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The Great Prank War

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Help Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man and Skips take the park back from Gene and his goons with a...

BMO Snaps - Adventure Time Photo Game

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It’s Adventure Time! Help BMO on an epic quest to save the Land of Ooo from hologram clones of...

Whatchareadin (174 KP) rated Drop Shot (Myron Bolitar #2) in Books

Apr 3, 2019

Drop Shot (Myron Bolitar #2)

Harlan Coben | 1996 | Crime, Fiction & Poetry, Thriller

7.3

(3 Ratings)

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In this book, the focus is on Myron Bolitar's tennis clients. Myron is at the US Open watching his client, Duane Richwood play. When shots ring out in the stadium, the result is deadly. Valerie Simpson, a teen tennis player looking to get back in the game, has been murdered. She had come to Myron a few days before to become a potential client. Why was Valerie murdered? Myron feels an obligation to find out, since she had come to him and called him many times. Is she connected to Duane? Myron and Win have a lot of digging to do to get to the bottom of this mystery.

Book 2 in the Myron Bolitar series. Myron is a jack of all trades, but his main trade is as a sports agent. He gives his clients a personal touch, big agencies aren't able to deliver. Plus, he's a lawyer and that helps out as well, especially when his clients seem to need legal services.

I really liked this book. I could connect with it on a personal level, being a former tennis player myself. Not that I was anywhere near being able to play in the US Open, but it was a fun sport.

This book takes you back to look at Valerie's life when she was a tennis star at a very young age. Bring in more murders from her past, political scandals, inappropriate coaches, disappearing suspects, and you have an interesting book. I can't wait to read the rest of the series.

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Sam Hill (23 KP) rated Carcassonne in Tabletop Games

Jun 20, 2019

Carcassonne

2000 | City Building, Medieval, Territory Building

8.1

(53 Ratings)

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Quick, classic game, great to play with people who are more casual boardgamers (0 more)

Not going to satisfy someone looking for a deep strategic challenge (0 more)

Carcassone is one of the classics of board gaming and great for moving people away from the likes of Monopoly into proper board games.

The basic rules, pick a tile at random, place in a legal position and choose to place a needle, is simple enough that people who do not board game regularly are able to get comfortable quickly with the game. Its simplicity also means that a younger audience is able to readily partake in the game, making decisions on their own, and still have a chance of doing reasonably well.

There is little in the way of language in the game, other than being able to read the score chart everything is pictorial, so this also opens it to playing with people who are too young to read, or speak other languages without buying another copy.

If you're looking for an in depth Euro game however this will not help. There is little in the way of long term strategy, and the tile you pick is random - as a major factor of what you do with your turn this constricts long term planning.

To sum up this is a great game if you are putting it in front of the right audience, or want a simple game to chill out with a beer with, but don't expect such a positive reaction from everyone.