Hi all - just a quick note that in the hopes that the Wingspan expansion is actually “coming soon” we will play Star Realms next and leave Wingspan for later. This will hopefully help us get back on track timing-wise as well since Star Realms should be a faster event.
PS. For simplicity, we’ll assume Wingspan will slot in at game #7 in the Decathlon.
PPS. As far as I can tell, the expansion was announced as “coming soon” in December and doesn’t have a confirmed release date yet, but still we can hope.
I gambled on building up enough resources to build the Church and a Luxury liner in the closing rounds instead of upgrading goods. Then I shipped a ton of cattle in the Final Action to steal the win by a single point. There were probably about a dozen lead changes between all 3 of us during the game. Whew!
Thanks for asking… I had to go back and check my notes on this one. (We played Star Realms in January for the 2021 Decathlon which seems like a looooong time ago!)
Back then, my research lead me to the conclusion that the common consensus was that Bases & Battleships evens out some imbalances in the base set, so that was my recommendation.
As always, it will be up to each table group to decide on expansions, but let’s go with the same recommendation as last year - Base Set + Bases & Battleships.
Hop on over to the Decathlon Practice Arena if you want to get in a game while we wait for these Le Havre stragglers to bring their ships into port!
I might suggest that we add Frontiers this year. It is a great base set, and really changes the pace of the game up. Can be played with Core and B/B also if we wanted or just B/B. But considering that we do want change in the Decathlon, this provides both a change with familiarity.
If we really wanted to change things up, both Missions and Command Decks change a lot also. (they don’t go together though, one or the other)
Not that we need to change things up, just some suggestions.
I’m going to guess that everyone here already has it, but Through the Ages is currently on sale on iOS. Since it’s a decathlon game, might as well grab it now if you don’t have it.
