🤓 This is the Way... It's that time of year again when Kurt goes to a conference and plays lots and lots of new board games. Why not take a break from quietly despairing and check out all the new things I played this weekend? Rock Hard 1977 If you've heard one thing about this game, it's that it was designed by Runaways bassist Jackie Fox. (If you've heard a second thing about this game, then you've heard about the "candy" mechanic.) This is a heavily thematic worker-placement game about becoming a professional rock musician in the 70s. You have life experiences, a manager, and a day job, and you're trying to build up your chops, your set list, and your reputation so you can turn a demo tape into a record deal and start playing larger and larger venues and get the most fame. You can get yourself extra actions by eating candy. This gives you that extra little bit of pep to go to more hangouts after-hours, but you have to watch out that you don't le...
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