I promise you that Mark C did not spend 3.5 hours playing Le Havre. Marc Johnston? Mark Eaton?
On May 4, 11:35 am, Kenneth Li <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I was planning to come, but since I was hit by a cold (I think it is > not A(H1N1) that I got), my wife do suggested me to stay home that night. > > Looks like there is a lot of good game being played (I am interested in > playing SMALL WORLD too, since it is a wargame :) ). > > And looks like there is a lot of new faces, I do not recognized the name > that you type in: Alison, Rich, and Andrea? Seems like this is a good bunch > of players. And they like Wargames?? > > Anyway, The Mark you mentioned in your Le Havre game, I bet that is not Mark > T? So is that Mark C? > > I hope to join you guys later in the month. > > --- Ken --- > > On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Sylvus <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Unlike last session where I was able to squeeze in six games in our > > standard evening this one went the opposite direction – yet was still > > as enjoyable. > > After waiting well over two hours for Mark Tyler to show up - all the > > rest of us decided that more than likely he was going to be a no-show > > and we dove in. I'm not sure about these Tuesday night sessions going > > on at BGR - it must be scratching his itch and he and Ken decided to > > abandon ship... ;) > > > SMALL WORLD: After waiting, in reality, about 15 minutes to make sure > > everyone that was going to show up was here we split up. Josh, > > Alison, Rich, Andrea (hope I got the spelling right on all those!) and > > I split off and decided to give Small World a go around. I thought I > > was more likely to get other games to the table so I wasn't as brushed > > up on the rules as I would normally have been and had to refer a few > > times but we managed to fumble through. My biggest mistake was > > putting the mountains on the tunnel spaces ;) > > > My first play through was quite enjoyable. With so many races and > > never having played Vinci I just chose the top race and went for it to > > get a feel for things. Andrea came out of the gate with a good > > combination race where she could take water as if it was land, and > > when the race went into decline all the characters stayed on the > > board. We also had invasions of Ratmen, Amazons, Dwarves and merfolk. > > > I went into decline first as my ratfolk really had no power and has > > stretched themselves into oblivion quickly. I ended up doing this a > > total of twice and came out in second place in the end thanks to some > > flying humans. Scores were all competitive at the end of the game but > > Andrea came out on top thanks to some dang sorcerers with forts and > > her previous race. I will enjoy playing this one again. > > > We wrapped up about the same time as the other group that played a > > game of Goldbrau we shifted around again. NateT and Mark joined me in > > a three player game of Le Havre (woohoo! finally got to play it!). I > > know another group was able to get Pandemic in (which Andrew taught) > > and there was another game going on as well but I can't remember what > > it was. > > > I enjoyed LeHavre. It is certainly going to take a few games to wrap > > my head around everything. Getting to know the standard buildings > > will be one of those important things as we were pretty much learning > > them as they came up after building or purchasing other buildings. > > This is a game that builds up - starting out quickly but once about > > 15-20 buildings are out there the decisions get much more agonizing > > and can take longer as you decide what it is that you want to do. I > > am sure it will play faster next time, but even with only three > > players it took us over three hours to finish. > > > In the end that last special building couldnt' have played into my > > hand better as it was the smokehouse and I already had a bunch of meat > > from my slaughtered cattle and a bunch of wood which I quickly turned > > to charcoal and got myself 24 gold. I will have to play a few more > > times through as there is some initial concern that a card like that > > could really throw the game to someone that happens to have the right > > stuff when it comes up. > > > A great evening as always. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "utah county boardgamers association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ucboardgamers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
