Live session at Leppävaara game club and online games at yucata.de
First and last game I played was the new trick taking card game from Amigo called Crazy Lab which is designed by Jordi Gené and Gregorio Morales. I love trick taking games and I tend to buy every trick taking game I can get my hands on. Amigo’s trick taking games tend to be good and my expectations were high.
Crazy Lab lab is a quite basic trick taking game with one positive color and one negative color for each player and a changing trump color for each trick played. What makes the game unique is the fact that each card has up to three colors and with changing trump color the game play is interesting. I feel that this is a lighter trick taking game which should be played with less player than 5 because the level of chaos increases rapidly with more players. I need to investigate my views a bit more with more plays but for now this is how I see the situation.
Second game of the night was Spiel des Jahres winner Kingdom Builder which I had played once at Spiel Fair when the game came out and I did not have fond memories of that session. This second play did nothing to change my opinion which is that the game has solid mechanisms but is lifeless and dull. Not a game for my taste that is but I do understand why some might like the game a lot.
It was also fun to play a game of Tichu even though we lost after a strong end game. I don’t play Tichu as much as I did previously but it’s still a game I play without a hesitation when I get the chance.