Eight for this session, with Alex, Doug, Rodney, Jay, Patrick, Neville, Rembert and myself in attendance. Jay had just bought Eclipse, one of the "hot" recent games, and was eager to give it a try. Patrick, Neville and Rembert joined in, and the report I got was that the game did not finish. Patrick was reportedly winning after about six of nine turns, with Rembert in second. Jay claimed to have a great long-term strategy that was going to take effect some time.
The rest of us played some shorter games. First up was Martian Dice, which turned out to be a win for Alex in a very close, tense and fairly low-scoring contest. Final scores: Alex 23, John 16, Doug 15, Rodney 13. (We played to 20 instead of the 25 in the rules, in order to get more games in.)
Rodney had brought Power Grid: First Sparks, which was the next game played. It was another nail-biter at the end. Going into what Rodney said would surely be the last turn, both he and Doug were at 11, two short of the endgame condition. But then the two of them were unable to add more than one to their tribe. I, too, was stuck at 12, but Alex moved up from last to first, winning with 13. Rodney won the tiebreak (most remaining food) for second.
Alex took his leave at this point, but Rodney, Doug and I still had time to get two more games in. Planes, Trains and Automobiles proved to be a bit more confrontational in the early going, as the nasty cards flew back and forth. In the end, Rodney was first, getting the necessary 7 destinations for the win. Doug (with 6) was a close second. I had 4, making me a distant third and last.
We wrapped up the evening with Volcanic Disaster, which Doug had brought. Barely managed to finish, with Rodney completing five volcanos worth around 20 points. Doug had a negative score, I was barely positive, but there was alot of back and forth jockeying earlier in the game.
Next week is Game Days, which starts on Thursday the 26th. I plan to be at the Club Thursday night as usual but then will be at Game Days on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Hope to see you there.
Game Days information: http://gamedays.gamesclubofmd.org
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We've been playing First Sparks wrong!
I checked BBG and found this forum post: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/718284/tasty-virtual-mammoth-or-not
In a nutshell, if you have hunters on two different hexes that produce the same food, you add +1 when counting the number of that food in supply. If you have the fruit basket where 1-3 berries give 1 food and 4+ give two, and there are only three berries there, and you have berries on two different hexes, you count that the supply has 4 berries so you get two. More times than not though, the +1 won't be enough to get you over the threshold and you don't get anything special.
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