#board-game

#board-game

The job that takes me out of the house every morning (and funds my board gaming hobby) is 'analytical chemist'. This means I spend my day running fancily named instruments and explaining to other people what the numbers or graphs they spit out mean. In order to understand this stuff myself, a pretty significant chunk of my life from college onwards has involved using or referencing a periodic table. Reciting the noble gases in order

This game is not an expansion; it is a new environment with three new scenarios and requires nothing from the original game. Just like the original, there are three scenarios (with five unique games in each scenario), each with different difficulties from 3 Stars to 7 Stars. The game is played by one to four players. Each scenario has six suspects, six locations, and six time frames that you can investigate.

Unfortunately, despite all of my geographic advantages, I only vaguely understand what any of that means. After years of being steeped in this culture, I can really only identify if something is red or white, and I still put ice cubes in my chardonnay. The society of passion around wine may be lost on my poor philistine soul, but I envy the love and care that others put into its history and agriculture.

Players take turns placing Action Discs (numbered 1-5) on one of the four action selection areas. There are two fixed side boards (the Resource board and the Labo(u)r board) where actions don't change, and two areas for card actions (Character and Port decks), which refresh each round. Each action area has spaces numbered 1 to 5, with the higher numbered spaces corresponding to more powerful actions.

EMO+ started as a tool for adults on the autism spectrum, helping them interpret and express emotions together without the pressure of finding the 'right' words.

Meeting an online friend in person can be pretty awkward. If only there were a way to skip the weird small talk and get right into real conversation.