CHIPPENHAM BOARDGAMES CLUB - 16/05/2013

9 people enjoyed some great games at the club this week. The big game of the evening was Terra Mystica: Tony, Paul and Roger played this one with Tony taking the win. Dave’s Dice Game was play tested four times by Dave and Tommy with honours even at two games each. They went on to play Dominant Species: The Card Game which Dave won. Mike, Allister, John and Kevin played the Princes of Florence and had enough time for a game of Nefertiti too. John or Mike (I can’t remember! - help me out someone?) won Princes of Florence and Kevin came from way behind to snatch an unlikely victory from Mike by one point in Nefertiti.

Games played and winners were:

Dave’s Top Secret Play Test Dice Game - Tommy 2 wins, Dave Mortimer 2 wins;
Dominant Species: The Card Game - Dave Mortimer;
Terra Mystica - Anthony Simons;
The Princes of Florence - John or Mike?;
Nefertiti - Kevin Shaw.

3 years ago this week...
1. As we were only 6 players we played 2 long games tonight. First up was the classic game of 'Acquire'. This game is about investing in chains of hotels and acquiring shares in them which hopefully will rise in value. Eventually 2 chains will merge and the shareholders of the chain taken over receive a bonus for the majority shareholder and for the minority shareholder and they then have options to cash in their shares for money or swap them on a 2 for 1 basis in the new larger chain. Money becomes quite tight as the chains develop and the early lead was held by Tony and Richard. Roger and Mike were strapped for cash as they waited for their chains to be taken over to raise much-needed revenue. However the long-term strategy paid off as Mike’s shares in the largest chain earned him enough money to pinch a victory by a narrow margin from Geoff.

2. Second game was 'Jet Set', a game of building routes around Europe, placing planes on them and then flying the routes to gain the matching flight card, which gives victory points in the end. There are many combinations of departure and arrival cities, making for some difficult decisions about which routes to go for, when to raise income, when to expand the routes etc. In another close finish Richard beat Tony by 2 points, with Robert just a further point behind.

Games played and winners were:

Acquire - Mike Oakes;
Jet Set - Richard Piesse.