Comments for Gameward Bound

Comment on Serving Up Comfort Food to the Capybaras of Café Baras by Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:58:07 +0000

In reply to jeff.

I just glanced through the rules a few times, and I realized one very important thing doesn’t seem to be covered: When serving a customer, do those cards get discarded? I only discard the customer card and continue building up the tableau. I treat it like I now serve this coffee or soup indefinitely, and have enough for everyone. But… I’m honestly not sure if that’s correct!

Judging by my scores and the tableaus of final plays, I think that’s right. Is that how you’re playing, or do you discard everything to serve a customer? See if it works better when you only discard the customer card you’re serving and build up your tableau. Either that, or I played entirely incorrectly. Hope you enjoy it, though, even if it’s just for the art and setting!

Comment on Serving Up Comfort Food to the Capybaras of Café Baras by jeff

jeff — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:09:16 +0000

I just picked this up as a gift for my partner’s birthday, because we’d heard good things about it and it looked cute. As you stated, the art, setting, and theme are adorable and the puns are cute. We struggled understanding the rules in our first play, wishing there had been an example turn played out included at the end of the rulebook. The two times we’ve played we both got stuck with no money to add cards to our counter (tableau) and no way to collect money (we were down to our original counter card). We couldn’t see a way to move forward with the game and the rules didn’t offer any solution. We will give this several more plays before making a final decision on keeping it or passing it on. As always, enjoyed your review!

Comment on My Discovery of Outdoor Survival: Going Back 50 Years by Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:45:44 +0000

In reply to James Hutchings. Very cool piece of trivia!

Comment on My Discovery of Outdoor Survival: Going Back 50 Years by James Hutchings

James Hutchings — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:32:49 +0000

In reply to David. The original Dungeons & Dragons rules actually list Wilderness Survival as one of the required pieces of equipment.

Comment on The Peace and Quiet of a Solo Journey Through Tranquility by Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 22:08:11 +0000

In reply to Jeff Bullard. You're very welcome, and thank you very much for the kind words! I hope you have a wonderful time with the game. It's very peaceful, and you can easily change the difficulty by removing cards during setup. I believe there's even a variant that involves arranging rows based on the day and night sides. Might be a fun time. Appreciate you stopping by, and good luck the next time you play!

Comment on The Peace and Quiet of a Solo Journey Through Tranquility by Jeff Bullard

Jeff Bullard — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 20:25:14 +0000

Just purchased a copy this past weekend! Even though I’ve only played it once so far, and made a few mistakes in rule interpretation, I agree with your assessment of Tranquility. I look forward to many more plays with this attractive, peaceful, engaging card placement game. P.S. Did not realize the cards could be turned to create a night time version of the scene; I thought the darker scene was just a reflection made slightly darker by the still waters surrounding the isle. Thank you for pointing out what should have been obvious! 😀 Thank you for another great review, I like your format.