Re: Greater Tioga County Area Gaming Group
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 4:27 pm
Well we had a chaos filled night of gaming last night. Seven folks over, one was a newbie present just for a one shot, the other was her second time, and the house was full of extra kids up way to late.
With 7 people we didn't know what to play, I'd love a suggestion for games for large groups that isn't Apples to Apples or Cards Against Humanity.
So we tried Nightfall: The Coldest War expansion.
NF only says 2-5 players, but we had enough starter decks to play 10 so what the hell right? Holy crap that was too many players. With 3 people having never played it or only played it once long ago, that was tough. Then another 3 who only played it a few times, then me. Two folks ended up having to leave early, and we started late, so not sure how much fun they had. The rest of us, down to 5, pressed on, and with 5 it was much better. One thing poorly done was we used only cards from the expansion, and no base set cards, that was a mistake I think.
Still, we had some good times, and plenty of smack talk.
The MVP or Largest Hated Card was "All Fears Revealed", we played it wrong allowing the person playing it to also target minions, which over powered it some. It just kept wiping the table of minions so no one was able to build up.
When it was all over Eilandor won the epic long game (we ended at 1am starting around 10pm).
Eilandor 7
Me 8
Amaris 11
Princess Magnet 12
Ginger Snaps 14
Next time we play NF I want to try the Easter Skies set, which has great reviews, and drop all the variant options on it we can and only play with 5 or less people from the start.
With 7 people we didn't know what to play, I'd love a suggestion for games for large groups that isn't Apples to Apples or Cards Against Humanity.
So we tried Nightfall: The Coldest War expansion.
NF only says 2-5 players, but we had enough starter decks to play 10 so what the hell right? Holy crap that was too many players. With 3 people having never played it or only played it once long ago, that was tough. Then another 3 who only played it a few times, then me. Two folks ended up having to leave early, and we started late, so not sure how much fun they had. The rest of us, down to 5, pressed on, and with 5 it was much better. One thing poorly done was we used only cards from the expansion, and no base set cards, that was a mistake I think.
Still, we had some good times, and plenty of smack talk.
The MVP or Largest Hated Card was "All Fears Revealed", we played it wrong allowing the person playing it to also target minions, which over powered it some. It just kept wiping the table of minions so no one was able to build up.
When it was all over Eilandor won the epic long game (we ended at 1am starting around 10pm).
Eilandor 7
Me 8
Amaris 11
Princess Magnet 12
Ginger Snaps 14
Next time we play NF I want to try the Easter Skies set, which has great reviews, and drop all the variant options on it we can and only play with 5 or less people from the start.