The Games We Play

The Games We Play

A repository of reports on the Wednesday night sessions of the club and anything else related to the club or boardgaming in general, which may be of interest to anyone who may be passing by.

Wednesday 8 July 2009

Catch Up 10,17,24 June

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Just a few notes by way of catching up.

Games Expo

I was at Games Expo on the Saturday and Sunday, but didn't actually play many games. Saturday morning was spent was spent demoing Great Fire, which seemed to go down well. Feedback was positive and Richard Denning is going to look for a publisher on that basis. There have been another couple of changes in the game since then and I hope to get the game on the table again to try them out.

Saturday afternoon was spent wandering including a game of Battle Line (old Knizia title) with Mike, it's OK for a 2 player game, but not one I'd want to play regularly.

Sunday morning was more wandering before going back and actually playing Great Fire in the afternoon. Dave & Ben were also around both days playing parts in the Living Dungeon.

10 June

We had to wait for the room upstairs to become free, so spent some time in the bar playing some short games. 6 of us played a couple of games of Tsuro.

Posn.
Player
1
Mike
2
Ben C
3=
Dave F
3=
Dave D
3=
Steve H
6
Steve Pe
Posn.
Player
1
Steve H
2
Dave F
3=
Mike
3=
Ben C
5
Steve Pe
6
Dave D
While Dave C and another 3 tried Days of Steam, which he had picked up at the expo. The game was not completed before we moved upstairs. I had a chance to try this with Dave (2 player) on the following Saturday and it seemed OK, but probably needs more players. It seems fairly light and could make a reasonable filler.

Posn.
Player
1=
Dave C
1=
Paul
1=
Donald
1=
Nigel
We moved upstairs and split into 2 5 player groups. On one table was Pillars of the Earth, I think this was Dave's first try at the game, Ben had played once before but not with the expansion. The 2 Steves finished comfortably ahead, with the rest of us trailing.

Posn.
Player
Score
1
Steve H
55
2
Steve Pe
52
3
Dave D
43
4
Dave F
41
5
Ben C
35
On the other table was Automobile, the new Martin Wallace and another one that Dave had picked up at Expo, I had thought about getting this myself, but knowing that Dave & Andy had both bought copies decided against. The game seemed to go down well and I enjoyed my try the following week.

Posn.
Player
Score
1
Mike
3990
2
Paul
3680
3
Nigel
2870
4
Dave C
2810
5
Donald
2790
17 June

7 this week and a 4/3 split.

I had my first try at Automobile, which ended with a second win for Mike, I think this a game that's going to take a few trys to get the strategy. I gather though that after 2 wins Mike came a bit of a cropper at the Rosliston weekend, speaking of which I'd be interested in seeing some sort of info about the games played there.

Posn.
Player
Score
1
Mike
4680
2
Dave D
4150
3
Donald
4040
4
Dave C
3050
We finished off with Tsuro

Posn.
Player
1
Mike
2
Dave C
3
Dave D
4
Donald
On the other table the first game was Stone Age, a game which I didn't take to when I tried it

Posn.
Player
Score
1
Steve H
165
2
Gordon
159
3
Dave F
155
Followed by an old favourite, Ra, I see that Gordon didn't win for once.

Posn.
Player
Score
1
Steve H
56
2
Gordon
52
3
Dave F
40
24 June

With 8 players, we started with Tsuro, while waiting to see if Dave & Ben would appear.

Posn.
Player
1
Donald
2
Steve P
3
Gordon
4
Mike
5=
Dave D
5=
Daniel
7=
Steve H
7=
Dave F
After that it was another 4/4 split, no one else having arrived. 4 of us played Power Grid. Dave was new to the game and Daniel, I gather, has not that much experience. We used the China board, which I think could be my favourite. It has a slow build up due to the ordered appearance of the power plants, but this seems to lead to a great climax.

This was the closest game I have known with all 4 players tied and separated by money. There were only a few elektros between Dave & myself at the end and he would have won, if he hadn't spent 2 much on buying extra raw materials he didn't need, I think it was a case of inexperience showing. Steve was looking good for a lot of the game, having been left quite isolated in the south, but lost out at the end, when he went last to build and there were only 2 cities available in the far north, the connection costs were enough to drop him down to last.

Posn.
Player
Score
1
Dave D
17+++
2
Dave F
17++
3
Daniel
17+
4
Steve H
17
On the other table was In the Year of the Dragon

Posn.
Player
Score
1
Gordon
98
2
Donald
89
3
Steve P
88
4
Mike
68
And Dominion, I don't have the scores or positions for this game, although I am told that Gordon won.

Posn.
Player
1
Gordon
2=
Donald
2=
Steve P
2=
Mike