1.
We had 13 players in attendance again so we
split into 3 tables. On table 1 Mike led a 3-player game of “LE HAVRE”, at Lucy’s request. 3 is the
preferred number for this game as you get more turns each round. See full
review in report for 07/10/2010. Surprisingly nobody took loans in the game as
all players had enough food each turn. Lucy twice thwarted Mike’s plan to build
Wooden Ships by taking the large pile of Wood on offer. Mike retaliated by
using the Tannery to convert Hides to leather and then built the Shipping Line
and used that to export 2 leathers at a time, having decided to buy a ship at a
cost of 14 points, gaining 8 points for each trip. Kelly plugged along with
advice from the other 2 as it was her first game. In the latter stages of a
12-round game Mike built the Steel Mill for 22 points but this was not enough
to peg back Lucy who had built up a good lead with her proliferation of
buildings totalling 100 points. The game finished at just about 2 hours and
final scores were Lucy 128; Mike 105; Kelly 104.
2.
On table 2 5 players played the card game “SCREAM MACHINE”, the game about
building an amusement park with rides that attract the public. See review of 21/01/2011 for details. The
winner was newcomer Jon.
3.
Table 3 saw 5 players engaged in “TICKET TO RIDE” mainly for Poppy and
Zak’s benefit. Poppy demonstrated her know ledge of the game by winning with a
margin of 5 points.Oin the final scoring, by remembering to add on the points
for money in hand, much to Paul’s chagrin’.
4.
On table 2 4 players played “7 WONDERS”, mainly to introduce Jon to
the game. In a close finish Kevin won from Rob on the tie-break rule.
5.
As all 3 tables finished at roughly the same
time we mixed up the player groups. On Table 1 4 player tackled “LABYRINTH” for the first time in the
club. In this game players are dealt 7 cards containing pictures of artefacts
hidden in the Maze and they have to shuffle these, place them face down to keep
them secret from other players. They then have to move their dobber around the
maze to locate the first artefact in their pile. Once they have done that they
reveal it and take another card from their deck and locate that. The game ends
when one player had found all 7 artefacts and got back to their starting
square. Sounds easy doesn’t it ? However the maze is made up of passages and
walls and each turn a player take a tile and moves certain parts of the maze
one position. This changes the make-up of the maze and clear paths to the next
artefact suddenly have a wall in front of them !! A lightweight game but fun to
play. Mike never got in a blow , managing to collect only 1 of his artefacts
when Jon ended the game as the winner. Kelly was 2nd and Rob 3rd.
6.
On table 2 3 players played the Leaders version
of “7 WONDERS”, which adds even more
choices to this excellent game. Lucy gained the victory for a second win of the
night.
7.
Table 3 saw 5 players engaged in a game of “CARGO NOIR”, which was played on
08/12/2011 so see review for that date for details. In a close finish Paul
secured the victory.
8.
Table 1 finished their evening with “MAUER BAUER” played by 4 players. This
game is about placing walls, towers and building in unspoilt territory with the
aim of constructing towns when an area of triangles are surrounded by walls.
When that occurs a scoring round takes place and players have the option to
play 0,1 or 2 cards from their hand which will yield victory points. If they
play 0 cards they obviously score nothing but they can discard a useless card
and take another. Those that do play cards score the relevant points but they
only receive 1 new card, so if a player plays 2 cards frequently they will soon
run out of cards. A neat game that was quickly picked up by Rob and Kelly, whilst
Jon just didn’t get the cards he wanted. Rob was the winner from Mike, Kelly
and Jon.
Le Havre – Lucy
Newbury;
Scream Machine –
Jon Bradford;
Ticket To Ride -
Poppy Jabelman;
7 Wonders –
Kevin Ward;
Labyrinth – Jon
Bradford;
7
Wonders(Leaders) – Lucy Newbury;
Cargo Noir –
Paul Bulpin;
Mauer Bauer –
Rob Piesse.
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