Board game recommendation
Dec. 26th, 2016 11:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabotabbyOh man. I went to a friend's birthday party last night and we played Bloc by Bloc. I've been hearing about it for ages (full disclosure; it was created by a friend-of-an-acquaintance) but never actually played it. I can in no way justify it for my games course, but I think I maybe need it for me.
The object of the game is to create an insurrection in a city. You have a faction and you work cooperatively (or semi-cooperatively, if you give everyone a sectarian agenda that may run counter to every factions) against the cops to loot stores, build barricades, fight cops, and create guerrilla gardens and assembly halls. It's a very complicated, involved set-up, but the game play is completely hilarious and wonderful. And it's beautifully designed; when someone I know designs a game, I tend to assume it's going to be well-written but look kind of crap, but this had quality art. It's a bit like Pandemic, mechanically, but naturally the theme is much more up my alley.
Anyone else played it? Anyone else want to play it?
The object of the game is to create an insurrection in a city. You have a faction and you work cooperatively (or semi-cooperatively, if you give everyone a sectarian agenda that may run counter to every factions) against the cops to loot stores, build barricades, fight cops, and create guerrilla gardens and assembly halls. It's a very complicated, involved set-up, but the game play is completely hilarious and wonderful. And it's beautifully designed; when someone I know designs a game, I tend to assume it's going to be well-written but look kind of crap, but this had quality art. It's a bit like Pandemic, mechanically, but naturally the theme is much more up my alley.
Anyone else played it? Anyone else want to play it?
