Board Games Everywhere

Well it's been an interesting year.  I've been fortuante to know some who have taken their first steps into building their own board games.

Intestinal Fortitude and Summit.

I've also has the pleasure of participating in a number of new games including, Dominion, Dungeon Quest and Elder Signs.

Dominon and Dungeon Quest I've talked about before -here-

What I'd like to talk about is Elder Sign.
What a great game!  The cards and pieces are individual works of art.  I spent a lot of the game in awe of all the components. 

Don't let the amount of card types and dice intimidate you.  This game is actually pretty easy to learn.  It's mechanics allow you to really dive into this adventure and really enjoy it.  The Fantasy Flight folks made this very intuitive.

My first round at Elder Sign was just over three hours.  Some of that was getting up to speed learning, but it truly flew by.  There was never a lull as participants can easily talk over the game - unlike some other games where you need to really focus on what you're doing.   Playing as a team really helped as we were able to discuss some strategy on what to tackle.