Review
Scoville
In Scoville, my wife flattened the rest of us. My clearest review is that I was looking at lottery tickets afterwards.
- Published
- 2014
- Designer
- Ed Marriott
- Publisher
- Tasty Minstrel Games
- Players
- 2–6
- Playing time
- 90 min
My wife crushed the rest of us at Scoville, with the sort of quiet certainty that makes everyone else scan the table for a rule they must have missed. We had not missed one. She had simply beaten us properly.
There is not enough here for me to pretend I have a grand theory of Scoville’s systems. There is, however, the essential truth of the session: when one player leaves you so far behind that buying a lottery ticket feels like the sensible next move, the game has made an impression.
She had simply beaten us properly.
TheCuttlefish
Afterwards the table took a different turn with Wongamania: Banana Economy. That was where I got my revenge, handing out illnesses, divorces and Debtzilla to everyone in reach. Lovely stuff.
Scoville, though, will stay with me as the game I lost so decisively that luck began to look like a respectable plan.
Scoville, though, will stay with me as the game I lost so decisively that luck began to look like a respectable plan.
TheCuttlefish
Source: BoardGameGeek
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