Got a couple more games of Imperium Legends solo, still the best deckbuilding, i see Kempeth says that their game at 3 was over 3 hours, thankfully for me even at 3 it has always been below 2 hours and actually the games that have gone a bit longer than 2 with set up have been in solo. For me so far i loved how differently each deck has played, so far Egypt with fast development has been my favourite but also tried Atlanteans the other day and was blown away by how much everything changed starting as an Empire. I have not enjoyed Qin that much tho due to how many cards have dependance on other cards to be or not in play.
Got also to try The Hunger for the first time, pretty iterative deckbuilding, but at least has some more innovative ideas than Clank in how you move and having to manage hunting humans for points vs them staying in your deck. Basically, you only draw 3 cards each turn which means that even at 5 there is not that much gap between your turns and from the three cards you get an speed value which is used both for moving and for buying so you have to manage how much you want to move vs what you need to spend buying and also with how much you are willing to spend to move you have to take into account in which position you will be on the map if you want to have your turn be sooner than for the other players to have more options to buy in the market next turn as it only replenishes at the end of a round so if you go last you will have less stuff to buy.
Tried Rattus for the first time at 2 and at 5, at 2 its just okay, but at 5 it was pretty crazy and a ton of fun. I want to try more classes and modules that come on the big box as i have only tried the base game thus far. I love how fast turns go by and how enticed to look at the board you are even outside of your turn. Its a pretty great game but probably would only recommend it at 3+.
Also played The king is dead 2nd edition again after almost a year, actually played 4 games in 2 days with my gf, one of the best games, love how pure of a boardgame it is and how amazing the aesthethics are despite being basically an abstract game. At 2 is more cutthroat than i would like but still pretty fun, could play this game everyday. Its just so simple to teach but so thinky that is the perfect game if you want to play something deep with someone that doesnt enjoy game that are too heavy and with long setups.
Also played RRR but after so many games with my gf and my sister over the last three years i think im ready to stop playing, i think we have more games than combinations of tiles can appear(that feel different of course) and im already probably at 40+ plays. Its a really neat game that feels very chess like and abstract but it has more limitations than i like. I would love an expansion with new tiles tho.
I mean, in todays board game space with so many classics and new releases its cool to know two companies i dont have to bother buying games from