Join me as I chat some about Gen Con and other things and play a handful of games of Grove. How do I do with this game. And I’ve played Orchard, how does this compare to Orchard in terms of game play and in terms of challenge? Join me and see how it goes over on Malts and Meeples YouTube.

Grove

This is a great little gaming experience. I know I already wrote a review about it, but it’s worth talking about why I like it so much. There are three main reasons that this is an ideal solo game, especially an ideal game to take as a little travel solo game.

Firstly, the game is compact in two ways. One the box is small and pocket sized. But also when you play the game it only takes up a little bit of space. There are other small solo games, like this, that send up more sprawling. Sprawlopolis for example takes up more table space. Which I prefer the compact nature here.

Next the games are quick. For this type of solo game I want to sit down and play the game in a few minutes. In half an hour while chatting and having a interruption from a kid, I got through five games. Without distractions, in that time, I’d have gotten through at least two more.

I also think that the variety of the game is really good. The game is built off of completing the challenges or at least the challenges setting your target score. So it gives you multiple things to think about. Sometimes, with how the cards come out it isn’t worth it to go for those challenges, other times that can make or break weather you win, which is fun.

Upcoming Streams

It’s going to be a different couple of weeks coming up here. Mondays are still going to be games, but it likely won’t be Welcome to the Moon! like I was thinking about. Leading up to Gen Con it’s going to be busy and I might be taking a break the week after Gen Con at least. I plan on streaming the week leading into Gen Con and that might be more Gen Con specific. That will generally be around 8:30 PM central time.

Then on Wednesdays, Isofarian Guard is going to be paused for three weeks. The reason three weeks is that third week I’ll be at Gen Con, and the two weeks leading it, last year I went through the Board Game Geek Gen Con Preview. This Wednesday at 8 PM central I’ll be going through the games to demo. Next week I plan to look at the games for sale. It won’t be my list of my favorites, but just going through the whole list.

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