{"id":3741,"date":"2014-05-08T10:20:33","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T15:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harrowedhalls.com\/wordpress\/?p=3741"},"modified":"2014-05-08T10:45:47","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T15:45:47","slug":"50-fathoms-clash-of-cultures-stone-age-railways-of-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.harrowedhalls.com\/wordpress\/?p=3741","title":{"rendered":"50 Fathoms, Clash of Cultures, Stone Age, & Railways of Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAlthough I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been silent about writing anything new, we have been playing lots of games the last few weeks. Ben has started running us through a Savage Worlds 50 Fathoms campaign and we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve played Clash of Cultures, a current favorite.<\/p>\n

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We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve also gone back in time and played an older game call Stone Age. Although I never do well in this at it, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still one of my favorites. In our first game, Ben kicked our butts and took names. He ended with an unprecedented 201 points. I came in second, but I was so far behind him, you might as well say I came in last. In our second game. Ben came in dead last. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sure this proves something, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll leave just what it proves up to your imagination.<\/p>\n

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\nMore recently (last night) we played Railways of Europe. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the typical build track and deliver goods cubes game that we play so many versions of. Mostly because Ben owns all the versions and has two copies of at least one. (I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know why.)<\/p>\n

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The starting cube placement of the game was horrible. The cities on the board are either far away or huddled in the mountains. Yes, this made it a tough game, but it didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t slow us down any.<\/p>\n

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It seemed most everyone had a plan\u00e2\u20ac\u201deveryone but me. I became the king of worthless hotels, while Owen because the king of a stellar hotel in Amsterdam that brought him tons of points. I also helped out Mike by \u00e2\u20ac\u0153colorizing\u00e2\u20ac\u009d a city (This has a real name in the game, but I forget what it is) allowing him to earn some points. Most of the rest of the game, I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t help Mike all that much. Some might even say, most likely Mike, that I screwed up his plans. All I can say to that is that he wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t alone. I think I screwed up everyone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s plan at one time or another. My problem was I had lots of plans\u00e2\u20ac\u201dall bad. Still it looked like I might be able to stay ahead of Mike and not come in last.<\/p>\n

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Owen was clearly going to win\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6and we couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stop him. He was that good. Ben ended up coming in last. He was that bad. Mike and I ended up tying for second place. The tie-breaker was money. I had none, so Mike officially got second place and I came in third. It should be pointed out I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Last. Ben was. Ben.<\/p>\n

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We have Jimcon next weekend, so look for that write-up in the near future.<\/p>\n

Some Pictures From Railways of Europe<\/p>\n

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