Friday 13th January 2012

Luke was early and we played TransEuropa while we waited for the others to arrive. On the third or fourth hand Anne and I went off the end to leave Luke to win with 3 points.

Frank's Zoo
We thought Mark might show up, so we played our usual starter to give him time to show up. Annie raced to 19 in 3 rounds, but it took 2 more for me to get there (and over take her).

Ian    4  7 13 18 28
John B 3  9 13 17 20
Andrew 1  5  2  8  7
Anne   8 14 19 23 26
Sharon 3  4  7  9 11
Luke   2  1  3  1  7

We split into two groups of three.

Brass
I burnt 5 cotton mills which was perhaps slightly too many. Arguably I burnt too many ports, and didn't build enough rail. Sharon had the most buildings left after the end of the canal phase than anyone else, and went on to win with plenty rail and cotton shipped to ports.

Sharon 188
Anne   170
Ian    162

Navegador
John was surprised by his win. I'm not sure what strategy each of them used, except that Andrew grabbed a lot of early Privilege tiles.

John B   151
Luke     137
Andrew P 134

Friday the 13th was lucky for me, Luke, John and Sharon.