This small one-day boardgaming event has been
resurrected with new organisers, but still at the same village hall in
Deepest Buckinghamshire. At 20-odd people it was quite a bit smaller
than the 70 or so who filled the hall on previous occasions, and I'm
not sure why. With images;
cc-by-sa on
everything.
We started with
Castellan
while we waited to attract some other players.
Once they arrived, we played
Colt Express
with four; I won as the Marshall, but more importantly everyone had a
decent time.
I got out
Deception: Murder in Hong Kong,
which wasn't at its best with four (possibly worth going with the
five-card setup here to make things easier for the murderer).
Next came
Glory to Rome,
a Carl Chudyk design with (surprise!) multi-purpose cards. It's a
little fiddly but with some thought I think I managed to play a
creditable game.
A rare four-handed game of
Illimat next,
where one of the new players did best. We didn't play to the full 17
points, but called the game on account of tea. I still rather like
this one; it's not my usual style of game but it has visual appeal and
the gameplay is solid too.
Back to Deception, now with six players and rather more effective
(particularly as we could bring in the Witness and Accomplice roles).
By this point I was feeling fairly tired (after a 7.45 start to get
here for the beginning of the day), and went home. The next one's on
29 September, which clashes with the YSDC Games Day for me. I hope it
continues and gets its numbers back with the new organisers.
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