HunterCon

I was able to spend most of the weekend at HunterCon. As always, I played some new games and some old favorites.

Friday:

Trias
Herds of dinosaurs outrunning Pangea...
Jim*, Tom, Hunter, Jamie

Keythedral
Hunter*, Jamie, Tom

Railroad Tycoon
Jeff*, Greg, Neil, Hunter, Jamie

Saturday:

To Court the King
Chris*, Jamie, Greg, Bruce Kevin

Struggle of Empires (abbreviated)
Dont' fall behind or you are out of it early
Hunter*, Bruce, Neil, Chris, Greg, Jamie, Jeff

Rails of Europe
Improvement on an already excellent game (Railroad Tycoon)
Jamie*, Greg, Bruce, Chris, Kevin

Carcassonne
Matt*, Bruce, Jamie, Marcus

Guillotine
Jamie*, Marcus, Matt

Sunday:

10 Days in Asia
Has no one ever played Racko as a kid?
Bruce*, Jeff, Jamie, Hunter

History of the World (incomplete)
Bruce (in a commanding lead going into the last epoch), Greg, Hunter,
Jeff, John, Jamie

Metro
Greg*, Jamie, Hunter, Lori, John

Bohnanza
Forrest*, Lori, Derek, Jamie, Greg, Hunter

Seafarers of Catan: New Shores with The Fishermen of Catan
Excellent combination. I will make sure we include Fishermen in my next game of Catan.
Jamie*, Hunter, Lori, Greg

Some gaming at Matt's

Keythedral



To Court the King

Ingenious

Mystery at Kettering Branch

We had a total of 6 folks here today:

Mystery of the Abbey: Dan, Shawna, Jennifer, *Todd*, Jamie
Not a game I think I want to bother to play again. Clue on steroids... just don't get it.

Ticket to Ride: Todd, *Jennifer*, Jamie, Dan, Russ
Very tough game to win at five. I normally play with four. Need to adjust my strategy.

Keythedral: Russ*, Jamie
Very different game with only two, but the result was still close.

Abalone: Russ*, Jamie
An abstract from 1988. Still in print!

Keythedral and Antike at SiS

Only five of us at SiS tonight. I got Keythedral for Christmas last month and have been itching for another play at it. I've got the rules down pretty much, but I'm still not happy with the way the game starts. If you set your cottages and fields poorly in the beginning, you might suffer shortages throughout the game. There really ought to be a "beginners" setup, like in Settlers of Catan, where everyone gets a reasonably even start. I searched BGG for such a setup and no one has posted one. looks like I'll need to create my own.

Players: Garry, Ian, Jamie, Jeff, Dan
Winners: Garry & Ian in a tie
Time: 120min
Keythedral on BGG

Next we played Antike. I probably should not have won this one. I made several poor choices but was still able to stay even or one step ahead of Jeff. Ian, stuck in the middle of the board, built too many of his temples too close to me. I was able to destroy two of them. In the end, Ian could not win, but could be kingmaker. He chose to attack Jeff to guarantee a 2nd place for himself. At least I'm getting a better handle on the movement and combat rules for sacking a city and destroying temples.

Players: Garry, Ian, Jamie, Jeff
Winner: Jamie
Time: 120min
Antike on Amazon
Antike on BGG