Palaeo Diet in Ballyclare

Perhaps there's something primal about February because in parallel with Mark's Palaeo Diet month, I was asked to run a couple of games of Palaeo Diet: Eat or be Eaten this week out at Clare Gaming & Hobbies in Ballyclare.

With four players (Andy, Dave, Roger and myself) sat around the ould 3x3, we set up a basic hunting ground with populated with a little bit of everything for the first hunt and set out with a hunting party of six hunters and two hounds.

The party's inexperience played out hilariously as the wolf and cave bear savaged hunters and prey beasts alike, while our fire-bearer contributed to the chaos by flushing the prey right off the table.

In the end, the tribe managed to secure enough food to survive purely thanks to the half the hunters getting killed. But at least the tribe's only female survived, so there is hope for humanity yet!

By the second hunt of the evening, there was a much better understanding of hunter strategies. Working cohesively, the four hunters of the party were able to quickly secure a badger and three goats for dinner.

It's been a little while since I have Palaeo Diet out on the table, but it really is a hilariously fun game - if I do say so myself.