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Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · 19h

Played my first few games of Cursed!? today. It's a fun solo, push your luck card game that plays in like 5 minutes. Trying to defeat 8 monsters before running out of cards in the deck. Tricky one for sure, but I managed to pull off a win in one of my three games!

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Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · 21h

Newest games on the review pile, a couple of small solo card games from @goblinhourgames.bsky.social !

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Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks!

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Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · 1d

As someone who is focused on solo playthroughs, this makes me happy to hear!

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Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · 4d

Grabbed Sky Team for a neighbor's son for his birthday (he's obsessed with planes) and he immediately asked me to teach him and play, so I finally got a chance to try it out. Had a lot of fun with it, and just barely pulled in safely for a landing at Montreal.

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Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · 6d

New video on the channel! This week I took a look at the solo mode for the new dexterity game, Diver Go!, from @itten-games.bsky.social and designer Mashiu, launching this month at Essen!
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Purple Moose Plays...Diver Go! (solo) - review copy

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Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · 8d

New games in for my board game after school class! Using these to teach deck building, shedding/ladder climbing, and rondel mechanisms. Excited to play all of them!

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Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · 9d

This man continues to blow my mind... @toddbarriage.bsky.social is my new music hero. I want to do exactly what he's doing so badly.
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Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles, but it's super emo

YouTube video by Todd Barriage

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Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · 11d

Played my first solo game of How to Save a World, barely defeating the practice level AI, 52-50. Enjoying what I'm seeing so far with the worker placement and three different tracks that add in a level of push your luck regarding which track will score more points at game end.

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Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · 12d

So very excited about this arrival!

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Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · 12d

All set up for my first game of How to Save a World from @burntislandgames.bsky.social Hopefully can get to it tomorrow.

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Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · 19d

Likely Styx or maybe Queen, though more likely Elton John or Billy Joel if my mom is in the car too.

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Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · 19d

New video up on the channel! This week I took a look at the card drafting, resource management game, Canopy: Evergreen from @weirdcitygames.bsky.social!
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Purple Moose Plays...Canopy: Evergreen (solo) - review copy

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Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · 19d

I'm especially digging the interesting column/row based action selection mechanism. It also does that thing where you have two scoring markers and your final score is the lower of the two.

Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · 19d

Finally got Ayar from @ospreygames.bsky.social to the table today for a solo play (was missing pieces in the box) and am really enjoying what I've seen so far. This is one of those games that's mechanically fairly simple but that you have so many options to think about on each turn.

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Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · 19d

Got a review copy of the new Itten dexterity game launching at Essen! Super excited to try this one out!

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Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · 20d

Pulled out Namidano Festival today to introduce my students to open drafting. It had been 8 years since I'd played it, and am very glad to have gotten it played again. Really makes me sad that Taikikennai Games doesn't exist anymore, but happy to see Nao Shimamura still designing games!

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Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · 22d

New review game in and straight to the table for a few plays, Twinkle Twinkle from @allplay.bsky.social. Nothing ground breaking here, but a nice combination of familiar mechanisms (turn order tile drafting a la Kingdomino and a wonderful tile laying spatial puzzle) makes for a very fun game!

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Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · 24d

Alright, Strange World Above the Clouds from Grrre Games is a hit. My son has become quite obsessed and continues to beat me... (Though I did pull off a good win this morning...) Solo is fun too!

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Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · 26d

Got a review key to the Beacon Patrol beta on Steam. Been curious to check this game out, and after a single play, it's definitely a unique twist on tile laying. Excited to try more and add in the expansion content!

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Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · 26d

Got in three games of Strange World Above the Clouds today, twice solo once with my son. Pulled out a decent score of 67 in both solo games and lost to my 6 year old 64-68. Helped a bit to maximize scoring, but he did all his own drafting.

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Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · Sep 9

Surprise review package from @hachettebgusa.bsky.social today. Curious to try these out (one with my kids of course, lol)!

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Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · Sep 8

Super excited to preview the new Ministry of Lost Things puzzletale from @postcurious.bsky.social for the upcoming Kickstarter! Hoping to dive in tomorrow!

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Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · Sep 5

Got in my first game of @paverson.bsky.social Luthier today, solo against the bot. Good lord is this a giant game, could barely fit it on the table. Lots going on, and I'm sure I made a mistake here or there, but the core loop is actually not that complex and I ended up pulling off a win 98-87!

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Purple Moose Plays @purplemooseplays.bsky.social · Sep 5

New video up on the channel. This week I took a look at the family weight, legacy style co-op game Zombie Teens Evolution! My son also joined me for the playthrough piece as well!
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Purple Moose Plays...Zombie Teenz Evolution - sponsored by Noble Knight Games

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