http://denverwolf.wordpress.com Boardgame session reports along with a few comments, observations, and DIY projects. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:42:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://denverwolf.wordpress.com http://denverwolf.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/jan-24-2012-south-gaming-session/ http://denverwolf.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/jan-24-2012-south-gaming-session/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:21:21 +0000 denverwolf http://denverwolf.wordpress.com/?p=1582 ]]> 7 Wonders

Game Description: Card-based resource management game where you build buildings and increase your commercial, science, military and governmental status. The twist here is that each player’s hand of cards is passed to another player after each “turn”.

Players: Eric M, Charlie M, Peter S, and Joel

Winner: We played 3 games, with Eric, Charlie and Peter each winning one game.

Kingdom Builder (with Capitals expansion)

Game Description: Abstract area-control hex-based game with variable powers and scoring from game to game. Sounds dry, but it’s not.

Players: Eric M, Charlie M, Peter S, and Joel

Winner: Peter won.

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Game Description: High complexity and basic business strategy contribute to this automobile manufacturing and selling simulation.

Players: Eric M, Charlie M, Matt B, Melissa D, and Joel

Winner: Matt won.

Battlestar Galactica

Game Description: A cooperative game with a traitor (a la Shadows Over Camelot). Are you a Cylon?

Players: Eric M, Charlie M, Matt B, Melissa D, and Joel

Winner: The Cylons won (Matt and Eric).

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Game Description: Cooperative game where players are fire fighters attempting rescue family members from a burning home. Also, players must find hazardous materials that might explode and, of course, the ever-increasing threat of the fire itself.

Players: Eric M, Matt B, Melissa D, and Joel

Winner: We played two games on the harder side of the board and lost both.

Finca

Game Description: A Finca is ranch or farm in Spain. This game is all about growing fruit on the island of Mallorca and delivering it to the nearby community. The most successful farmer wins the game.

Players: Eric M, Matt B, Melissa D, and Joel

Winner: Matt won. This game had a very strange tile mix with a lot of the multiple ? tiles coming up at the same time.

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