2/11/06

What a weekend...even more gaming. James’s wife headed out of town for the weekend with his kids and his game rendezvous with a friend fell through. So, he gave us a call Saturday evening to see if we wanted to do a little gaming. Oddly enough, we were planning a couple of quick games after dinner and then a movie and my son was busy having a sleep-over with two of his friends. Well, after James came over, we just skipped the movie and gamed into the wee hours. So, Emily, James and I gave some games a run for the evening.

Expedition

I rate this Kramer game in my top ten and it shines best with three players. Close game with James managing to pick up all of his destinations first.

Attika

I must have forgotten that the goal was to get your pieces on the main board rather than on your player mat. I fell way behind and was operating on two fronts being blocked at every path. Emily proved to be the superior builder and got all of her buildings on the board to take the win.

Elasund

James wanted to repeat his victory from Friday night and requested this game again. And, he came pretty close. James tried the windmill strategy and Emily started with the church strategy....I floundered around and dabbled. With only one victory point to go for James, Emily slammed James and then went on to snatch victory!

10 Days in Europe

It was time to romp around the country side in this newest Out of the Box 10 days series. Although I think this game may play best with 2, three is a fine number and the game flowed pretty well. It appears I had the best travel agent, since I managed to get around the board first.

Smoker’s Wild

Yes you heard correctly! After 5 or 6 years this one has made it back to the table. The game group will be ecstatic to hear this news as it means they will not have to play it for a while. I had actually brought this one upstairs for the family to play after dinner as something light and quick before the movie...and since it was sitting around....and James had not played it.....and, well you get the idea. Emily was the first to succumb to the lures of the demon weed and got up to three packs a day. I was next to take up the habit as James taunted us about how strong his willpower was. Oh how quickly to noble fall. James took up the habit and smoked himself to death. When he died, Emily somehow had managed to have the best health for the win.