WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 2004
The Penguin Ultimatum
To celebrate the end of the school year, we journeyed to Pegasus Games to pick up Eight foot Llama's The Penguin Ultimatum. It turns out the penguins are extremely bored, living their whole lives on an iceberg without any parties. So they petition the emperor and demand a large party. You as players are the court jesters, hired to create parties for the penguins. It's a good, fun, tile laying game with cards, where you surround performers with pengquins and invite certain ones to be your special guests, thereby earning points when they are amused. One of the funniest lines in the rules is "Unfortunately, his penguin prefers tap-dancing sheep," causing us to say "dance for me!" whenever a performer went on stage, no matter what their talent. We will definitely play this game again, and hopefully with friends soon, as it works with up to 4 players. Hooray to independent game publishers!