First play of the expansion ("Village Inn") for the new-ish but increasingly firm favourite Village. The expansion allows an extra player, bringing the maximum up to five, and introduces an extra couple of buildings (brewery and inn) and a range of in-game and end-game bonuses from the Villager cards (recruited in the inn for a pint or two). The new additions fit beautifully into and around the existing game board.
This really is a quality game - lots of lovely mechanisms, fantastic art and production quality, plenty of player interaction without any game-ruining impacts, and no clear idea of who's winning until right at the end. And it was close, with Orhan overtaking James in the penultimate step of the scoring, only to be re-taken by James' extra few coins in the last step. Final scores: James 70, Orhan 67, David 58, Kieron 50. Great fun.
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