Are you into racing games by any chance? I only say that because earlier this year I picked up
Thunder Alley on a recommendation as a better racing game than Formula D when played with only 2 players!
I was kinda skeptical about it being much fun (although I do enjoy NASCAR) but watched a Dice Tower review of it and 2 weeks later it appeared in the restock list of Gameslore.
Utterly superb package though - comes with 4 tracks in the box, enough components for 6 players, scales superbly for 2 players and most importantly? It's loads of fun!
The overall premise is simple - be the winner but you have to remember you're managing a whole team of cars and you want to bring home as many as possible. Play is simple by drafting/playing cards and moving your chosen car the requisite number of spaces.
The rub is the cars draft together just like in real NASCAR. Moving a lead car will likely drag every car behind it forwards but you can use this to your advantage to move cars that have already played this round or are even damaged making them move slower.
I've waffled on far too much but looks dull but plays fantastically and superb levels of strategy mixed with just enough luck that you can't always plan everything out! I took it to my local game group and in just 1 play the war gamer there went out and bought a copy just like that!
That said if you like bashing each other (and your friends) over the head then give
Blood Rage a whirl!
Polar opposite games but brilliant in both cases!
