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Off Topic => Anything Else => Topic started by: Decar on March 07, 2016, 08:19:26 AM
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I've just spent a long weekend in Amsterdam. There's not many game shops near the centre and we didn't have time to venture out with all the drinking we were meant to be doing :(y)
On Saturday, we stumbled upon 'Tinkerbell Speelgoed' - which was really a children's toy shop, but with 2 shelves dedicated to board games. I was quite impressed with their Carcassonne collection considering and snapped a quick photo while I had the chance.
Yesterday, we found 'The Games Keeper' which was a traditional boardgame shop. The owner was friendly and attempted to make conversation with us, the Carcassonne collection was pretty good. There was a broad range of games and I happened to see a hexagonal-tile laying-area control-place hut kind of game, which looked very interesting. Unfortunately, we were in a rush and I couldn't justify the 37Euro price tag for a small boxed game. I think it was a small production, possibly a prototype, I can't find a record of it on the shop's website. I may have to contact them to ask for more details. It will forever be called 'That Dutch hex-laying game with huts' as I have no idea what it was called.
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Fjords?
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No, I already have Fjords, I quite like it. It's probably the best hex-laying game I've seen, it tidies up the area control mechanics. The game is a little too simple though. The game looked at was of a similar vein though. I'm guessing there were 3 types of terrain, mountains, fields and forests. The artwork looked a little crayola, which was my main reason for leaving it. It looked like a micro-published game. I've emailed the store to ask.
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I've not been to either of these places but:
The Arcade Hotel:
http://www.arcadehotel.nl/
& a bit further out:
http://friendsfoes.nl/
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I forgot about this thread. I could have looked for that game you couldn't remember the name of when I was there last week.
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No worries - I contacted the shop - that Dutch Game with Huts, was called Rifugio - I wrote a short review here: http://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=2783.0