Month: December 2016

Are you in a Rushi?

Rushi is a very basic strategy game, and yet, a very challenging one. In it, you have a six column board and seven pieces. You put one on of your pieces on each of the assigned spaces in the row right in front of you, keeping one in your hand. Each turn, you may either place that tile where another tile is pointing, then remove the pointing tile, or swap tiles with one of yours already on the board.Rushi

This seems like a simple concept, but I assure you, it will keep you entertained for hours. You score by getting a piece to the other player’s side of the board. Once it gets there, it gets flipped facedown and stays there for the rest of the game. You win by getting all of your pieces to the other player’s side of the board.

This game runs a little longer than the standard wait time for food at a sit-down restaurant, assuming the restaurant is mostly empty. Definitely not for playing at a fast food restaurant! You also want to play it in good lighting, as the colors are very similar shades of green and blue.

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Don’t Blink!

Literally. If you blink, you might lose! In Blink, you all have an equal amount of cards. You can have 3 cards in hand at once. You are trying to match the card in the middle. This is a speed game. You are not waiting on the other player unless you cannot match the card in the middle. You can match by color, shape, or number. You win by finishing all of your cards before the other player.Blink

This is actually a really convenient game for waiting at restaurants, even fast food places. Shuffle, split the deck, play, put away, all in the time it takes for your food to arrive. The best part is, you don’t have to talk. You could be playing with someone who doesn’t speak English and still be able to play with them.

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Schrödinger’s Cats

Schrödinger’s Cats is a small card game with a lot of betting and (go figure!) cats. You are betting how many boxes (cards in the round) have dead cats, alive cats, or nothing at all! You are all Cat Physicists, trying to prove that you are right about the statistics.Schrödinger's Cats

It is an elimination game, so each round one player gets out until the next game. If there are 5 players, you each start with 5 cards. Then the next round 4, then 3, etc., until there are only 2 players with 2 cards each.

The Cat Physicists all have names and powers (unrelated to the name). Some names are Sir Isaac Mewton, Stephen Pawking, Albert Felinestein, and Madame Purrie. The powers include skipping your hypothesis (bet) for one turn, adding 1 empty box to the findings, and using a power someone else has already used this game.

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You Have To Babysit Lil’ Cthulhu!

Lil’ Cthulhu is another Kickstarter game. You are cultists of Cthulhu, and he has given you a challenging task: babysitting his young son, Lil’ Cthulhu. And you thought his Dad was bad!Lil' Cthulhu

You make toys for Lil’ Cthulhu, play Dark Toys to foil with other cultists, and endure many a Tantrum from the Lil’ Brat himself. I enjoy playing this with a plush Cthulhu to play out the Tantrums. One particular time, the title of a Tantrum card referenced “My Father”, as in, Cthulhu. My plush acted this out well:

Lil’ Cthulhu (as acted by my plush) “I’m telling my Daddy!”

Me: “Shut up, Malfoy.”

I have only played against Mom, winning twice out of three times. There are two ways to win: be the last with sanity or make Lil’ Cthulhu’s three current favorite toys (picked at random from the deck of 6).

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