Board Gaming With a New Group
It's Thursday! Typically on Thursday night I have a standing business meeting with a couple of my friends/colleagues. Lately, we've been trying to build extra time into the night so that we can fit in a board game as well as work. It's been awesome! These guys are all gamers, so they're always up for learning a new game. I'm loving it. So far I've gotten to introduce them to Lord of the Rings LCG from Fantasy Flight Games and Ticket to Ride from Days of Wonder. Lord of the Rings LCG is a co-op card game where you play together against the quest deck. It can be very challenging but I've had a fantastic time every single time I've played it with a group. It's not the most simple co-op game but it's also not the most complex. It's truly a nice middle ground on the complexity scale which is why it was perfect for this group of guys. I knew they would pick it up fast, and they did! Ticket to Ride is low on the complexity scale, ...