tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83511182850497862792024-02-19T07:34:45.140+00:00Green Dobbers<b>Taking over where Billygames left off.</b><br>
A half-hearted atempt to blog the boardgames we play.Garryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266448673308567709noreply@blogger.comBlogger259125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351118285049786279.post-84876158980874828482014-04-14T11:18:00.002+01:002014-04-14T13:25:40.482+01:00The Auren's Power: Throwing the Game on the Final Turn<span style="background-color: #f5f5ff; font-family: verdana, 'lucida grande', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 12.309999465942383px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A serious situation came to light on Saturday night: Neil owned Terra Mystica...unpunched.<br /><br />Clearly, this could not be allowed to stand. <br /><br />Steve took the reins and did his usual excellent job at explaining the rules. Probably too good in retrospect. Neil had the Halflings, I was next up and choose the Auren over the Witches because I hadn't played them before, Steve picked Mermaids over Swarmlings (he doesn't like being strapped for cash) whilst Paul went with The Chaos Magicians because the Giants are a nightmare to play well. <br /><br />The Auren, then, do nothing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Me: "It doesn't look like it."<br /><br />We sketched out Neil's strategy with him, as he had drawn start player, which amounted to little more than: spades = good. He seemed to need no more guidance than that and his diminutive </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">furry-footed heathens </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">spent the game merrily digging up the Eastern land section and ignoring all religion</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My game plan was to get my stronghold out on turn one, then keep taking the 4vps for the stronghold tile whilst climbing up the cult tracks quickly to get the bonuses (something that I have never really played for consciously as a game plan before). I was handed a gift from Steve at the end of the second turn that helped me massively in getting a Sanctuary built on turn three for 5vps and a further 8vps when I passed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Steve seemed to have trouble spending resources. I also stuffed him (not, I hasten to add just to stuff him...heaven forbid...it was just too good an opportunity for me to miss) when he built a bridge to a forest hex, didn't build on it that turn, then didn't build on it in the following turn either. He passed, I built a bridge, and nabbed it. Thoughtfully, his bridge reduced the cost of my upgrade to a trading post. It was brutal and it cost him dearly. He fought back on the cult tracks but never really recovered his building plan.<br /><br />Paul ploughed a lonely furrow on the northern continent. Expanded slowly and got a lot of oval gift tiles. And that's about it. A peaceful existence, if an expensive one. Having never played the Chaos Magicians I can't really offer any more comment. I would like to, though. I think that a game in which you 'go it alone' and ignore the power pots would be a different way to play.<br /><br />So, it comes down to the last turn. Neil's romping along the vp track but knows he is going to pegged back by cult scoring. I am going last. I went last a lot as Steve (on my left) passed early most turns. I'm trying desperately to link up my two towns but need either:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...and those are exactly the actions Steve, Paul and then Neil took. Flustered, I took the spade action, but still needed to terraform the hex in question twice more. If I got more power then it might work. It didn't- and the four power I spent on that spade action ended up costing me the game. I lost by 1vp with two gold unused- had I cashed in the four power for gold, that would have been a 1vp win.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To be fair had Steve not built that bridge I don't think I would have been in the running at all, so I should probably count my blessings. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A close game at the end and a good reminder of how hard it is to play without mistakes</span></div>
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mattgreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936780944311128022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351118285049786279.post-26741147592085035502014-01-20T16:10:00.003+00:002014-01-20T16:10:43.511+00:00Pointless<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I don't really see the point of this blog anymore I never go back and read it, I never want to know the scores from previous games and I'm not going to do any 'reviews'. I'm gonna knock it on the head. If you're really that interested in the games that I play (and to be honest I don't see why you should be) you can always follow the games logged on the boardgamegeek website, or even just ask me if real life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I might re-activate this blog at some point but don't hold your breath.</span><br />
<br />Garryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266448673308567709noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351118285049786279.post-62609121762451604952014-01-14T09:40:00.000+00:002014-01-14T09:40:40.409+00:0013th Jan - 5 Games in one evening!!!!!I was fed up with long boring games that take all evening to play when they shouldn't, so I decided to choose some faster, lighter more fun games. First up 2 games of <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/494/ave-caesar" target="_blank">Ave Ceasar</a>.<br />
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<i>1st Steve, Matt, Neil, Paul, Garry</i><br />
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Then a couple of games of <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/7805/fearsome-floors" target="_blank">Fearsome Floors</a> (run away, run away!). I didn't think it was possible to analyse all the fun out of a game about running away from a monster, but I was wrong. Steve won the first game and Neil the second.<br />
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And we still had time for 3 hands of <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175/raj" target="_blank">Hol's der Geier</a><br />
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<i>Paul 44, Steve 27, Neil 25, Matt 21, Garry 3</i><br />
<br />Garryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266448673308567709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351118285049786279.post-2379842349102708612014-01-14T09:29:00.001+00:002014-01-14T09:29:57.669+00:006th Jan - Key Market<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/78733/key-market" target="_blank">Key Market</a> is a great game and unfortunately out of print. It goes for crazy prices on the 'geek etc. It makes playing it a nerve racking experience, I watch every arm brushing past coffee mugs with my heart in my mouth. If they reprinted it it would do wonders for my blood pressure. </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Garry 120, Matt 116, Paul 113, Steve 106</span></i><br />
<br />Garryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266448673308567709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351118285049786279.post-31201568109279649912014-01-01T18:51:00.002+00:002014-01-01T18:51:36.830+00:009th Dec - Tzolk'inI really like <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/126163/tzolkin-the-mayan-calendar" target="_blank">Tolk'in</a>, it has worker placement, resource gathering, multiple paths to victory and not too overly fiddly for what it is (I'm looking at you Bora Bora). But it also collects AP like nothing else. It should last about 90mins, but by half way the wheels are moving slower than tectonic plates on sedatives, I completely lost interest and my mind was wandering, (<i>hmm... how many baked beans are there in a 14oz can?</i>), I do like the game but...<br />
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<i>Steve 67, Paul, 57, Matt 44, Garry 40</i><br />
<br />Garryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266448673308567709noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351118285049786279.post-43994714016655017272014-01-01T18:38:00.000+00:002014-01-01T18:38:19.981+00:002nd Dec - Russian Railroads<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This week another game of <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/144733/russian-railroads" target="_blank">Russian Railroads</a>, one of the better games from a lack luster year.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Steve 285, Garry 249, Matt 239</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Then a game of <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/137155/potato-man" target="_blank">Potato Man</a>, the totaly brilliant trick taking game.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Matt 31, Steve 26, Garry 24</span></i><br />
Garryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266448673308567709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351118285049786279.post-84300674564901498812013-12-02T18:21:00.003+00:002013-12-02T18:21:44.332+00:0025th Nov - Goa<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Matt's choice: This week we played Goa, bit of an old classic (apparently) I've only played it once before and I couldn't remember anything about it. Think it'll need a few more plays to get the hang of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Steve 44, Matt 40, Paul 39, Garry 26</i></span><br />
Garryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266448673308567709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351118285049786279.post-56305001008136745342013-11-25T15:17:00.001+00:002013-11-25T15:17:31.727+00:0018th Nov - Terra Mystica<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Steve's choice: This week we played Terra Mystica - brilliant brilliant game.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Matt 115, Paul 106, Garry 102, Steve 85</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Matt 144, Steve 199, Paul 281, Garry 291</span></i><br />
<br />Garryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266448673308567709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351118285049786279.post-12499083444781757782013-11-02T13:05:00.001+00:002013-11-02T13:05:07.678+00:0030th Oct - A day off work...<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... to play some of the new Essen Games.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Steve 123, Matt 102, Jo 101, Garry 97</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Matt 345, Steve 321, Garry 210</i></span><br />
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<br />Garryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266448673308567709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351118285049786279.post-22754124837134739502013-10-27T13:00:00.003+00:002013-10-27T13:00:38.127+00:00Just back from EssenThis should keep me going for a while.<br />
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The huge pile of punched cardboard frames from Glass Road, 16 of them!<br />The game weighed the same as two small children, glad I bought it at the</div>
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Garryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266448673308567709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351118285049786279.post-79997249235739832552013-10-27T12:18:00.002+00:002013-10-27T12:18:46.806+00:0021st Oct - TzolkinAnother game of <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/143065/tzolkin-the-mayan-calendar-tribes-prophecies" target="_blank">Tzolkin</a>, it's a really good game but if you know people who suffer with AP it can be a bit of a problem. There's an expansion out this year but there is already enough going on that I think I'll stick with the base game.<br />
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<i>Steve 72, Matt 63, Garry 53</i><br />
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Then a game of Botswana to finish things off.<br />
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<i>Matt 89, Steve 88, Garry 82</i><br />
<i><br /></i>Garryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266448673308567709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351118285049786279.post-69414182252429488302013-10-21T16:10:00.001+01:002013-10-21T16:10:13.541+01:0014th Oct - Hansa Teutonica<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Last week Izzy sat in on the rules explanation for <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43015/hansa-teutonica" target="_blank">Hansa Teutonica</a> and Matt reckoned that she would able to join in a game with the 'grown ups'. Well she finished in second place, just one point behind her dad, you've got her well trained Matt!</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Matt 50, Izzy 49, Garry 40, Steve 39</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Then time for a filler before the end of the night. Relikt is a great game but it's not a light filler, lots of game in a little box. Good job Izzy had gone to bed otherwise I'd have come 4th rather than 3rd (but still last)</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Steve 12, Matt 12, Garry 6</span></i>Garryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266448673308567709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351118285049786279.post-24205126885497741662013-10-14T18:33:00.001+01:002013-10-14T18:33:27.265+01:007th Oct - Hansa Teutonica<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I really like this game, and yes there really is more than one path to victory. Lance almost caught us all napping but didn't quite manage to follow through.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Matt 52, Lance 37, Steve 34, Garry 31</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Steve 25, Garry 18, Matt 16, Lance 3</i></span>Garryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266448673308567709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351118285049786279.post-66437478155509138552013-10-14T18:29:00.000+01:002013-10-14T18:29:07.296+01:0030th Sep - Keyflower<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Great game. Somehow I managed to get the win, I wish I could remember how I did it.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Garry 50, Paul 45, Steve 40, Lance 40, Matt 37</span></i><br />
<br />Garryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266448673308567709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351118285049786279.post-17528736824024215422013-10-14T18:27:00.000+01:002013-10-14T18:34:21.046+01:0023rd Sep - CO2<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This week we played <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/72225/co" target="_blank">CO2</a>. It didin't seem to go down very well, I don't know why really as, looking back, I can't think of anything in particular that I disliked about it.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Steve 73, Matt 68, Garry 31</span></i><br />
<br />Garryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266448673308567709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351118285049786279.post-11769279988796632172013-10-14T18:17:00.003+01:002013-10-14T18:17:59.675+01:00Sep 2nd - Terra Mystica<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Another play of this great game.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Steve 119, Matt 117, Garry 102</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The time for <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/7538/fish-eat-fish" target="_blank">Fish Eat Fish</a>.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Garry 12, Matt 6, Steve 3</span></i><br />
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<br />Garryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266448673308567709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351118285049786279.post-79822589613184329252013-09-03T00:09:00.003+01:002013-09-03T00:09:54.572+01:0028th Aug - Caylus<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This weeks Monday was on a Wednesday. We played <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18602/caylus" target="_blank">Caylus</a> this week I'd not played this in ages and still rate it a 10.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Matt 87, Paul 84, Garry 78, Steve 72</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Next was a game of <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/54307/chronicle" target="_blank">Chronicle</a>, same designer as Love Letter, great artwork a reccomendation from Matt, so I grabbed a copy at UK Games Expo. I really hated this game and nearly put it through the shredder when I'd finished.</span><br />
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<br />Garryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266448673308567709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351118285049786279.post-28656956299450013212013-08-14T11:30:00.001+01:002013-08-14T11:30:32.232+01:005th August - Al Rashid<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We played <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/127282/al-rashid" target="_blank">Al Rashid</a> this week.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">hmmm... the game itself is quite reasonable, a worker placement/bidding mechanism to gather resources and powers, it's not bad but nothing new.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">However the problem with the game is this, first the rule book is a mess, this on it's own is not enough to put us off as clarifications are normally resolved on the 'geek. The graphic design (or lack of) is possibly the worst I have ever seen, despite being in English I couldn't read a single word of text, it was either to small that you would need a magnifiying glass to read it or it was written in a very stylized font that made it illegible, even the title on the box cover needs a bit of working out. Then the colours of the Guild Tiles are 5 different colours but they are are printed so similar that I could hardly tell the difference. Coupled with the sub 5pt type I couldn't read my own tiles let alone the ones available or owned by other players upside down over the otherside of the table, I made several mistakes due to this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So a fairly run of the mill game that is totaly unplayable in it's current form, hope I never have to play it again.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Jo 29(tiebreak), Paul 29, Garry 25, Steve 19</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span>Garryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266448673308567709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351118285049786279.post-78114330255279925182013-08-14T11:10:00.001+01:002013-08-14T11:10:16.181+01:0029th July - Locomotive Werks<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">For some reason I'm quite fond of train games, there's nothing in particular I like other than the theme. I guess the next step is a train set in the loft.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3828/locomotive-werks" target="_blank">Locomotive Werks</a> is about running a train factory and making sure you switch production to the right sized trains at the right time. It's quite good but the presentation makes it feel very dry. It does need to be played quickly or else it can drag, this isn't too much of a problem as the decisions are straight forward and the maths involved basic (but I obviously need to improve my basic maths!). It's one of those games where you need to know the game quite well to prevent a runaway winner, it's possible to stop them but you need to know how to do it, the game wont do it for you.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Matt 334, Jo 235, Steve 130, Garry 98, Paul 78</span></i><br />
<br />Garryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266448673308567709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351118285049786279.post-67953846821929159572013-08-14T10:59:00.001+01:002013-08-14T10:59:12.350+01:0022nd July - Chronicle and Diamonds Club<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I wasn't around this week but Matt has kindly written something up:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37907/diamonds-club" target="_blank">Diamonds Club</a> was a bit of a 'points salad' game but the scores where really
tight at the end. There were a couple of single moves that would have changed
the result. Played in 90 minutes, pretty easy to explain from the rules and
seems to have a bit of replayability. It didn't set the world alight although
that may be because games published since have had a similar feel. Probably a
keeper, it certainly warrants a couple more plays. It was like Bora bora with
fewer rules, fewer bits (just) and it played a little faster but was not as
deep.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Matt 70, Paul 67, Steve 60</span></i><br />
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<a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/54307/chronicle" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Chronicle</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i> </i></span>Garryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266448673308567709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351118285049786279.post-54592613554354880532013-08-14T10:53:00.003+01:002013-08-14T11:00:43.941+01:008th July - The Doge Ship<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'm a bit behind on some updates so I'll keep this brief. This week we played <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/122313/the-doge-ship" target="_blank">The Doge ship</a>.</span><br />
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<a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1003707/session-report-the-doge-ship" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Matt's Session Report on the 'geek</span></a><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Garry 58, Matt 50, Steve 45</span></i><br />
<br />Garryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266448673308567709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351118285049786279.post-32204827156899634852013-07-03T18:21:00.001+01:002013-07-03T18:21:02.725+01:002nd July - Bora Bora<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I bought <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/127060/bora-bora" target="_blank">Bora Bora</a> at the UK Games Expo. On first play it seems to have more mechanisims than a Swiss clock factory. Too early to say if it's a keeper, I'll give a few more plays.</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Matt 178, Steve 131, Garry 115</span></span></i><br />
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<br />Garryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266448673308567709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351118285049786279.post-20231556913378798212013-06-04T17:35:00.004+01:002013-06-04T17:35:58.757+01:0020th May - VanuatuNot Matt's favorite game.<br />
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Steve 63, Garry 58+, Paul 58, Matt53<br />
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