Wednesday 28 March, 2012

While playing this game with several friends I decided to go all out and print the game board out on 30x30 vinyl and even make jolly rancher vodka to represent pokemon elements. This was such a fun game I have no doubt ill be using it again and again in the future. But even though it was fun it did have frustrating bits where chance of rolling numbers would "kill" you... but even in the game sense it makes sense of why it is like it is. For instance when your on the home stretch you come across 4 gold spaces... and each one is tough, and I got stuck on each one, (especially frustrating when I had earlier luck and had gotten a sizable lead) one tile in particular is tough where you have to roll a 4 to move on or else you drink 4. Also as I was playing I noticed that there was lack of rules in some areas like one space you could create your own rule but making your own rule could be catastrophic as one of the players made another player drink every time they drank... Easily enough the copy drinker got a bit tipsy that night. So if I was to change something I would maybe edit something where there were certain time limits to some drinks. Again I would like to say this is an incredibly social game, its best to play with people you trust because it makes for a more comfortable atmosphere when everyone drinks instead of some feud between two people that escalates in a drinking war. If I were to learn something from this game, it is that alcohol and games go well together to create a strong social environment of all around fun and I also feel that if this was in another format aside from board game that it would not work as well. All in all a fun game to play with friends!

So, yeah, my friends and I were considering playing this during spring break, but we couldn't print out the board. Where did you do the vinyl print?