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Anthony BoydellUnited Kingdom
Newent. Glos
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Mrs B and I are preparing for (yet) another of our escapes to the wonderful City of Bath so - today - I'll post this preview of the newly-formatted Jerusalem prototype. After feedback from various 'mature' playtesters, Matt Green and I decided that it would be better to scale up the basic card size - especially since the whole thing is a monstrous table hog anyway, who'd notice an extra square metre?!
Anyway, for those not familiar with our satirical sandbox design, here's a summary:
- play out buildings of various types for one-off effects, scoring 'Footprints' (VPs) and, maybe, end of game scoring;
- upgrade (replace) buildings in play to make them more powerful as 'municipal' properties - most of which are subject to a Vote for Planning Permission;
- drop in one of the large buildings when the conditions are right; and,
- have fun turning a sleepy English village into a black-humoured English Town!A Player's Planning Department Board (with Mansion)::strip_icc()/pic7755976.png)
All of your property markers start on this board; when you build something, choose a marker and use it to show your ownership - removing a marker in this way will give you a particular bonus.Level 1 Municipal Buildings::strip_icc()/pic7755984.png)
A - Planning Department Board Goals
Building will leave spaces on your Planning Department Board; match those spaces to your GOAL card to get a bonus AND a Level 1 Municipal building that could be upgraded to Level 2.B - Geography Goals:strip_icc()/pic7755983.png)
Match your configuration of buildings to the requirements of your GEOGRAPHICAL building to get a bonus AND a Level 1 Municipal building that could be upgraded to Level 2.The Core Jerusalem buildings:Examples of some PUBLIC buildings::strip_icc()/pic7755977.png)
Examples of some RECREATIONAL buildings::strip_icc()/pic7755978.png)
Examples of some RELIGIOUS buildings::strip_icc()/pic7755979.png)
Examples of some COMMERCIAL buildings::strip_icc()/pic7755980.png)
Examples of some RESIDENTIAL buildings::strip_icc()/pic7755981.png)
Level 2 Municipal Buildings::strip_icc()/pic7755982.png)
The fabulous Level 3 Municipal Buildings:/pic7755985.png)
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Anthony BoydellUnited Kingdom
Newent. Glos
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Every homo sapiens needs an outbuilding within the curtelage of their property
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Anthony BoydellUnited Kingdom
Newent. Glos
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Mr Gameslore, aka Paul Bryant, and his partner Nina made the trip over to the Museum to join me on a fading Autumn Saturday. For the last half of the afternoon, stories were told, history related, rumours exchanged, boxes perused and the gaming world set to rights:
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While I was pleased that they had (finally) made it to Newent, both also came bearing gifts which made the pleasure double!
A whole box of Aleph Nulls for the Gift Shop:
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Simon is, of course, the best card to appear in any game ever.
On the way out - for the purposes of Facebook checking-in - Nina took a quick picture of Paul at the threshold:/pic7751528.jpg)
A charming souvenir of our couple of hours together!
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Sun Sep 24, 2023 6:10 am
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Anthony BoydellUnited Kingdom
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A couple of overseas eBay lots for Aleph Null popped up on a recent search and - by crikey! - the descriptions are a bit *ahem* unusual:
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"Family Game" and "Solo Game Horror"?!:strip_icc()/pic7749626.jpg)
"Family Dissection Puzzle?!
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Anthony BoydellUnited Kingdom
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It's quite the period for 'special visits' to the Museum - must be the change of Season? - so I found myself down at The Shambles late Wednesday PM to greet Mr Matt Bayley. He came, from about an hour away, to peruse the cave of treasures and to chat all-things board gaming and to very generously donate a copy of Glory to Rome! As well as being an avid collector of modern games himself, he also runs a side-line business in game-related' tee-shirts (see here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ShirtsAndMerchStudio) and presented me with a test print of a Black Box GtR tee as well!
Over a slap-up supper at The Kings Arms, we chatted about favourite games, the persistent desire to buy more board games, life and several new tee-shirt ideas including, maybe, me designing a special Snowdonia one - you know: making it a Train as well?!
In the back room, there was a double-figure turnout (huzzah!) and three tables were quickly allocated: Pillars of the Earth (Gary, Steve, Joe), the new Castles of Burgundy (Sandra, Paul, Tom and Dave) and a bijou trio for Snowdonia (myself, Matt and Will)./pic7746894.jpg)
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I have been keen to teach a nervous Will 'Snod' for a while as I think it's realtively-straightforward for a noob; Will is keen but lacks confidence and often gets overwhelmed. Guiding him to a bit of this and that Contract card gave him some direction from the start; then, having completed that, he was able to keep an eye out for another...and so on.
There was plenty of gentle ribbing as I guided him through the first Rounds; overall he seemed to enjoy the experience!/pic7746897.jpg)
More chat with Matt until the PotE table had done and joined us for Modern Art Card Game:/pic7746898.jpg)
This seemed to be a two horse race between Joe and Gary from the start as they settled into pushing and exploiting a couple of the artists; my own hand - including the Round 2 and 3 refreshers - seem entirely composed of the two ignored creators and, consequently, I never managed to get a figurative foothold. Joe pipped Gary by just one currency unit ($1000) in the final tally leaving me $100,000 behind in last place.
For the next two weeks, the club will have to get on without me as I have a trip the glorious Bath and Essen Spiel in my diary.
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Our postman tapped the door, tentatively, with an armful of parcels and soaked - from head to foot - thanks to the relentless rain of a grey Wednesday. She scanned the QR codes by way of 'proof of delivery' and squelched back to her van. Careful not to soggy up the floor and furnishings, I snipped at the droplet-strewn packing tape:
A mixed bag of donated (The Simpsons' Game of Life), personal (the Blish books and the Stontium Dog ZX Spectrum cassette) and Museum items:/pic7746122.jpg)
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The particular treasure is Teuf-Teuf! - a French language edition of C.W. Faulkner & Co's race game Pip-Pip!:/pic7746116.jpg)
Heaven knows how difficult it is to source the Faulkner catalogue; indeed, I have recently been snipe-d out of copies of both From Sailor Boy to Admiral (Sailors) and Flyto (Balloons)./pic7746117.jpg)
So to happen upon an almost-complete (it's missing the Rulebook with the picture/forfeit descriptions), foreign imprint is a real joy:/pic7746118.jpg)
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The turn-of-the-century stuff is well worth saving up - and waiting - for!
Thu Sep 21, 2023 6:20 am
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Embrace the magic that the darkness bears; breath deep in the chill and shift in the air.
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Anthony BoydellUnited Kingdom
Newent. Glos
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Autumn comes dripping in on the soles of our shoes and the tails of our coats:
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It's time to put the Winter duvet back on the bed, stock up on logs for the wood-burning stove and pull the 'slow cooker' from the back of the Pots cupboard. Pretty soon there is Essen Spiel, and, then, the hibernating will begin in earnest.
I'm not one who misses the Sun, or suffers from S.A.D; indeed, the opposite is true as we are now moving into my favourite time of the Year. I love the way the world shrinks around you: the shorter days, the weather that necessitates cocooning-in-clothes, the shuffling closer-together of furniture - a general lifestyle hunkering down as you bid farewell to the Sun until the Springtime.
Bliss.
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Fortune has brought me into a connection with the splendid Mr Dan Hallagan and a bijou project related to his magnum opus Obsession! Back in the way-back-when, I'd had an idea for an Activity tile and our recent discussions about something for Snowdonia: Grand Tour have brought this reciprocal piece back to life as part of a forthcoming Obsession expansion (due October 17th-31th this year)!
In a mechanism that breaks a core rule of the game, the Pony & Trap/Hansom Cab let you make use of activities owned by the other players::strip_icc()/pic7742679.png)
Using someone else's activity won't cause their tile to flip, however.:strip_icc()/pic7742678.png)
To be added as part of the general supply (from the bag) rather than a starting piece, I hope to hear many tales of outrage and intrigue.
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Anthony BoydellUnited Kingdom
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Friday was a day of fettling and settling: Daisy and Andy have moved to their first house (bloody lovely place, very exciting for everyone etc) and left a few bits of IVAR shelving behind - like the IKEA Vulture that I am, I pounced upon them and carried them away to
my nestthe Museum!
I am also trialling my new work laptop and its ability to tether off of my phone thus enabling me to work from The Shambles - I can be on standby for visitors but - more importantly - I can decide to get out of the house and walk to work ie. for the benefit of my mental health!
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Everything is looking pleasingly-consistent though I could really do with one more shelf layer./pic7739551.jpg)
And speaking of 'work', Saturday saw a special visit from three of my workmates who - for the last 24 months - have been icons on Teams meetings (we had never met IRL); from Newport (South Wales) and Bristol, they tootled into Newent in time for a hearty Erol's Breakfast Bap, coffee and what would be four hours of gaming history and work-related chat. I also had them scurrying about the premises in a game of Railway Riot...which was made especially-spicy when the whole of The Shambles suffered a 20 minute power cut:/pic7739550.jpg)
This gave us an idea for Hallowe'en...
A full and busy day was rounded off with an impromptu trip to the Cinderford Palace Theatre to see A Haunting In Venice - the new Poirot - which me, Mrs B and Arthur enjoyed very much.
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