We played The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen on Sunday, which is a classic of the story game genre. It’s a pretty short game, so we played a round of Citadels afterward.
Baron Munchausen was fun. It is of a type we have been playing a lot on SGS lately, which is to say it is a game where the characters sit around a table and tell stories to each other. Other games like this include 1001 Nights, Society of Dreamers, and The Committee for the Exploration of Mysteries. Each of these games has a quasi-LARP quality, as they incorporate props and/or table rituals to facilitate the story. Baron Munchausen is definitely a progenitor of the form, as it has virtually no rules, whereas later releases, like The Committee and 1001 Nights, have incorporated mechanics that make them feel a little more like a game. I’m not sure which is preferable, as I have had fun with all of them.
Thanks to everyone who came out: Steve Mains Ferrell Riley Jessica Scott Russell Benner and David LaFreniere .
Glad to see Citadels getting some love. It’s a really cool game.
Glad to see Citadels getting some love. It’s a really cool game.
Never build a tavern.
Never build a tavern.