So tonight as most of
you know I usually write about the game we played earlier this evening.
However, my game night was canceled and I do not have a game to report on. So
instead I will do my first review! I know I am supposed to save those for
Review Wednesday but, I have not been able to find the time to do so and I am
thinking about scraping the whole Wednesday post idea. We will see how that
works out in the future. So for my first review I will be doing the Flying Frog
game: A Touch of Evil.
A Touch of Evil
is a post-revolutionary war era game of hunting monsters. Players take on the
role of a character who is visiting the small town of Shadowbrook to investigate some strange murders. These murders are
linked to some kind of big bad monster pulling strings behind the scenes.
Eventually when player feels they have gained enough power through use of items
and allies they can challenge the big monster to a final Showdown where one will come victorious or very injured.

I
love this game. I think it has all the elements a good adventure game needs; solid
characters with an array of abilities, a unique setting and story, and an easy
game system that allows for deep strategy and the story reflects its rules
well. The game encourages a pseudo role playing aspect by making the cards in
the game narratives and even giving some of the cards lines for the players to
read. Not to mention Flying Frog uses actors and actually scenes for their art.
Every picture and piece of art is a photograph and it is fantastic!
So I suppose I should
do some hard numbers for this right? I think a scale of one to ten will work.
Replay:
6/10 while the game is random enough with cards and dice rolls it does get predictable
after the sixth or seventh play though.
Theme:
9/10
they do a great job of keeping with the theme of being in post-revolutionary
war setting and it is reflected well in the art, items, and characters.
Play
Time: 5/10 some games take one hour and some games take
four it really depends on how nice the decks are to the players.
I hope this turns out OK for my first review. I would
love feedback on this one guys especially in what categories I should use for
my numbers. Thanks for reading all
Good Gaming Everyone!