If you're a book nerd like me, and like board games, you might enjoy this newer board game by Smirk and Dagger. The point of the game is to gather and organize your book collection, recharge your social battery so you can go to town to buy more books, and bring them home and figure out where to put them. It's like my life, the board game.
I played this with my husband and two sons (16 and 12) who didn't exactly get the point of the game (going to town too often ends the game quicker) but I only lost by two points...
There are two stages of the game: one is organizing your piles of books at home in specific ways (so you can complete goals for points) which charges your social battery and going to town to trade, buy, check out, and gather more books which depletes your social battery.
While I only played this once, there is a solo mode which I'm planning on trying a few times before this game needs to be returned to the library. I have never wanted to play a game in solo mode before so that must mean something... If I like it in solo-mode it might be worth buying my own copy.
I give this game 8 3/4 stars. The only thing I found annoying is how fast your social battery depletes, and with four players, you can visit the town about twice before the end of the game.
If you like games, books, or organizing book shaped tokens this might be the game for you :)
