Naturelich Games

Today, I took Die Dolmengötter to a bigger group. It's sad how friends and family have to suffer from this boardgame obsessed person. But anyway: it was time for three three-player games.

I am still not ready for a thorough review. But Die Dolmengötter is really fascinating. I think I might be *really* hooking up to the game. Although I normally don't like no-luck games - this one seems promising... It is so simple, yet challenging. With every game I have played, I discover more layers and I do not see when this will stop. All reviews I have read (in German) so far have high praise for the game and I can only stress this: it's really good and challenging!

Let's move on to the session report: explaining the rules was easier this time. It takes a maximum of 5 minutes (and, yes, this includes some questions and a lot discussion going back and forth). The game only uses very few rules and they are rather easy to grasp. Yet, the gameplay that evolves is still tricky, interesting and fun. It may even be called complex during certain times. However, this does not mean you have to wait some hours before the other players take their turn. It moves forward pretty nicely.

After explaining the rules we started the first game. The smallest player begins. Note, game author: this is *not* funny if you are 6 ft 6 in (198cm)! During the first two games I had an advantage, because I had already played the game before and PJ+MM were still climbing the learning curve. The third game went to MM who really hit PJ and me hard there. Without further ado: here are some pictures of the session.

Final board position - Session 2 of Die Dolmengötter

Mid-game board position in our third session of Die Dolmengötter