Wood You Or Woodn't You

Liz and I were having a very lazy day. So lazy in fact, that we forgot to eat lunch. We made it to Saquatch and we played ..and then, we held hands as we ate. We quickly lost the first game, but we actually won on the second game. Yippie!
As we got the check, we invited Sarah and Becky to come over for some games. In the end, no one could make it. Liz was still ready to get to business so I got out...

Jericho 1-8 players
This is a Jenga variant that I'm clueless to how it got in my collection. I don't believe that is officially license by the company that makes Jenga. From the title, I continue to think that after you remove a piece, you would have to read a bible verse written on the block, but it has nothing to do with that. Everything is the same except that there are fewer blocks and 5 of them have marbles hidden in them. You must catch the marbles before they hit the table or you have to take another turn right after you finish that one.

The entire game, neither one of us ever had to worry about a marble. And our game wasn't short. I think we got about 18 blocks in before it fell on Liz.

This is about as good as Jenga. I think the blocks in Jenga are sanded better or have a coating on them, because this version seemed to have a lot of very stuck pieces. It could have just been the way it got stacked, but the original is still a little better.

We followed this game up with...

Don't Tip The Waiter! 1-2 players

Another wooden stacking game. Liz got this free from work. Players stack dishes on a waiter's trays until the dishes topple or the waiter tips over. There are two variants. Players take turns adding one piece of their choosing. The player that topples loses. The other variant has a player add pieces alone and scores points for the dishes they add. The player to score the most on their try wins.

We played both variants. I won all of them. It's not a great game. The individual game is a bit better, but not by much. It's a cute looking game, but only worth it if it's free.

We had time for one more game before we needed to start making grilled cheese and tomato soup. Liz was eager and curious to play...

504 2-4 players
I got this one for Xmas. It's called 504 because it contains 504 different games. The box contains parts for 9 different modules. Each game uses 3 of the modules. The first module represents the the goal of the game. The second represents the income. The third adds flavor. This means 9 × 8 × 7 = 504 games. Each of the modules represents a different standard game type: Pick Up & Deliver, Race, Privileges, Military, Exploration, Roads, Majorities, Production, and Shares.

We played game 123 or The World of Traveling Pioneers with a Bias to Individualism. Points were earned by delivering goods to cities. Money was earned by being the first to build settlements in places. On a turn, we were also given the chance to purchase special rule bending powers. The game played pretty quickly. It started slow at first, but the game ramped up very fast. It was a pretty close game. I won by about 5 or 6 points. Had we purchased different privileges, it could have easily ended differently.

This isn't a very deep game, but I really like the diversity of it. This wouldn't ever be anyone's favorite game. I don't think it was ever intended to be. It is a really cool experiment for sure. I'm looking forward to playing game 567 or The World of Combative Explorers with Connections.

Tally: 166/183  Bonus: 42/50