Indy Boardgamers Meetup, August 24, 2008
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[whine] Don't make me go 3 weeks without gaming again! [/whine]

First meeting since Gen-Con so some new titles were in the library including the much anticipated agricola (in english).

What did we play this week?
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1. Board Game: Hey, That's My Fish! [Average Rating:6.75 Overall Rank:672]
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game 1 game 2
Zoe 42 46
Chris 53 54

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2. Board Game: Neuroshima Hex! [Average Rating:7.43 Overall Rank:212] [Average Rating:7.43 Unranked]
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Shea 12
Kevin 10
Angie 15

Angie won a 2nd game with 33 pts (other scores lost).
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3. Board Game: Traders of Osaka [Average Rating:6.87 Overall Rank:937]
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game 1 game 2
Shea 17 12
Kevin 15 15
Angie 9 9

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4. Board Game: Agricola [Average Rating:8.03 Overall Rank:16]
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Chris 38
Zoe 13
Shawn 7

I believe Shawn's verdict was "never playing THAT again."

Denise Todd Dave Mike Ross
fields 2 4 4 -1 1
pastures 1 3 3 3 1
grain 1 -1 -1 1 1
vegetables 4 2 -1 1 1
sheep 1 1 -1 1 -1
wild boar -1 -1 -1 1 2
cattle 1 -1 -1 2 1
unused spaces 0 0 0 -3 -3
fenced stables 0 0 0 1 0
clay rooms 3 0 0 3 0
stone rooms 0 8 8 0 8
family members 15 15 9 9 12
card points 2 3 7 4 12
bonus points 1 5 0 3 0
totals 30 38 26 25 35

We were using the I deck. I'm surprised I won this game. I felt like I never got a good food engine going and was always scurrying to avoid taking begging cards. I didn't plow any fields or build fences until round 11. I had the chamberlain that allowed me to take round 12-14 actions unopposed. I think using those better actions (plow then sow, renovate then build fences) helped make up for doing that stuff so late. I pretty much focused on increasing my family early and often.

Denise had a sick combo for the grain action. A card made players give her a food to take grain (and she got a food from the supply when she took it) and another card gave her additional grain. I was surprised when she finished the game with only 1 grain. The rest of us pretty much ignored the grain action space after that first card was played. This really nerfed the card Ross played that gave him something when people sowed.

Ross sat out the round 14 actions because of some card that gave him 8 pts.
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5. Board Game: Say Anything [Average Rating:6.80 Overall Rank:805]
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Dave 15
Todd 15
Shawn 13
Ross 12
Kevin 9

Best described as apples to apples crossed with wits and wagers scoring. I'm not a big fan of party games, but this is better than most. It is definitely a big improvement over A2A, but I'd rather play wits and wagers. I prefer numbers to words.
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6. Board Game: Stack Market [Average Rating:5.50 Overall Rank:12388]
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Shawn 60
Ross 30
Todd 30

We only played 1 round. The 3 companies were tied at 15. Ross and I were invested in the company that was determined to be the largest while Shawn was invested in the smallest. Stacking something 30 tall seems fairly impossible.
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7. Board Game: Blockers! [Average Rating:6.70 Overall Rank:1373]
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Kevin 2 groups (win)
Dave 5 groups (lose)

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8. Board Game: Felicity: The Cat in the Sack [Average Rating:6.61 Overall Rank:1085]
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Todd 55 (won tie breaker)
Ross 33
Shawn 44
Kevin 55
Dave 44

I only won 1 auction, but it was a doozy, 34 cat points for 19. It seemed like most of the other auctions were netting 4-6 points except for Ross who was collecting the -8 cats for some reason.
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9. Board Game: Samurai [Average Rating:7.44 Overall Rank:171]
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Sorry this didn't get on the list. Shawn, Kevin And and I played this. I won with 2 majorities. I suppose I've played this more than most.

It is growing one me...
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