This past weekend was a good one for games. Got a couple new tabletop games and tried those out, and managed to work in some Playstation time. Packed some good fun into two short days!
The first game we got out was Forbidden Island, by Gamewright. It's a cooperative game, with the players trying to work together to gather all four treasures from various locations on the island and escape before the island sinks. We've had mixed results with cooperative games - some of them, like Ghost Stories, are so challenging that we just end up frustrated. Others, like Pandemic, present enough of a challenge that they hold your interest, but they aren't un-winnable. Forbidden Island definitely falls into the second category. We had only a few tiles left when we grabbed the final treasure and lifted off, making for a very tense several turns. Players really have to work collaboratively to win the game, and there isn't a mechanic that determines a winner-within-the-winners, which is good. The rules are fairly concise, setup is quick & easy and the game itself plays pretty smoothly. I'd definitely recommend it.
The second game, though, nearly overshadowed the fun we'd had with Forbidden Island. Cards Against Humanity. Holy shit. It's like Apples To Apples, but for horrible, twisted, profane and sacriligious adults. So it was perfect for us! We played with the Rando Cardrissian variant rule, as personified by our giant black cat, Eldritch, who nearly won the game. If you have not played this before, go get it. Play it. Get the expansions. Be prepared to laugh yourself into unconsciousness.
Playstation time! Also known as Gaming While Intoxicated. We started out with some Borderlands 2, before the rum had time to really work. Have I mentioned how much I love this game? No? Good gods, I love this game. We've deviated from the basic storyline and are trying our hand at one of the DLC packs, Captain Scarlett's Pirate's Booty. So much fun. I will be one sad little gamer chick when we wrap this one up.
After that, when things were getting...blurrier, we opted to switch to Castle Crashers. This is normally a fun game, but we had an even better time playing it with our rum & Coke and rum & ginger beer. It probably took us a lot longer to finish levels than it should have, but damn, it was fun.
This week, we'll be playing 2 De Mayo, which should be a much crunchier game than the weekend's fare. I'll post how it goes.
What are you playing?
