1. We
split into 2 groups of 4 tonight, playing on 2 tables. First game up was “Bombay”, a game new to Tony and Roger.
It involved using elephants to transport bales of goods between locations, using
a series of linked pathways. The prices for delivering goods fluctuate during
the game and the lead changes hands regularly.
Mike established a good link of palaces which earned him much gold as
other players passed through them and this was enough to secure a rare win for
him.
2. On
table 2 the lads played “Ad Astra”,
a space trading game. Chris has played the game several times and used this to
good advantage to secure a win.
3. Back
on table 1 the four of us played “Diamonds
Club”, a game about acquiring mines, producing gems from them, and then
using these gems to build various features in your own personal garden. These
include fountains, orangeries, temples, deer park etc, plus forested areas. The
mechanism for obtaining the various gems is quite clever and the scoring
options are multi-faceted and it produced a close finish between Mike and Tony,
with the latter prevailing in the final countdown.
4. On
table 2 the lads took on “Don Pepe”,
a game of gangsters trying to grab the most money before everyone finally dies.
The gangsters are all seated around a table and they play various cards which
enable them to knife, shoot or drug their opponents to eliminate them. During
this process they earn money from illegal enterprises. The unique feature of
the game is that players can make a cake and send it round the table. When
their turn comes round again the cake explodes and any adjacent gangsters are
killed. However players can either move around the table or send the cake
further round the table to avoid being removed themselves and exposing other
players to the danger, so the game is highly interactive and very amusing.
Despite having only one of his gang remaining Richard managed to manoeuvre his
cake to eliminate his opponents and win the game by having the most loot.
Games played and Winners were:
Bombay
Mike Oakes;
Ad
Astra Chris Cook;
Diamonds
Club Tony Simons;
Don
Pepe Richard Piesse.
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