I introduced David, Andy & Keren to Love Letter whilst we waited for Stuart to find us(!), and then we played another great game of St Petersburg. A number of different strategies resulted in a very close finish but unfortunately Andy didn't surge at the last moment like last time. Final scores Stuart 75, David 74, James 73, Andy 51. This is swiftly becoming one of my favourites and I was interested to read on BGG that there is an expansion for five players.
Thursday, 22 May 2014
Thursday, 8 May 2014
Love Letter & Ra - 7 May 2014
Stuart, Kieron and James met up for a last minute convened games night. We played a couple of light games which allowed plenty of time to catch up. The first of these was Stuart's excellent Love Letter - a very clever little game involving just 16 cards, some bluffing, some informed guesswork, and a fair bit of luck. The winner is the first to win five rounds so there is inevitably some levelling as the person out front gets more attention from the other players. So we all got to four points before James' lucky "Princess protected by a Handmaid" combo won him the last game. Enormous fun and it plays quite quickly, so definitely one to bring out at the end of games evenings (I've already bought another copy!).
We followed up with the comfortable pair of old slippers that is Ra. Always fun - James scored big early on with pharoahs and civilizations, Stuart scored late with a huge collection of buildings, Kieron had a more balanced strategy, but the final scores were James 48, Stuart 38 and Kieron 37.
We followed up with the comfortable pair of old slippers that is Ra. Always fun - James scored big early on with pharoahs and civilizations, Stuart scored late with a huge collection of buildings, Kieron had a more balanced strategy, but the final scores were James 48, Stuart 38 and Kieron 37.
Monday, 5 May 2014
Zulus - 1 May 2014
A Thursday night for a second go at the Zulu siege skirmish game with new appropriate scenery (2 mission station buildings, a dry stone cattle kraal and sandbag defences) and a reversal of sides - Deej and Kieron as the Brits and Andy and Stu as Zulus.
A plethora of Zulu cards coming up early resulted in large forces surrounding the mission station and managing to rush the defenders without the chance for them to fire many volleys. Both buildings were overrun with the Redcoats managing to recapture the hospital once before having to fall back. Mid-way through the game it looked like it was all up for the British but a run of Red cards allowed them to stabilise the position. The relief column arrived reasonably quickly in the second run through the pack allowing the British to claim victory.
A good game but again quite an abrupt end. Next time we'll try it with all 4 Aces having to come up in the second pack run through for a victory to be declared, allowing hopefully for more tension to build up.
A plethora of Zulu cards coming up early resulted in large forces surrounding the mission station and managing to rush the defenders without the chance for them to fire many volleys. Both buildings were overrun with the Redcoats managing to recapture the hospital once before having to fall back. Mid-way through the game it looked like it was all up for the British but a run of Red cards allowed them to stabilise the position. The relief column arrived reasonably quickly in the second run through the pack allowing the British to claim victory.
A good game but again quite an abrupt end. Next time we'll try it with all 4 Aces having to come up in the second pack run through for a victory to be declared, allowing hopefully for more tension to build up.
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| The moment before the relief column arrived - the handful of survivors have pulled back to the inner courtyard as the Zulus charge in |
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