Unboxing Thursdays: Wildstyle & The Rocketeer

Unboxing Thursdays we open, learn and play two games as we add them to our library.

This Thursday we are playing and learning together, Wildstyle & The Rocketeer.

Wildstyle: 7.6

Welcome to Wildstyle, where the city is your canvas and the streets belong to the people. Rock to the beat of your favorite pirate radio station while you and your crew tag the city. Make sure your rivals know where their turf ends and where yours begins. Watch out for the man though, because not everyone in the city appreciates your artistic endeavors and they might call the fuzz on you!

The goal of the game is to tag locations across the city's districts with your crew's color. You'll do this by collecting sets of cards with matching location icons. Each time you collect a set of 3 cards that all have the same icon, you get to place a tag on a hex with that icon anywhere on the map.

The game is played over 3 rounds and there are no turns! Once a round has started everyone takes their actions at the same time in any order they choose. There are 5 main actions: - Draw a card: Draw the top card from any draw pile into your hand. - Add to a set: Play a card from your hand or from the top of the share pile onto a set pile on your crew mat. - Share a card: Play a card from your hand onto a shared pile that is empty or has the matching color or icon on top. - Complete a set: Clear a set of 3 cards from your crew mat and place a tag on a matching map hex. - Rush a set: Take a cop car token to clear an incomplete set and place a tag on a matching map hex.

The end of the round is triggered either when all draw piles are empty or once only 1 player has tags remaining on their map. Each player gets 6 crew tags from the supply and another round commences. The game ends after 3 rounds and you'll score for objectives and for each map hex where you have a tag AND lose points for cop cars and solo tags. The crew with the most points wins!

The Rocketeer: Fate of the Future: 7.3

Trouble is brewing high above the city of angels! The mysterious Rocketeer — who can blast through the skies with an ingenious jet-pack — must stop a sinister plot. Hollywood actor Neville Sinclair is scheming to steal the rocket's blueprints as this breakthrough in modern engineering could revolutionize the future of flight. But in Sinclair's hands, it could also fuel the dark future of warfare.

In the two-player game The Rocketeer: Fate of the Future, you play as either the hero or the villain. On your turn, pick one of your characters and take an action with them, optionally playing cards from your hand that matches that character's symbol. Card actions are: Move, Tussle (combat), Gain Grit, Raise Rocket Token (heroes), and Recruit a Soldier (villain). Players alternate turns until all six characters (three on each side) have taken actions and are exhausted, then players gain rewards based on control of the locations and prepare for a new round.

The end of the game happens when the Luxembourg Zeppelin reaches LA, after which you play the final round, then the game ends.

Join us Thursday, January 5th at 6:00 pm for our Unboxing Thursday Event. See ya soon!

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