Alright, with all of that information out of the way we
can now move on to the main event.
Again, this will be my top 10 of 2016 games that I’m interested in and
this particular post will feature games 6-10.
Enjoy the read!
#10 – Bear Valley (Stronghold Games)
Bear Valley is a game where you are trying to be the
first to survive the wilderness as you are attempting to reach the safety of
your camp. This game is designed by the
fabulous Carl Chudyk and will be published by Stronghold Games around April of
this year. The game uses card play and
tile-placement as well as some other mechanics as you are attempting to move
your pawn to the safety of the camp before the other players. After all, you don’t need to beat the bear,
you just need to beat your friend! It
appears as though there will be an easy mode and a more advanced mode in the
game which I always like. You will draw
a card and then move your pawn in an attempt to get closer to the camp without
getting lost. There are ways to avoid
the bears that you will come across on your journey. This game is on my radar simply because of
the pedigree of Carl Chudyk and the great publishing of Stronghold Games. I have high hopes for this game and hope it
is a solid push-your-luck card game!
#9 – The Networks (Formal Ferret Games)
The Networks is a 1-5 player game where you are taking
control of the scheduling of a television network in order to create the best
lineup of prime time shows. This game is
designed by Gil Hova and is published by his company, Formal Ferret Games. This game uses hand management and card
drafting as its primary mechanisms as you are attempting to create the best
television programming and beat out your competitors. This game was Kickstarted in September of
2015 and so far is on schedule to hit backer’s doors either later spring or
early summer, before the major convention season. I saw the Rahdo runthrough of this game and
was hooked. It looks like a great,
lighter (but still with plenty of difficult decisions!) game that we will be
able to play ourselves and also break out with friends when they come over for
a game night. The art and cards are
witty and keep with the light and fun nature of the game. To be honest if I hadn’t Kickstarted The
Networks I think it would be even higher on this list. I have no doubts that this game is going to
be wonderful and it even has the chance to be one of my favorites of 2016!
#8 – New Bedford (Greater Than Games/Dice Hate Me Games)
New Bedford is a game where you take control of a whaling
crew and build the town of New Bedford into a thriving whaling community. This game is designed by Nathaniel Levan and
is published by Great Than Games’ imprint, Dice Hate Me Games. This game uses resource management, city
building, and worker placement as its primary mechanics while you are building
up the town of New Bedford into a community of great wealth and prosperity. Players take their two workers and will place
them on different buildings during their turn in order to take different
resources and actions as they are vying to be the best whaling crew. You are able to build the town larger as you
add more buildings and get better, more powerful actions with said buildings. The art direction really improved with the
updated Kickstarter and they did a fabulous job with the running of the
campaign. I think this is going to be a
big hit in our house and I can’t wait to give it a try when it reaches our
doors (hopefully!) this summer.
#7 – Colony (Bézier Games, Inc.)
Colony is a game where you will be building up a
fledgling colony and trying to make it the best out of your competitors. It is designed by Ted Alspach, Toryo Hojo,
and Yoshihisa Nakatsu and is published by Bézier Games, Inc. This game uses dice rolling, dice/pool
drafting and trading as its primary mechanics as you are creating your colony
of the future. Each player will be
constructing and upgrading their buildings as they are attempting to manage
their resources in the most efficient way.
The dice are used as the resources which sounds really cool. Each side/number will represent different
resources and some of them will be stable and able to be used in later rounds
while others must be used right away. Buildings
that are built will add new capabilities for the colony and capture victory
points which will be what the players are looking to gain. This game looks really cool and may be the
first Bézier Games’ game that we get.
#6 – Quadropolis (Days of Wonder)
Quadropolis is a new city building game that is coming
out in the next couple of months. This
game is designed by François Gandon and is published by Days of Wonder. This game uses tile placement, set
collection, and city building and you create your city SimCity style from tiles
on a common board. This is the new Day
of Wonder production which means that it is beautiful and the mechanisms in the
game are rock solid. I’ve seen a few
playthroughs and reviews and this game appears to be right up our
alley. It has cool city building with
some great decision making all wrapped up in the beautiful Days of Wonder
package. I would be very surprised if
this game wasn’t on our shelves by the end of the year.
And there we have it ladies and gentlemen, my game 6-10
of my top 10 interests from 2016. I am
really looking forward to these 5 games and they aren’t even my top 5! Keep your eyes peeled for my next post which
should be up either tomorrow or soon thereafter. It will contain my top 5 game interests from
2016…and these all look amazing! Thanks
so much for taking the time to read this post and feel free to comment
below. I’d love to hear what games
you’re looking forward to this year!
Until next time, game on!
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