October 23, 2014 Session Report

Sorry for the delay in posting, I had mispaced my notes but just located them last night ...

13 in attendance for this week's session:  Eugene, John W, Mike, Alex, Doug, Neville, Alec, Ben H, Lina, Rembert, Jeff, Rouslan and myself were the attendees.  Games played:  Vegas Showdown, Power Grid - North American (the new Deluxe edition), Heroes Wanted, Bruges and Top Promoter.  Some results and details follow.

Eugene was looking for a reasonably short game so Vegas Showdown was first up.  I was set up with a Fancy Lounge and just enough to get the Theater when Eugene (who had more money and no Fancy Lounge) bought it from me but had to keep it off to the side, where it stayed for the rest of the game.  Turned out both of us were losers in the end, tied for last (actually Eugene had more money) while Alex, who won, played a fine game (he might have beat me even if I had got the Theater).  Scores were Alex 50, Doug 44. Ben 42, Eugene and John 36.

Power Grid-Deluxe has just come out, and Mike introduced the new version to Jeff, Lina and the other John W.  Mike managed to win while building to 17 when everyone else was holding back, waiting for another turn.  Scores were Mike 13, Jeff and Lina 12 (Jeff was second with more money), John W 10.

Alec, Neville, Rembert and Rouslan played Heroes Wanted, which Neville had brought.  Rouslan ran away with the game, 34 points to 25 for Alec, 23 for Rembert, 16 for Neville.  Didn't get a good story how Neville, the teacher, came in last, maybe he was unlucky or he's just a good teacher.

Doug, Alex and I played Bruges.  Doug taught the game, which I hadn't played for awhile, while the game was totally new to Alex.  I got a really good card, the Jailer, which removed six threat tokens at a key moment, and managed to win, 53 to 41 for Doug and 39 for Alex.

Finally, Neville had brought a new boxing management game, Top Promoter, that he recently acquired via Kickstarter.  It was lots of fun and, although we didn't finish, I was ahead after two rounds of fights, 13 to 9 for Rouslan, 7 for Neville, 6 for Doug.  I liked the game so much I ordered it a few days later.