4th March - Snowdonia

Another go up Snowdonia, this time the Blaenau Ffestiniog route. Quite different and I managed to grab the win with the (overpowered?) Ivor the engine card which enabled me to build in the fog.

Garry 88, Matt 80, Steve 62
 

25th Feb - Comuni and Coup

Another go at Comuni, hmm... still not sure on this one, and the rules aren't much cop.

Matt 50, Paul 46, Steve 42, Garry 25

Then a couple of games of Coup, lots of bluffing, I think it takes a few games to 'get it'.

1st Garry, 2nd Steve, 3rd Paul, 4th Matt
1st Garry, 2nd Steve, 3rd Paul, 4th Matt

18th Feb - Locomotive Werks

I like train games (there I said it), Locomotive Werks is not your typical train game though, you're trying to build trains rather than networks. If you've played Martin Wallace's Automobile this is the game that he was inspired by (or ripped off, depends on your point of view). It's fairly simple but tricky to get right, we played with 3 but in hindsight it would probably be better with 4 or more.

Garry 408, Steve 357, Matt 323

11th Feb - Il Vecchio and Mow

This week we played Il Vecchio a game released this Essen, it was on my list but my suitcase was too full so fortunately Matt picked this up just after Christmas. Another great game from Essen, OK nothing wildly innovavative but a good solid game, looking forward to playing it again.

Garry 63, Matt 56 (tiebreak), Steve 56

Then we had time for a game of Mow, which I would have won but I was brutally picked on (that's my excuse anyway)

Matt 67, Steve 77, Garry 81
 

4th Feb - 5 games!

Blimey we managed to play 5 games this evening, unheard of!

First Up Carolus Magnus. This was quite a close game despite the scores (honest)
Steve 8 Matt 5, Garry 0

Then 2 games of Cabale a nice wooden abstract
Steve 37, Matt 29, Garry 23
Garry 16, Matt 2, Steve 1

Next up was the fish game Fish Eat Fish
Matt 8, Garry 7, Steve 0

Then finally a quick game of Botswana
Garry 34, Matt 30, Steve 21

21st Jan - Myrmes

Another go at Myrmes, better known as 'that ant game'. When I first played this just after Essen I was quite impressed but it seems that this years Essen crop was particularly good and everything else I've played has been even better. Still, it's a good game but nothing special.

Paul 60, Matt 53, Garry 53, Steve 44

15th Jan - Terra Mystica

Another go at Terra Mystica. This time we randomly chose our factions and also set up the bonus cards and scoring card randomly. I love this game, really really good, I still feel as though I'm stumbling around in the dark regarding strategy but it's great fun learning.

Matt 93, Garry 88, Steve 77

And we had time for a game of Love Letter afterwards.

Matt 5, Garry 1, Steve 0