Sat Gaming Notes

We met at Chris's about 9. We munched on some goodies while Chris's cat frolicked.

Steve, Travis, Tiffany, Ben, and I played El Grande, while Chris and Scott played Strat.

I enjoyed El Grande. There's a lot going on, and there's a lot to think about. The game is a serious meat-and-potatoes meal, and it's no substitute for popcorn. For the next few times I play, I plan to use the shorter variant. I've read some on-line strategy articles, but I think I misunderstood them. They talk in vague terms about moving the king to create conflicts among other people. I tried that at the end, but I had mixed results.

Steve joined Jon and Michael playing video games. Chris and Scott were still playing their best of three.

Travis, Ben, Tiffany, and I played Colossal Arena. It's a great card game. Ben, Travis, and Tiffany all bet on the Colossus. I almost joined, but then I realized my best bet of winning would be to kill the that beast and destroy their bets. If I had pulled it off it would have been quite a coup, but with all three of them trying to keep him alive it was too much for me to overcome. Like so many of Knizia's games, I enjoy this game a lot, but I don't begin to understand the strategy. I think that I play another 5 or 6 games of this, I might begin to understand how to play well.

At this point it I was almost 2 hrs late for lunch, and I was starving. Strangely, no one else seemed to be hungry. I hoped to get a 2 player wargame to table, but when that failed my hunger drove me in search of food.

Ben, Tiffany, Chris, and Travis were setting up Kingsburg (?) when I left, while Steve, Jon, and Michael were still playing video games.

I don't know what happened after I left.