I played 3 new games at Peter's last night (though only one is a new release).
Stephenson's Rocket - which reminded me a lot of Through the Desert (though more complicated), rather than Acquire or Union Pacific. It has a scoring system which is probably the complex I have come across for a Knizia game. Understanding what actions will score the most £s now and later is far from easy. Lance and Peter came first and second with very different strategies. Jarratt would hate this game as the scoring system is most of the game. I want to play it again, but still have no idea of a strategy.
Jericho - a quick card game with a "take that" element. I don't generally like "take that" elements but I'll make an exception for this one as it takes out the highest cards of a suit on the table regardless of whose they are (at one point I killed one of my cards and 2 of Peter's to my advantage). You are not directly choosing your victim - you choose the suit you are attacking instead. It is also only 10-15 minutes long, so if you get shafted it is over quickly (actually the scores were 18, 16, 16 in our game)
Big City - a city building game with numbered cards for the building spots (as in Chinatown) and prerequisites for each building. You score for what you build but also may create opportunities for others as you fulfil their prereqs. I didn't like this as much as the others, perhaps with 5 players it is rather chaotic. The bits are nice though.
On the other table Amun Re finished with scores of 45, 44, 44, 43!
