Antiquity

Ahh… The last week of the year. And therefore the last Thursday gaming of the year. It was a good thing that we had a long game day and played some meaty games. We started with Antiquity. I definately want to play this some more. I didn’t get my economy snowballing enough. And I am sure that there are some optimizations that I can do with my actions. However, I still have fun playing this game and look foreward to playing it again.

Mc Multi

We finished pretty quickly. So we started up a lighter but still meaty game of Mc Multi. And this one was a tight one! I knew Adam was going to call the ending condition soon. But I could not get enough money to do it my self. So when I did, it came down to how much I could sell. And fortunately, I could sell enough to beat him. But just barely. If he would have rolled better, he could have won.

The enonomy did act differently in this game. The recession/booms were very shallow. We did not dive all the way down and then move back up in the economy.

Familenbande x 2

Since it was almost starting time for the normal session, we played this light and quick game. And boy was it quick! We got two plays in. The first game started off badly for someone with people who had lots of noses and mouths! Fortunately I was rooting for mouths. ;-O

Caylus

And the meat-fest continued with Caylus. Doug was new to this game. And once again my strategy seemed to be not building any buildings and trying to use the victory scoring tract as much as possible. Adam did do better than me though and won the game.

Wizard

Interestingly enough, there was interest in 6 player Wizard. I wonder if this is the perfect trick taking game for 6? Three for Bottle Imp, Sticheln, that junk trick taking game, or Die Steven Segal? Four for Tichu! Five for Mu! Six for…? Certinaly not Sticheln! Way too random…

The cards were not the greatest for me. But I was able to make all but one of my hands. Which was good enough for second.

Exxtra

We played a quick game of Exxtra to wind down the night. Initially, the dice loved me and gave me a 76 to knock off Jon’s 75. However they petered off after that. And there was nothing we could do to stop Helen from winning.