Play a game or two...

I've done quite a bit of gaming since my last update.

First up, a session at Rob's place on Thursday 17th. First, we played Doom: The Boardgame. Mark and I played the good guys, while Rob was type-cast as the monsters. Mark let me make most of the decisions as he's played the scenario we played before, so felt he had an unfair perspective. We were soundly beaten by the monsters though. I found the game quite enjoyable and the game mechanics quite interesting. I want to play again, but it does take quite a lot of time, especially if we are going to be successful and get past the puppies!

Then we played Queen's Necklace. This is an interesting little card game where your fixed income each round allows you to buy gems, or bribe courtiers to provide some kind of influence for you. The mechanic where items get cheaper the longer they are left is nice, but can be frustrating if you don't realise that if you don't get it this time, either someone else will, or it will just go away before your next turn anyway. It's a fun game that I look forward to playing again.

Next event was at Mark's on Feb 20. Karyn and I both went, as she had already taken time off from work so we could go and see the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. However, the musicians are currently in a labour dispute, so no concerts right now. This was our first time at Mark's, and we considerably contributed to get a new record of 8 people together at his place. Starting out with a game of Squint which all 8 of us played, we then broke up into two groups. I then played San Juan, a game that is becoming a firm favourite, followed by a game of Seasons, which I'm always happy to play. Lastly, after shuffling people around, I played Puerto Rico upon which San Juan is based. Thanks, Mark, for letting us use your home!
The big recent event though was the first successful meeting of the St Louis Boardgame Meetup, last Thursday. We had a grand total of 17 people in attendance which was great! I managed to get a Group Photo of those who were still around when I thought of it. I look forward to having more next time.





By clicking on the above thumbnails you can see more about the games we played as a group. I missed getting photos of San Juan, and Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde. Maybe next time. The games I personally played were San Juan, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, TransAmerica, and The Gardens of Alhambra.

The evening was a great success. The people there were really friendly, and I am looking forward to seeing them again next month, along with a few more people, I hope!

As I've now got a number of posts on board games, I've set up a page about them.

Lastly, Benjie asked Do you play Settlers of Catan? Yes, in fact it's a favourite, though I've not played it in a while.