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Fort Worth Gamers: gaming session 08/19/23

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Saturday, 08/19/23 1:00 PM  to 4:30 PM at the Hulen Mall food court, in southwest Fort Worth, TX

This was another of our regularly scheduled Saturday afternoon game sessions.  We had four gamers today.  
Our first game was Jeff G’s Planted: A Game of Nature & Nurture, which was new to the rest of us. Here’s part of its description from BGG: “... make your house beautiful by caring for your very own collection of houseplants!    ...collect your favorite plants and then try to feed them every round with the right combination of light, water, and plant food.
Planted features 42 varieties of popular and exotic houseplants, each with their own requirements to grow. Discover various planting tools and decorations to help you raise beautiful, thriving plants, and score bonus points.” 
Scores: Everett 51, Michelle C 38, Jeff G 36, Michael W 31. Duration: 51 minutes. 

I rated Planted a "4" (not so good - but could play again). I take exception with BGG saying it takes 20-30 minutes Our four-player game took 51 minutes. 


Next up, Jeff G’s Verdant, which was also new to the rest of us, and... also about plants. Here’s its description from BGG,  “... a puzzly spatial card game for 1 to 5 players. You take on the role of a houseplant enthusiast trying to create the coziest interior space by collecting and arranging houseplants and other objects within your home. You must position your plants so that they are provided the most suitable light conditions and take care of them to create the most verdant collection. Each turn, you select an adjacent pair of a card and token, then use those items to build an ever-expanding tableau of cards that represents your home. You need to keep various objectives in mind as you attempt to increase plant verdancy by making spatial matches and using item tokens to take various nurture actions. You can also build your "green thumb" skills, which allows you to take additional actions to care for your plants and create the coziest space! ” 

Scores: Everett 84, Michelle C 79, Jeff G 71, Michael W 31. Duration: an hour and seven minutes. 

On BGG I rated Verdant a "4" (not so good - but could play again). Part of its low rating is the subject just doesn’t interest me. Plus, I was already under “plant fatigue” from the prior game. 


Our last game was Jeff G’s Diamonds, which was new to Michelle and Everett. I’d gotten roped into playing it 1.5 years ago, and didn’t much care for it. Today’s outing made me lower my BGG rating of it from “6” to “4”.  Its not a horrible game. But I have very little interest in ever playing it again.  Duration: 32 minutes. 

See BoardgameGeek http://www.boardgamegeek.com/ for more information on the games mentioned above. And if you're in the area on Saturday afternoon feel free to join us for a game. 

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Michael Ward
Fort Worth Gamers
And check out our MeetUp page http://www.meetup.com/FortWorthGamers/ 

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