What Should I Teach Next? (Patreon)

Hey folks! It's that time again. There are quite a few new Rules Lawyers out there, so to let you all know how this works, I've looked at all the games that were suggested by the $3+ backers (thank you for providing so many great options!), picked the two most popular, one other as editor's choice, and the 2nd highest rated game from the last poll. Feel free to vote for as many as you like, and the poll will be open for two weeks.

Arkham Horror - The Card Game: 2nd place in the previous poll, this co-op living card game is a wonderful addition to FFG's Lovecraft family of games. While there is a fairly standard base game, the true joy comes from picking up a few expansions and enhancing your character with new cards and abilities. This is a game that seems to have gained some extra attention as of late, and I imagine NPI's recent coverage has something to do with that.

Eclipse - Second Dawn for the Galaxy: No surprise that this game was so hotly requested. It's a big 4x game with a sci-fi theme and a bit of a euro edge to it. Despite being so well regarded (and so often compared to TI4), I never fully played the original. Now there's a shiny new edition and its coverage on SUSD was quite positive, so I'm very intrigued by its possibilities.

Pax Pamir - Second Edition: There were a few ties for second place, but I'm going to start with Pax, because I think it is a lovely game. Having played it over on Rahdo's channel last year, I've been meaning to return to it. Though it doesn't have a ton of rules, there are some complexities that deserve a good explanation. I should know, I...got a few rules wrong in that runthrough. Am I saying vote for this game so I can correct my mistake and finally expunge this great shame? Well...I'm not not saying that...

Sidereal Confluence: You may know of this game by its reputation for being strange, massive, and complicated, but the reason I'm picking this game for my Editor's Choice is that it might just be the game we need as we (hopefully) find our way out of this pandemic. This is a trading and negotiation game for 4-9 players, and while getting 9 people to play a single board game was difficult even before the pandemic, by the time an RTFM tutorial would come out, we might just be clamoring for this kind of dense interaction.

Anyway, like I said, vote for as many as you like. The poll will end on Sunday, January 31st and I'll announce the winner in the next newsletter.