I've mentioned many times on the blog that I enjoy Button Shy games, a company best known for its wide variety of 18-card wallet games. Today, I'm excited to show off a recent purchase I made from Button Shy's webpage. I ended up buying four wallet games thanks to a discount for being a member of the company's Board Game of the Month club. Here's what I picked up:
Pizza Pizza Yum Yum by Lance Schricke
This is a cooperative game where two players attempt work together to build two high-scoring pizzas, with the catch that you don't know all of the ingredients that the other person is putting on each pizza, nor do you know what ingredients they are going to make scoring ingredients for each pie. This is a super quick game, but it's also one that you'll probably immediately say, "Let's run it back again and see if we can do better!" My son and I have enjoyed this one quite a bit!
The Last Lighthouse by Scott Almes
This is a solo game about trying to keep the light on in the lighthouse while surviving a series of nightmares. It's a fairly dark plot, but the game looked intriguing, so I picked it up. Unfortunately, I've yet to sit down to try this one, so you'll have to wait for my judgment on another day. I will say that the creepy art is pretty neat, for whatever that's worth to you!
ROVE Jr. by Manon Mergnat
ROVE is a popular ButtonShy game, and ROVE Jr takes the basic idea of its "parent" but makes the game much more approachable. If you are looking for a "cozy" puzzle game, one that will make you think a bit, not necessarily burn your brain, then ROVE Jr might be just the ticket. As the name suggests, this is also a perfect game for kids. My son can play this one all on his own, and he's already declared the easiest version of the game as too easy! I should also mention that the game has super cute artwork, which certainly helps with the approachability, especially for children.
The Royal Limited by Scott Almes
Scott Almes is a master at creating enjoyable solo games, so whenever I see his name attached to something, I'm likely to at least want to give it a try. The Royal Limited is another game that I haven't yet had a chance to play, but based on reviews on BoardGameGeek, I'm expecting good things (it has a 7.0 on there, which is solid for a little game like this)!
Overall, I've been quite pleased with my purchase decisions. Two of the games I bought specifically to play with my son (Pizza Pizza Yum Yum and Rove Jr.), and both of those were successes! I haven't yet tried the other two solo games, but a quick glance at the cards has me excited to try both. There's something almost magical about the restrictions of an 18-card deck (and all of the variety that comes out of that particular design limitation). Not every Button Shy game I've tried is great, but the successes have certainly outweighed the failures by a large margin. I'll have to report back once I get the chance to play the two solo games from this purchase and see if the company's string of successes continues for me.
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