43) Kingdom Builder

This is a great game, but not my favorite due largely to how bad I am at playing this game. I don't think I've ever not finished in last place. I do like how much variety there is between games. Each game has new bonus tiles to collect and different VP conditions, so no two games will be the same. The one thing I don't like is the luck involved with drawing a terrain card. Some people will be able to do better simply based on drawing better cards for their board situation.

After turn two

Going to build some houses in the ravine

End game board

A bustling village

All in all a good game and everyone that I know comes away enjoying it. So, despite my lack of enthusiasm this game is really popular for good reason...so check it out.

42) Terra Prime

The players who have played before have a slight advantage and unfortunately on turn two I realized my board position was not nearly as the other players. Despite this I did fairly well and had a good time playing. It's just so fun traveling out into space and discovering new lands! And you get to upgrade your ship and pile it full of resources like brownium...which color cube was that?

Ready to find a colony 

Space is itching to be explored

All the bits

Spaceship destroyed by astroids and enemy ships

A great game that I'll enjoy all the more now that I have a better idea of whats going on.

41) Forbidden Desert

We ended up playing this game twice and unfortunately lost both times. Both games were quite fun and it felt like everyone was able to contribute ideas towards our attempted victories. I do see how this game could be criticized as allowing one or two people to dominate the strategizing of this co-op game, but thankfully that wasn't my experience.

Our sandy world

Found an engine, but I'm still dead

I found a sand boat

This game, in many ways, is a republish (with a different theme) of Forbidden Island. I've heard some say this is better then Forbidden Island, but I don't know that I notice a huge difference. Either way it was quite fun.

40) Among the Stars

7 wonders in space. This uses the same drafting mechanic as 7-wonders, but now you're in space! This was a fun little game and the artwork was quite good, with each card type having intricate drawings. I can see this game (like 7-wonders for me) getting old after a few plays, although I think there are multiple expansions, which could keep this game fresh longer. I do like that each game you're building up a new space station that comes with a new story...whether your war hungry or peacefully building better quarters for your crew.

Humble beginnings 

Two fighter launch bays!

4 space stations, all with different character

This was the first time I've played this game and definitely suffered from lack of knowledge of what cards I could expect to come up. I also ended up getting multiple end game scoring cards that produced 0 points at the end of the game. Oops. In the end its a fun game I'd play again, but I'm not going out to buy this one any time soon.

39) Concordia

Another winner. I'm starting to learn that I always love games that make you want to do 3-4 different things on every turn and this game was no exception. This game is driven playing cards, which allows you to travel and settle new regions, produce and sell resources, and purchase new stronger cards. Additionally the cards act as different end-game scoring. Thus you're encouraged to focus on a few aspects of the game.

After the first turn 

Player board and I get a bonus!

Nearing the end

Final scoring

Tight race for victory

This game has a lot going on, but is quite easy to pick up and the game play is quick and fun. Coming up with the winning strategy is a bit more complex. This was a first play for all but one of us and I imagine on future plays we would be more successful at specializing and thus would score a few more points.

38) Concept

This game is awesome. Whomevers turn it is draws a card and choose a word/phrase that everyone else is going to try and guess. You then place markers on the board as clues to lead the other people to guess the secret word or phrase. Easy enough to understand the rules, but it can be a huge challenge to get people to connect the dots of your clues. I love that it forces you to think outside the box and problem solve different ways to explain what you're thinking.

Beautiful board 

A book thats a movie, young adult, superheros, death, ummm...

Very fun. I would most liken this to Dixit, which fills the roll of "I don't like party games...but I love THIS game".

37) New Amsterdam

This game had so much promise, but unfortunately ended up being a dud. I really enjoyed what the game offered. You're bidding on what actions you can do and then using those actions to collect resource and build up your land and shipping fleet. My big complaint is that there was so much down time. I spent 75% of this game waiting for other people to play, which is super boring. It's only compounded on turns where you don't have much to do (already boring) so you're turn goes extremely fast, which means you get to watch everyone else play even more.

Getting ready to start

First turn scoring = loosing the long game

A bustling city

Game over

This is a solid two thumbs down. The one caveat is that it was everyone's first play so it may have gone a bit slower then normal. Despite that you will still have tons of down time and even a fast game would feel like it was dragging on forever as you sit and watch everyone else play.