Our day began as we dug into a game called “Founding Fathers” by Christian Leonhard and Jason Mathews and published by Jolly Roger Games. This is, by far, their best game yet. The theme feels a bit pasted on, but overall a pretty interesting game. The thing I found the MOST interesting is how the Constitution could have been very different. I also learned a lot about how the politicians back there were very similar to today. Some wanted to be governed like England still, some wanted more power for the big states, etc. So I got a bit of historical education along with a very solid game experience. I want to play it again before I get a solid opinion on this one! Andy won this.
Next we grabbed another new game, “Forbidden Island” by Matt Leacock and published by Gamewright. Gamewright hasn’t exactly put out tons of great games, but decent kids games. Well, Forbidden Island brings the concept of a cooperative board game to a mass producer of games in the U.S. It worked out rather well too. I really felt like I had to hurry up and get my butt off that island and we scrambled and scrambled to get the artifacts, but we couldn’t pull it off and everyone ended up drowning. I really like this very simple cooperative game and is one the whole family can enjoy. Best of all, it is SUPER cheap! Link included! 
Next up we broke out an old game with much neglect. "California” by the infamous Michael Schact and published by the defunct Uberplay Games. I don’t know, it is a silly concept to furnish your mansion and try to get guests to come over and bring you gifts, but hey, winner winner chicken dinner? Sure. Not a bad game at all, pretty fun really. I had a good time playing it and should probably break it out again soon. Be looking for a review on this game coming up! Andy won this as well. Whipping us so far!
Then we broke out Defenders of the Realm. For my thoughts on that game, see my review. I absolutely adored this game. We were overrun in the end and I still blame Mike for it. He decided to attack a General when we had almost no dice for it instead of clearing out potential overrun areas. I think what really lost it for us was how much we sucked at dice rolling against the General Sapphire. I think we rolled about 21 dice and only managed to roll three 5’s or 6’s. Typical day of dice rolling for me. So we all lost this one. Can’t wait to play it again though. Very challenging.
We closed our night with a grand game of “Innovation” by Carl Chudyk and produced by Asmadi Games. This one is a card game with a civilization/technology advancement theme. It’s basically a rummy type of game with lots of little things going on and sometimes trying to figure out the cards can take awhile. It has some really interesting mechanics going on, not sure if 4 players is the best for this. I’m thinking 3 might be optimal. Be that as it may, still a fairly interesting little game. My wife somehow won this without really ever feeling like she had a clue as to what was going on. This card game felt almost like there was too much going on at once, but I’ll give it another whirl.Overall a fun day of gaming with great friends! Can’t wait til next time, although we’ll probably have a new gamer born by then.
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