Alhambra, Cave Troll
Only three of us made it yesterday. Despite our tiredness, we all had a surprisingly enjoyable evening. The games fitted our mood perfectly.
Alhambra
I have played this by email before and after playing face-to-face my opinion has not changed. This is very accessible, but bland. It’s got all the virtues and vices of the typical German game. I have too many games in this category, so I will not buy it, even though we had a perfectly good time. I suspect I will prefer Palazzo.
6/10
Cave Troll
At first glance this looks like a dungeon crawl game, like a mini Heroquest, but it is really an easy, quick area majority game with a fantasy theme. There is nothing much to it, but it fits the bill after a tiring day at work. It is almost the opposite of El Grande. I prefer Dungeon Twister, another fantasy game with €uro mechanics, but this is still pretty good.
6/10