Games Played: Epic Duels, Hick Hack, Land Unter!, Bohnanza
Gamers: Dylan, Chuck, Eric, Chip, Matt, Geno, Marianne, Sara
EPIC DUELS (0:55)
Eric, Chip: won
Dylan, Chuck: lost
Eric (the Emperor) and I (Jango Fett) played the dark side against Chuck (Mace Windu) and Dylan (Anakin Skywalker). Anakin came out swinging, with Padme close behind. Unfortunately, that meant that he was an easy target for Jango and his sidekick Lam, as well as the two Royal Guards. The Emperor and Mace stayed in the background, sending their minions into the fray.
After Lam finished off Anakin with a sniper shot (6 damage if not blocked), Jango and Lam went after Mace, while the Emperor and his guards tracked down Padme. Unfortunately, Dylan was stuck with mostly Anakin cards in his hand which, while they kept Padme alive, reduced his offensive and defensive options. The game ended as Mace was killed by another Sniper Shot.
This game is pretty light, but it's a lot of fun when players get into the theme, especially as much as Dylan did. Incidentally, Epic Duels is on sale at KB Toys for $4.99 online (I've heard it's $7.99 in stores). [url]http://www.kbtoys.com/genProduct.html/PID/1624639/ctid/17/INstock/Y/D/530/ls/default[/url]
HICK HACK (0:12, 0:12)
Marianne: 44, 42
Geno: 38, 42
Matt: 37, 35
Chip: 33, 24
Sara: 8, 24
After dinner, we played two rounds of Hick Hack in Gacklewack (aka Pick Picnic). Marianne beat us all in the first round and then tied with Geno in the second. Despite my relatively low scores, I did manage to eat two chickens in a single turn, netting 11 points. Otherwise, I was out sync with everyone else - placing my chickens right in front of a fox while my foxes went away hungry.
This is a great starter game - very fun, light, and social.
LAND UNTER! (0:38)
Sara: 18
Marianne: 13
Matt: 12
Chip: 10
Geno: 8
Next out was Marianne's favorite game (as long as she's winning), the drowning sheep game. We played all five rounds relatively quickly. Marianne and Sara played Matt's opening hand well, while Sara did best with Geno's initial set of cards. Matt did the best with Marianne's hand, and everyone except for Matt and Geno did well with Sara's hand. Matt also did the best job with my first hand (which I scored -1 with). Sara won by a large margin, never scoring less than 3 points in any round.
BOHNANZA (0:50)
Chip: 19
Geno: 15
Marianne: 15
Sara: 13
Matt: 13
We ended the evening with a round of Beans. While this is a solid game, after a number of plays it becomes a bit mechanical. Still, negotiating with other players and watching the dynamics change is always fun.
The garden beans (6) came out early in the game, and I was fortunate enough to eat up 5 of the six, making the last bean utterly useless. Sara was stuck with this bean twice, although I offered to burn it for her (I think she's still trying to figure out how I profited from that). I was usually the first to make an trade offer, and pushed to complete the deals before other players could put together an offer (especially a better offer!). I think this, along with a number of lucky draws, contributed to my success.
I had a great time playing games. Hope to see you all again next week for more board games (and maybe some Magic).
posted by FlyingSheep @ 1:32 PM
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