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Gareth Madeley
United Kingdom
Wirral
Merseyside
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Wow, just looked at my last post, and that was a month ago.
Why have I been gone? I'm currently in my third of four years of a Maths degree so I've has exams and a project, so that works been a priority. But oh well: gaming!
Two weeks ago, I played Maria. I enjoyed the combat mechanism, but it has one of the things I don't like in some games, forced sides. So, instead of letting the game be free wheeling, I am allied to you and against him, even if at some point in the game, changing sides would give me a better chance of winning. I enjoyed the combat, moving, supply and political events that occurred. I'd definetly give this another go, depending on what was on the other table.
I missed the next week, as I had an exam on Lie Groups and Lie Algebras in the morning. (Don't ask me anything about it, I remember nothing.)
This week was a Bank Holiday, which means more gaming time at the Lion, hooray. As we were unsure how many people would be there, we started off with Thunderstone. Now, I'm not really a fan of Dominion, as it seems to be just a mechanic, so I don't mind playing games with something else going on. The problem is that the monster are too random, you start off with three random types of monsters, then you shuffle that deck to randomly select which monsters start. In this game we had some of the hardest types and started with some of the hardest monsters out. This game went on FOREVER because of it. We couldn't kill any of them, and one of the monsters stoppped the others being bounced back to the deck, so it stalled. And stalled. And stalled. Maybe I jsut don't like deck building? He types, eyeing his pre-order for A Few Acres of Snow with worry.
After this we split into two threes, one playing Mansions of Madness and one playing 1825 Unit 1 with nearly all the trimmings, which took a while. One of the problems with it is that by time the companies in the South East of the board come out, the area around them has been developed and could block them out, over the summer, I really want to play with all the Units and Kits together in one game and see if that changes something. As always I lost with a few (probably a lot of) mistakes, sometimes I struggle to plan ahead and often only play for immediate short-term gain when I can improve my income alot more by laying a different tile which doesn't do as much for me now.
I've mainly been concentrating on my Knot Theory project (due in this Monday), so no random thought for me to ramble about down here. But I've got a game delivery which needs opening, so I'll see you next week.
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