10/25/06

Prototype
One of Ted's prototypes for a quick filler waiting for folks.  

Family Business
Mobsters hit the wall for some major carnage when the mob wars started.  Charlie managed to take the victory.

Lord of the Rings

We had 6 players and I had always wanted to try Friends and Foes and the Sauron expansion so, we decided to play them all together.  Since, none of us had played the two expansions, there was a bit of rules explanation.  After that, Brent took on the role of the evil eye as the rest of us 5 bewilered hobbits headed for Mordor.  Things started out very badly and just got worse.  Gandalf tried to help but was thwarted at every turn.  The fellowship finally succumbed in Shelob's Lair.  Now, we (I) did miss a rule on the ability to skip a board or two....so we may have been able to die on the Mordor board....but, we weren't going to make it.

Vampire: Dark Influences
This is a new game from White Wolf as they are breaking into board games.  It is a pyramid control game.  There were some interesting ideas but, to gain action you must roll an 8 or more on a 10 sided die.  Charlie did not do anything for 3 turns because of bad die rolls.

             Appalachian Gamers
               Charleston, WV