Settlers of Catan – I’ve Been to the Island!
Surprising, but this is a game day posting. I had not planned on a game day posting for some time. But life, just like Settlers of Catan, is always exciting. New found friends exposed me to the game. I’m sorry I haven’t played it sooner because it would have been a great game to play with my family.
The Settlers of Catan is great clean fun, unless of course you happen to be a little to over zealous with the robber when a 7 is rolled! The game was fast moving in the beginning and started to slow near the end as everyone tried to make the most of every opportunity. Even as it slowed the turn based trading and building helped to keep the interaction frequent and interesting.
Townsfolk vs Spooks
I’m sorry to say this will be the last game day with the guys for a long time and can’t remember what we played or how to describe the game. Regardless of the details being back with the guys was a blast. Playing the game is only half the fun because everyone brings something unique and fun which guarantees no two games are ever the same. Until I game (with the guys)… caio
Execute robot program delta! Go go go….
Just think how many people thing logic isn’t fun. Gesh, are they missing out. Of course, logic gets tossed right out the window when you play a game like this. You not only have to program the robot to navigate the board but also contend with other robots that might happen to be slightly mis-programmed. RoboRally is either really fun and spontaneous or mind numbingly frustraiting depending on the cards dealth.
BE was AWOL. It was WO, JK, JZ, CF and I that played the first game. MR joined us for the second. JK won the first game because he was sneaky and drove his robot into a pit so it could respawn closer to the final goal. The second game I took the prize with a lucky bump onto the final flag from JZ. What luck!
Game day was all wet
Lamentably game day was canceled. WO left early and BE was busy with some fall projects. DA was off buying a guitar of some sort. JK, MR, and I were the only ones to show. The highlight of the week just swept under the carpet, how sad.
JK had a great idea, swimming at the verona open pit. Yaw! MR tagged along but wouldn’t put a suit on. We appreciated his company none-the-less and he was able to snap a few pictures.
The water was cold after the first jump, cool after the second jump, and swimable after the third. Perhaps it was because our skin was de-sensitized from hitting the water (or maybe our brains were a bit mixed up from the fall).
The evening was beautiful as the trees hinted of the fall colors that were about to abound. To my dismay the exotic teal green color of the clear water was gone and everything seemed so much darker as the sun poked in and out of the evening autumn clouds.
Together we go to get the dragon’s gold
Tonight we played a new game from BA’s collection. Dragon’s Gold is a card game where only the Dragon’s die and the loot is split between the players who battled the dragon. The tricky part is no defeating the dragon but negotiating how the treasure is split. If all of the parties can’t settle on the split within 1 minute the treasure is lost and no one gets any. There are ample special ability cards to throw some very interesting twists into the game. After all the dragons are disposed of the treasure is counted and a winner is decided based on point value of pieces and sets. If you really want to know more BoardGameGeek has a good write up with lots of pics.
I sat out the first game because its only a 6 player game. WO, CF, DA, JK, MR, and BA played the first round. All I can comment on the first game is you have to keep an eye on CF – don’t let him fool you into thinking he doesn’t have a good plan. He managed to win by a landslide because he read the point card and won with the black diamond and lots of gold, silver, and … umm red peices. Magic orbs I think. It was quite an upset but everyone had a good time.
The second game I joined in for. JK and DA stepped out so the 5 of us played again. There wasn’t much squabbling among the players about how to split the treasure in spite of some instigation on BA’s part. Of course he had other reasons for his “helping” other players divide up the treasure. He drew a special card that allowed him to steal treasure from the dragon’s pile as long as he doesn’t get caught. It didn’t last very long as I busted him in the act. He had a great game face trying to deny it; I almost felt bad turning him in because he was such a smooth thief. It was all for naught because MR managed to, dare I say, horde, most of the precious gems. He won with like 3 sets and the majority of 3 of the 5 precious gems. After such an impressive win with so many gems I think MR would have been sent out to spent it on a round of grog! (Or root beer depending on your persuasion)