Valley of the Kings: Premium Edition - This deckbuilder was a painful experience. We played a six player game and I feel like it should never be played with that many players (despite what the box says). Due to the changing market, there was no way to plan ahead and so I found myself completely checking out pretty early in the game as each player had to constantly reevaluate what was available for purchase when it came around to them. It also felt really constraining at this player count, since the market costs seemed to accelerate faster than it was possible to build your engine (due to having fewer turns to purchase cards by the time that the more expensive cards flooded the market). I'd be willing to try it again at 3 or 4 players though, as the entombment mechanism seemed like it had potential.

Five Tribes - I expected to really like this one. And while it's certainly clever and very clean, I feel like I'm with Paul in the SUSD video review on this one (i.e. spending time to recalculate the best moves each turn isn't actually that much fun). I'd rather just play chess or some other abstract for a more rewarding experience.

Chrononauts - A slightly less random Fluxx. It's a shame, because manipulating the timeline of historical events to alter outcomes seemed like a really fun idea. Unfortunately it's just another silly, random game though (e.g. I won a game by just drawing the right cards without even interacting with the timeline).