12/8/2023 0 Comments Space crew review![]() Sunnier climes and relaxing poolside makes many things better, The Crew is still brilliant without that backdrop! It packs a lot of gameplay into the box and is an exciting puzzle. Unfortunately, that environment was not the backdrop for my games of The Crew. The small box and small footprint of it would make it an ideal holiday partner. I can so easily imagine playing this on a balcony of a hot sunny villa with a glass of wine, filling time with a partner or another couple. Every time I have played it, I have wistfully thought that it would be an amazing game to take on holiday. Having played it with two and three, I can say that it’s certainly easier with two, but still very enjoyable.įinal thoughts on The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nineĭespite my journey with The Crew being a bit stop/start, I have thoroughly enjoyed it. This robotic third player is controlled by the captain each round and half their cards are visible at the start. Here a third hand (excluding rockets) is dealt to JARVIS. While The Crew says it is a three to five player game on the box, there is a two player variant. It makes it a more intense gaming experience. Intriguingly the silence adds to the interaction rather than takes it away. The Crew is a tricky puzzle to solve silently, but a very enjoyable one. ![]() It is an interesting gaming experience, not unlike the challenge of The Mind, but with more depth and strategy. Although the logbook tries to entice you on a more challenging journey, with the wrong cards winning an early level can often be more frustrating than a later one. You can be thwarted by the randomness of the cards. My wife would quite often say, “Well we won that one but I have no idea how” with genuine befuddlement. Trying to solve the puzzle of how to win a card, without chatting and working it through with your fellow players is taxing. The logbook mixes it up nicely and ramps up the challenge to level fifty. In some rounds one player will have to not win a single trick too. The logbook will then see you try to win these cards in a specific order or way. These are assigned at random from a mini deck of cards. Quite often in the crew, players are required to win specific cards. Players are required to keep their scores in the logbook and there is space for five teams, so you could play it with different people or replay it should you wish. This charts your journey to Planet Nine and provides a narrative for the game. All levels are accompanied by a paragraph of text in the so-called logbook. Each round is scored on how many attempts were necessary to complete the task. The only communication comes from token placements once per player, per round. While the basic premise of The Crew is simple, the game has to be played silently. During the game you will be working together to ensure certain players win certain cards. In The Crew, cards are suited in colour, with a trump card being rockets. Those unfamiliar with taking tricks should know that in its simplest form, a trick taking game is where everyone plays one card from their hand, the cards are then evaluated to determine a winner. The Crew is a two to five player trick-taking card game aimed at ages ten and over. Regardless of all that, we are here now with the Board Game Review review. It’s been a rocky journey, as I imagine a real journey to Planet Nine would be. To that end I have not managed to playtest this with all player counts so this is based on two and three players only. Further restrictions meant I went back to two and then upped the player count to three with my eldest son. Restrictions were lifted and I decided to get the full multi-player experience so started again. My journey started off playing with two people. In my defence, I have been thwarted by a pandemic and my own optimism. I am embarrassed how long it has taken to play and formulate an opinion on this one. The delay in reviewing it is all my own fault. Yet, it hasn’t come under the scrutiny of us. Not just any awards either, The Crew has won the Kennerspiel des Jahres, Golden Geek Best Cooperative Game, the Meeples Choice and more. I may be a bit late to the party for this game which came out in 2019 to a flurry of rave reviews and awards. ![]() Advert: this game was gifted by Kosmos Games, this has not affected our opinion.Ĭalling all wannabe Major Toms, this is ground control with a review of The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine.
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