A four player game of this good (if long) game. Different tactics were employed which saw Stuart take a strong lead for much of the game, with David and James racing to catch him up and just getting ahead in the final scoring. Scores on the doors: David 128, James 123, Stuart 117, Andy 70.
Showing posts with label The Castles of Burgundy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Castles of Burgundy. Show all posts
Sunday, 17 February 2019
Friday, 20 July 2018
The Castles of Burgundy - 18 July 2018
Another outing for The Castles of Burgundy - the third this year. David established an early and strong lead but James reeled him in and overtook in the last few turns of the game. Final scores: James 237, David 217, Andy 161.
Saturday, 23 June 2018
The Castles of Burgundy - 20 June 2018
Stuart had never played this before so David and James explained the rules, shared their insights and then were comprehensively thrashed, although closed the gap somewhat in the end of game scoring. Final scores: Stuart 204, James 192, David 174.
Clever game this. We haven't yet tried it with the alternate player mats where everyone's layout is different. Not sure about that but we should give it a go to see whether it adds or subtracts from the game.
Clever game this. We haven't yet tried it with the alternate player mats where everyone's layout is different. Not sure about that but we should give it a go to see whether it adds or subtracts from the game.
Thursday, 22 February 2018
The Castles of Burgundy - 21 February 2018
Despite a number of very well-received and enjoyable games, we have inexplicably overlooked this board game for a couple of years. We won't leave it so long again. This is a really clever game, with different strategies to earn victory points and has a nice concept.
Final scores: David 204, James 196, Andy 152.
Final scores: David 204, James 196, Andy 152.
Sunday, 4 October 2015
Castles of Burgundy - 30 September 2015
Another outing for Castles of Burgundy. Great game with variety of strategies, but David's and Adrian's farmyard collections made the difference this time. Final scores: David 127, Adrian 122, James 113 and Andy 94.
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
The Castles of Burgundy - 29 April 2015
Another play for this very clever game. As we noted, the scoring strategies pretty much converge with four players because every tile is available (this isn't the case with 2 or 3 players). Kieron soared away following his recent pattern of establishing a strong lead but with Adrian not far behind him, and Andy and James dawdling some way back.
But as the other strategies started to score victory points later in the game, the gaps closed, and in the final scoring there were big scores, particularly from Andy who almost but not quite overtook Kieron.
In the last phase, we were a couple of tiles a short. A knowledge tile that we could easily work out (number 16) and an animal tile that we couldn't (and so we agreed to randomly re-introduce a discarded tile). Having now sorted through all the tiles, the real missing tile contains sheep, but we'd brought back a discarded pig tile which was to my benefit as the only pig farmer. So I think the real winner would have been Adrian. But then again, I'm the one who just sorted through dozens of little tiles when I should have gone to bed, so I'll record the actual scores achieved on the night :-)
I've e-mailed the games company on the off-chance that I might be able to get spare tiles from them. I know I've a little collection of games parts I've found on the floor after games nights, so if anyone else finds these missing two tiles, do let me know!
Final scores: James 221, Adrian 219, Kieron 193, Andy 192
But as the other strategies started to score victory points later in the game, the gaps closed, and in the final scoring there were big scores, particularly from Andy who almost but not quite overtook Kieron.
In the last phase, we were a couple of tiles a short. A knowledge tile that we could easily work out (number 16) and an animal tile that we couldn't (and so we agreed to randomly re-introduce a discarded tile). Having now sorted through all the tiles, the real missing tile contains sheep, but we'd brought back a discarded pig tile which was to my benefit as the only pig farmer. So I think the real winner would have been Adrian. But then again, I'm the one who just sorted through dozens of little tiles when I should have gone to bed, so I'll record the actual scores achieved on the night :-)
I've e-mailed the games company on the off-chance that I might be able to get spare tiles from them. I know I've a little collection of games parts I've found on the floor after games nights, so if anyone else finds these missing two tiles, do let me know!
Final scores: James 221, Adrian 219, Kieron 193, Andy 192
Saturday, 20 September 2014
The Castles of Burgundy - 17 September 2014
Second play for this new game. Lots of different strategies to follow. Only real improvement we'd like to see is board and tiles 50% bigger (do they not playtest new games with middle-aged players?!).
David's chicken strategy paid off big time and he won with 232 points, followed by James on 210, Kieron 199 and Andy 195.
David's chicken strategy paid off big time and he won with 232 points, followed by James on 210, Kieron 199 and Andy 195.
Friday, 8 August 2014
The Castles of Burgundy - 30 July 2014
First play of Adrian's gift to James - The Castles of Burgundy. The game is set in the Burgundy region of High Medieval France. Each player takes on the role of an aristocrat, originally controlling a small princedom. While playing they aim to build settlements and powerful castles, practice trade along the river, exploit silver mines, and use the knowledge of travelers.
The game is about players taking settlement tiles from the game board and placing them into their princedom which is represented by the player board. Every tile has a function that starts when the tile is placed in the princedom. The princedom itself consists of several regions, each of which demands its own type of settlement tile.
An ingenious game, really good fun, although James and Andy were well and truly outplayed by David and Adrian. Final scores: David 222, Adrian 204, James 87, Andy 73.
The evening was also notable for the late night room invasion by a huge hornet. It lost...
The game is about players taking settlement tiles from the game board and placing them into their princedom which is represented by the player board. Every tile has a function that starts when the tile is placed in the princedom. The princedom itself consists of several regions, each of which demands its own type of settlement tile.
An ingenious game, really good fun, although James and Andy were well and truly outplayed by David and Adrian. Final scores: David 222, Adrian 204, James 87, Andy 73.
The evening was also notable for the late night room invasion by a huge hornet. It lost...
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