since I have barely scratched the surface of the different options in the base game. Another game that needs more plays. Another Classic.
DUNGEON COMMAND – 11 plays – A good looking D&D based battle game. Beautiful, painted miniatures. Modular set up. Five different factions, but needs another “good guys” faction, having only one. Great head to head battle game that doesn’t get enough love.
EONS – 3 plays – A deckbuilder with a great theme, universe building. This game definitely needs more plays.
FIREFLY – 4 plays – A good looking game dripping with theme. Misbehavin’, smuggling, pirates, pick up and deliver, and Reavers all make this a great game. Takes a while to set up and play, takes up a lot of table space, but worth every second!
FLASHPOINT FIRE RESCUE – 11 plays – Being a firefighter in a box. Great theme, cooperative, with OK art work (some hate it), that can be very tense. Several expansions available.
FORBIDDEN ISLAND – 10 plays – A great looking cooperative game, easy to teach, great for kids. Great replayability as the board is different every time.
GAME OF THRONES, THE LIVING CARD GAME – 3 plays – I love deckbuilders and Game of Thrones, so this one is a no brainer. Great art work. I have a problem not being able to get two player games to the table enough, and this one is a perfect example. This would be very high on my number of plays list if I had the opportunity to play it more.
HANABI – 6 plays – This is a love it or hate it game, trying to make sets of fireworks while not being able to look at your own cards while seeing every one else’s. Needs the right group of people to play.
HIVE – 11 plays – Great 2 player game, with awesome Bakelite pieces. This is a game that is a true Classic. I love this game and lost it the first 9 times I played it! Definitely needs to be played more.
KING OF TOKYO – 20 plays – A great dice chucking game, with giant monsters hammering each other in Tokyo. Quick, easy to teach, great for kids, this game is destined to become a classic.
LEGENDARY ENCOUNTERS, AN ALIEN DECK BUILDING GAME – 5 plays – The name says it all, any game in space, with THE Aliens, Ripley and Hudson is going to get a thumbs up from me. Cooperative, easy to learn, nice art work, it has it all going for it. Very replayable, with the first four Aliens movie versions. LOVE THIS GAME!
LEGENDARY; A MARVEL DECK BUILDING GAME – 28 plays – Awesome artwork, super heroes, evil mastermind villains, this game rocks. With the Aliens game above, Upper Deck, a baseball card company, has two FANTASTIC games that I just love. A very tense game.
LORD OF THE RINGS, THE LIVING CARD GAME – 24 plays – Can be played either as a cooperative game or solo, and both are great plays. Very tense, with great art work. Would love to get it to the table more with 2 or more players.
MAGE WARS – 9 plays – A great game with great art work in which you get to build your own spellbook. Each Mage is very different in feel and play. A FANTASTIC 2 player game!
MUNCHKIN – 4 plays – I know lots of people HATE this game, but not me! The ultimate in take that, stab your buddy in the back game. MUST be played with the right people. Doesn’t get to the table enough!
PANDEMIC – 33 plays – THE cooperative game. Very thematic, running around the world trying to stop plagues, can you say Ebola? Nice art and components. Very tense. A Classic.
PATHFINDER, THE ADVENTURE CARD GAME, RISE OF THE RUNELORDS – 10 plays – A deckbuilder in which you carry your character on from one scenario to the next. Can be very tense, with a feel of adventuring against the evil hoards.
POLICE PRECINCT – 17 plays – A cooperative game that has a lot of theme, trying to solve a murder while dealing with robberies, street gang violence, car accidents and general mayhem. Playing this game gives me a feel for what it must be like to live in Chicago! Duck!
QIN – 8 plays – Another area control spatial relationship tile laying game. Not much theme, but tense, and the game can change drastically with one tile placement.
QUARRIORS – 10 plays – A dice building game, based on deck builders, with dice! Building up a bunch of dice and chucking them, two of my favorite things. A great game that doesn’t get enough love! Or enough table time!
QWIRKLE – 14 plays – A unique set collection game, with a spatial aspect. Plays equally well with 2 to 4, destined to be a Classic.
RACE FOR THE GALAXY – played 22 times – A civilization deck builder in which you get to feed off of other players decisions. A Classic that doesn’t get played enough.
REVOLVER – 4 plays – A two player asymmetrical western game. You are either the sheriff and his posse or the outlaw and his gang, trying to eliminate the outlaws or catch the train to escape if you are the outlaws. I love westerns, and this definitely has not seen the table enough!
RUNE AGE – 18 plays – Another deckbuilder, set in a fantasy universe. I have only played this solitaire, but it can play up to four. I got this based on the game Rune Wars, which was fair, but I liked the universe. Would love to play this with 2 or more.
SAY ANYTHING – played 5 times – A great party game, best played with people who know each other, then all of the inside jokes and call backs are even more funny. Still fun with strangers, but again, better with close friends and family.
SENTINELS OF THE MULTIVERSE – played 55 times – A cooperative super hero game that is loads of fun, and often very tense. Fantastic replayability with all of the super heroes, villains, and locations, thousands of possible combinations. A great game!
SETTLERS OF CATAN – played 8 times – Wood for Sheep? The Classic that started the modern board game craze, it is still a fun game that stands up well.
SMASH UP – played 12 times – A unique card game ‘smashing” two factions together, such as Robot Vampires, Ninja Zombies, Giant Ant Wizards and so on. Great fun, with tons of replayability. since there are so many factions available. Definitely needs to get to the table more.
STAR REALMS – played 113 times – My most logged plays on Boardgame Geek. A quick, space themed head to head deck builder with direct attack on your opponent. Has two great solitaire versions, which is why it has jumped to the top of the most logged plays list. Looking forward to the expansion decks coming soon.
STAR TREK FLEET CAPTAINS – played 3 times – This is definitely Star Trek in a box. Exploration, missions, spying, attacking, Klingons, Romulans, Kirk, Spock, Scotty, Picard, Data, this game has it all! Not a cheap game, with an MSRP of $100, I would have gladly paid another $20 for better components. Wiz Kids produced a great game, but better card stock, tile stock and painted miniatures would have made this THE game for me. It is still visually stunning, and when we have pulled it out at the game store, it has drawn the most questions and onlookers. If you love Star Trek, this is the game for you. The game that more than any other, needs to be on my table more often.
STAR WARS, THE LIVING CARD GAME – played 8 times – My favorite LCG, not played near enough. Nice art, great fun, although there are some stretches in logic, such as a Rebel Commando taking out a Star Destroyer. FFG, the publisher of this and all of the other LCG’s have done a great job with the line. In addition to Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and Game of Thrones, I also have Warhammer Invasion, Call of Cthulhu, and Conquest Warhammer 40k. The only one I don’t have is Android Netrunner, which I have played. I won both times I have played, but I am not a fan.
STAR WARS: X WING MINIATURES GAME – played 6 times – A great miniatures game that has beautiful mini’s. Easy to teach and learn, and pretty quick play. Feels like flying a combat mission!
STONE AGE – played 4 times – My favorite worker placement game. Beautiful components, and great fun.
SUMMONER WARS – played 5 times – A great 2 player game that, like many others, does not see enough table time. Plaid Hat Games has done a great job making each of the factions very different. Great replayability.
THUNDERSTONE ADVANCE – played 6 times – A semi cooperative deckbuilder, set in a fantasy setting.
TICKET TO RIDE – played 73 times – This game has been called the new Monopoly. I’m not sure I agree with that, I don’t believe any of the designer games will see the widespread exposure that monopoly has. A great set collection route building game, easy to teach and learn. A great starter game, and a Classic.
TIMELINE/CARDLINE – played 50 times – A family of games based on the same premise, more or less than what is on the card line. Very easy to teach and play, but not great for kids in most versions, because most are based on historical dates. The animals versions are kid friendly. Great filler game.
TIMES UP – played 6 times – The best party game in my opinion. Easy to teach and learn, I have seen quiet people get really animated while playing this game. A ton of fun!
TOUCH OF EVIL – played 2 times – I love the Sleepy Hollow genre, and I think this game portrays that very well. Great fun, and can be very tense. The only game on the list I don’t own.
TRAINS – played 3 times – A deckbuilder with a unique twist, a map where you are building your railroads.
ZULUS ON THE RAMPARTS – played 27 times – A solitaire only game that is very tense. You can loose on the second turn if the wrong cards come up. I probably only win one out of 3 times.
There you have it, my 50 favorite games. I am sure the list will change next year, as I get more plays in of games I already have, and play some new ones.
What are your favorite games?
Jeff Chattin
Great Gaming Gang!
DC MUSEUM GAMERS UPDATE, OCTOBER 2014
October continues to see the DC Museum Gamers evolve. We continue to develop or monthly game day on the first Saturday of the month, scheduling themes farther in advance. Additionally, we are developing a once a month Friday Night Card Game Night, still working on a consistent time of the month. And as of this week, we have decided to offer a weekly Wednesday Board Game Night, from 5pm to 10pm at the museum.
The Activities:
October 4th Game Day, Saturday
Attendees – 8
New Attendees – 2
Games Played – 3 games played a total of 3 times
Games Played
Francis Drake – played once
Lewis & Clark – played once
Checkers – played once
New Games Introduced to the Group
Francis Drake
Lewis & Clark
Friday Night Card Game Night, October 17
Attendees – 2
Games Played – 3 games a total of 6 times
Games Played
Game of Thrones, Westeros Intrigue – played twice
Star Realms – played twice
Ascension – played twice
New Game Introduced to the Group
Game of Thrones, Westeros Intrigue
Wednesday Night Game Night, October 29
Attendees – 3
Games Played – 1 game played twice
Game Played
Elder Sign – played twice
New Game Introduced to the Group
Elder Sign
In addition, the DC Gamers attended some or all of the Extra-Life Event, a fund raiser for Riley’s Hospital for Children, which took place over three days. The Saint Peter’s team raised over $5000, and nationwide the Extra Life Event raised to date over $5.5 million.
Future plans for DC Museum Game Day (tentative)
-Game Night every Wednesday at the Museum, 5-10pm
-November’s focus horror games featuring Smash Up
-December’s focus is Children’s and Family Games
-January’s focus is TV to Tabletop
-February’s focus is Lies, Deceit, and Treachery (Valentine’s Special)
-Ongoing, Friday Night Card Games at the Daviess County Museum, check our Facebook Page for details
Come game with us!
DC Museum Gamers Game Day – Held the first Saturday of each month from noon to 5 at the Daviess County Museum, 212 Main Street, Washington, Indiana 47501. For further information contact the Daviess County Museum at 812-257-0301, or contact via e-mail at dchistory@sbcglobal.net
Check out our Facebook page at Daviess County Museum Gaming Group.
Jeff Chattin
Great Gaming Gang!