January 5, 2012 Session Report

Apologies for the delay in posting this ...

Got the New Year off to a good start with attendance of ten, which meant two games for most of the evening. Patrick, Doug H, Tim, Mike, Alex, Neville, Greg, Eric, Philip and myself were the attendees. We played five different games: Puerto Rico (with the new 10th anniversary edition, which Patrick had brought), Power Grid, 7 Wonders, Vegas Showdown and Nightfall. Some details follow.

Puerto Rico was a five-player, and it took a bit longer than usual. It was a close three-way battle between the three players with the most experience, and it turned out to be a narrow win for Doug. Scores: Doug 48, John 47, Alex 45, Neville 39, Patrick 37.

The other table opted for a "speed" game of Power Grid (at Greg's request) using the Central Europe board and the New Power Plant deck. The game finished in just a little over an hour and Greg, who requested the quick game, dominated. Final scores: Greg 13 (he built to 17 to secure the win when noone else could power more cities), Tim 12 (74 money), Eric 12 (13 money), Mike 10. Greg even had time to play another short game, so it was the four of them and Philip for a five-player 7 Wonders. Greg won that one, too, with three guilds for a total of 57 points, ahead of Mike (51), Tim (48), Eric (41) and Philip (38). Greg then retired for the evening, after going undefeated.

Final round of games was a five-player Vegas Showdown and a two-player Nightfall, as Alex and Patrick departed. The Nightfall game, brought by Neville, has won by Doug. The Vegas Showdown game was very exciting, as Eric got off to a huge lead but then John gradually clawed his way back, scoring well enough in endgame scoring to take a narrow win. Scores: John 58 Eric 55 Philip 45 Mike 42 Tim 35.

Good turnout for the New Year, let's hope we can keep it up!