Re: Tuesday 15th November

Jen_K Mon 14 Nov 2016, 18:10

Can I join Game of Thrones? Happy to get there earlier (and Jamie I don't know what you're talking about)

BeardyTom Mon 14 Nov 2016, 18:24

Jen_K wrote:Can I join Game of Thrones? Happy to get there earlier

Great. I think that's all spaces filled.

Jon M Mon 14 Nov 2016, 18:43

Meurig wrote:
Jon M wrote:In order to ease the sadness on missing out on the weekend of games going on I'm going to commit to Tuesday night, anyone fancy The Pursuit of Happiness ?

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/181687/pursuit-happiness

1. Jon
2. Evan
3. John h
4.
Can I grab the last spot? Thanks!

And that's us full !

AdamB Mon 14 Nov 2016, 19:13

Jen_K wrote:Can I join Game of Thrones? Happy to get there earlier (and Jamie I don't know what you're talking about)

Great, I'll look forward to getting turned on after years of peaceful coexistence and cooperation. Damn you Greyjoy!!

Jamie Mon 14 Nov 2016, 19:19

AdamB wrote:
Jen_K wrote:Can I join Game of Thrones? Happy to get there earlier (and Jamie I don't know what you're talking about)

Great, I'll look forward to getting turned on after years of peaceful coexistence and cooperation. Damn you Greyjoy!!

AdamB Mon 14 Nov 2016, 19:23

Perhaps should have said betrayed

Jamie Tue 15 Nov 2016, 11:23

AdamB wrote:Perhaps should have said betrayed

Anyhow, I'll try and get there for 6:30. Will print out a few player aids too. See you all there! Smile

Arun Cheesus Tue 15 Nov 2016, 16:18

Going to have to give it a miss tonight. Have a good one and see you next week

Samuel_C Wed 16 Nov 2016, 00:09

I have somebody's copy of Forbidden Desert, not sure whose though, but I was involved in playing it when they left. I'll be there next week so I can bring it with me if its owner is coming then as well.

RikTheChief Wed 16 Nov 2016, 08:14

Yes that's mine thanks Sam I'll pick it up next week. Did you win?

BeardyTom Wed 16 Nov 2016, 12:17

We almost managed to finish Game of Thrones. We just had one turn to go and it was looking pretty certain that Scott would win.

It's a good game, with some very nice mechanisms in it. I'd like to play again and I think I'd find it a very different game knowing what I'm doing from the start. It does have some problems, though. There is the same issue that you can get with Twilight Imperium in that you could easily get completely demolished by a neighbour early on and spend a frustrating couple of hours struggling to do anything at all, as happened to Jen and Christos in this game and to Sam in our last TI3 game.

Jamie Wed 16 Nov 2016, 12:42

BeardyTom wrote:We almost managed to finish Game of Thrones. We just had one turn to go and it was looking pretty certain that Scott would win.

It's a good game, with some very nice mechanisms in it. I'd like to play again and I think I'd find it a very different game knowing what I'm doing from the start. It does have some problems, though. There is the same issue that you can get with Twilight Imperium in that you could easily get completely demolished by a neighbour early on and spend a frustrating couple of hours struggling to do anything at all, as happened to Jen and Christos in this game and to Sam in our last TI3 game.

Only the second time I've played it, and I like it more each time I play.

I'm thinking, it you're aware of potential damage a neighbour can do on any given round, and you plan for that, that will go a long way to limiting damage to your empire. It's when you overlook or don't consider things, when the problems start.

I really like it, would love to play quite a few more games, to really get the hang of it. Does take a while to play though.

Was also great that it was played in such a friendly way!

**Admin** Wed 16 Nov 2016, 12:55

That's because John was busy Wink

BeardyTom Wed 16 Nov 2016, 13:46

Jamie wrote:Only the second time I've played it, and I like it more each time I play.

I'm thinking, it you're aware of potential damage a neighbour can do on any given round, and you plan for that, that will go a long way to limiting damage to your empire. It's when you overlook or don't consider things, when the problems start.

I really like it, would love to play quite a few more games, to really get the hang of it. Does take a while to play though.

Was also great that it was played in such a friendly way!

I think it's a game that you'd need to play a number of times with the same group to really get into it and allow a bit of a meta-game to emerge. That's unlikely to happen in the context of the club, though.

Jamie Wed 16 Nov 2016, 14:31

BeardyTom wrote:I think it's a game that you'd need to play a number of times with the same group to really get into it and allow a bit of a meta-game to emerge. That's unlikely to happen in the context of the club, though.

Yeah, it's a bit of a squeeze for a Tuesday evening. Be happy to play Sunday or Saturday afternoon sometime.

Samuel_C Wed 16 Nov 2016, 15:41

RikTheChief wrote:Did you win?

Very nearly...we got swamped by the sand when we only needed to survive a couple more turns or so to win. It was good fun though!

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