Spiel.Digital – Pegasus Spiele
For the last game of our first day of Spiel, we played one I highly anticipated and thank god, it didn't disappoint. The good returning people reading my Spiel coverage before, may have noticed my predilection for games with an ecological or nature theme. Yes, ladies and gentleman, our last game of the Thursday was a game I already mentioned in my Most Wanted blog and... bla di bla...
I hear someone shouting: “JUST SAY IT ALREADY!”.
Okay the game I talk about is Renature.
It kind of took me the whole day before I found a table with someone to explain us the game, apparently I was checking at an empty table table. Happily ever after Nina was there to help us out and explained us this majority game which can be described as Dominos on steroids. We had to put tiles on a board with matching illustrations adjacent, while planting Turf and Bushes and other plant thingies to score your points. The explanation was awesome and
Renature is designed by Michael Kiesling and Wolfgang Kramer and originally published by Deep Water Games. Distribution is done by its partner Pegasus Spiele and that is where I also preordered this bad boy. Another game highly rated on my Most Wanted list is also distributed by Pegasus Spiele and is called Bonfire by the great mind of Stefan Feld.
On Friday evening we got a little get together with some friends I met over the past years at the physical Spiel and wanted to try the Spiel.Digital experience together. One coming from Germany and the other coming from South Africa we choose to play Bonfire.
In Bonfire, gnomes trying to light the mystical Bonfire to bring light to their dark planet. You do this by doing a whole lot of things on the board to get your engine working on your player board and set that thing on fire! Pro-tip from a Feld disciple who couldn't join the game: Traveling is difficult, but you have to do it to get your Guardians and keep an eye on those Novices as they trigger the end game!
We actually didn't finish the game, to be honest we just chatted a lot and enjoyed our time together. Realizing that it was our first game playing with the three of us, as we normally only meet at the Fritzpatricks Irish Pub and talk about board games. This year, we had to poor in our own Guinness and although it's not that good as a draft, it still taste great! Just as spending time at Spiel.Digital with awesome people, it may not be tasting the same, but its still awesome enjoying each others company!
