Friday 11 March 2011

Six players, six games, six winners.

Frank's Zoo
I got off to a good start and unusually Nigel didn't show up in time for the second hand. Anna cornered the market in elephants on one turn but it didn't do her much good. Andrew P looked like he was going to come second until Andrew H made his run from the back. I seemed to spend a lot of the second half of the game with one card in hand while other people went out.

Ian      9 14 18 21 24
Andrew P 3  9 13 17 16
Anne    -1  4  7  6  8
Anna     5  7  6 11 13
Carl     1  2  7 11 16
Andrew H 3  5  8 14 22

Glory to Rome
We split into two groups of three. At one end of the table Rome was rebuilt with Andrew H winning (probably by embezzling the most building materials).

Andrew H 42
Anna     29
Carl     29

Traders of Carthage
This is one of those games where cards have multiple uses. Cards in hand are mostly used as money (though they can also be used to protect goods from pirates). Cards on the table are goods to be bought and sent to Carthage. Cards face down are VP. We played one badly phrased rule slightly wrong. Anne won the first game and Andrew P won the second with an amazing improvement.

Game     #1   #2
Andrew P  6   15
Anne     12   12
Ian       9    6

Attika
Carl got all his buildings down with a last flourish to beat Anna and Andrew.

Expedition
That left Anna to visit all her destinations first to win the last game of the evening. When Andrew was doing badly, Anne rashly declared that someone who does very badly has to do a down trou!

Anna     13
Ian      11
Carl      8
Andrew H  5
Andrew P  5
Anne     -1