A welcome return to old favourite Peloponnes. We haven't played this for a while and had only previously played it with the maximum 5 (or 6 with the expansion). With fewer players, the bidding is quite different. Tiles are placed to match the number of players (3 in our case) and then made up to 5 by placing further tiles alongside a "Conquest Tile". Players can bid on the 3 initial tiles in the same way, or can buy outright (with no risk of being displaced) any tile alongside the Conquest Tile at a cost of the value on the tile plus a further 3 coins. This adds an interesting twist to the game.
Final scores (population/prestige) were James (39/35), David (36/29) and Andy (18/23) who had an unlucky start with an early earthquake taking out his first (expensive) building.
Plenty of time left for a second try of Darjeeling. With David acting as scorer and James as tile placer for everybody, the game ran much more smoothly. David and James pulled away from Andy early on, and then James inched ahead of David. Still a strange game with the scoring at the beginning of each player's turn and it does feel hard to catch up with someone once they establish a lead. But we think it will play even more balanced with 5 players. Final scores were James 99, David 90ish, Andy 50ish.
Final scores (population/prestige) were James (39/35), David (36/29) and Andy (18/23) who had an unlucky start with an early earthquake taking out his first (expensive) building.
Plenty of time left for a second try of Darjeeling. With David acting as scorer and James as tile placer for everybody, the game ran much more smoothly. David and James pulled away from Andy early on, and then James inched ahead of David. Still a strange game with the scoring at the beginning of each player's turn and it does feel hard to catch up with someone once they establish a lead. But we think it will play even more balanced with 5 players. Final scores were James 99, David 90ish, Andy 50ish.
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