Power Grid
We decided on the French board as we had never played it before. We randomly chose 2 of the edge regions, which turned out to be the western provinces. Carl was first to build and started in Paris, Matt joined him but intended to also use the north east, Leonie took the southern region with its seven cities close together, leaving me to start in the centre (an area of 6 cities separated from the north and south by expensive connections). Leonie went nuclear not just once but twice.
Carl made the first power play by jumping to seven cities well before anyone else. I grabbed the first 5 city power station and Matt the second. Matt soon had two finishing power stations but I moved north east into what he thought was his area and grabbed the cheap cities in that corner. Leonie also came north and grabbed some of the cities I was saving until later. She also went clean and green with some wind power.
Carl made his second power play and jumped to twelve cities and threatening to finish the game well before the rest of us were ready. Matt was now short of cities and running short of cash. But Carl couldn't quite get to seventeen before we all got our final power stations and it was a very close game in the end.
For the whole game I felt like I was chasing someone; first Leonie, then Carl, then Matt, then Carl again. Only in the last turn did I feel like I might have the lead.
Ian 18 (win on tie break by about $29)
Carl 18
Leonie 17 (third on tie break)
Matt 17
Palazzo
Matt and I chose the route of perfection while Carl tried to build as fast as he could.
Matt E 33
Ian 29
Leonie 25
Qarl 21
Trias
Even though I had played this game once before it was a long time ago and I wasn't really on the ball with my strategy. Carl went for the early points making lots of islands and scoring frequently. He also had a good end game being in powerful positions on the final islands. It payed off for a crushing victory.
Qarl 37
Matt E 25
Ian 21
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