Great Lakes Games 2011 has come to a close and I’m back home with the post-board game convention blues. I played 22 games over the 3 day period, 15 of them were new to me. My brain is fried but I’m already looking forward to next year.
I felt like I played relatively competitively getting second many times and first a few times but as the hours of each day waned my brain became more and more mushy. Even simple games that I would usually play respectably were tough. However, I was still happy to play them with great people.
Here’s the list of games I got to play, in the order I played them:
- Die Burgen von Burgund (new to me)
- Poseidon’s Kingdom (new to me)
- Kingdom Builder (new to me)
- Nefarious (new to me)
- San Marco (new to me)
- Vanuatu (new to me)
- Automobile (new to me)
- Confusion: Espionage and Deception in the Cold War (new to me)
- Aton (new to me)
- Hawaii (new to me)
- London (new to me)
- Kingdom Builder (new to me)
- Moongha Invaders: Mad Scientists and Atomic Monsters Attack the Earth! (new to me)
- Québec (new to me)
- Fortuna (new to me)
- Kingdom Builder (new to me)
- The Bottle Imp
- Maus au Chocolat
- Dice Town
- Keltis: Das Kartenspiel (new to me)
- Alhambra
- Turn the Tide
Of the games I don’t already own, the definite buys for me were Die Burgen von Burgund, Vanuatu, and Hawaii. The potential buys were Kingdom Builder, London, Quebec, and San Marco. The games I won’t be buying were Fortuna, Poseidon’s Kingdom, Nefarious, Moongha Invaders, Keltis, and Aton.
If you’d like to hear additional thoughts on a specific game, feel free to contact me or leave a comment. Well, it’s only 365 days left and counting until GLG 2012 begins.