1/19/06

Wallamoppi

Charlie and I gave a go to this new two player timed, stacking game from Out of the Box. I proved once again unable to stack high under pressure.

Ticket to Ride

Todd, Charlie, Ted, and Tony. We looked for a 1 hour game for 4 while waiting for James to arrive. Ticket to Ride fit the bill and only Tony had not played before. Lot’s of competition hit the middle of the board. I hit the lucky streak building long routes along the northern corridor and getting some great matching tickets and some nice scoring tickets from the expansion. There was really no contest in the end scoring. But, a great game.

Caylus

Todd, Charlie, Ted, Tony, James. As always, this was different than any previous game of Caylus we have played. The multiple cube production building did not come out to very late so there was a massive cube shortage. That did not stop Charlie and Todd from running head to head until the very end. James, stole my move twice moving to 4^th place and preventing me from building what I needed to win....arrrggghhh. In the end, Todd proved superior just nudging out Charlie. This one is still a fun game with lot’s of neat choices.

Around the World in 80 Days

I still really like this game. When it plays fast, it is a nice quick romp with some cute mechanics. James took on the strategy of getting to London first and forcing the other players to get extra days. And, it almost worked. Luckily he moved into London in 7 days!!!! He had managed to gain key cards to make this route very cheap. So, not only did he get there 3 turns ahead of us, but with a very decent score. Tony took up the trailing strategy to gain extra tokens and managed to make it to London with the rest of us. When we all arrive, Ted managed to eke out the win by one day over James. Charlie and Tony were very close but, Todd was out of the running having amassed over 80 days.