Pantheon - 21 March 2012

First outing for one of David's new games - Pantheon.  This is a civilization-type game with added gods.  But unlike other civ games where each player is a different empire, in this game there is a random empire each turn which becomes the starting point on the map for all players.  The players don't fight but compete to acquire gods, make sacrifices, collect tiles and build columns on the map - these last into subsequent epochs giving players alternative starting points.

Points are gained through acquiring major and minor gods, building lots of columns plus certain end-game bonuses.  The game allowed for a variety of strategies and was a close run thing, with a final bonus allowing James to leapfrog Andy and David right at the end.  Final scores James 64, Andy 60, David 59 and Kieron 54.

A fun and clever game.  The night was also notable for Andy coming out to greet us and then the dog shutting the door on him, locking him out.  Options included driving back to Cheltenham, or visiting the Bear at Rodborough but fortunately Andy managed to break back in.