January 3, 2013 Session Report

First session of the new year, and we had eight in attendance:  Mike, Doug, John B, Patrick, Eric, Helen, Tim and myself.  Games played:  Martian Dice, Suburbia. Anno 1503 and Cloud Nine.

First game up was Martian Dice, which was the warm-up game while waiting for people to show up.  It didn't last long, one time around the table.  John B had the high score of 7, Doug 6, Mike 4, Patrick and John 0.

We split into two groups for the rest of the evening; Mike, Tim and I played a recent Essen release that Eric had brought, Suburbia.  Tim won a close game with Eric and I not far behind, while Mike tried a different approach which didn't work.  Scores:  Tim 87, John W 84, Eric 83, Mike 52.

Doug, Patrick, Helen, John B played Anno.  John B was the winner, while all the other players only managed to accomplish one of the victory conditions (it takes three to win).

Finally, we wrapped up the evening with Cloud Nine, which barely managed to finish.  Eric won with 52 after I jumped out of the balloon a bit too soon, placing second with 48.  The also-rans were Helen (31) and Doug (28) who crashed after Eric established a high bar for the final balloon trip.