1.
13 members attended this week, so we played on 3
tables. Table 1 started with 4 players in “TOBAGO”,
the game about driving around an island to discover hidden treasures. It seems
as though the players enjoyed it from the comments heard afterwards. The winner
was Rob.
2. Table 2 saw 4 players playing “QUORIDOR”, a family game about moving
pawns and building walls. Players are trying to get their pawn from one side of
the board to the other. The building of the walls inhibits the player’s
progress, so it can be quite competitive. The eventual winner was Poppy.
3.
Table 3 saw 5
players playing the game of “STEEL
DRIVER”, a railway track building and shares game from the prolific Martin
Wallace. In phase 1 of a turn players take it in turns to select a railroad
company from those on offer, players then bid
cubes to gain control of this company, for which they receive a share in
that company. This is repeated until all the companies have been auctioned. In
phase 2 the companies are played in turn order and the controlling player will
use the cubes in their company to build a section of track between 2 cities,
extending the network by doing so. The amount of money earned for this action
is recorded on an income track and this is repeated until all companies have
built track or decided to pass. The revenue for the turn is paid out and all
controlling interests are returned for the next auction round. Players continue
to gain shares until all shares have been issued. In the final round some
coloured cubes are placed on cities of the matching colour and then, one at a
time, the players controlling the companies take one cube from a city that
‘their’ line is connected to. They are trying to gets sets of 3, 4 or 5
colours, as this will generate the most revenue in the final scoring. When all
cubes have been allocated the final revenue is awarded and the player with the
most money is the winner. Not surprisingly this was Tony as he had played
before. Richard was miffed to discover that he had fared worse than Mike, but
he will have to live with the shame.
4.
Table 2
played “LORDS OF VEGAS”, a new game
to the club and brought along by new member Ben. 4 Players contested the
ownership of various casinos which were built along the famous strip, and it
appeared that there was a certain amount of gambling in the dice rolling to
alter the balance of power. An attractive looking game which was enjoyed by all
the players, each telling their tale of woe as to why they had not won. The
eventual winner in a very close finish was Jerry.
5. Table 1 played the expansion version of
the game of “THURN UND TAXIS”, another
club favourite, which as always was competitive. The eventual winner was Lucy.
6.
With the
departure of Jerry, Poppy and Luke tables 2 and 3 split into a 2-player and
4-player group. On table 3 Tony and Richard played “TWILIGHT STRUGGLE”, which they had contested before. Reports
suggest that Tony was the winner but in slightly contentious circumstances but
that maybe just Richard being mischievous.
7.
On Table
2 Mike led a team of 4 in showing Ben the game of “LONDON”, yet another Martin Wallace title. The game has been
described before so it will not be repeated here. Paul pursued the ‘Take Loans’
strategy, which he did offset by building a shop to get money to pay them off.
Ben followed the ‘minimal poverty cubes strategy’. Mike tried to be cute by
only having 2 stacks of building cards but he did not buy sufficient boroughs
to offset the increasing poverty cubes. Roger had a mixed strategy of all the
above. With the need to get Ben to the station to catch his train home the game
had to end prematurely. However with his low poverty cube count Ben caused the
other players to give up lots of Victory Points, so he was the clear winner.
8.
Table 1
played a quick game of “HECKMECK” to
complete their evening, in which Geoff was the winner.
Games
played and Winners were:
Tobago
Robert Piesse;
Quoridor
Poppy Jabelman;
Steel
Driver Tony Simons;
Lords
of Vegas Jerry Jabelman;
Thurn
und Taxis Lucy Newbury;
Twilight
Struggle Tony Simons;
London
Ben Braine;
Heckmeck
Geoff Williams.
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