CHIPPENHAM BOARDGAMES CLUB - 25/04/2013

Anno 1452

This week 8 regulars welcomed Mark who was Just Visiting. Mike was eager to play Anno 1452 and had the game set up before anyone else arrived. Lucy made the most of her time as King to end the game with more power than Tim, Mike and Mark.

On the second table Paul, Roger, Richard and Kevin battled for supremacy in Kemet. Richard was victorious after resisting the last ditch efforts of the others to wrestle control of the temples from him.

There was just enough time to squeeze in a game of Royal Palace for those that stayed. Mike did a great job of explaining the rules at record speed to Jon who hadn’t played the game before and Roger who needed a reminder. In a close game it was Kevin who came out on top by recruiting many of the nobles who happened to be hanging around the edge of the garden.

Games played and winners were :

Anno 1452 - Lucy Newbury;
Kemet - Richard Harris;
Royal Palace - Kevin Shaw.

3 years ago this week Rob nearly pulled of a hat-trick...
1. With only 6 players tonight played as one group. First up was a topical game of "Election", a game first published in 1972 but which has stood the test of time. Geoff rose quickly in the Popularity Index so we started to campaign against him. As the board became more congested other conflicts broke out as we tried to swing the votes our way. Rob sneaked ahead and not enough parties campaigned against him to prevent the election being called early before the rest of us could complete our planned forays into other territories. In the final tally Rob’s Student vote was enough to secure him seats in London to win the game. The final seats won were Liberals 171; Conservatives 130; Socialists 104; Labour 91; Independents 86; Nationalists 50. I wonder if a similar result will happen next week ?

2. We then played a simple card game called "Penguin Parade", about building a pyramid of penguins in different outfits! Rob soon sussed out the mechanism and looked a certain winner until the last round of 5, when he bombed out and Geoff tied with him. The 2 of them played a tie-break round which Rob won easily for his second win of the night.

3. We finished with a game of "11 NIMMT", a card game about getting rid of all your cards. We all tried to prevent Rob getting his hat trick of wins and going into the last round Geoff was just ahead, with Mike and Rob tied just 2 points behind . In a tense finish Rob had a choice of 2 places to play his card... and chose the wrong one, allowing Geoff to go out and win the game by 2 points. Hard luck Rob.

Games played and Winners were:

Election - Robert Piesse;
Penguin Parade - Robert Piesse;
11 Nimmt - Geoff Williams