Welcome to Foster the Meeple, a channel dedicated to board games and all board gamey things! Join us as we discuss 5 more board games we’ve been playing recently!
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The following games were sent to us for review:
A Cure for What Ails You – Risible Games
River of Gold – Office Dog
Seers Catalogue – Bezier Games
General Orders – Osprey Games
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I wish A Cure for What Ails You had more than 4 characters! My monthly Girl's Night group would love this. (Deadly Dowagers has become their favorite game, so clearly morbid humor & themes are right up our alley.)
And River of Gold is so fantastic on BGA. Some day I hope to get to play it in person!
As always, thanks for your video ❤ Those short reviews are always very helpful and I appreciate them a lot.
The more I see of Seers Catalogue, the more I want to play it. Due to me growing up next to a NATO air base with many American and Canadian families around me, I do even know the catalogue the game references. I don't think that makes me enjoy the gameplay more but at least I can appreciate the artwork/theme a bit more.
A Cure… sounds VERY interesting. I will definitely have to look at that a bit more. Dark humour is kind of my thing. And I really like asymmetrical gameplay.
As a former avid poker player (I qualified for the Australian Open once… long story) The Gang seems to be a game for me as well. I was a bit sceptical because I don't really like The Crew as well but since you still enjoy The Gang, Jeff, I might as well.
General Orders is not a game I would have looked at more than once since I have never played any war games. I wouldn't say that I'm against trying them but I'm not that interested in the theme and don't really know any people whom I could try them with.
I love River of Gold! I played it a few times on BGA and am finally getting what I'm doing. And it looks so beautiful! It is definitely one of my favorite games of 2024 so far.
I've seen a lot of people talking about River of Gold (including myself), but I'm also biased cause my friend works for Office Dog so I take extra notice whenever anyone mentions it 😆
You should definitely try balatro on PC or console if you like poker. I'm excited to try the gang!
Thank you for the reviews!
Stardriven looks interesting. I liked set a watch so will check this out.
Not so sure I like the tile flipping of a tile in the middle of a bunch of other tiles. Typically pretty easy to mess up the entire board trying to flip the tile.
Do any of these games have solo modes?
I'm about to get General Orders to the table, but I've played a simulated game (playing both sides), and I can't wait to play it for real. It may become one of my favorites, because of the decision space, tactics, duelling nature, and small footprint.
Thanks for the kind words! So glad you dug General Orders!
Glad you enjoyed General Orders. Did you prefer one side of the board over the other?