Van Ryder Games | SKU: VRG013

Gateway Island

Name: Gateway Island
Brand: Van Ryder Games
SKU: VRG013
Price: 23.95 CAD
Availability: InStock

$23.95 CAD

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Designer	Matteo "TeOoh!" Boca P.S. Martensen
Publisher	Van Ryder Games
Players	1-12
Playtime	15-45 mins
Suggested Age	6 and up
Additional Info	356999/gateway-island http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/356999/gateway-island/forums/63

Gateway Island is your Introduction to Board Games! Featuring 21 different games and a variety of game mechanics, Gateway Island is just the game you need to introduce friends to the world of board gaming. The simple and accessible rules are quick and easy to learn. Find out if you (and your friends) like drafting, worker placement, bluffing, racing, party games, dungeon crawlers, and much, much, more!

Gateway Island contains 21 beautifully illustrated jumbo cards and other game components like cubes, disks, a die, and everything you need inside of a portable box that can be taken anywhere. It includes a rulebook to cover the rules for all 21 games and also a Supplemental Book that teaches new board gamers a glossary of terms they may hear, or components they may run across.

Lastly, and perhaps best of all, after playing a game, the rulebook will recommend 1 or 2 new games for you to try if you liked the mini game! Featuring over 30 game recommendations from a variety of publishers, you'll know exactly what games to add to your collection next based on the fun you had with Gateway Island!

Sleeve Kings - Standard Card Game Premium Sleeves (55 Pack)

Quality sleeves that fit perfectly. Good thickness.

Tense Horror in Space

Great, rules light rpg. Really makes you feel like you are playing Event Horizon or Alien.

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fun fun fun

Great game with streamlined mechanism

Excellent Dungeon Crawler

Fateforge is one of the best dungeon crawlers I've ever played. Setup and teardown is reasonably quick, although the box only barely managed to contain its contents with the added expansion. The social and exploration sections of the game are fun, with simple 'skill checks' and having to navigate a physical map to get around the city. Combat is surprisingly quick and snappy thanks to characters rolling just four dice, generating four symbols, and then spending those to Move, attack enemies in Melee and with ranged Shots, or generate Focus for certain special skills. The enemies have simple behaviors which let you plan your turns a lot more effectively.

My two criticisms are (1) the game is really stingy with money and (2) the app really needs a back/undo button. While you can't really fix the second issue, I recommend fixing the first by letting the party heal 3 Health instead of 2 for each gem spent resting, and letting the players sell unwanted equipment for half its value, rounded down, when they visit a store. This will give the party slightly more money to buy and upgrade skills and get better weapons but shouldn't make the game too easy, especially if you're playing for the first time.

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