Five Tribes - 5 October

A second play of Five Tribes, the game of meeple dropping, camels and Djinn.  A fun game even if it isn't really possible to have a coherent strategy - Five Tribes is more a game of trying to optimise your luck from turn to turn.  Broadly, the players who relied more on scoring points for territories on the board (James and David) didn't do as well as those who aimed for the off board scoring (from yellow meeples in particular).  It was a close finish though:  Stu 141; Adrian 140; David 128; James 113.

Five Tribes - 7 January 2016

First play of Adrian's Xmas present - Five Tribes - a very nicely produced Days of Wonder game which is ranked 35th on the Boardgamegeek list.  Simple and novel game mechanisms, lots of choice, and not too long to play.  The four of us employed different strategies - Adrian, James and Andy all specialising to some extent.  David's extremely balanced approach to seeking to score from all the 8 scoring possibilities led to a commanding win: David 163, James 146, Adrian 127 and Andy 86.  I'm sure that this one will get played again.