Carl, Andrew and Anna were the first to turn up and we tried to get a game of Frank's Zoo in before the others arrived. Well we got two hands in, and terminated the game with Anna well in the lead.
Anna 5 12
Andrew 6 8
Carl 2 5
Ian 3 2
Anne -1 1
Wars of the Roses: Lancaster vs. York
Carl was keen on playing his new game and it turns out that Andrew and Anna had met the designer in Brisbane. I got off to a good lead on turn one so all the others cashed in their French Aid for between 15-25 pounds each. I had no mercenaries and not much money so gradually lost ground. I ended up with lots of port but lost my ship to John. Carl went religious and also won the Captain of Calais every turn except the first. Carl caught me but never got more than 2 points ahead before the end of the game so my French Aid was pretty much worthless. Carl ended up with 3 bishop-cathedral town combinations earning 9 points per turn.
We did get the tie breaking rule wrong in the first half of the game, and Andrew and Carl both made planning mistakes putting troops in illegal places. John didn't like the game, whereas I found that the theme and components reminded me of Kingmaker (which seems like the obvious inspiration) but the mechanics were a combination of straight forward majority control with blind bidding style planning (but not quite as innovative as Wallenstein). I got an impression of a game with plenty of randomness (due to the blind bid style planning) . I'd be happy to play again though I don't think it is a game to be taken too seriously.
Carl 126
Ian 116
Andrew 101
John B 100
Attika
While we were refighting the War of the Roses the other went back to ancient Greece. Anna won the first game with an end-to-end victory. Nigel won the second game with another end-to-end victory.
China Moon
Anne taught Anna and Nigel this nasty no luck race game. Which Nigel won. Then Nigel, Andrew and Anna went to catch the bus.
Nigel 14
Anne 11
Anna 8
The Kids of Carcassonne
Carl's other new game is a simplified Carcassonne with a twist that the meaples are placed only when a road is finished. The winner is the player to get all their meaples on the board first. I beat Carl, John B and Anne.
Attika
Carl went home and we finished the evening with a third game of Attika. This time I won by building all my buildings first.
It was a good evening for Attika fans.
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