I have been writing a lot about the new board games that I have played. That’s all on my way to 1000 board games rated. But let’s talk about the games that are now new to the collection that I need to get played. These might be crowdfunding games that have finally delivered. Or it might be games that I have picked up because I thought that they looked awesome. But let’s see what some of them are. I fully expect this list to not be extensive of all of them.

New Board Games to the Collection

The Networks

The Networks and the one below were impulse purchases. Now, I normally don’t do impulse purchases anymore, but it was at a local game store which is only online now. And I had another game I had preordered from them and some used games I was trading in.

The Networks is a game that I’ve been wanting to play for a while. It’s a game about building up your best television network, and I think that sounds fun. It is also going to be silly because of the shows that you create. I also like that the game is over time. What I mean by that, you play and launch a new show. But over time that show is going to draw in less money. So you sunset that show as launch others instead all to make the most money/points.

Misfit Heroes

Misfit Heroes is the other one that I picked up. This is a game of card creation as you create wild heroes who then are going to go on missions, so to speak. I don’t think it’s really a mission, more that they are creating some powers and combinations that are going to give you points. I call it card creation, probably more card crafting.

Is it going to be a great game for me? I think it’s probably going to be one that I find fun. But when I’m looking at games, it definitely drew me in as a lighter game and one that is going to be more appealing to some folks I play with.

Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay

Now, this is the game that I was going to pick up when I ordered Misfit Heroes and The Networks. Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay is from Chili Fox games as company that I tend to enjoy this games, at least the ones that I’ve played. And I like pirate themed games as well.

This is a bigger game than some of theirs that I’ve played. But it seems very cool with a detailed map that is a track which you work your way up. And you are upgrading your pirate ship and crew as you go. Overall just seems like a theme that I like.

Stardriven Gateway

Honestly, I’d forgotten that I’d backed Stardriven Gateway. Now getting it shipped out to me wasn’t a disappointment though. When I got to play it at Gen Con I had a really fun time with it. It’s an interesting game of space exploration, completing missions, and fighting off enemies. But it’s not just a big space game, there is more to it.

And that element of more is what I would say caused me to back the game. You have all these different ship actions and you have crew. You spend the crew into the actions to do them. But if you match up actions with the right crew they are going to do better and more for you. That management and when you reset your ship and crew board are really fun.

Witchbound

Witchbound is one that I got to preview for the crowdfunding campaign. Now, I don’t back all of the games that I crowdfund. I, for example, got to preview Chronofiends and while I had fun with it, it wasn’t going to displace other games in my collection. But Witchbound is a solo point and click, for lack of a better way of describing it, adventure game. You are a new witch in a land that hasn’t had witches for a while.

This game has a lot going for it. Simplicity and solo play are two of the big ones. That doesn’t mean that it’s an easy game, but it means that as you jump into it, there isn’t a big lift to learn and play it. Plus the artwork on the game is amazing.

Tend

Tend is a game that I almost regret buying. I say that because I haven’t gotten it to the table and I’m not sure when I will. I like my roll and write games and Tend if a big one of those. That is why it hasn’t gotten played. I really thi9nk that I’m going to like it a lot when I do play it, but when will that be. I already have other big roll and write games to play. Maybe that’ll be a goal of mine over the next month or two to get some of those played.

This is also a roll and write game where you just have a lot of options as to what you can do. You can tend, hence the game’s name. But you can mine, log, fish and more in this game. Do you need to do everything, maybe, but I think you can specialize some in what you can do as well.

Shards of Creation

One of two trick-taking games on the list. I love trick-taking, which I know everyone doesn’t. But Shards of Creation kind of came out of nowhere for me. I think I’d heard of the announcement for it, but then it was just there to order a while later. I hadn’t heard any hype or build up for it.

There are two reasons why I bought this game. The first is the mentioned above, I like trick-taking games. But the other is that it’s based off of Brandon Sanderson’s works, The Stormlight Archives. And I love that series. So I’m excited to get that one to the table and see what it is like. I need to find a group of trick-taking loving friends and get together and just play those games.

Azul

Azul is a classic game at this point, but I hadn’t played it until this year. I bought it because I like it a lot on BGA. And I think it’s one that a lot of folks I play with will like. The game play is simple though offers really fun choices. And it’s a game that you can play in kind of a mean way, trying to stick you opponent with negative points. Or you can play in a nicer way and be really focused on your getting points. You probably do both, but I like that for the game.

Origin Story

Origin Story is the other trick-taking game on the list. The obvious reason for backing this one is that I love trick-taking games. I guess not backing, pre-ordering it. It is here now so it counts for the list. But the second reason is that this is a super hero themed game. It is your origin story as a hero.

And as you play through hands in this game you level up as a hero. You start to develop that origin story and get your own unique powers. But it isn’t something where you get so many powers and it bogs down the game. Instead, you have to spend to use them and you only get a few. So you need to be smart about when you use your powers.

Horrified: Dungeons and Dragons

Final game on the list and I know I’m missing some, we have Horrified. Now I went with the Dungeons and Dragons version because I love Dungeons and Dragons. Horrified is a cooperative game where you need to complete various missions before the game beats you. They have it with Universal monsters but also then Greek Mythology and Dungeons and Dragons.

The one really cool element of the game is how you scale difficulty. So while you’re trying to complete these things against the various monsters, it might be getting the bride of and Frankenstein’s monster to the same location in the base game you decide how many of these missions you want to do. The more you do, the harder it gets. Which I think will be fun to try at different difficulties, and scale well depending on group.

Which of these games do I need to play first?

Send an Email
Message me on X at @TheScando
Visit us on Facebook here
Support us on Patreon here