Kemet vs Nemesis

Architect of the West Kingdom replaced Viticulture for me. Didn't need another light worker placement - and I have Vinhos to scratch the wine theme.

I think Dinosaur Island, Nemesis and Descent from my collection have a good impact on the table because of their aesthetic and production levels.

Although the old Kemet (not sure what the components of the new Kemet will look like) is kind of in an uncanny valley situation. The miniatures are flashier than cubes, but are crappy compared to miniatures from many other games. If they had CMON (or better miniatures) that would be even fancier than their current miniatures. However, if done well and they were tasteful, I probably wouldn't be horribly upset with them

as well as the price worthy components I may had truly spent that much. Though glad to have caught this marvelous 💎.

Haven't gotten rid of any board games in a while, though I'm thinking of letting go of **Puerto Rico**. I haven't played it in nearly a decade, and, well, the theme just gets worse and worse the more I think about it.

Yes, there is some chance during combat or even if you might spawn an intruder in your room or not (feels realistic) but for the most part this game has a great depth of strategy. OVERALL: This is our top recommendation for anyone looking to buy a unique survival semi-cooperative game experience AND one that is dripping with theme and well worth the price tag for us. So far we've only played the base game and are still enjoying it immensely.

So you have to be careful with with innopolis. You can show up in that, if you transport from my pyramid, so you get to these temples very quickly and...

The ship has been damaged so badly that it's likely to explode at any point due to either the fires onboard or damage to critical systems. On top of that, the players have no idea where the ship is heading or whether it can even get there. Meanwhile, the intruders continue to grow in numbers and become more deadly throughout the game. In competitive or solo mode, the players have to each accomplish their individual goals and survive to win

The power tiles need to be grabbed up, temples need to be occupied, pyramids need to be developed, there's plenty to do in a short play time. I like that it rewards aggression - building up and just sitting there is a surefire way to lose. The only real beef I have with the game is that I wish it came with more player aids describing the power tiles. Only one is included in the box

- If your objective is to kill the queen, your best bet is to ensure the ship’s destruction. You can do this by either initiating the self-destruct sequence in the generator room, or making sure that at least two engines are damaged before the ship takes off for hyperspace flight. The queen is extremely powerful; only fight her as a last resort. - It’s extremely important to remember that the rooms with a “1” on them are crucial to completing objectives

**Kemet Blood and Sand**: Found out this week that my groups first play of this game we got some rules wrong, which meant when I went to play it at 2 players we fudged some of the rules but I had corrected some of our previous mistakes. Nonetheless we had a great time and are looking forward to a 5 player match to really get everything going on the board!

The rules book is large and fairly easy to follow, but there are a lot of rules and you will be referring back to it often, even once you've played a few times. It also comes with 2 separate sheets that define what the different rooms do, so the players don't need to pass around the rule-book constantly - a nice well-thought out touch. Overall, my group enjoys this game, but less competitive groups might not like the semi-co-op version of the game as much.

But i think kemet is a but too much information overload with the different powers and the theme will probably not resonate with the people i play with

Then fighting or evading an alien, and finding a room to purchase ammo or heal wounds. These complaints do not ruin the game for me at all, but they are sometimes tiresome aspects of the game feeling more of a chore sometimes. And dice, I hate dice. This game uses them only for combat and noise checks, but shooting aliens is somewhat less fun when having to roll dice to do any damage

**Kemet** (1x3P) First time ever playing this and I was tasked with teaching and unpacking (complaint: Matagot included no storage bags for any components). Ended up taking us around two hours but it was a lot of fun. In the pros column it was easy to learn, had a fun combat system, and was filled with interesting decisions. In the cons column, it was a pain figuring out what all the tiles and DI cards did, the manual was terrible, and it sagged a little at the end

Intruders. The game takes us a long time to play but, of my several geeky board games, I would say this was the one my group was most anticipating playing next right after our first play. This game is so beautifully monumental that I am looking into other Awakened Realm games as possible future purchases