1. 9
in attendance at the start so we split into 2 tables. On table 1 a group of 6
players played “CITADELS” to its
full extent of 8 districts, which meant it went on rather longer than usual as
there was more district reduction than normal. The eventual winner was Richard.
2. On
Table Mike introduced Jerry and Poppy to “FRUIT
FAIR” but unfortunately part way through he realised that he had not issued
the correct number of Planter cards at the start, which is why the fruit was
running out!. Also the turn order rules had not been invoked properly and Mike
suffered as a result, being in 3rd place most of the game and
therefore not having much fruit left to pick when it was his turn. Play was
adjusted and things improved but it had already distorted the game but it did
not really affect the eventual outcome. By keeping a large store of fruit Jerry
was able to buy the higher valued medals at the Fruit Fair and yet still retain
enough fruit to have control of the Raccoon for several turns, which gave him a
great advantage. The final scores were wide-ranging, with Jerry on 92, Poppy 60
and Mike 42. An unsatisfactory outing for the reasons stated and Mike takes
full responsibility for that.
3. At
this point Jerry and Poppy left so the 7 remaining players played “7 WONDERS LEADERS” an updated version
of the popular game. This introduced a new level to the game, with a
recruitment phase at the start in which players select 4 Leaders from a pack
that is passed around in the normal fashion. Each Leader has different costs to
build and they bestow different abilities but they are introduced in the same
fashion as the normal resource cards. Mike suffered hugely due to a lack of
money with which to buy the resources needed to build his wonder, whilst Rob
created a huge Military presence, much to Tony’s dismay. Paul pursued the Civic
option, whilst Richard went for Science, as always. Roger used his leader’s
ability to obtain resources for nothing so built an impressive number of cards
in all the resource categories. Kevin went for the guilds option, with good
scoring options from his neighbours. If we discount Mike’s pathetic showing the
Final scoring was very close, these being Mike 40, Paul 62, Rob 64, Richard 65,
Tony 65, Roger 66, Kevin 67. Everyone agreed that the addition of the leaders
were a success without adding too much extra time to the game length. Thanks to
Kevin for buying it and we can look forward to many more outings with it in the
future.
Games played and
Winners were:
Citadels Richard
Piesse;
Fruit Fair Jerry
Jabelman;
7 Wonders
Leaders version Kevin Ward.
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