If I trust in you, would you let me down?

[venta]

OK, so a little while back I asked you lovely, helpful people for some boardgame recommendations. I was after a present for some friends, and the suggestions were many and varied.

In the end, I took myself off to see beckyl. I was more-or-less decided, from the suggestions I'd had, that I was going to go for Libertalia. It's reasonably new, it looked interesting and it's got pirates. Everyone likes pirates, right?

BeckyL and grumblesmurf were both in the shop, and they sat me down and addressed me on the topic at length. They listened to my requirements, made a few more enquiries, and started trotting out suggestions.

After a while, BeckyL correctly identified that I had developed crippling choice-agoraphobia and was in danger of dithering myself to a standstill. She took a large, shiny box from the shelf, handed it to me, and said "buy this".

I respond well to firm instructions, so I bought it.

"It" turned out to be Tzolk'in, and it seems it has gone down extremely well with its recipients. I hope to make its acquaintance properly next time I'm visiting.

(Grumblesmurf can clearly identify an impressionable shopper, and flogged me a copy of Coup as well before I made it out the door. I commend it to your attention, if you have not yet met it.)

I also bring to my own attention: games make excellent presents, as they are almost invariably cuboid. Next year, try not to give so many people things in bottles as presents. They are a bugger to wrap.

Anyway, the short version: thank you all for your assistance, Tzolk'in appears to be a winner, and Eclectic Games is an excellent emporium staffed by helpful people :)

Comments

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

Incidentally, I myself got a copy of Libertalia for Christmas. Having now played it, I can recommend it unreservedly. Not only does it contain a boatload of piratical goodness, the actual gameplay is pretty ingenious.

(I'm going to write about it on my own LJ evenutally, but the day I had plenty of time to blog featured no LJ uptime whatsoever. I should have just written it in a text file somewhere to post later.)

[kauket.livejournal.com]

zenithed got it for me for xmas but we have yet to play it. Looking forward to giving it a go though.

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

Pro tip: When you read the 'Brute' card for the first time, think to yourself "What's the worst that could happen?".

The thing you think of will very likely be what happened to me. :-/

[maviscruet.livejournal.com]

Beat yourself to death! Hurrah!

[zenithed.livejournal.com]

Good to hear. It was a bit of a wild card based on good reviews and pirates.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! I remember you saying it was on your Christmas list. I shall look forward to your write-up of it.

[maviscruet.livejournal.com]

Somehow I missed that entry....

But a good choice - the cog based game play is interesting and new and it's a fundamentally well made game. I got given a copy for my 40th......

[tigerfort.livejournal.com]

Yes, I liked Eclectic too, although I've still never bought anything from them because I never have the car with me in Reading.

And I'm amazed no-one else has noticed that that's the name of the game. Now I shall take my earworm and go to bed.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Are you in Reading a lot? I've no idea where you're based, these days.

I'm sure if you went in to Eclectic and asked to be sold a pocket-sized game they'd oblige :)

And I'm amazed no-one else has noticed that that's the name of the game

It always surprises me which ones people do or do not spot (or at least comment upon spotting :)

You may have a kudo all to yourself.

[tigerfort.livejournal.com]

I'm currently living in Didcot, but don't get out all that much. My mother lives in Reading, so I visit the edges of Caversham quite often, but the centre of town relatively rarely. My dentist is also in Reading, and much more central, although I visit him rather less often (I am overdue to make an appointment at present, though).

If I'm organised some time when K is in Cornwall and I'm not, I could potentially be free to come to Reading when I do get out of the house, though.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm invariably in Reading during working hours... but work in a place where they'd let me pop out if you fancied meeting up for a coffee or something, if it happens to fit in with your plans at any point :)