This was a time where we really got to delve into story with Sleeping Gods. I fixed the mistake on where I was going last time. And it really did lead to a lot of great story and a great time. Sleeping Gods, by Red Raven Games, continues to impress me with how easy it is to play solo and how much story it has.

But you can join with me and catch-up on the game below. And for preview games find them here.

The Game – Sleeping Gods

Let’s tackle another aspect of the game. I can’t talk about the same things every time, so let’s talk about command tokens in this game. Because, I think that command tokens are one of the more interesting elements to the game. Mainly because command tokens allow you to break the rules.

So, normally on a turn you have three steps – ship phase, event phase, and action phase. Command tokens allow you to break the rules, kind of, with that. And using ability cards does the same thing in some ways. Using an command token to activate something, whether removing a low morale, or drawing cards, whatever it might be, is almost like having an extra action.

Now, it isn’t as big as something like sailing the ship, a lot of the time. Though, I now have one that does that. And cooking a meal is less effective but still almost as good as going to port. It tends to be that you get slightly weakened versions of actions that you could take. And sometimes, they are better than what you can take, because you need to sale to a port to take the port action, makes sense. But you can cook a meal anywhere.

So the command tokens become this element of the game that you need to manage but not horde. Mainly because they always have a good use. It’s not like a health potion in an RPG, it’s clear when you need to use those. Here, you could save them, but also, you get more every turn. And to use them in combat to get that last hit, it’s so good.

The Drink

So last nights drink was a Negroni. That is made from equal parts gin, sweet vermouth, and campari – or another grapefruit liquor. For me Negroni are some of the best drinks that you can have. Mainly because they are very bitter. But while being bitter they are also very refreshing. The flavor of the grapefruit and it’s influence on the whole drink is clear. Plus the nature of gin adds in a nice refreshing addition.

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