Another playing of Wikinger for me. The first time I played, the game was a little broken. But that was because we got a rule wrong. This time, the game played okay. Maybe a 5 or so.
Kevin and Debra Nunn showed up for Ed’s game day. It was good to see them again. Unfortunately, I could not play with them because this ultra meaty game beckoned. And it took a while to play since we had a new player with us. I love this game. The theme is great and the rules fit almost perfectly. The only down side is maintaining hundreds of tiny, little cardboard chits. We ended one turn early when I claimed the win. With five cart houses and a bunch of food, I could easily surround poor Paul. He was already feeling the effects of not being able to dump pollution in his homelands once I made the run into his territory. Jon said he would have won as well, but I had much more unpolluted territory than he did.
Ed dutifully takes pictures of every game that is played for his photo gallery. And, because of that, you almost never seem him in a picture. One word of advice, Ed: tripod. Another amusing moment was when both Ed and I were taking multiple pictures of a game in progress. It made for a paparazzi moment…
Last up was Ra — one of my favorite Knizia bidding games. Unfortunately, the Egyptian gods were not with me. During the first era, the person on my right kept pulling Ra chits. Which stopped me from getting small groups to bid with my 2 money. And, during the second and third eras, I scored zero points! Ras came up awfully quick. And there was no way for me to bid on anything with my middle money.