Oh, and here's the loot we returned with:
Era: Medieval Age. We really enjoyed this at SHUX a couple of months ago, and saw it for $40 (retail is $70). Couldn't resist.
Fugitive. Another game that we played at SHUX and had been planning to pick up.
One Deck Galaxy (beta). A beta tester version of One Deck Galaxy, coming next year from the designer of One Deck Dungeon. It introduces a couple of wrinkles to the core One Deck Dungeon experience -- I'll write something up once I've had a chance to try it more.
Combo Fighter. A card dueling game with a strong focus on combos. I had no interest in this (despite
a positive SU&SD review), but won it in a raffle. It's not really my kind of game, but it is fun and fast.
Four
micro games:
Bus (about driving a bus),
Sow (about planting flowers),
Shh (a cooperative party-ish game, a bit like The Mind), and
Hue (color-matching and territory control, sort of). Despite their tiny size, these are all legit, well-developed games. I was really impressed with the quality. Of the four, our favorites were Bus and Shh. Hue was a neat design, but hampered by the tiny components. Sow, despite the horticultural theme, was a mean and competitive brain-burner. I really liked it; my son hated it.
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Forgot about one:
Mr. Face. If you've played Dixit, this is Dixit, but you're making silly faces using a set of shapes. Casual, fun, that's about it.