Oasis
It was interesting to see that by the time we had the game set up and I finished my high speed rules refresher, Moira and John had all their camels lined up in neat grid patterns. Andrew had 7 or 8 camels in a line leading out of a heap of camels, whereas Anne's camels were jumbled up in a heap. Andrew started the first camel herd, if you can call two, not quite adjacent camels, a herd. Not to be out done Anne arrived next door with a much bigger herd and once Moira, John and I had heard of camels Andrew was blocked in. But more troubling was his tendency to be #4 or #5 giving him poor choice of cards. John and I battled it out for control of the northern area, where John had the largest meadow. I quickly accumulated 4 Ovoos (the "multiplier" for stone plains), so was after every offer with a stone plain. John had lots of most things on the board but few "multiplier" tiles, while Anne's camel herd bred like rabbits - eventually 18 strong and winning her the game. Because the scoring depends on multiplication, the scores are often lopsided but with one exception we were relatively bunched.
Anne 93
Ian 89
John B 81
Moira 78
Andrew R 58
Vegas Showdown
As compensation for loosing we let Andrew suggest the next game. He wanted to learn Vegas Showdown. The first three cards turned up were "No Bid" events, which forced people into harder choices early on than usual. John was very keen on yellow and blue rooms to boost his income. Anne was keen on the theatre. Unusually for me, I had to re-organise because I had walled off a corner of my Hotel end. Not to be out done John re-organised twice. All the three basic rooms ran out before the end, as did the large rooms. But the game dragged on for a couple more turns. In the final scoring Andrew almost caught Anne while John raced into a healthy lead.
John B 62
Ian 48
Moira 37
Anne 31
Andrew R 29
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