Recently, I received this great game called Coerceo . It looks quite interesting. I love abstract games, but haven't been able to find someone to play them with in Japan. I used to play a lot of Chess in high school, but after the losing a gazillion times, it was time to throw in the towel/Chess board. I read the rules and watched some videos on this game, and it looks like a lot of fun. I think this one is simple enough to teach even new gamers. That's definitely a bonus in my eyes. I like the modular board, and the great pyramid shaped pieces. Here's what the game looks like. After I play it a few times, I'll post up a review right here, on what I thought of the game. Watch this space....To be continued The game components The board shrinks as you play it
Edited to provide more information: This was right after the March 11th Earthquake in 2011. A lot of people had similar experiences. I managed to catch the bus half way home. When I got to the station there were thousands of people at the station. All the nearby buildings were all evacuated. Everyone was on the street. Having no money & no idea of the extent of the damage etc, I decided to try find an ATM. I walked from station to station trying to find a working one. Still not knowing what had really happened I went to the ENT clinic. They also didn't know the extent of what had happened, as they were still operating. At that point I really wished I knew more Japanese so I could ask. Still having no idea, I thought the trains should be up and running again, but it was starting to get dark. It was freezing. My phone was running out of battery, I was stuck and didn't know how to get home. All I c...
I've put up a little poll to the right of my blog. Please feel free to vote. Also, feel free to comment below this post, what other games you want to play this year. Then we'll look back in 6 months to see what games got played :)
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