Friday, 7 February 2014

Steam - 6 February 2014

We hadn't played Steam for over three years and re-learning the rules confused us a little as we had played both the Base and Standard (for which read "Advanced") games in the past.  This time we played the Base game which simplifies things by having the bank always open for loans when needed, rather than having to raise capital as a single step each round.

David established a very neat self-contained circuit in the south of the board, Adrian had a block in the north, with Kieron, Andy & James a bit more spread out - and thus sharing the deliveries (and profits) a bit more.  James was first to start banking points for victory but David and Adrian established stronger credit positions and then started collecting big victory points.  Andy and Kieron had a bit of fun with building around each other and from old junctions, and with James the battle to avoid last place was fiercely fought.

In the scoring David inched away from Adrian to win 38 to 36, with the final income positions establishing the rest of the positions for James, Andy and Kieron who had all achieved 27 points.

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