After missing few Thursdays due to holidays and house moving I have eventually managed to play few games last night with Mr. Timewalk. Game of the day was Nations but we started with quick game of Kosmonauts – it’s a race game placed is Solar system and your goal is to land on planets, get victory tokens and go back to Earth. I like this game and will post more about it some time later. Next was Mascarade – an absolute winner for me! Quick, bluffing, memory type of game where – something similar to Love Letter and Coup but with some chaos involved as you can swap cards without showing to other if you actually swapped it or not. One of the action is checking what card you have and with all the swaps (or ‘swaps’) you sometimes have no clue who you play 😉  I think lads didn’t really like it but I hope to play it more. Well, game of the day was Nations. Through the Ages Lite? Not really – they took best things from TTA, added some mechanics from other games, shorten play time and we have possible, future number 1 on BGG.com ranking.

I have lost badly (never been good at Through the Ages…) but really like this game. Love the ‘play your actions until you pass’ mechanic that’s similar to Eclipse and Terra Mystica. Love the war and battles mechanic. You only go through part of the cards each play so replayability should be very high. Play time can easily go below 3 hrs which is very good for civilization type game. There are many things to like in this game and I hope we will play it more as I had no clue what to do last night ;).  Production quality is pretty good but I think game is little bit overpriced (over £50). It is no game for casual gamers but easier than TTA. Highly recommend to try it.

players board

scoring board

Main boards