Ex Libris

Hey, hey! We’re back!  This week we’re back with our first full-game playthrough in a while, and we thank you for sticking around while our schedules have been a complete nightmare.  This week we’ve got Teej, Schnell, and Nelson (Junior is on hiatus until after his wedding next month) playing a very fun game called Ex Libris.  Ex Libris is a resource management game, but rather than sheep, food, bricks, etc., we’re trying to collect certain kinds of books to build our individual libraries, while doing our best to avoid the banned texts that will net us negative points when scoring is triggered.

Ex Libris is played in rounds until end game is trigged by one player having shelved 15 cards of books.  Players are then scored on things like secret objective achieved, shelf stability, variety of the books, and many other ways their collection can earn them points.  When it’s all said and done, the player with the most points at the end wins.  We all really, really enjoyed this game, and we think you would, too!  Ex Libris has an MSRP of $59.99, and is definitely a game you should be adding to your collection at home.

This week in beers we've got Teej double-fisting Spotted Cow from New Glarus and Milk Stout from Left Hand Brewing Company, Schnell downing Honey Blonde Ale from Central Waters Brewing Company, and Nelson is doing across the pond to have some New Castle Brown Ale, which used to be brewed in Newcastle, but is now brewed and marketed by Heineken.