Tonight we had 3 tables in play again. 'Lords of Waterdeep'
went down well enough to get played twice by Tony, Matthew, Paul and
Jon. Tony's hard earned control of the City of Splendours in the first
game was quickly usurped by Jon in the second. Roger patiently sat
through a lengthy explanation of 'Android: Netrunner'
full of Cyber Punk Terminology and managed to steal a couple of agendas
before Kevin's Corporation eventually came out on top. Lucy made the
most effective use of goods, buildings and ships to beat Mike, Tim and
Jeremy in 'Le Havre'. To end the evening Mike, Jeremy, Roger and Kevin bought goods, filled warehouses and loaded ships in 'Before the Wind'. Mike was victorious.
Games played and winners were :
Lords of Waterdeep - Game 1 - Tony Simons;
Lords of Waterdeep - Game 2 - Jon Bradford;
Le Havre - Lucy Newbury;
Android: Netrunner - Kevin Shaw;
Before the Wind - Mike Oakes.
3
years ago this week Tony was the brightest member of the ‘Diamonds
Club’, the lads had a blast playing ‘Don Pepe’ and Mike secured a rare
win...
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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