I thought for sure my husband would like Conflict, a war game by Parker Brothers that I've had a very long time. It is easy with a combination of luck (rolling the dice) and strategy (choosing which pieces to move when and where). The object is to either capture all your opponents pieces or to take over their home base as I did with my boat.
The brown squares are land, the blue-green is water. Planes can go on any square, artillery only on land, boats only on water. You can go in any direction. The anti-aircraft gun cannot be taken by a plane.
The pieces in the middle square are your reserve pieces that can be removed and put into action one at a time whenever you roll a 7. You get to move two pieces each turn, one piece for each die. Doubles get you another turn, however, if you roll three in a row, you must put a piece in reserve. I'd say this game only took us about 10-15 minutes so I asked if he wanted to play it again and he said "No, get something else." I was disappointed he didn't like it because it's one I like very much. Four can play and you can play partners if you want.
So, next I chose something completely different--a French card game called Mille Bornes. The object is to be the first to complete a 700-mile (two players) or 1,000-mile (3-4 players) trip. (This too can be played with partners if you have four players.) Each player has a "battle pile" that determines if you can play mileage. To start, you need a green light. You can then put down mileage cards until your opponent plays any of these hazards on your pile: flat tire, accident, out of gas, stop or 50 speed limit. Then you need a remedy card to fix the problem and then a green light before you can play mileage again. Each player gets 6 cards in their hand. You get extra points if you can complete the trip without using 200s, for each safety you play (Driving Ace (protects from accidents), Punctureproof (protects from flat tires), extra tank (protects from out of gas) and Right of Way (protects from stop lights, speed limits and no need for green lights). The game is over when a player reaches 5,000 points. We only played to 3,000 though because my husband didn't care for this game either. UGH!
Have you played either of these games? Which one do you think you would like?
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My husband HATES Mille Bornes. Really. It's beyond not liking...he gets really mad when you suggest we play that game. Isn't that weird?? Maybe we weren't playing it correctly, but he remembers it not being clear how to play so chaos and crabbiness ensued. I just laugh at him.
I like your game reviews!
We never really heard of either of those before now!
Lin--I think Mille Bornes makes perfect sense. Oh well, to each his own, right? I guess what I like about it is that it's fun stopping your opponent with the hazards and the challenge of getting a safe trip without using the 200 mileage markers. Glad you like my game reviews.
Brian--I probably have lots more you have never heard of before. I bet you have heard of the next one I post though, and it's one that my husband won too!
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