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Thanks Santa!
This year I signed up for a secret Santa board game gift exchange over at Boardgamegeek.com and I’ve got to tell you, that I am now one happy camper!
My Santa sent me not one, but TWO boardgames from my wishlist. I received both Mexica and Mesopotamia. I had Mexica on my wish because it is part of the “Mask Trilogy” which also includes one of my favorite games, Tikal. Mesopotamia has some cool looking tiles and bits in it. I think that I also must have been listening to the They Might be Giants song while adding it, The Mesopotamians
Mexica of the Mask Trilogy
I can’t wait to give this one a go and see how it plays out. This game, Tikal, and Java all have a similar feeling to the gameplay… or so I’ve been led to believe! I’m hoping that it is as fun as Tikal, so I am excited to give it a couple of plays and find out. Next I’ll need to get my hands on Java and complete my collection.
Mexica plots the development of the city of the same name on an island in lake Texcoco. Players attempt to partition it into districts, place buildings and construct canals.
We're the Mesopotamians!
The tiles on this game look really interesting. The basic shape to them is a hexagon, but they lock together like puzzle pieces. The bits on the back of the box look very pretty as well, so I’ll be excited to crack this one open and start spielling!
At the center is the Ziggurat, where you must bring 4 sacrifice tokens to win. But to deliver them, you must have sufficient Mana reserved by praying in temples, which players build. You bring your sacrifices from 4 huts that you build, and you can breed at an empty hut to increase your people. To build huts, temples, and Mana, you use rocks and timber that you collect from quarries and forests.
I got my Santee DVONN and the Descent – Tomb of Ice expansion. I hope he enjoys them as much as I will my new games. Thank you Santa, whoever you are!
Tags: descent, dvonn, Java, mesopotamia, mexica, Tikal
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Dec 6th, 2008