April 28, 2011 Session Report

Good attendance again this week, as Eric brought his two sons (Ryan and Nathan), joining Mike, Paul, Tim, Patrick, Doug M and myself for an evening of gaming. Games played: Monopoly Deal, Cheeky Monkey, Agricola, Too Many Cooks, Innovation and 7 Wonders.

Monopoly Deal is a quick-playing card game based on Monopoly. I managed to win by being the first to collect three sets of color-coded properties (aided by a Wild Card property or two). The others in this game were Eric, Ryan, Mike and Paul.

Next up was Cheeky Monkey. Eric won this one. Scores: Eric 23, Tim 17, Ryan 15, Paul 13, John 9, Mike a big zero.

After these two games, we split into two groups. One table engaged in an exciting game of Agricola. It took slightly over two hours (fairly quick for that game) and the scores were Doug M 37, Paul 27, Tim 24, Patrick (who brought the game) 15. I believe it was Tim's first time playing the game.

The other table played a game of Too Many Cooks. The winner was Nathan (21), followed by John (19), Mike (14), Eric (11) and Ryan (4). Nice job by Nathan, the youngest player in the game.

At this point and Eric and his kids (he also brought younger daughter Rebecca who deigned not to play with the rest of us) took their leave, which left two of us (Mike and I) waiting for the Agricola game to finish. We opted for a two-player Innovation. Mike won, 6 - 2, taking all the point-based achievements while I could manage just two of the Specials via short-cut Dogma effects.

That left six of us to wrap up the evening with a final game of 7 Wonders. It came down to the tiebreakers, as it was a tie for first, tie for third and a tie for fifth. Final scores of this very close game: Tim 55, Paul 55, Mike 54, John 54, Doug M 46, Patrick 46. Congratulations to Tim for winning this one with a well-balanced scoring consisting of Guilds, blue cards and Military.\

Next week is Games Days, so I suspect I will not make it back in time for the club session. Left some scoresheets and attendance forms, expecting a full report from those who do attend.