are you game?

recent gatherings with my cousins have triggered the board game bug in me again and i am so looking forward to an upcoming gathering where they can all gather @ my place and us "kids" play our board games whereas the adults do what they usually do :p
here are some of the games i've played these 2 months:

1) PANDEMICthis is a co-op game. Similar to Shadows over Camelot. Basically you and your fellow players are medical professionals out to rid the world of diseases. So as each turn progresses, the epidemics will spread around the world and may run rampant, depending on how well you and your fellow players deal with each situation and plan ahead. For me, this was ok, we only played it once so cant really judge too much but so far its avg for me. Wifey liked it better :)

2) Guillotine
i've always wanted to try this game but never had a chance to. My cousin had it to we tried it and it was quite fun! i then played it again with my colleagues and they had fun too. Its simple really and involves obtaining heads with the most points and trying to prevent other players from obtaining these high-pointed heads as well. Though it might seem morbid to some, but its a good game with some historical background as well (as all this did happen....) I loved it and i cant wait to introduce wifey to this!


3) UptownPlayed this with my colleagues the 2nd time we went to the board game cafe. its not as exciting and reminds me of blokus n GO. So its mostly just average to me. Maybe we just need to play it a bit more faster for a bit more excitment. But with not much depth and boring graphics, this is only so-so for me.

4) Bohnanza
this is a easy to learn and rather fun game that involves bits of planning + bargaining and trading which allows for a rather loud, noisy and fun game to play. Had quite a lot of fun especially with my younger cousins who picked up the game rather quickly and we had a whale of a time trying to bargain with the younger kids :) Very much recommended and I should be purchasing this soon! :P