Another late report. There were 6 of us on this Wednesday with Mark bringing along his son Jonathan. The games were:
This is was the first outing for the second edition of Canal Mania at the club. The new rules do make a difference in that there does not seem to be the previous tendency for a player to run away. I have played this edition 3 times and on one occasion the game was decided on a tie break, while as can be seen for this one the scores were very close. The other game was also very close for much of the game before scores spread out towards the end.
In this game I was set up in the north running down into the East Midlands, Steve played mostly in the south, While Mike seemed to stake out territory in the middle. Mike led early, with us not far behind, before opening out a bit of a lead, which was closed right up at the end. Each us us had our own story of bad luck/incompetence. Steve reckons he built his junction canal in the wrong place, missing out on the extra point which would have enabled him to take the game on the most prolific constructor tie break. Mike was just short of finishing another contract at the end. I made an idiotic move (in retrospect) of not taking a card to place a good in Manchester at the end, which may have made me 5 points potentially (although I'm not sure it would have).
The others still seem lukewarm about the game, but to me it is definitely the best game to come out in recent times.
We had another game on another table
We had another table as well, with a game of Age of Empires III going on. This was the first Wednesday night outing for this and the scores seem very low. Mind you that is based on the limited experience of having played 1 game and read reports of a few others.
Dave & Ben disappeared after that and Jonathan joined us for
Guillotine seems to have become popular again. This was a very high scoring game, which saw me coming last with a score that was better than the one I won with last week, that was with 6 players mind you so the scores would be lower.
I hope to post last week's report either later tonight or tomorrow.
| Canal Mania 110 mins | ||
| Player | Posn. | Points |
| Mike | 1 | 93 |
| Steve H | 2 | 92 |
| Dave D | 3 | 89 |
This is was the first outing for the second edition of Canal Mania at the club. The new rules do make a difference in that there does not seem to be the previous tendency for a player to run away. I have played this edition 3 times and on one occasion the game was decided on a tie break, while as can be seen for this one the scores were very close. The other game was also very close for much of the game before scores spread out towards the end.
In this game I was set up in the north running down into the East Midlands, Steve played mostly in the south, While Mike seemed to stake out territory in the middle. Mike led early, with us not far behind, before opening out a bit of a lead, which was closed right up at the end. Each us us had our own story of bad luck/incompetence. Steve reckons he built his junction canal in the wrong place, missing out on the extra point which would have enabled him to take the game on the most prolific constructor tie break. Mike was just short of finishing another contract at the end. I made an idiotic move (in retrospect) of not taking a card to place a good in Manchester at the end, which may have made me 5 points potentially (although I'm not sure it would have).
The others still seem lukewarm about the game, but to me it is definitely the best game to come out in recent times.
We had another game on another table
| Age of Empires III 110 mins | ||
| Player | Posn. | Points |
| Jonathan | 1 | 54 |
| Ben | 2 | 50 |
| Dave C | 3 | 35 |
We had another table as well, with a game of Age of Empires III going on. This was the first Wednesday night outing for this and the scores seem very low. Mind you that is based on the limited experience of having played 1 game and read reports of a few others.
Dave & Ben disappeared after that and Jonathan joined us for
| Guillotine 20 mins | ||
| Player | Posn. | Points |
| Jonathan | 1 | 25 |
| Steve H | 2 | 23 |
| Mike | 3 | 21 |
| Dave D | 4 | 15 |
Guillotine seems to have become popular again. This was a very high scoring game, which saw me coming last with a score that was better than the one I won with last week, that was with 6 players mind you so the scores would be lower.
I hope to post last week's report either later tonight or tomorrow.
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