Green Box of Games: Review
Information:
Mechanics: multiple such as dexterity, abstract and racing
Player Age: 5+
Player Count: 1 - 10 Players (Varies)
Time to Play: Varies
Game Designer and Artist: Jørgen Brunborg-Næss
What is it?
The "Green Box of Games" is an assortment of parts
that allows the players to play multiple types of games. Similar to how a pack
of cards allows for immeasurable differing games, the green box of games allows
you to play multiple types of board games.
Each of these games have different key information for the
players such as time to play, player count, and difficulty weight, but more on
the types of games later. First off, I'm going to illustrate exactly what is
included in this magical box of wonders.
Components:
There are numerous components enclosed within; tiles, cards,
cubes, and dice.
Tiles:
There are 36 tiles where groups of 6 correspond to 6 symbols
shown on the cards. The backside of the tiles can be used to setup certain
boards such as the one for the backgammon game.
Cards:
There is a 54 card deck. These can be separated via two
ways; the colour of the surrounding border, or the symbol on each card. Each
card has one of six symbols and a number from 1 - 6.
The number is also represented in the form of ‘pips’ (black
dots). Additionally, there are two joker cards with the symbol that can be
found on the back of the tiles.
Cubes:
There are 20 cubes of each of the four following colours:
yellow, green, red and blue.
Dice:
There are 2 six-sided dice.
Types of Games:
The types of games featured can vary from war to set
collection, racing, dexterity and abstract.
These games include originals from the designer of the green
box, community made games, games heavily based on established favourites (such
as incan gold and carcassonne), and classic games such as backgammon and
tic-tac-toe. The rulebook that comes with the game only holds 16 games,
however, once you have played these the wiki site holds an additional 50 games
with the probability for more. Fans can enter ideas through contests run by the
green box designer, which is an exciting and fun way to incorporate the
community.
Final Thoughts:
Pros:
- no shortage of games to use this system for
- perfect for travel
- games are hugely varied, from war games to dexterity games
- the components are designed with many games in mind
Cons:
- the art is purely functional
The ‘Green Box of Games’ definitely has a bright future. It
is perfect for travel, and is not only varied between the types of games
playable, but also in the level of complexity, so it appeals to multiple ages.
With new games added frequently it would be great to see more components added
in the future, or a physical compendium of the games that have accumulated on
the wiki. However, as is, this is a no brainer to take travelling or for testing
out modern hobby games, the "Green Box of Games" is the modern day
version of a pack of cards, who wouldn’t want this!!
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