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Origins Day 4
Saturday at last. By this point the con was in full swing. Day trippers were there, as well as all the folks spending the weekend. I missed both auctions (probably a good thing), and skipped all the stuff I had originally planned for today (all free fortunately). Board games ruled the day.
Day 4
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7 Wonders I sat down with two people who had played once; by the time we were ready to go we had a full 7 (3 new, 3 played once, and me). Good game, but my neighbors had really poor resources, so I was limited in what I could do (yeah, that's it....)
Glen More One from my to play list. This is a tile placement game with a Thebes like turn order (want that nice tile further up the track? Go for it, it just won't be your turn again until all the tiles between you and it are dealt with). I played with the couple from the Chinatown game. He knew the game, so taught his wife and I. This time I also gave his wife suggestions for good plays, so at least what she ended up playing was more balanced between helping him, her and me :) Good game, keeping on my to consider list.
Tobago A treasure hunting game that I enjoyed a good deal. Players search for treasure by playing cards which reduce the possible spaces for the booty. If your card doesn't reduce the possible spots, or would eliminate all possible spots, then you can't play it. Each card you play gives you a share of that treasure. The person who actually drives over and picks up the treasure also gets a share. The shares are have different values and some of them are curses (which prevents anyone from getting anything else from that spot). Fun deduction game, not too heavy nor too light.
Fresco Played another game of Fresco, this time with none of the expansions (we had extra colors we could mix in the first game). Me and another guy, who has also played once, taught it to two new people. Throughout the game we kept finding rules that we were taught differently (with a mix of whose version was actually correct).
Fealty Played a second game of Fealty. I recalled most of the rules, but not all of them. Still did ok :)
Fürstenfeld From the creator of Power Grid. This game has players cultivating their lands to provide hops, barley and spring water to the local breweries. You have six spaces to work with, and can upgrade your fields to produce more goods, or build building it improve income, reduce costs, and several other things. To win the game you must build a palace which when done will take up all six of your spaces. Once a palace part has been built, that space is no longer available for anything else. The good market is also interesting which prices rising and falling as supply and demand change (well, mostly supply changes - demand seems to be a constant).
Carcassonne The tournament finals - there were three preliminary games. My game with 2 others, a game with 5 players and a third that had an unknown number - unknown because that winner didn't show. So I played a head to head game with the winner who did show. We kept the farm pretty even, but I pulled ahead with buildings and roads. As winner of the tournament, I got a nice wooden plaque :)
Day 4
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7 Wonders I sat down with two people who had played once; by the time we were ready to go we had a full 7 (3 new, 3 played once, and me). Good game, but my neighbors had really poor resources, so I was limited in what I could do (yeah, that's it....)
Glen More One from my to play list. This is a tile placement game with a Thebes like turn order (want that nice tile further up the track? Go for it, it just won't be your turn again until all the tiles between you and it are dealt with). I played with the couple from the Chinatown game. He knew the game, so taught his wife and I. This time I also gave his wife suggestions for good plays, so at least what she ended up playing was more balanced between helping him, her and me :) Good game, keeping on my to consider list.
Tobago A treasure hunting game that I enjoyed a good deal. Players search for treasure by playing cards which reduce the possible spaces for the booty. If your card doesn't reduce the possible spots, or would eliminate all possible spots, then you can't play it. Each card you play gives you a share of that treasure. The person who actually drives over and picks up the treasure also gets a share. The shares are have different values and some of them are curses (which prevents anyone from getting anything else from that spot). Fun deduction game, not too heavy nor too light.
Fresco Played another game of Fresco, this time with none of the expansions (we had extra colors we could mix in the first game). Me and another guy, who has also played once, taught it to two new people. Throughout the game we kept finding rules that we were taught differently (with a mix of whose version was actually correct).
Fealty Played a second game of Fealty. I recalled most of the rules, but not all of them. Still did ok :)
Fürstenfeld From the creator of Power Grid. This game has players cultivating their lands to provide hops, barley and spring water to the local breweries. You have six spaces to work with, and can upgrade your fields to produce more goods, or build building it improve income, reduce costs, and several other things. To win the game you must build a palace which when done will take up all six of your spaces. Once a palace part has been built, that space is no longer available for anything else. The good market is also interesting which prices rising and falling as supply and demand change (well, mostly supply changes - demand seems to be a constant).
Carcassonne The tournament finals - there were three preliminary games. My game with 2 others, a game with 5 players and a third that had an unknown number - unknown because that winner didn't show. So I played a head to head game with the winner who did show. We kept the farm pretty even, but I pulled ahead with buildings and roads. As winner of the tournament, I got a nice wooden plaque :)