Game Preview: Tales & Games: The Pied Piper, or Taking a Spin on the Merry-Go-Rats

Game Preview: Tales & Games: The Pied Piper, or Taking a Spin on the Merry-Go-Rats
Board Game: Tales & Games: The Pied Piper
Getting back into news-writing gear following the 2016 GAMA Trade Show is taking a bit of time, but thankfully my audio equipment is working once again, and I've now put together an overview of Agnès Largeaud's The Pied Piper, the sixth game in the Tales & Games series from Purple Brain Creations and IELLO. (My first efforts the week prior to GTS sounded like rats were gnawing on the video frames. Not good.)

When one thinks about trying to create a game out of the legend of "The Pied Piper of Hameln", one might expect a cooperative game in which players fight an ever-growing swarm of rats side-by-side, calling on the piper to strengthen their forces at critical junctures during which all seems lost, or perhaps a game of friendly competition in which players see who can draw more rats out of town — but no, Largeaud and PBC have instead set players against one another with the only goal being to outlast everyone else while staying as rat-free as possible. Sure, you might still come down with the plague, but at least you're better off than those other guys!

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