On "Boxing Day" because it's a tradition now (i.e. we did it for the
last two years), a bunch of us without family commitments got together
for boardgames. (Actually we did it a week earlier on St Eusebius of
Vercelli's day, because some of couldn't make it on Boxing Day, and
then they had colds anyway. Oh well.)
We started with
The Captain is Dead,
which held up better at six players than I'd feared; as long as people
keep alert to what's going on they don't need to take long thinking
about their turns and the game keeps moving.
We had the Admiral, Teleporter Chief (I drew orange and didn't want to
be Chief Engineer again), Crewman, Weapons Officer, Science Officer
and Medical Officer.
It was a tough fight and we got into the orange alerts, but we did win
just in time. (I think larger games will necessarily go further
through the alerts, but they have more crew available to cope with
them.)
We went on with
Mysterium with
the new
Secrets & Lies
expansion, the first time I've got it to the table – and with a novice
ghost. Made it through to the end, too. The new circumstances cards
worked pretty well.
Finally
7 Wonders,
which is unlikely ever to be one of my favourites, but which I enjoyed
more this time than last. I ended up with a vaguely useful amount of
resources, and even scored some science points, coming second overall.
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