What's this blog all about?

"Board games? You play board games?" I hear you say... yes, but not unlike any board games you've probably ever heard of. Monopoly? Cluedo? Guess Who? Battleships? No, not by a long shot. One day someone introduced me to a great little game called "Carcassonne" - named after a French medieval town of rambling streets, walls and sections - where the aim is to score the most points using little random squares of road, walls and cities.
I was hooked and so began my, then our - the Bradshaw Tribe, adventure into Euro- and Ameritrash- gaming...

Wednesday 11 May 2011

A game in the top ten family games we don't have you say? Not anymore!

Last Saturday we all took a nice walk into town, sun was shining and we thought why not. And as we were walking past Battlequest we thought we'd pop in - a more accurate description is that I persuaded the others to come with me lol. Anyhow whilst in there I spotted Smallworld, one of the few top ten family games we don't have. I showed it to Anita and another customer enthused about its good points.
I knew it was based on a game we used to own called Vinci. I was introduced to this game and found it was great. This changed though with my own copy when I found that the rules were overly wordy and the rules difficult to understand.
This version is a lot more simplified and easier to play it seemed and Anita was sold so we got it. Hopefully we find this a lot of fun to play!