Would you prefer to be going on a grand adventure, with the game guiding you and filling in the world around your actions, or would you rather be doing your own thing, unfettered by narrative that you're not interested in?

This week's #topictuesday🎲question is "How do you feel about story-driven games? " and it ended up being a tough one to answer, even though we were the ones that chose it!

Turns out that we have some mixed feelings about story driven games. There have been a few we've loved, like The Animals of Baker Street, Perspectives Blue, and the Lord of the Rings Trick Takers, but then there are others that haven't been as enjoyable.

We think there are a few main reasons for it. We only get to game a few hours per week, so don’t like being committed to any one game for long periods of time. Many story driven games seem to be cooperative, or can involve failure, neither of which are things we enjoy. Add to that the fact that we both dislike leaving things unfinished and you can see why it's not a genre we go for often.

Does it mean we'll never play them? Of course not, we're always happy to try new games and every so often one hits very well. We'd have been sad to miss out on any of the great experiences we had with the ones we enjoyed. It just means we're careful about which we choose to try.

What about you, are you a fan or would rather avoid them? Any recommendations are most welcome!

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Used Games, Heck yes or no way?

That's what @magicandmeeples has asked us for this week's #topictuesday🎲question, and we're team Heck Yeah all the way!

Now, I get why some people don't liked used games. They can be a bit beat up, the boxes dented, or if you're really unlucky, missing pieces. If you like your games pristine, which I totally get, it can be a bit off-putting when they come like that.

On the other hand, they can be awesome value, depending on where you find them, plus sometimes it's the only way to get hold of those out of print games. We've been on a real vintage Euro kick, and it can be the only way to try many of those classics.

Where do we find our used games? Well I've had some incredible luck at what we Aussie's call the Op Shop (Charity store) over the years. How does King of Tokyo for $4, Carcassonne for $5, 7 Wonders for $8 or Terra Mystica for $10 sound?

Our other main source of secondhand games is our favourite convention. Each year they have a huge Bring and Buy stall. Not only is it a great place to rehome your unwanted games, but we've picked of some great bargains. Last year we picked up five Stefan Feld games for a song, and you can see this year's stack in the photo!

There have been the occasional disappointments, like the time I got an expansion home to find that it contained the empty punchboards and some leftover tokens, but 99% of the time what we've picked up has been fine. Sometimes they've needed a wipe or a little tape to make them right, but with a little TLC they've given us many hours of enjoyment and we're glad to give them a second life.

What about you, are you team Heck Yeah, or Team No Way?

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Christmas is almost here, so for this week’s #topictuesday🎲we’d love to know what is on your holiday gaming wish-list?

There are plenty of titles on our want to play list, and we are hoping that Santa might be bringing one of them, but what we’re really hoping for is something that is hard to buy and even harder to wrap, and that’s time.

The last few months have gone by in a blur of work and life admin, none of which is particularly enjoyable, and all of which means we find ourselves sort of limping towards Christmas. But come Boxing Day, we’re off work, our calendars are clear, and we can take things a little bit easier.

This usually means we can find time for some bigger games that we don’t always have time for, like Bonfire which only seems to get played during the Christmas break. It means we can hopefully see some friends and introduce them to some new games we’ve tried during the year, or break out the classics like Ticket to Ride and Carcassonne which are always a hit.

No matter what we play the most important thing on our wish-list is the time we get to spend relaxing, recharging, and spending time with those we care about.

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We don't play solo games, so when @moments.gaming.together posed this week's #topictuesday🎲question, "which game do you like better solo than multiplayer", I'll admit that we were a little stumped! But then we got to thinking about the games we had played, and based on our 2 player experience, what we think would work well solo.

We've played Pergola several times at 2 players and each time it felt that there was very limited player interaction. We never really bothered each other when drafting our tools and could just happily work at building out our gardens. The puzzle was trying to optimise the points we scored from what was available for drafting, almost as if we were competing against the game, rather than each other.

From a quick read of the rulebook it looks like there are some challenge goals that you add in when playing solo, something that we thought would have spiced things up a bit in a multiplayer game as well.

Friends have told us that this one plays very well solo, and even though we'll probably never try it because we always play together, it looks like Pergola might be a great solo game.

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