Tried out Earth with the newer Abundance expansion. I'm not sure it adds anything needed to an already convoluted game, but the cards sure are pretty.

The main addition is seeds, which can be exchanged for the ability to search for a specific card (somewhat offsetting the fact that there are over 300 cards in the draw pile), or for various other resources. In reality this just adds another factor to a game that already suffers from an overwhelming number of data points, so I don't think I'd recommend it.

That said I'm still a fan of the 4x4 tableau each player grows, in particular when there are scoring or game effects that take row/column/adjacency into account.

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@lordsplodge it does exist on BGA as well

Gosh I love Barrage! #boardgames

Super Boss Monster's town board is a huge improvement on the original Boss Monster design, adding minion placement spots that get covered up by unassigned heroes as you play.
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I finished playing through all of Innovation Ultimate tonight.

The entire game was new to me, so when I picked up the box I felt compelled to play through each of the 5 expansions it came with.

I think overall it's an interesting game, in the same school as card games like MTG where "the game is balanced because everything is broken". It's hard to really gauge who's winning, because a new tech card can come out at any time and completely change the state of the table.

Each of the expansions fits in nicely with the base game, doubling the card count and adding a small twist to the game. I think my favourite was the artifacts, as it gave you a nice bonus for seeking out a specific combo rather than just modifying existing draw rules.

The game is published by the same company as We Didn't Playtest This At All and definitely shares some DNA. It would work best for players and groups who are fine with crazy cards and combos coming out unexpectedly, embracing the chaos. I could see some of my more strategic friends absolutely hating the last two hours of gameplay being overthrown by a sudden "you win" card coming out in Age 9.
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Made short work of the slime boss, but couldn't handle his split off minions!
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Second run had the Guardian down to 11 HP before being wiped out! #boardgames

@o1vr there's "roll and write" games, of which there's a sub-genre called "print and play" where you generally just pay for the PDFs required. Postmark Games makes some of the best, but there's been a large number of them produced in recent years.

Got the Act II Collector boss down to 19 health (from 114!) but wasn't able to get the win. Although to be fair it's my first run, I don't think roguelikes are supposed to let you win the first play :P
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On terrible amounts of fire, but barely managed to survive the act 1 boss in the Slay the Spire board game! #boardgames

The last scenario of Welcome to the Moon is a neat area control game that even works well with the solo rules. Finally won one!
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You know I've done poorly on every mission after the second in this second play of the Welcome to the Moon campaign?!
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Mission 5 did _not_ go well, with the L4 bot doubling my score and the game ending on three failed draws. Next time!
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Only a 14 point difference against the level 5 bot in mission 4, and that's likely because I ended it earlier than I should have :)
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Stephanie kicked my butt in Scenario 3 of Welcome to the Moon, but we ended with the same number of campaign points so I'll call it a draw :D

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As predicted, it's LY 6 and I'm down to one survivor. Well, let's see how long this lasts...
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For some reason Kingdom Death Monster isn't keeping my attention as it has in past campaigns. It might be because this is my 5th attempt, or maybe because so many other boss battlers have come out since KDM. I'll stick with it, see how far I can get (I generally die around LY10 or so)
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@buffaloseven @drbillbongo I don't enjoy it as much as their other releases, but it still makes for an interesting solo game that takes less than 30 mins. This one feels a bit more luck-of-the-draw than the others.

It begins...
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@drbillbongo yep, it's from a company who only releases print & play games, Postmark Games