June 5, 2014 Session Report

Had a really good session this week with 11 gamers attending (including four first-timers).   Six different games were played, three of them twice, as we had three tables going for just about the entire session.

Attendance list:  Mike, Jack, Doug, Rouslan, Tim, Neville and myself plus four newcomers:  Ben (who shall henceforth be known as Ben H or Ben Harold to distinguish him from the other Ben, Ben A); Evan, and Mike (whom we shall refer to as Mike J) and Melanie.

Ticket to Ride-Asia teams matched the team of Jack and Ben versus Doug and myself.  After some initial struggles, Doug and I managed to complete some high scoring tickets which gave us the win by a wide margin (we had more total points that Jack and Ben before counting points for track on the board).  Ben wanted an immediate rematch, with the same teammates, so we played again, and this time Jack and Ben were the winners, estimated score of 200 to 161 for Doug and me.

Meanwhile, Evan won a three-player Puerto Rico, defeating Tim and Mike.  Scores were Evan 46, Tim 42, Mike 39.  Mike's comment on the game was he should not have bought the Factory.  Rumor has it that Evan is a bit of a Puerto Rico shark, so we'll have to monitor future games.

While the Ticket to Ride team battle extended into the second hour of the session, everyone else joined in for a game of 7 Wonders.  Rouslan came out on top in a close game.  Scores:  Rouslan 56 Evan 54 Neville 53 Mike J. 49 Mike B. 46 Tim 44

The third table played Tobago, which ended in a tie:  38 each for Mike J and Rouslan, 36 for Neville and 30 for Melanie.

Next round of games saw everyone wanted to play Splendor and, fortunately, someone other than me had brought a copy, so there were two games.  In one of these, Evan continued his winning ways.  Scores were Evan 17, Mike 13, Tim 11.  The other game was closer, won by Jack:  Jack 15, Doug 14, Ben H 10.

Meanwhile, I joined Rouslan and Neville to learn a game that Neville had brought, called Gravwell.  It was a race game featuring card draftring, simultaneous card play but you had to deal with the pull of gravity that had a definite "drag"on being out in front.  First game ended with Rouslan getting to the end of the track, Neville and I were far back.  The second game we had to pick up at 9 PM, with Neville slightly ahead.

Excited to have so many new people, hopefully we can keep it up with another big turnout next week!