Anyway, eight of us were at Steve and Anja's place. An unprecedented amount. Jon was able to join us and Hannah, too, made it. Of course, the more people there are, the more agonising is the debate over which game we should play. This time we struck upon the idea of all of us placing a finger on the two games we wanted to play, leading us into a Twister-esque situation which, in the seventies, would've seemed quite risqué.
In the end we split into three groups. Steve, Jon and I chose Snowdonia; Sam, Hannah and Anja went for Macao; and Joe and Adam went head to head on Commands and Colours: Ancients.
Steve and I expertly described the rules to Jon. In fact, we did so well that he was soon reminding us what they were. We built, we cleared, we bought trains. Mine broke down almost immediately, so a fat load of use that was. In the end, Steve fell just one track short of a handsome bonus and Jon won on his maiden voyage.
Jon 84
Steve 78
Andrew 69
Scipio and Hannibal were engaged in a two-leg battle. Although the game is set up in favour of Hannibal, Joe explained to me afterwards that the dice rolls had been such that Scipio had defied history and won both times: Once with Joe in charge, 6-2 and then again with Adam at the helm, 6-0, giving Adam an overall win.
Adam 8
Joe 6
Over in the lounge area, Sam, Hannah and Anja were locked in battle. "Locked" being the operative word, since apparently they all found it hard to build at first and start those bonuses rolling. I looked in on them at around the halfway mark, and Sam was in the lead, but only just. At the final count, Anja won a close game thanks to being furthest along the wall.
Anja 60 (+wall)
Sam 60
Hannah 55
As Macao ended, The five of us at the big table decided to play Coup! The hilarious game of lies and murder. It was Jon's first go at this game, but he must've used up all his beginner's luck on Snowdonia, since he was out first. Joe impressed everyone when he correctly challenged Adam, and then correctly identified the card that Adam really had. A masterful win.
1. Joe
2. Steve
3. Andrew
4. Adam
5. Jon
Finally, there was still time for one more game. Five of us chose Coup! again, and three went for Biblios. In Coup! the husband and wife team came first and second, while in Biblios Jon found himself outbid on the only two colours he was going for.
Coup
1. Steve
2. Anja
3. Joe
4. Sam
5. Andrew
Biblios
Adam 9
Hannah 7
Jon 0
And so the statistics. I take a big hit on the form table, but Anja rises to the top with Joe in close contention.
| Points | ||||||
| Anja | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Joe | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| Adam | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| Steve | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| Sam | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| Andrew | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| Jon | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| Hannah | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
It's the end of the month, so let's take a look at The Division. Apart from this evening, my good form has put me in first in terms of points won. Anja has the best points ratio, and Bracknell regular James takes the medal table. Meanwhile, Chris impresses with his consistency.
On the two-player table, it's almost a complete whitewash by Chris. First in points and points ratio and sharing the medal table with Adam.
Very nice cupcakes too.
ReplyDeleteHow do you get bronze in a two-player game?
When I put the scores into the spreadsheet, I add a third dummy player, which is the lowest score the last time we played (or the lowest score from a BGG session).
ReplyDeleteYes great cupcakes, thanks Anja. Three simultaneous games - that's a games night! C&C was a romp - I think I ought to have played a little more cautiously perhaps, sent my weakened units scurrying. But I was waiting for the perfect moment to play my 'clash of shields' card, which allowed all my units adjacent to the enemy to engage with two extra dice. By the time that moment finally came, i fell at the first battle. Great fun though - just like the real Punic war!
ReplyDeleteToday was the day I bought ziplock bags.
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