Nov
3
Session report: Last Train to Wensleydale and Genial Card Game
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We had again weekly session at Nokia Board Game Club and we got to play some pretty decent games. First we played Martin Wallace’s latest work Last Train to Wensleydale which is one of the Treefrog line and has all wooden components. Game is all about transporting goods and people with trains and building your railroad network in a euroish way.
Image from BGG by James Hamilton
I had played the game twice before and had a feel for the game. There were three of us playing which was something different compared to the games I had played before and the game was also very different with three; there were a lot more space and collecting goods was far more easy. Game also took a lot longer since with three the game takes one round longer than with four.
I have to say that I really enjoy Last Train to Wensleydale. There’s some clever mechanics and especially the selling railroads to bigger game directed companies is interesting element in the game. The only complain I have with the game is that it looks ugly. The board is just hideous even though it might have been done in purpose; there must have been a way to create a better looking board.
Image from BGG by Werner Baer
Second game we had time to play was Genial Card Game which I bought few weeks ago from Lautapelit.fi with 2 euro and game offers bang for the buck. There’s several games that have exploited the Genial brand and most of the games are totally obsolete but Genial Card Game has the feel on original Genial and is unique. It’s fast, easy and has the same elements as it’s big brother but there’s some special rules with the scoring and obviously cards play much different than tiles even though there’s luck involved with both. If you’re looking for a good filler and like Genial here’s a good game for you.