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Subject: board games
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Date: Sun, 9-Jun-85 22:11:13 EDT
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If you like FRP games, WIZARDS by Avalon Hill is good, but takes a minimum
of 6 hours to play, we found.  Also Cosmic Encounters won the Best New Game of 
the Year, several years ago.  Be forwarned - it's costly , and had lots of 
expander sets.  Just start with the basic game and play that until you're
bored before you buy the expander kits. (I think there might be 15 expansion
kits by now.)  This game goes much quickly, depending on what house rules you
play by, like maybe 1-2 hours per game.  Involves luck as well as skill.
Best bet is to find someone else that has it, to see if you like it, before
you invest all that money in the game though.
Has aspects of poker - bluffing, keeping your cards/powers unknown to others.
I must say that I enjoyed Cosmic Encounters immensely.  Can be played by any
number of players (2 to 10+), but 5 makes the best game, I think.