April 10, 2014 Session Report

Once again, in the better late than never category, with the time for this week's session rapidly approaching, here is a report from last week's session.  Attendance held steady at eight, as we welcomed Alex whom he hadn't seen for awhile, along with Rouslan, Patrick, Tim, Neville, Rembert, Helen and myself.  Four games were played:  Samurai Swords, Vegas Showdown, Alien Frontiers and Bang:  The Dice Game.

Samurai Swords was somewhat similar to Bang in that each player had a role that supported one side or another in a three-sided conflict.  The more difficult sides had a favorable score multiplier.  In this game, the Shogun/Samurai side of Rouslan, Tim and myself won with 9 points, most of which were scored by Rouslan who was the Shogun (kind of like the Sheriff in Bang).  The Ninja team (Neville, Alex and Rembert) was second with four points.  The Ronin (Patrick) had a favorable multiplier of 3 but 3 times zero is still 0.

Other games:  Vegas Showdown was a win for Alex.  Scores:  Alex 59, John 52, Helen 45, Rembert 35.  Alex pulled ahead in the endgame scoring with higher revenue and population than anyone else.  Alien Frontiers was adjudicated as a win for Tim:  Tim 8 Neville 7 Patrick and Rouslan 6.  The other game, Bang:  The Dice Game, was a three-player, and Helen won as the Renegade, Rembert second as the Outlaw and yours truly was first eliminated as the Deputy.  Interesting, in the three-player you get to see everyone's roles and each player has a target to eliminate.  In some ways, a bit more interesting than the regular game but still with a lot of luck on the die rolls (I got hit with tons of Arrows which was my big problem leading to an early demise for my character).