Sunday, April 15, 2007

Session Report April 10, 2007

Attendees: (12) Eileen, Adam, Cheryl, Troy, Warren, Sharon, Danielle, Matt, Joel, Michael, Steve, and Joanne.

We gathered at Steve's this week and had a great turnout of players.

Shogun

I brought this one and was anxious to play it since I had been anticipating getting it since Christmas. This was everyone's first playing and after spending about 60min explaining the rules in detail we were ready to begin.

The game is an interesting mix of war-game and Econimic game with various tactical decisions along the way. These decisions become more interesting since you usually have only partial information and you are limited to 10 actions and each one can only be performed once (there is an attack A and attack B option) and each action can only be done in a single territory. Money is tight and anticipating your opponent's actions is critical to success. Combat is quick and is decided by a cube tower instead of rolling dice. Everyone seemed to enjoy the game even though it took us about 3 hrs to complete the game. I'll give a more thorough review at a later time.

Joel was able to defend his edge of the board effectively and build Temples and Castles in his regions to claim the prestigious title of Shogun. Scores: Joel 48, Steve 42, Matt 40, Michael 39, Adam 32.

Settlers of Catan - Cities and Knights

Scores: Eileen 14, Joanne 9, Cheryl 9, Troy 8

Ticket to Ride

Scores: Cheryl 138, Eileen 108, Troy 93

Urland

Scores: Sharon 33, Warren 32, Danielle 20

The Nacho Incident

Scores: Warren 73, Danielle 71, Sharon 63

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