Games Played: Magic, Starfarers of Catan, Haste Worte, Crokinole
Players: Chip, Sara, Vitas, Shaun, Alex, Bruce, Mark, Ralph, Rob, Greg
Shaun and Vitas came to my house to play a few rounds of Magic, and then Vitas and I headed over to Matt's house for more gaming goodness. Thanks to Matt for hosting all weekend.
MAGIC (0:55) ~10 turns
Chip: 12
Shaun: -2
I played a green Elf deck, and Shaun played a white rebel-soldier deck (his first constructed deck). Shaun's only been playing Magic for a few months now, but he's got a really good grasp of the game. It was a creature stalemate for most of the game (hence the unusual length for a duel), until I cast Wirewood Pride on an unblocked attacker.
MAGIC (1:29) ~17 turns
Chip: 8
Shaun: 28
vs.
Sara: 0
Vitas: -5
We played a multiplayer game with 2 teams of two players each. Shaun played his white rebel-soldier deck, Sara played a blue tapping deck, Vitas played a black/artifact deck, and I played a black/red goblin disruption deck.
Shaun got a lot of creatures out early (a strength of his deck) and attacked Sara (who wasn't able to bring out creatures as quickly as Vitas). Sara responded by enchanting Shaun's creatures to prevent them from untapping. Between Flood (which hit the table early), and her Giant Oysters, she was able to slow down his assault.
I brought out a number of goblins, including a Goblin Chirurgeon and a few Festering Goblins. I would sacrifice one of the later to regenerate (and thus tap) one of Vitas's opposing defenders as well as kill off one of Sara's 1/1 creatures.
STARFARERS OF CATAN (with 5-6 player expansion) (2:55)
Alec: 10
Vitas: 8
Bruce: 6
Mark: 16
Chip: 9
Ralph: 10
After about an hour an half of setting up the board, finding 6 players, and explaining the rules, we began. Vitas and Mark were ahead towards the end of the game, although Alec (much to his surprise) accumulated 3 points in a single turn close to the end of the game.
This game has really nice bits (especially the starship with attachable components), and the mechanics are interesting and balanced. My personal preference is for shorter games, so I probably wouldn't look to play this game again.
HASTE WORTE (2:00)
Thanks to Rob Elkind for organizing and running this game.
There were 6 teams of 4 (or more) people. The team that I was on took an early lead, but finished the game tied for last. We overbid on a few categories by a single point. This was a fun big-group activity.
CROKINOLE (0:30)
Greg, Chip 25 or so
Rob, Vitas 105 or so
This was my first time playing this game, and I got to witness some amazing shots. I really enjoyed this game, and I'd like to play it again. Perhaps, some day, I might even get good at it (:
posted by FlyingSheep @ 2:55 PM
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