Craig's BBQ Games, 12 December 2009

It had been Craig's birthday on Friday and he had arranged a BBQ for the Saturday, which was, typically for Wellington, overcast and windy. Mostly we ate and talked but a few games also got played. Initially once the food was out of the way Carl wanted to introduce his older brother to Endeavor. I started off with a Workshop and the #-zero Slave card to get me access to the level 3 buildings, but my strategy wasn't very clear beyond that point and my game didn't take off as expected. Carl chose a shipping heavy strategy with lots of culture and he got Governor card after Governor card. Rene had a more balanced strategy with plenty of culture, finance and politics.

Rene 60
Carl 60
Ian  55

After most people had left I taught Edel Stein & Reich to Leonie and Travis. This game turned out to be much more dynamic with respect to gem redistribution than Friday night's game, partly due to the event which made us discard half our gems. Craig's strategy of playing and loosing games on his birthday (as tradition dictates) paid off and he beat me by a $1,000,000.

Craig  66
Ian    65
Leonie 60
Travis 52
Anne   46

Leonie deserted us to play World of Warcraft and Jarratt arrived. There was a period of indecision about what to play which was resolved in favour of Timbuktu. Jarratt screwed up his information recording system on the first turn and lost 7 things in the first round, but then didn't loose anything else for the rest of the game. Craig lost the least on the first round but later caught us up. Water was least favourite commodity for the thieves to steal.

Jarratt 120
Travis   98
Ian      92
Anne     90
Craig    87

It's been a good week of gaming with three gaming sessions in the week.