This Valentine's Day is looking a little different this year with us all still being in a pandemic and still staying home. With so many restaurants, movie theatres, and other places being closed for indoor service, how do you plan on spending it? It's time to think of something to do for a creative, fun and, cozy night in. Whether you will be hosting a Galentine's celebration with your roommate, a romantic night in with your significant other, or a fun family game day, Asmodee Canada is bound to add some excitement to your plans!
Asmodee Canada has tons of great games for you to choose from that may just be what you need to help make your Valentine's Day more fun while still being at home. They offer games that range from just two players to some of the games going up to 6 to 8 players. So you can have a romantic one on one game night with your significant other or a fun-filled family game night. The choice is yours.
We were sent two games for the hubby and me to play together as an activity for us to enjoy on Valentine's Day and we love them both. We received Jaipur, a two-merchant trade game, and Splendor, a competitive, fast-paced 2-4 person game.
Jaipur was such a fun quick-paced game to play with the hubby. The object of the game is to gain more riches than your opponent. In the game, you are collecting cards to sell for goods. When you sell a card you gain one good per card you sell. The goods are worth the numerical value that it states on them. If you sell three or more cards you take the corresponding bonus token that is worth a secret amount.
On each player's turn, you can either take or sell cards. If you take cards, you have to choose between taking all the camels, taking one card from the market, or swapping 2-5 cards between the market and your cards. At the end of the round, each player counts their goods and the player with the most takes a Seal of Excellence. The first player to receive two Seal of Excellence wins.
To start playing Splendor you have tokens, the deck of cards, and the noble tiles. The tokens each represent a jewel type, there white for diamonds, green for emeralds, red for rubies, blu for sapphire, and black for onyx and the yellow token is called the joker. Next are the cards, which are divided into three colours, each representing how expensive they are, green is very cheap, yellow is affordable, and blue is expensive. In Splendor the object is to gain the tokens to buy the cards in order to get points to win the game.
We played Splendor with our two teens and it was so much fun. My oldest won and we are all going to have a rematch on Family Day. Splendor is a 30 minute game for 2 to 4 players 10+ and retails for $44.99.
Asmodee Canada carries a wide variety of board/card games for the entire family to enjoy. Here are a few other games that would be great to play with whoever you're spending Valentine's Day with:
2-5 Players | 35 Minutes | Ages 7+
Catan: Embark on a quest to settle the isle of Catan. Guide your settlers to victory by clever trading and cunning development. Use resource combinations to buy handy development cards and build roads, settlements, and cities. Acquire your resources through trades, cards, or lucky dice.
Patchwork: Patchwork is a light, two-player board game where players are each attempting to piece together a quilt using oddly shaped, tetris-like tiles.
GIVEAWAY
We've teamed up with our friends at Asmodee Canada to give one lucky reader a chance at winning either Jaipur or Splendor, the choice is yours. Comment below sharing which game you would pick! For more information about the games mentioned and many others, head to Asmodee Canada.
I would love Jaipur
ReplyDeleteI would love Splendor.
ReplyDeleteI don't own either game, I don't like to choose between games because they all have their merits, but thank you so much for doing this giveaway, helping spread the love of tabletop gaming. I do a lot of board game giveaways; I like to help the company's get their name and product known, and I also enjoy occasionally winning some random game (I typically only get new games either through trades/swaps or giveaways, so the hobby doesn't financially clean me out). For years now I'm just taken aback by the overwhelming generosity of the gaming community as a whole.
ReplyDeleteBoth games seem like a lot of fun,but I think i would lean towards Splendor.
ReplyDeleteI would pick Splendor because it can be played with more players. They both look fun. We really enjoy Carcassonne and have many expansions to make it even better.
ReplyDeleteI would pick Splendor Both of the games look like a lot of fun
ReplyDeleteI think my granddaughter would love Jaipur as she would enjoy being a trader of goods.
ReplyDeleteI would love Jaipur, never played either and they both sound great
ReplyDeleteI would enjoy Splendor - looks like fun.
ReplyDeleteI would love to try the Splendor game.
ReplyDeleteWe'd love to try either but Splendour looks fun!
ReplyDeleteI'd like Splendor to play with my wife and daughter!
ReplyDeleteI think they both sound good but I would choose Splendor
ReplyDeleteSplendor sounds perfect for my family. I know my tween would enjoy it very much.
ReplyDeleteI would probably pick Jaipur although they both sound good to me!
ReplyDeleteI'd like Jaipur:)Great review!
ReplyDeleteI would pick Jaipur.
ReplyDeleteI would love to play Splendor.
ReplyDeleteI would pick Splendor.
ReplyDeleteI would choose Splendor.
ReplyDeleteI would like Splendor
ReplyDeleteTough choice! Splendor sounds like it would be lots of fun - who doesn't love to deal with bling . Thanks for the chance
ReplyDeleteSplendor sounds fun to me.
ReplyDeleteI think my family and I would love playing Splendor
ReplyDeleteWe love playing games on holidays.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to get Jaipur!
ReplyDeleteI would choose Splendor, I love the theme and the artwork is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteJaipur.
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