An Average Gamer - Reviews in 500 Words

I backed this one probably for the same reason many others did... I wanted a game that felt like the cult classic Tremors movie (and series of Sci Fi channel spin-offs that were just plain goofy fun.) But I am going to talk about the retail version of Terror Below by Renegade Game Studios and not all the kickstarter add-ons and upgrades. The retail version runs about $45. The components for the game are excellent. Plastic worm eggs and rubble, wooden cars and a decent quality game board. The cards seem a bit thin and the dice are so-so, but overall, the quality rates well, especially for the price. In the game, each player takes on the role of a hunter/collector/survivor trying to find worm eggs and deliver them to specific locations, which gain you victory points. There are also bounties in play that you can get to increase your victory points. The first one to reach 20 points wins. Each character starts with a an item (in our first game we had a dog with a sharpened st...

VERY late in posting my updates. Apparently gaming all day until 1am precludes being a functioning human being at night. While Thursday was my shopping day and I spent WAY too much, I spent Friday playing games and checking things out. I want to do a full review of this in the future, but I was at the launch party for Terror Below by Renegade Game Studio . For those of you who remember the movie Tremors, this is loosely based on the franchise.  Players are trying to find WORM eggs to deliver for victory points and equipment. It's a lot of "take that" from other players and trying to clear away rubble that slows your progress. I picked up my copy of the Kickstarter version from the booth and it came with some upgraded wooden tokens and this sweet resin worm. I'll do a full review in the future as I can't wait to get this to the table again. Another game that I will do a full review on later is an older title, Century: Golem edition by Plan B Games . T...