Zombies! Nope, we didn’t play that game. Instead we played Mall of Horror. It has zombies too. And they are trying to eat us, just like in the other game. And we find equipment to use against the zombies, just like that other game. But instead of running into buildings and screaming in back alleys, you spend your time in the mall; running from one store to another trying not to be the one that is eaten by the growing groups of zombies.
Andy joined us so we had five players. The game deteriorated fast as the zombies took over the security office. This means that no one was privy to any foreknowledge of where the zombies were going. The good news was that I was still the security officer, which meant I got to go first each turn. You would think I could use this knowledge to leverage myself a win. But no, Evil Mike’s silver tongue had the other players waiting in line to throw their people to the zombies so he could survive. I also made a small tactical error at the end of the game that got my last person eaten. In the end Mike won, with Owen and Andy still with people alive in the mall—all huddled in the supermarket as the military helicopter landed to take them to safety. Ben and I lost all of our people to the zombies.
Since that game went so fast, we had time to play Ticket to Ride. Once again I started out strong with everyone else fighting for lengths of track in the east, while I was virtually alone in the west. This overcrowding in the east was also to be my undoing. As the game progressed many cities quickly became unavailable as we all fought to get the remaining routes. Unbeknownst to everyone Owen was quickly completing many routes. He blew us away points-wise, and ended up way ahead of everyone else.
Mike came in last.