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A friendly game of Maurice

One of the great things about tabletop is that it may be even played during these dire times. And after a digital game of canvas eagles - maybe some pictures on that later - I met up with a friend to enjoy the great spring and a game of Maurice on the terrace. I highly recommend to listening to Benda's Concerto for Flute in E minor while reading this report to get you into the right mood. About the game Maurice is a game designed by Sam Mustafa which is based on an action-cards system. I was rather reluctant when I had my first game some time ago, but started to enjoy it more and more ever since. The basic mechanic is a deck of cards which each give a specialty and a range in base-widths. These may be used by the player to activate a force of his for a certain action (charge, march, rally) or to modify the outcome of a certain action or fight. For each action the player regains a certain amount of cards (charge 0, march 1, rally/shoot artillery 2 or if you pass the turn, 3). So