Recap Monday Week 29 - What did you play last week

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We played some Castles of Burgundy during the week. The first session I managed to almost fill my entire board and scored almost 250 points in the end. The second session was a bit more of a slog, the board was hard to fill and in the end I scored 208 points. Was still a lot of fun but one thing we keep on noticing, the dies are loaded. Depending on which color you choose, your dies will land more often on certain numbers. Its super odd. This creates a situation where a specific board might be super easy for one player, but super hard for another, depending on the color chosen.
We also played more Ark Nova It still remains my favorite at the moment. After a stomp earlier this week my gf was against playing the game again. However, in the end, I managed to convince her by helping her along a bit with a strategy for the early game. That game turned into a tight race, while she did not win, it was close, only a few points difference. At other session it could be well over 20-30 points apart.
I also tried the sp variant of Ark Nova. I lost miserably and while the game in essence stays the same, you get a lot less actions and need to prioritize a lot. Will give it a go again this week.
- What color dice did you notice an issue with? I have this game so I may need to try some experiments.
  
  pretty much all of them have some tendencies. The white one often lands on 6 for instance. But other dice have different preferences. I can try to get some numbers at some point. We just notice because if you roll exactly the same twice in a row and multiple times similar results, it becomes suspicious.
  
  Interesting! I have a copy of the game; I'll have to run some experiments.
- I adore Ark Nova and every time I play I have so much fun, what is the "sp variant" ?
  
  My apologies, its the single player version. I still only have tried it once. I prefer the 2player variant :)
  
  I don't think 2 player is a variant, it's just the game. But yes, I tried the solo version and it's not for me. This game really shines with 2-3 people.

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