Boardgames 2023

Okay, fine I’ll finally get Dungeon Degenerates.

Three sessions deep in Aeon Trespass: Odyssey and it’s super satisfying and dense and brutally difficult. The writing is great but I was actually kinda expecting a little more - not that it’s not substantial when it turns up but so far it seems like it’s pretty regular to pass an entire turn with none. It seems to come in two main flavors: adventures triggered by encountering an adventure icon on the map (once only per card, and we’ve only seen two in seven turns) or story events that…well, honestly, who knows. There’s been at least one on the timeline as a scheduled event, there’s been little bits and pieces if we skip advancing the main story in favor of digging into the ship itself, and presumably advancing the main story track will eventually lead to some, but that hasn’t involved much in the way of directed action so far. Probably other ways too but we’ll see.

Still, the fights. And the world. So cool.