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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I tried Orleans for the first time. I liked it but lost badly against someone else who had played it before. (And who owned the game.) What I didn't realize is how important gaining money and adding estates was in terms of point value. I went the route of adding goods for points but it wasn't nearly enough.

I also played Cartographers for the first time. I really like roll and write games, but this one was more of a "card and write". It has different colored pencils you can color in the maps with, so that made it more fun.

[–] thorbot 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It actually doesn't come with the colored pencils in the retail box, I had to pick some up aftermarket. The basic pencils it comes with don't cut it! But I do enjoy that game a lot, as an avid doodler!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oh I had no idea! The person who taught it must have supplemented it with their own pencils.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (20 children)

I found out that the colored pencils came in the Collector's Edition.

[–] thorbot 1 points 1 year ago