First play of David's Christmas present to James - Alea Iacta Est - a dice rolling game with an Ancient Rome theme, co-authored by Bernd Eisenstein, creator of one of our current favourites Pelopennes. One review describes it as "Yahtzee for Eurogamers" which understates the game, but reveals its influences.
It took a while to get through the rules but the game itself is pretty quick, with a range of different ways to earn Fame points and good player interaction. We played a game in about 1hr20m and then played again in about 40 minutes. Scoring is done at the end so it's not clear who is ahead and the scores (particularly in the first game) were very close.
We were all pleased to see Adrian at games tonight, even though he took first place in both games ;-)
First game: Adrian 36, Orhan 35, Andy 34, James 32, David 31
Second game: Adrian 39, David 38, James 37, Andy 33, Orhan 32
It took a while to get through the rules but the game itself is pretty quick, with a range of different ways to earn Fame points and good player interaction. We played a game in about 1hr20m and then played again in about 40 minutes. Scoring is done at the end so it's not clear who is ahead and the scores (particularly in the first game) were very close.
We were all pleased to see Adrian at games tonight, even though he took first place in both games ;-)
First game: Adrian 36, Orhan 35, Andy 34, James 32, David 31
Second game: Adrian 39, David 38, James 37, Andy 33, Orhan 32
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