Sunday Board Games Club - Kingdom Builder and Cosmic Encounter

I originally planned to play Robinson Crusoe: Adventure on the Cursed Island with Chris, who was one of my raucous Talisman players last time, but it was over subscribed. Instead, we sat down to a game of Kingdom Builder from the German publisher, Queen Games, who make Lancaster that I rather liked:

Not bad, and really easy to learn. It's a bit like the old Chinese game Go, but you score points rather than capture territory from each other.

After that we had a go at Cosmic Encounter, from Fantasy Flight:

The rules took a bit of getting used to, but it was good fun. It's a sort of duel game, capturing each others planets until one player captures five and then the game ends. You get various advantages playing different races.