I made it to BGG Con!
The convention area is the entire basement floor of the Hyatt Regency DFW. There are board-game vendors, large rooms for gaming, a library to check out thousands of games, and various events to sign up for.
A quick recap in photos:
I got to play Medina at the Stronghold Games booth. Easy to learn and has great components. You build and claim buildings in a town square and build walls around the town. It gets harder to play as the space fills up.
Panamax is a game that I’ve heard great things about but is complicated to play and learn via rule book. The guy demonstrating it did a great job of simplifying everything. There is a lot of moving bits, but it’s one that I would definitely play again.
Cthulhu Wars is an area-control game involving the Great Old Ones. I didn’t get to play this one, as there was a game in progress, but I did stop by to admire and touch the figurines, which are massive, sturdy and well-crafted. Then I nearly dropped one when I found out the price for the board game was $195. The BGG Con special price is $165 though. A lady can dream.
Diamonds is a card game with a twist. It’s basically like Hearts, where you have to win the trick based on suit. If you have to break suit, you get a bonus action based on the suit you had to play. The game involves sparkly gems, a vault and stealing from players.
I was excited to try out Planes. The same company created the board game Trains, which is a fun deck-building, worker-placement game. Planes is nothing like that. The game involves moving your people around the board to get them on a plane, as well as scoring objectives. Pretty easy to learn.
Istanbul is another piece-dropping game where you are trying to gain and sell products by taking actions on where you land.
Lastly, Evolution is a light card game where you’re trying to evolve and feed your dinosaur species. Isn’t that first-player marker the cutest?
Can’t wait for what’s in store tomorrow!