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In keeping with the spirit of Halloween, I really enjoyed hosting a spooky fun board game night for my family & friends. Since I always serve a snack to my guests that go along with the theme of my party, I decided I would offer The Spengler Latte from Romancing the Bean Café. Since, its' Ghostbusters movie Halloween theme goes along with mine. The special latte was more than I hoped for, not only was it delicious, but it was just the perfect drink to perk up players to strategize.
What I liked about the Zombie Chase
game is that it can be played as a cooperative group effort in order to escape
the theme park, or players can try to turn their friends into zombies. My friends
worked so well together to avoid us turning into zombies, that we successfully
beat the game fairly quickly.
I
enjoyed how the game creates an exciting atmosphere, reminiscent of a Scooby
Doo episode where they would go to a theme park and get chased by zombies. Just
like how the Scooby gang worked as a unit to solve the mystery, the Zombie
Chase game lends a similar air of mystery, fright, team work & fun all
rolled into one.
Reign is the second game that we played.
I think it is a unique, challenging, & complex board game. If you are playing
with the maximum amount of players, it can take a very long time. I really liked
the fact that the players get to set up the board the way they want, such as
choosing the layout of the gems & picking where your clan members are positioned
at the beginning of the game. This was not the case with Zombie Chase. In that
game, the tokens must be set up on preset red spaces. It is also fun to put
together the puzzle like board game pieces, but they are a bit tricky to place
back in their box.
The object of the Reign game is to battle
other clans. If you enjoy watching Netflix's Squid Game, you will probably
enjoy playing this time sensitive battle royale style game. Since, Reign's objective
to be the last remaining player is quite similar. I also found it interesting
that unlike the typical board game which only allows players to make one move
per turn, Reign allows players to perform several different things within their
one turn.
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