A selection of games I've played again, and some thoughts on them

This isn't going to be my normal style of gaming post, but will have a few link backs to past posts for the games I've played again and some further thoughts on them since my past post. There are many fine games out there, and I love playing new games, both since release and just new to me, I do like to replay games if they are good, or if others really like them. A result of that last part is how I've played 7 wonders more than a dozen times despite not really caring for it.

First up we have 2 games which I actually wrote about in the one post back when I did that regularly.Tokaido and Sagrada, which I can't believe was over a year ago. Then in a more recent replay, I got to play Century: Spice Road again.

Tokaido

I was able to play a few games of this in the last year, including a game with a special version of it. While many games with special components are improvements, and the minitures for each of the characters look very nice, and I'm sure being painted would be even more pretty, they weren't designed well as their bases don't fit on the player spaces on the board. This minor design oversight of the pieces meant that it was easier to play with the standard player pieces. The game remains very pretty and a fun experience every time I've played it.

I've also played many games of this on the app, which is an excellent implementation of the game, and at the excellent price of $2.99 it's hard to go past if you enjoy board games on your iOS device. I have noticed that the achievements don't seem to work, but they're hardly an issue with the actual gameplay.

Sagrada

The other pretty game from that post was just as much fun the second time around, and I thoroughly enjoyed teaching more people the game. It's a dice game with a difference and a bunch of variation from the cards that could be in the game. I'm always up for another game of this one.

Century: Spice Road

I enjoyed this one in a couple of back to back games with a group as part of a longer day gaming session, and it's still good, but once someone has their engine working it can be difficult to do anything about it. I think it's useful to recognise what other players are working towards and decide early if you're going to compete with them or go for something else that might be just as good for you. The downside is that it's important to get the bonus coins, as there really isn't a way to buy enough cheaper cards to end the game with more points than someone that's bought a few better cards with coin bonuses. If others are ignoring the coins though, you might be ok but that never happened in our games.

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