Another new game to hit the table in 2024, it’s time to play Mind Space from All Play. Is this small box roll and write game going to be a fun hit, or is it going to feel derivative of other roll and write games? Either way, I want to see what it’s like, so I checked it out last night on Malts and Meeples. Join me at the the table as I play a new roll and write game, Mind Space, to me.

Mind Space

I like my roll and write games, and Mind Space isn’t an exception to that. I think that it’s a fun little roll and write game that works well as a solo experience. Does it stand out as the most unique game from other roll and write games, I don’t know about that, but it is simple to play solo and a fun time.

I enjoy the scoring in the game quite well. I think there are some strategy elements, and one rule, that I forgot. Mainly that you get money for completing an area. Also pushing for blue to be in every area is huge as well, so overlapping that as needed to cover them all and get rid of those negative points. But that’s just thinking back on it. Scoring wise I really enjoy what the game did. I like that each area scores differently as that gives you different strategies to think about.

If all the colors just scored the same, say all of them were adjacent to another color like purple to orange is, it would feel like the same thing. But because Pink cares about repeated shapes, and orange just cares about how many, there seems to be a number of ways to score. And for a pretty simple game, like Mind Space, that is a good thing.

For me as a solo gamer, I also like the Mind Space’s rules are simple for the solo play. It’s simply pretend like the game has done scoring of goals at different times in the game. Is it a little bit of memory of what round it is, kind of, but it’s simple enough to count and check, so that makes it easy. And for a solo game, I like that it’s fast, but also it’s not too fast because I still need to think about where I place everything. It’s a good filler style of solo game and likely multiplayer as well.

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