Bonus Game Purchases

I set aside a bit of my bonus each year for a big game order. Usually it is one big order. It is fun when that big box finallt arrives, and we get to unpack it and ohh and ahh over each new toy. This year no one retailer had every thing that I wanted, so everything has been trickling in. My final box arrived yesterday. So here is the final list of the Bonus Games for the year.

1. Liebe & Intrige: I wanted this since I first heard whispers of it. I was not disappointed. It is a visually beautiful game. While not "dripping with theme" it has good thematic flavor. It is lite game, with a sense of humor and a fair amount of "take that" game play. Dare I call this a Eurotrash gateway game?
2. Die Rückkehr der Helden: Die Gralssuche (Return of the Heroes Holy Grail expansion): A while back Al requested that I find a game with an "Knights/King Arthur" theme. You'd think this would be easy to find. Wrong! This