Every Dog will have his day
On sunday I went over to Brad and Maggy's for a Labor Day BBQ. The company food and beer were all great. Around 7pm we adjourned inside for what was probably my 10th game of Settlers of Catan.
For the first time I won :-)
Anyone who knows me beyond the interweb knows that I have no head for strategy. I simply can't get my head around planning more than say 2 or 3 moves ahead. So in a game like Settllers, some form of strategy USUALLY is required.
In Sunday's game my strategy was simply to build up resources build settlements and cities and see where the chips fall. Late into the game I was 3 points away from the needed 12 for victory in our 6 person game.Which left me smakc dab in the middle of the pack. I had 15 resource cars which left me very vulnerable to the "robber" which would be active if a seven was roled, and would mean that for every card in my hand over 7 I would have to discard half.
follow me so far :-)
I avoided the robber, gained 4 more cards and got to work, I built a new settlement (1 point) and began building boats to gain the longest road card and win. I thought I would come up short and was tied with the current holder of the card until I remembered the development card that I had hidden away from the very first round of play nearly four hours before.
the Monopoly card allowed me to have all the players cards od one particular resource. In this case I asked for Wood and got more than enough to make the final boat and reach the 12 points needed for a thrilling out of nowhere win for the strategically impaired one.
I'm sure that the next we play, the earth will have returned to its normal axis and all will go on as it was.
For the first time I won :-)
Anyone who knows me beyond the interweb knows that I have no head for strategy. I simply can't get my head around planning more than say 2 or 3 moves ahead. So in a game like Settllers, some form of strategy USUALLY is required.
In Sunday's game my strategy was simply to build up resources build settlements and cities and see where the chips fall. Late into the game I was 3 points away from the needed 12 for victory in our 6 person game.Which left me smakc dab in the middle of the pack. I had 15 resource cars which left me very vulnerable to the "robber" which would be active if a seven was roled, and would mean that for every card in my hand over 7 I would have to discard half.
follow me so far :-)
I avoided the robber, gained 4 more cards and got to work, I built a new settlement (1 point) and began building boats to gain the longest road card and win. I thought I would come up short and was tied with the current holder of the card until I remembered the development card that I had hidden away from the very first round of play nearly four hours before.
the Monopoly card allowed me to have all the players cards od one particular resource. In this case I asked for Wood and got more than enough to make the final boat and reach the 12 points needed for a thrilling out of nowhere win for the strategically impaired one.
I'm sure that the next we play, the earth will have returned to its normal axis and all will go on as it was.