Andy's 2018 Game Awards

"While ten bucks sounds like a lot to spend to play the language lottery, as someone with a couple pointless English degrees and a not-insignificant amount of student debt, this is pretty much my entire wheelhouse."

The "language lottery" is precisely how I got my wife interested in the game. Her deck is "Quenby, Automatic Locus Zookeeper." Our best two names are "Harshly Anxious Prescott," and "The Hammer who Owns Control."

This is a fantastic end of the year article. Rising Sun: I saw that game being played also and I stated to get a migraine. I’ve only played it once before and for a short game it takes a good 6 hours.

It's not a 6 hour game. Sure, maybe some people take that long to play it but it would be like saying Kemet is a 3 hour game.

I've played Rising Sun 10 times in 2018, and only 1 of those games went to around 3.5 hours. The vast majority are under 3 and most 4 player games of it clock in at 2-2.5.

I agree with Charlie. I've only played Rising Sun a couple of times, but I don't think it ever took more than 2.5 hours.

I'd play it again, but I can't really imagine ever requesting it over Cthulhu Wars. In my group, the same person owns both games, and it's a hassle for him to drag these multi-box monstrosities around.

I agree that Cthulhu Wars is better, but I personally have room for both in my life.