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Today's Victim: Tobago
It's been a while, but that more reflects on my lack of gaming than interest in this blog. I did get some gaming in over Christmas break, but mostly they were tried and true favorites or games I did not teach and thus am not responsible for any errors stemming from bad instructions from the teacher.
My streak ends today, though!
Tobago is a fantastic little strategy game with excellent bits (it comes with little Tiki/Moab statues!). Basically, you're racing around a tropical island looking for buried treasure and trying to get more of it than anyone else. To do this, you narrow down where on the island it could be (For example: next to the ocean, but not within 2 spaces of a tiki hut). Once only one spot remains, the first person there gets to unearth the treasure and collect a finders fee. After the treasure is unearthed, the goods are distributed to players who contributed to the treasure hunt in proportion to their contribution--bigger contribution, more treasure!
The rub lies in these neat little amulet tokens that allow you to break the rules in little ways--play more clues, move further, protect from curses (did I mention there's CURSED TREASURE!), etc.
Here's where I went wrong: during the explanation, I said you had to stop on a space with an amulet in order to pick it up. This is incorrect. You merely need to MOVE over the amulet during move. You don't need to stop.
I botched this one, but we caught it before it became too great an issue. On the other hand, I went a whole 3-1/2 weeks without messing up a game instruction! New High Score!
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