CHIPPENHAM BOARDGAMES CLUB - 24/06/2010

1.     2 tables in play this week. On table 1 the group of 4 played “Glory to Rome”, a card game about controlling officials in Rome, constructing various buildings, all with the purpose of gaining the most fame points. A highly interactive game in which returning student Luke was just pipped by 1 point by Rob.

2.     On table 2 a group of 5 played the new release “Age of Industry”. This game is about building railway links to various towns on the board and constructing Cotton Mills, Iron Works, Coal Mines, Factories, Ports etc. Players then ship the goods produced by these towns via the railway links to the ports to generate income, which they use to expand their business empire even further. Money is tight in this game and players take out loans to finance their enterprises. They pay interest each turn on these loans so they try to pay them off as soon as possible. There are different strategies to adopt and the players have to react to what their opponents are doing.   In a very tight game Tony thought he might win but Richard was able to ship one last lot of Goods and this secured him the win by 5 points.

3.     Geoff departed early so we mixed the group up again and table 1 played a 3-player game of “Land Unter”, a light card game about saving your people from drowning. The players each play the same hands so the winner is the one who makes the best use of the cards when they receive them.  Upon his return Luke Williams was the winner. Welcome back Luke !!

4.     On table 1 5 players played “Dixit”. In this family game players are dealt 6 large cards upon which are printed some bizarre pictures. In each round one player is the “storyteller”, and they use a simple phrase to describe the card they have chosen and place it face down on the table. The other players select a card from their hand which they think best matches the clue given. They then vote for what they think the Storyteller’s card was. Points are awarded according the outcome of the voting, and each player receives a new card, and the next player is the new storyteller. The trick is to construct a phrase that entices the others to vote for your card, but not too obvious such that they all vote for it, as you get no points for that. An entertaining game in which Lucy was far too good for us and romped away to win.

5.     Table 2 played another game of “Glory to Rome” and this time the winner was Richard.

6.     Table 1 finished with another game of “Dixit”, and except for Mike who was appallingly bad this was closely fought out. Lucy was unable to repeat her earlier triumph and Rob managed to sneak a win by 1 point from Tony.

Games played and Winners were:

Glory to Rome game 1 Robert Piesse;

Age of Industry Richard Piesse;

Land Unter Luke Williams;

Dixit game 1 Lucy Newbury;

Dixit game 2 Robert Piesse;

Glory to Rome game 2 Richard Piesse.