• Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood (4x 2p): My partner and I made some progress in Oathsworn. It’s a campaign game that unlocks new minis every chapter, and we try to paint all the miniatures before we play with them, so it’s slow going at times. But we did some speed painting, one chapter was already painted, and one didn’t include new miniatures, so we got 4 chapters in! (9, 10, 11, 11.5). Every chapter has new mechanics, so they vary a bit in how much fun they are. Out of these 4 there was 1 we enjoyed a bit less, but all the other ones were epic.

• Too Many Bones (1x 3p): We got the latest expansion a while back, and got a game in with a friend. Figment and Gale are really fun new Gearlocks (player characters), although they can be tricky to pull off well. I really enjoy the quirky humour of TMB. And while I often like to say that the components are ridiculously overproduced, I also really appreciate it. Pretty much all the components are a joy to hold in your hands and fiddle with, it really shouldn’t be underestimated how important the tactile component of a tabletop game is.

QotW: I’d really like to play Oath more often. I’ve only played it once, and the friend who owns it left it with us because he’d probably never get it to the table himself. Problem is, neither do we. Games can take quite long (our first game took 3 or 4 hours) and rules explanations aren’t fast either. The thing that makes Oath special is that every game changes the game state and affects the next game. For example, the starting setup of the board depends on which player’s colour won last time, cards get added to/removed from decks based on choices that were made during the game, etc. And I’d really love to see to what extent you can change the game experience over time!