1. As
we were only 6 players we played 2 long games tonight. First up was the classic
game of “ACQUIRE”. This game is
about investing in chains of hotels and acquiring shares in them which
hopefully will rise in value. Eventually 2 chains will merge and the
shareholders of the chain taken over receive a bonus for the majority
shareholder and for the minority share holder and they then have options to
cash in their shares for money or swap them on a 2 for 1 basis in the new
larger chain. Money becomes quite tight as the chains develop and the early
lead was held by Tony and Richard. Roger and Mike were strapped for cash as
they waited for their chains to be taken over to raise much-needed revenue.
However the long-term strategy paid off as Mike’s shares in the largest chain
earned him enough money to pinch a victory by a narrow margin from Geoff.
2. Second
game was “Jet Set”, a game of
building routes around Europe, placing planes on them and then flying the
routes to gain the matching flight card, which gives victory points in the end.
There are many combinations of departure and arrival cities, making for some
difficult decisions about which routes to go for, when to raise income, when to
expand the routes etc. In another close finish Richard beat Tony by 2 points,
with Robert just a further point behind.
Games played and Winners were:
Acquire
Mike Oakes;
Jet
Set Richard Piesse.
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