Games Played: The Bucket King, Electronic Catchphrase, Bohnanza
Gamers: Marianne, Chip, Geno, Jimmy
Legends (http://www.legendscomix.com) is a new gaming shop in Maynard. They host open boardgaming each Thursday night from 8 - 10. This week there were about a dozen gamers in the shop, mostly playing Magic.
BUCKET KING (0:54)
(Cumulative scores)
Chip: 7 - 14 - 14
Marianne: 0 - 5 - 12
Geno: 1 - 1 - 5
I wanted to start with something light and fun, so I brought out the buckets. We played with the "equal score reversal" variant.
During the first round, I managed to remove a bucket from the center of the bottom row of Marianne's pyramid, wiping out about seven buckets in a single blow. They tried to gang up on me during the second round without much success, but they managed to eliminate me in the third round.
I think everyone enjoyed this game, so I'll probably bring it again. It's a lot of fun with a big group of people, but it's not bad with just three, either.
ELECTRONIC CATCHPHRASE (~0:10)
Geno + Chip: 7
Jimmy + Marianne: 3
Jimmy joined us after the bucket game, and I suggested a quick round of Catchphrase. The most memorable clue was "Jaclyn Smith" - Marianne, not surprisingly, was the only one of us to recognize her as a designer for Kmart, but she managed to get the right answer out of Jimmy anyways (via "JFK's wife").
This is a random sort of game where the scores don't really matter, but it is fun, nonetheless.
BOHNANZA (0:53 + 0:12)
Jimmy: 22
Geno: 19
Chip: 18
Marianne: 17
Jimmy and Geno were new to the game. Motor expressed interest in joining us, but was already committed to a multiplayer Magic game (maybe next week).
The new players did very well; this must be another case of being better at explaining the rules than playing the game (: Jimmy was able to grow Red Beans and Black-eyed beans at the same time, and the rest of us were practically falling over ourselves to give him both types of beans. In general, this was a very friendly game without much cut-throat bargaining. Personally, I probably played a little faster and looser than I could have, but we all had a good time.
I enjoyed this game, and I think it was well received. It's a good staple game, and I'll probably bring it along next week (especially for Motor).
.chip
posted by FlyingSheep @ 10:10 AM
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