Sunday, October 11, 2009

October 8, 2009 Session Report

Back for this week's session after being away the prior week, and we had a total of eight in attendance: Alan was back for a second week in a row, along with Paul, Mike, Doug, Clayton, Don, Greg and myself. We made good use of the time, playing a total of seven games: Global City, Steam, For Sale, Ticket to Ride - Switzerland, Hollywood Blockbuster, San Juan and TransAmerica. Some details on the games follow.

Global City was first up, it is a privately-published game I had brought based loosely on scoring points for developing various cities in the world. Alan wound up the winner with 78 points, ahead of Doug (58), Paul (38) and Clayton (36). I would have played but then a second group formed, and four of us tried another newer game, Steam, which was a reworked version of a couple of earlier games that can probably best be described as a cross between Railroad Tycoon and Age of Steam. Greg won the game with a score of 45, followed by Don (40), John (38) and Mike (34).

The scoresheets suggested there were two games of For Sale, both won by Paul, one with Alan coming second and then a second game with Clayton as the runner-up. Doug, Paul and Clayton played a three-player Ticket to Ride-Switzerland which turned out to be a big win for Doug (111) ahead of Paul (92) and Clayton (61).

By this time the Steam game had finished, and we reconstituted in two groups. Four of us played Hollywood Blockbuster, and Doug romped to a runaway victory after scoring and completing a 22-point movie just before the end of the second lap around the board. Final scores were Doug 109, John 80, Don 59, Clayton 49. We barely got this game end before closing time.

Meanwhile, a couple of three-player games, both won by Mike who made up for his less than stellar showing in the Steam game. One game was San Juan, and the other was TransAmerica, and in both games the other two players (Greg and Paul) tied for second.

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