{"id":755,"date":"2013-01-01T07:56:30","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T12:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harrowedhalls.com\/wordpress\/?p=755"},"modified":"2013-01-01T07:56:30","modified_gmt":"2013-01-01T12:56:30","slug":"holiday-game-day-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.harrowedhalls.com\/wordpress\/?p=755","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Game Day 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

We were able to fit in a holiday game day this week. We held it at Owen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new place. Best game day ever. He had all the accoutrements a bunch of gaming guys would want\u00e2\u20ac\u201dmostly delicious food, snacks, and drinks. He also recently purchased a dining room table that was the perfect sixe for gaming. Especially when you consider the first game we played was Civilization.<\/p>\n

\"Civilization\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We played the 2010 version of Sid Meier\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Civilization: The Board Game by Fantasy Flight Games. Apparently this version is in no way related to the 2002 game by Eagle Games which has the same name. Owen did a stellar job going over the rules with us. We had played this game at least once in the past, but I only vaguely remembered it. Mike seemed to remember a good bit about it. Ben wanted to skip the rules and just start playing it. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll see later what happened to Ben.<\/p>\n

Ben was Egypt, Mike was China, Owen was Russia, and I was Germany. Mike decided to take the Culture Point path to victory. Ben mentioned that this was how I won the game the last time we played. I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t remember, but was glad I did so well. Being Germany I concentrated on military might. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure what Owen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s overarching plan was, but his cities flourished. Ben seemed to flounder. Maybe he should have listened to the rules. Owen and I were the first to get three cities on the board. Mike soon followed. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think Ben ever had three cities. And if he did, it was only for a moment.<\/p>\n

Soon it was a Culture Point race between Ben and Mike. Mike found many ways to use his Culture Cards\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6usually against me. Apparently my military might was scaring my neighbors. (I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think I lost a battle the entire game.) Owen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s country prospered.<\/p>\n

Coming down to the end of the game, I had already destroyed one of Ben\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cities and I had my eye on his capital. (One of the ways to win the game was to destroy an <evil> opponent\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s capital.)\u00c2\u00a0 Another way to win was to get the level five tech advancement of Space Flight. Owen was only a few tech\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s away from that. Both Ben and Mike had slowed their Culture Point advancement. (You could also win by getting to the end of the culture track.) Suddenly I found myself with another military player on the block. Owen has raised his mounted forces all of the way to tanks! He too was heading for Ben\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s capital. Mike attacked one of my city\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, mostly to weaken my military stash of units. It worked to a degree, but he ended up losing the battle.<\/p>\n

Owen was now in position to attack Ben\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s capital and win the game. Even with his tanks, he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think he could do it. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153But you could win the game!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d we all said. Instead Owen attacked and destroyed one of Ben\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cities. The city contained a general so this weakened Ben. What was Owen up too? It appeared that his move only helped me to more easily take Ben\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s capital. I pounced on Ben\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s capital, only to be stopped by a Culture Card played by Owen!\u00c2\u00a0 I could NOT march on Ben\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s capital this turn. We all knew Owen had something up his sleeve, but none of us could figure it out until he played that card. Now he had another turn to build his forces and attack Ben before me\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6but he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t.<\/p>\n

On my next turn, I once again pounced on Ben\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s capital. Once again Owen played the same Culture Card to stop me. He had TWO of those stinking cards! Ben\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s forces were next to nothing, but he got a huge bonus from his capital. I decided to use a single army, consisting of 3 units to attack him. Ben had 3 units as well. My only hope was that Ben\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s army was crap. It was! I won the battle by a slim margin, winning the game.<\/p>\n

We all enjoyed this game and hope we can find the time to play it again soon. It took us six hours to complete it.<\/p>\n

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\nAs the Munchkin box says, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Kill the monster. Steal the treasure. Stab your buddy.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d So it was with us. This is a fun, lighthearted card game of trying to be the first player to get a 10th level character. During our game, Ben lagged behind\u00e2\u20ac\u201dmaybe because he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Boots of Butt-Kicking\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Flaming Armor\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Maybe because he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t listen the rules and just wanted to start playing the game. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know. I was the steady leader until Mike got a bunch of treasure for helping out (taking advantage off) his friends. He got 3 or 4 quick level-ups to put him at 9th level. To reach 10th level you must kill a monster. On Mike\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s turn all he had to do was draw or play a monster and then kill it. He got one. Fortunately I had a card to divert his monster to Ben. Ben got the level-up, not Mike. I reached 9th level next, but I did it the old fashion way, by fighting and clawing my way there. Around to Mike again\u00e2\u20ac\u201dno monsters showed up on his turn, nor on my turn. Owen reached 9th level. Again, no monsters for Mike. No monsters for me. Owen got a monster\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6a level 2 monster\u00e2\u20ac\u201dsomething he could kill in his sleep. We played everything we had against him, but it was too little, too late\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6until Mike played his card and sucked a level from Owen. Owen killed the monster and was back up at 9th level with Mike and I. Again no monsters for Mike or me. Mike and I were hoping against hope for Owen to pull a 20th level monster; something he couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t easily kill. Owen pulled a 20th level platinum dragon from the deck and defeated it to win the game.<\/p>\n

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\nWe all love 7 Wonders. We played two games of it. During the first game, we pretty much thought Ben had it sewn up with his green tech cards. He was close, but somehow I squeaked by him with 57 points. Ben had 55. Owen had 50 and poor Mike had 33. Mike\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s constant cry during the third phase of the game was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Why don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you turkeys have any glass!!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

The next game Mike made up for it by handily winning with 54 points. I was second with 47. Ben had 45 and Owen had 40.<\/p>\n

We had a great day! Thanks to Owen for hosting!!<\/p>\n

Chaos Steve<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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