Yep, more board games

Between down time on vacation (surfing the net before company arrived) and shopping on vacation (outlet malls of various states) I stumbled across four more board games for my collection...

Clue: The Card Game
My dad bought this (with a little coercion from me) at a five and dime general store since my sister has crap for boardgames and it was raining while we were there. Ironically paid more than a dime for it. Essentially, Clue without the board, and wasted dice rolls. Deduce the who, the where to, and by what mode of transportation- instead of the weapon of choice. Plays fairly quickly and provides some eyebrow raising suspicions among the group. I didn't like the notepad you used to mark for clues to the mystery- but never really liked it for regular Clue either. Should come with a blocker like in Clue: The Great Museum Caper. It's hard not to look sometimes.
Break the Safe
Bought this at a Value City for $7, which was fantastic since I had just left a board game store in the mall (second guessing myself) selling it for $25. Whew! Break the Safe is well thought out in terms of artwork and game pieces- the concept is unique too. You play a team of spies breaking into the EGC (evil guy complex) to steal secret documents inside a safe which doubles as the games timer- 30 minutes to complete the task or the world is doomed. You work together to search rooms containing the four keys to open the safe. Each room may contain traps to hinder you in your progress along with a night watch man and his guard dog. Specific cards can be used to aid you along or be passed off to one another during the game. Not bad for $7. I'll see what my friends think...




Last Night on Earth
Found this game on boardgame geek- yet to be released, possibly fall of this year. Another zombie game! Huzzah! But not by Twilight Creations- the company that tries to make a good zombie game but misses the boat- continously....sigh. Anyhoo- this company: Flying Frog Productions may have gotten it right. A odd grouping of characters are forced to survive among an army of zombies. The game board seems similar to Zombies!!! games, but larger in scale. They also use a cards that mirror the look of Magic: the Gathering with an undead flair. That's pretty much aIl I know so far. Here's a shot of the board...


Marvel Heroscape
Also on the 'geek- soon to be released- next week even? is Marvel's jump onto the Heroscape franchise- retailing for 30 bucks. Other than obiviou$ rea$on$, why the need for a Marvel Heroscape? Heroclix is just fine- more than fine since I've invested time and money and pulled my friends onto the Clix bandwagon. The only difference is a diagonal map and stats on cards instead of the figures bases. However, figures are standard wysiwyg- no need to pay ebay prices or hope for luck of the draw for characters you want- just waiting for expansion packs to be released. Bitching aside, the game looks good. Nice sculpts of the figures, demolished buildings as the backdrop/tiles and plenty-o-room for expansion. I've never played a game of the original Heroscape to know if its great or worth replaying on a weekly basis with a group of people. Fanboy mode on high- I'm very tempted- but will this replace my Heroclix game? No, it won't- merely another option.




-and that's all for now. Game on!