Scout is the best little game with the worse theme ever, basically non existent theme but it doesn’t need it. I wish it had more theme but we love it anyway and play it a lot.
I had a similar experience with Heat: I just didn’t find it that interesting. I think the sheer amount of hype for it kind of set my expectations too high, also it’s very lightweight and I didn’t really find myself with any interesting decisions the whole game.
I’m conscious that the theme never gets visited throughout the whole gameplay in Scout, so I do a spiel during the teach, “that we are each scouts for different circus companies trying to steal performers from other circuses to put on the best show in town.” Then show the performer names and compare a low card to a high, “a human cannonball is worth more than a clown show because it draws more people in” etc.
A full day of gaming on the weekend in this order:
Scout ( a circus employee scouting for new talent in your show. Cardgame, possible #1 Oink games release! )
Village Pillage (Cardgame, turbo’fied rock/paper/scissors where you play one card to the players left and right of you)
Judge Dredd: Wildlands (Skirmish with minis, line-of-sight and cover usage makes for some great close play. Theme is spot on 2000AD, pure gold)
Inis + Seasons expansion (dudes on a map ‘The Game’ Game play ebbs and flows in a subtle way. Celtic theme is 10/10)
The Fuzzies (fuzzy ball Jenga. Better than it sounds. Light fluffy filler)
Heat: Pedal to the Metal ( 1930s F1. May not be my thing, or I didn’t ‘get it’? Had more car fun when I played Downforce
Cyclades (1st game for 4 of us. This is Epic, in theme and gameplay. The leapfrog bidding gets hilarious. A+)
Kingdomino (create a 5x5 kingdom from various terrain dominos. Clean, bright and fun.)
It was similar for me with Heat, I did not enjoy it that much. Sure, interesting concept but in the end, I had little fun playing it.
Us too. I was really bored the whole time.
Scout is the best little game with the worse theme ever, basically non existent theme but it doesn’t need it. I wish it had more theme but we love it anyway and play it a lot. I had a similar experience with Heat: I just didn’t find it that interesting. I think the sheer amount of hype for it kind of set my expectations too high, also it’s very lightweight and I didn’t really find myself with any interesting decisions the whole game.
I’m conscious that the theme never gets visited throughout the whole gameplay in Scout, so I do a spiel during the teach, “that we are each scouts for different circus companies trying to steal performers from other circuses to put on the best show in town.” Then show the performer names and compare a low card to a high, “a human cannonball is worth more than a clown show because it draws more people in” etc.
Was pure numbers the first time I played.