Category: First Impression

Board Games, First Impression, First Play

First Play: Cthulhu: Death May Die

John Gonzalez

First Play is an ongoing series in which I write up some initial thoughts about games that I’ll likely only get to play once.

Facing down The King in Yellow, Hastur on a beautiful Sunday afternoon at the board game cafe Game Haus

I recently got the chance to play Cthulhu: Death May Die, CMON’s massive 2019 game of cosmic horror. Designed by Eric Lang and Rob Daviau, Death May Die is one of those Kickstarter games that are packed to the brim with miniatures, tons of content, and upgraded everything.

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Board Games, First Impression, First Play

First Play: Food Chain Magnate

John Gonzalez

     I’ve heard that Food Chain Magnate by Jeroen Doumen and Joris Wiersinga is an unforgiving game where early missteps can hinder your path to fast food franchise greatness. Well, I got the chance to play it today, and, wow, they were not kidding.

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Player guides feature useful information and are also cleverly designed to look like diner menus.

     There are plenty of impactful early game decisions in this game of greasy spoon franchise entrepreneurship. You start off as the CEO of your own fast food restaurant with only one action at your disposal. You can hire one of the eight basic employee cards that range from errand boys who collect drinks from distributors to Management Trainees that allow you to play more employees per turn.

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