May 22, 2014 Session Report

We had 10 attendees for this week's session:  Rouslan, Ben, Tim, Mike, Patrick, Alex, Alec, Helen, Rembert and myself.  Five different games were played, one of them twice:  Splendor (x2), Coal Baron, Village, Ra and Love Letter.

Splendor was the first game played, and I managed to pull out a win using a strategy similar to the one used by Patrick last week:  concentrate on just a few colors and go for the high point value cards on display.  Final scores:  John 20, Rouslan 15, Ben 7, Tim 3.  The reason my score was that high was because I completed a bonus tile during the final round.

Coal Baron took up most of the session, and it was a four-player.  Mike, once again, was the teacher, as he had been at EuroQuest and on several occasions since.  Very, very close game, judging by the final scores: Alec 112 (continuing a winning streak from last week), Patrick 109, Alex 103, Mike (ever the good teacher) last at 101.

The Village game (a three-player) was even closer.  Rouslan won with 66, while Tim and Ben each had 65. 

Helen, Rembert and I played Splendor and Ra back-to-back.  Helen won both of these:
Splendor game 2:  Helen 17 John 13 Rembert 8
Ra game:  Helen 47 John 40 Rembert 26

Final game of the evening was the usual filler, Love Letter.  Players were Rouslan, Helen and myself.  Rouslan was start player and manage to pile up a couple of quick wins.  Final scores (time ran out):  Rouslan 3 Helen 1 John 0

So, looks like Rouslan, Helen and Alec were the big winners in this week's games.