Gareth Thomason
United Kingdom
Richmond
Surrey
Isleworth Boardgamer, every Wed 7.30pm. The London Apprentice, Isleworth.
Richmond and Kew Boardgamer, every Mon 7.00pm. The Triple Crown Inn, Richmond.
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Wednesday 18th November,2009. Venue: The London Apprentice, Isleworth.
Length of Game 30mins.
This was our third attempt at Frank’s Zoo, having more than a few problems understanding what appears on paper a relatively simple card game. A smaller group of five tried it tonight with Jayden, Gareth, Scott, Barrie & Tonio. Rules were quickly explained to those unfamiliar with the game and the hands were dealt. Play was quick and Jayden was first to get rid of his cards, followed closely by Gareth and Scott. Barrie who was playing for the first time was having problems with the concept of which animal outranked another  , but to be fair most of us have had this problem on our first game. When the scores were totted up for the first round, Gareth took the lead with 7 pts after capturing three lions. Jayden and Scott were equal second, with 4 pts each, Barrie on 2 pts and Tonio yet to score. In round two we partnered off which brought about some debating on just how old some of us were. Scott in coming third was solo which he played to a great advantage, Gareth paired off with Barrie and Jayden with Tonio. Gareth then made the terrible mistake by playing three lions as a starting hand which were quickly captured by Scott  with his Elephants and Mosquitoes . Play continued with Scott finishing first, then Jayden, Tonio, Barrie and finally Gareth. Therefore by the end of round two Scott had a commanding lead of 17pts to Jayden’s 10 pts, Gareth’s 8pts, Tonio’s 6pts and Barrie on 4. As others gamers were now starting to arrive at the club we agreed to play one more round. This time Gareth played solo, Scott paired up with Tonio and Barrie with Jayden. Scott finished his hand first, followed by Jayden and then Barrie who picked up a couple of lions at the end. Gareth came in fourth and Tonio last, but he did capture three lions in the process. A fun starter game to get the brain warmed up before moving onto something more in depth.
So the final scores were Scott 21pts, Jayden 16pts, Gareth and Tonio 14 pts and Barrie with 13pts.
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Pee di Moor
Netherlands
Rotterdam
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Gareth,
2 rule corrections for you :-)
1. In the first round lions and hedgehogs dont count. Its simply a round to determine the partners for the 'real first round'.
2. The game ends when two or more players have scored at least 19 points.
Good luck next time.
PS did you get the 'Asking for help' rule right?
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Gareth Thomason
United Kingdom
Richmond
Surrey
Isleworth Boardgamer, every Wed 7.30pm. The London Apprentice, Isleworth.
Richmond and Kew Boardgamer, every Mon 7.00pm. The Triple Crown Inn, Richmond.
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Thanks for that, we should be playing it again this week I knew about rule #2 but didn't appreciate rule #1. Not sure if we got 'the asking for help' rule correct. As I understand it the younger player of the pairing can ask the older player for help, does this work the other way round?
Cheers Gareth
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Pee di Moor
Netherlands
Rotterdam
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Not younger/elder, but the one with 'fewer points' can ask the one with more points for help.
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Gareth Thomason
United Kingdom
Richmond
Surrey
Isleworth Boardgamer, every Wed 7.30pm. The London Apprentice, Isleworth.
Richmond and Kew Boardgamer, every Mon 7.00pm. The Triple Crown Inn, Richmond.
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moorwild wrote: Not younger/elder, but the one with 'fewer points' can ask the one with more points for help.
Thanks, will give it another go tonight with the correct rules!
Cheers Gareth.
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