I took the chance to sort my boardgames.
Ivor was a bargain in a charity shop and is an enjoyable game with lovey components and map. If I were arty I always fancied producing my own counters and using the map for a VBCW game...
Jan was never one for games really. When the girls were small I played boardgames with them and she did craft with them, an equitable division of labour. Years ago friends brought ‘Ticket to Ride” round and amazingly Jan really liked the game. We think of her when we play it . I never have worked out how to play the LOTR card game sadly. I think that Tokaido is my favourite. It is a calming game of journeying in Edo Japan and quite entrancing to play. Well worth seeking out.
I recognise many of those china pieces from my Mum's own cupboards.
ReplyDeleteMe too, especially the storage jars.
DeleteHi Alan- my-my you certainly have a good amount of Board Games- IVOR looks an interesting one. The only game I have is 'WIND in THE WILLOWS' - it is appealing as it has painted miniatures of the main characters. Cheers. KEV.
ReplyDeleteIvor is a good game.Wind in the Willows sounds fun and lovely to look at.
DeleteIvor does look interesting. And the Wind in the Willows sounds good too Kev.
ReplyDeleteOne of the best new boardgames we have played is Carcassone. I really like the Princes Quest boardgame from Edwardian times though the board is tiny. https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/2016/06/19/the-princes-quest-board-game/
My favourite (as I find Monopoly too argumentative etc) of the last ten years was a Postman Pat children's board game where you had to deliver your pile of letters around the board and then get home - dull stuff. The genius trick was if you rolled a 3, you could place the sheep piece blocking the roadway to hamper other players or favour your friends! The next roller of 3 could move the sheep anywhere they wanted. Simple. Genius!
I have a new 'design your own' Board Games book that I ought to put on the blog too, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Board-Games-Create-Play-friends/dp/1911624296
There is a strange set of YouTube lecture (low tech whiteboard and pen) videos about board games design by scientist and Libertarian US academic and board games collector George Phillies who was involved back in the day with the D and D creators https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/2018/07/01/george-phillies-us-game-design-lectures-on-youtube/
As ever you have provided really interesting links. The Postman Pat game sounds like fun and I will try the lectures.
DeleteI checked it's a 2004 Paul Lamont game called Postmen Pat Big Letter Day - apparently we no longer have this but have found some pictures online.
ReplyDeleteOne day in a Charity shop ... Inwill look out for a copy.
DeleteLooks like your Spring tidy up has unearthed some happy memories Alan.
ReplyDeleteThose old Oliver Postgate cartoons like Ivor the Engine were great fun.
Happy memories indeed. I really liked those cartoons too. I have passed my enthusiasm for them onto my daughters. On a different theme/ time do you know the “Big Knights “;cartoons really good fun too?
DeleteHornsea pottery?
ReplyDeleteI bought Tokaido after you mentioned it, rather lovely to look at and gentle, as you say. Bit worried about Ivor in VBCW, I hope he is not forced to choose between fascist ('made the trains run on time') and communist..
I will check the make out with my daughter. I am pleased you bought and like Tokaido. Be assured it will be civil indeed for Ivor if I ever get round to taking my thought further.
DeleteChuckled at the "vintage chins" typo. :D
ReplyDeleteThe Ivor game looks good. I like that style of illustration, as you might have guessed from a recent post of my own. The LOTR card game is hard (not too complicated, but difficult to win). Having things like the Ticket to Ride game that brings back fond memories is good.
I really ought to give the LOTR another go. The illustration style is charming as was indeed Noggin.
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