games day

[cellio]

Today our friend Pam hosted a fun day of gaming. We had ten players, so tended to split into two games at any given time. I played the following:
Carcassonne: I sometimes think I will just never get the strategy of placing farmers.
Swashbuckler (first time for most of us; Dani just got a copy

Comments

[estherchaya]

My WHOLE strategy in Carcassonne revolves around farmers. And I usually win. Maybe next time we're up in Pittsburgh, we'll play a few games and you can watch a master-farmer-placer at work.

Or, gee, you know, you could come down here for a fantabulous Purim Seudah and eat, drink, play Carcassonne and be merry! (it's worth a try, you know)

[magid]

I just have to say, the appropriate game for a Purim seudah really has to be Guillotine :-).

[estherchaya]

"Oooooh.... Piss Boy!"

[magid]

*giggle*

[magid]

Farmers are why I find the Hunters and Gatherers version of Carcassonne easier to play; my brain can count animals better than continguous cities, somehow.

[cellio]

What trips me up is not so much counting cities as counting the competition. I've only played Hunters and Gatherers once, but I don't recall it being significantly different for me there. That is, either way the question comes down to "how many other people do I have to share this bounty with?", and tracking that over time poses a challenge.

[cahwyguy]

OK, both you and

[cellio]

Well, I could argue that since there are two of us and one of you, it would be more expedient all around for you to come to our side of the country. :-) (She and I can then dicker over city.)

I've heard you mention BoardGameGeek, but I haven't followed the references yet. I assume it's a repository of knowledge about all things board-gamey? Sounds useful.

[cahwyguy]

Go take a look: www.boardgamegeek.com

They have a database of games, lists of games, journals, you can record the games you have, trade games, buy and sell games, write session reports, articles, useful files, etc.

[estherchaya]

I've poked around boardgamegeek, but haven't done much with it. Never seem to have the time.

I'm all for Monica's suggestion that since there are TWO of us on this side of the planet, you should come here! And since Seth's here and he's a gamey person far more than I, it should be in DC. No fair playing the Dani card, Monica... you had your chance and I call dibs on using the spouse as an excuse!