Plus, I unboxed some more board games. I talked about a lot of them in the Point of Order from this week. But I got to bust them open on stream and take a look at the pieces. There are a number of fun games in there, let’s take a quick look at which ones they were.

Formula D – Tracks

I got two new tracks for the game Formula D. This is a car racing game where you are in charge of a car and taking it around a track, rolling dice to see how well you do. If you go too fast around the curve, bad things can happen, but you need to know when to push your luck, and when the throttle down. These tracks just give more configurations to race in than compared to the base box. Also might be turned into a legacy game or a tournament by myself.

Deep Madness: Devourer of Worlds

Another epic monster, mainly because I swung my my FLGS to drop off a few things to sell. You can find out about that in the Point of Sale article that also went out on Monday. Just another monster to fight against in this cooperative scenario based survival game. As a refresher on the theme, there is a deep sea base, for mining or exploration and research, I forget which, but things start to go wrong. Monsters start to come in from another dimension and the base goes coms silent. You are part of a team sent to checkout what has happened and stop anymore more bad from happening. Needless to say, bad things will happen. Because the epic monster Devourer of Worlds isn’t a nice guy, even with a name like that.

Dice Throne: Season 1 & 2 Painted Minis

Really a highlight for me. These minis are awesome and 100% not needed. The base game comes with standees and the standees just move around the board in Dice Throne Adventures. But the painted minis look so cool on the table and I’m really excited to play with them.

Cthulhu: Death May Die

I love my Lovecraftian games. Mainly because I like Lovecrafts writing in theory, but in all fairness, most of it isn’t that interesting to read. When put into a larger narrative like you get in a game like Arkham Horror (3rd Edition or LCG) or Mansions of Madness you get a better and more interesting story. While this game also has story similar to the mythos that has been created in those games, it’s from a different company, CMON. And this one has a whole lot more dice chucking in it. I kind of like that it is scenario based and it’s going to be easy to get to the table, though there is a fair amount of set-up it seems, and get into the game throwing a lot of dice.

Lost Ruins of Arnak

Last one that I opened up on stream. Lost Ruins of Arnak is one of the hot games coming out of 2020. In fact, it’s really hard to find. I grabbed a copy from Barnes and Noble online when it basically was impossible to find anywhere else. This game is a Euro style game with worker placement, but it also has deck building. I like the theme with it being a adventure type of theme with Indiana Jones vibes. That isn’t a theme that shows up too often in board games, and I wish it would show up more. I get that adventure can be hard to do well, so I’m curious to play this one that makes it more about the mechanics than possible some story.

The Beer

New Holland Brewing Company was the creator of last nights beer, Dragon’s Milk Solera. Dragon’s Milk is a line of beers from New Holland that are all strong ales. They sit around 10-12% depending on the one. Solera refers to how it was barrel aged. The taste is solid, while regular Dragon’s Milk has more of a caramel flavor to it, this definitely leaned more towards stone fruits like plums or dark cherries. I don’t love that flavor as much, but it is still a solid beer. It definitely makes it a slower sipper with the flavor profile.

That’s everything that I unboxed and played last night on Malts and Meeples. Marvel United was a lot of fun to get to the table. And I’m hoping that maybe at the end of the month or the start of next month I’ll be able to do a bit unboxing for all the expansions when they are delivered.

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Cthulhu: Death May Die

The biggest box of them all is for Death May Die. Now, do I really need another game with a Cthulhu theme, probably not, but is this one I’ve wanted for a while? Yes it is. This game, if it had been at my FLGS (Friendly Local Game Store) when I had my free game up to $100, I probably would have picked it up over Heroes of Land, Air, and Sea, but I’m happy, because I have both now. Death May Die is different from the Fantasy Flight Arkham Games in that it’s more of a dice chucker. You are getting in there, getting madness and hoping to stop things from falling apart. Original a Kickstarted game from CMON, it was known for having a giant Cthulhu add-on buy, which can’t be used with the game, but looks awesome. I didn’t get that, which I’m fine with, but the base game, I’m excited to try it and most likely go mad and die.

Aeon’s End Expansions

Now for the “get to free shipping” part of the Point or Order, I got two more of the small expansions for Aeon’s End. Now, I’d feel bad about it, but I love the game, and I need to play it way more. The expansions add little tweaks to the game or new content to play with. Between the two expansions, I get two new mages, and three new nemesis to face off against. The only thing that they don’t give you is a better storage solution for when you have everything. I am hoping some day I’ll get it all down to one or two boxes. Aeon’s End is a game that I’ll eventually get most things for but one that I will get them over time, don’t need them all now.

Formula D: Track Expansions

Two track expansions were what I picked up from the garage sale. Now, there were some other interesting games, but I had primarily gone to see if the Battlestar Galactica was there. It was not, and he had sold it for $150, which was more than I’d have paid for it anyways. But, since the person running the sale set times for people to show up, I felt bad about not buying anything. And he had two expansion tracks for Formula D, a dice chucking racing game that I want to play. I got the base game shortly before the pandemic, if I remember correctly. It hasn’t gotten to the table. These tracks give the game more variety, which will be fun.

Deep Madness: Epic Monster

I swung by my FLGS again, and I’ll tell the story below. When I do that, I generally pick up something, though yesterday I dropped off a bunch to sell as well (see Point of Sale Article coming out today as well). But they still have expansions that are hard to find for Deep Madness. You basically have to get them used. As long as they are there, I will slowly pick them up. Do I need more for the game right now, the answer is no. But when will I see them again, who knows. Deep Madness is one that I should play on Malts and Meeples soon. And I think more monsters in a game is never a bad thing, except being bad for my winning percentage.

Dice Throne Adventure Painted Minis Season 1 and 2

Join me for story time. I was browsing Facebook, scrolling through like one does, on Saturday. I’m part of the Minnesota Board Game selling and buying group and I happened to see that someone was selling Dice Throne Adventure for $70. But it wasn’t just Dice Throne Adventure, it had the Season 1 and Season 2 minis for the game characters and the painted ones from the pledge. Are they need for the game, no, but do they look very cool, generally yes. I had wanted to get them during the Dice Throne Adventure Kickstarter, but getting the Treant vs Ninja duel pack, and just the cost of Dice Throne Adventure, I decided I shouldn’t. The two seasons of minis, as an add-on, cost $70. So when I saw them for the same price, plus getting Adventure for $70, it seemed like too good a deal to pass up. I knew I could just turn around and sell or trade the Adventures immediately, and store credit is just easier than selling it myself. So now I am really happy to own those painted minis, will it cause the game to hit the table more, probably not, but will it look cooler when it does, most definitely.

Which of these games looks the most interesting to you? Have you had any awesome purchases recently?

I think I am most excited to get Dice Throne Adventure to the table now with the minis.

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