BONUS: L is for Lanterns Dice: Lights in the Sky

 By Renegade Game Studios

Lanterns Dice: Lights in the Sky is the dice-rolling re-implementation of Lanters: Harvest Festival, which we have enjoyed playing in the past with our friends. When Lanterns Dice came out, I rushed to Phoenix Fire to pick it up. I'm a sucker for quick games that can be played on a whim on an afternoon should the mood strike. We had already played our "L" game when we got a very special request to play/review a game from the Lanterns saga. And well, I don't like to disappoint, sooooooo... Without further ado:

 

Players: 2-4

Time: 30-45 minutes

Ages: 10+

Theme: Harvest Festival

Mechanics: Roll & Write

In Lanterns Dice, everyone gets a different lake to decorate for the Harvest Festival, which you do by shading in different colored lanterns that can potentially earn the ability to shade an extra lantern or earn you gifts that can be used to perform more complicated feats (like shading 3 lanterns at a time of specific colors, etc). Then, once enough lanterns are shaded in particular shapes, you can launch fireworks.

 

We like this game because of its simplicity and portability. We also appreciate the simultaneous player actions, which makes it a quick play.

 

We played two rounds. I won one and Dustin won one. While trying to make room on my phone for my iOS update last Friday, I accidentally deleted TWO YEAR'S WORTH of logged play data from my board game stats app, so I can't remember how we scored. I am still irked/sad over my blunder.

Overall, we give it a 7/10. It's a good quick game and we'll play it if the mood strikes.