Gaming Gifts bring new opportunities to the GWC Staff

The season of Christmas brought a lot of blessings to the staff at Gaming with Chuck (GWC) HQ. We got to spend a lot of time together, and it was all good time. That included playing some games, having friends over, and just quiet family time as well.

Along with all the good things that came from Christmas (good times, relaxation, reflection on the meaning of Christmas itself...) there also came a good number of neato presents and new games to the HQ collection! Here is a list, I hope I didn't forget anything.

• Battles of Westeros - Gotten from Secret Santa on BGG - Thanks, Secret Santa
• Talisman, 4th Edition - Great fun, and the whole Staff likes it
• Castle Ravenloft - Looks great, haven't played yet.
• Dominion, Big Box - Included the Alchemy and Prosperity expansions!
• Forbidden Island - We played this at Woodhole, and it was a blast!
• Shadow Hunters - Very nice gift from Bob & Carol, haven't played yet!
• Carcassonne, Wheel of Fortune - Looks cool, haven't played yet!
• Roll Through the Ages - Civilization in 30 minutes! Great!
• Gardens of Alhambra - Once you get past that tile flipping thing, it is a whole lot of fun
• Wings of War, Famous Aces Wanted for a while, finally delivered by John Dent!
• Marco Polo Expedition - Knizia. That's all I have to say on this one, so far.
• TransEuropa - Includes Vexation which we can use with this and TransAmerica
• Cardcassonne - Played last year with Erin and Rob, and loved it.

Are there any requests for reviews for any of these?  I think I will try to do something for most of them over the upcoming months.  Playing these gems and treasures is the least I can do to say Thank You to the gift givers.

Tags: boardgames