Final play test of the year for Sake was a great success. Everyone wants to play this game again. I've managed to make the front end simple, with only four actions controlled by card play. All the complexity happens from the players fighting over territory and delivery options.
We ended up tying but she broke the tie so she won the Best in Show ribbon. Then we took our favorite painting each and had the other family members vote on their favorite. I won that vote but probably only because mine had the super cute axotl.
Just finished my first game of #ForestShuffle on #BoardGameArena and I have no idea what was going on. Maybe because there was a lot of time between turns but it was hard to keep up with what I was trying to do in my Tableau. Also, I had like a million trees and very few animals. Not sure I will play on BGA again.
Unpaid help, alas. You'll get an in-file credit for the feedback. Publication itself will be free.
It might be helpful if you know what a peer review is, :) but you don't need to be a credentialed academic – it will just be fun if you can pose as one!
The game was tested. It's before formatting (6 A4s, ~2k words). Takes ~15 min. to play but feedback from reading is enough for the authors.