9/6/06

Strange night with people coming and going. But, some great gaming all the same.

Ted's Prototype
I have had and idea for a cycle racing game for some time and finally got around to making it up.  There are some ideas there but, the first run through needs a lot of work.  Back to the drawing board for a bit.

Dancing Dice
We looked for a filler since a couple of people had to leave early.  All of eventually fell victim to Charlie's Tap Dancing.

Rate:  Charlie 6, David, 6, Travis 6, Ted 6, Tony 5, Kris 5

Interurban
This is really a very nice abstract from Michael Schacht.  It was available for download and, in my opinion, worth the time and effort.  Kris proved to be the best station master.

Rate:  Tony 6, Kris 7, Charlie 7, Ted 6.5

Prototype Kris
Again, I cannot discuss much except to say...Wow!  This is an historical based two player game with a lot going on.  We will wish Kris some luck with this one as it has a lot of potential and we only got in a few turns.

Railroad Tycoon
Kris opted to be the hotel magnate and set himself up to take some money from every one.  He became uncatchable near the end of the game.  Of course we did play the "Kris" variant with more cubes in the west and no hidden secret missions.

Rate: David 6.5, James 6, Kris 9, Tony 7, Ted 8, Charlie 8

Bucaneer
One final game of the night for three of us.  Arrrrgggggh!  Ted managed to be the handsome swashbuckler and ultimate star of movies.

Rate:  James 6.5, Kris 6, Ted 6

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               Charleston, WV