A quick return to St Petersburg at David's, but this time we added Stuart to the mix. James, Andy and David had played a few times recently, but the Stuart wildcard completely changed the direction of the game. The cards ran out incredibly quickly, meaning that the usual steady economy building and big payoffs for collecting people didn't have time to emerge. Instead an early move by Stuart risking financial ruin to get some high scoring cards early paid off.
Final Score: Stuart 46, James 32, Andy 31, David 31. (Very low scores)
Given the speedy resolution, we had an immediate rematch. This went more in line with traditional games, although the fourth player does change the gameplay a lot.
Final Score: James 86, David 85, Stuart 80, Andy 49
Lesson: When you think you are getting better at playing a game, make sure you aren't just optimising your play against the same opponents.
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