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It was at the class gathering where I came into contact with board games the 1st time this year. I was never a board and card games person. Monopoly was okie, Scrabbles was boring, Old Maid was lame and UNO was a mindless card game.

The Mind Cafe at Purvis Street.

At my class gathering, we gathered at The Mind Cafe¹ that was located at Purvis Street. There, we played a total of 4 games where all were short, sweet, and easy due to the 2 hours time constrain. The games didn’t matter that evening as we just wanted to catch up on old times.

However, the next time I came into contact with board and card games, it was a different thing altogether. It was the day before Christmas Eve and I was invited to a party at my friends’ house. We only managed to play 2 games but boy, they were long and more challenging. One of them was especially addictive.

Firstly I’ll introduce the not so addictive game, Democrazy.

Democrazy plays on the idea of democracy, where law cards are passed when the majority agrees. Each player has a fixed number of color chips at the start and they have the right to vote for or against for every law card. Whenever a law card is proposed and the majority agrees, the card takes effect. At the end of the game, the player with the most points wins.

For example, I have 2 green chips, 1 yellow, 1 blue chip and 1 red chip.

From the above, I would vote for law cards that say something like “each green chip will give you 2 points” so as to maximize my total points at the end of the day, as simple as that.

Now, I blame this board game for taking up much of my day and time. Shadows over Camelot, played it before?

For this multi-player board game, my friends and I are “Knights of the Round Table” and we will co-operate to beat the game. Our mission is to fill the table with as many white swords as possible by completing quests. Losing any of the quests will earn us black swords and the game ends when there are 12 swords on the table or when Camelot (our home base) is lost.

Players have to fill the “Round Table” with white swords.

There are 6 quest sections for players to watch over.

As simple as it sounds, it’s actually very difficult.

Each player has to randomly draw a card each from the white and black deck. The white card is usually something good while the black card will be the game’s move and it’s usually a disadvantageous move. To make matter worse, one of the players is actually a traitor and he will secretly try to sabotage the whole team.

If you’re looking for a team based game to pass time, I recommend this as its fun and takes at least an hour plus to complete. I’ve been playing this game for 2 consecutive days already so no more Shadows over Camelot for now.

The next board game gathering is set to be on New Year Eve and I’m already looking forward to it. (:

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1. The Mind Cafe is a cafe that offers board games playtime, along with food and drinks and they charge either by the hour or by the package [↩]