Last Monday (May 1) was our last official meeting of the semester. We didn't even record results, we just took a few pictures. We did start playing around noon -- got kicked out of the Student Center around 10:30 -- moved to the local diner, and kept playing until midnight. TWELVE HOURS OF GAMING. We are sick.
Anyhoo... here's some pictures from the game playing on May 1st...
This is the first time we've played a game called Big City. I've had it for a while, but the rules seemed kind of daunting. It has some of the coolest bits of any game I have ever seen.
You all add building to a city and get paid for building it. Buildings next to parks get bonus points. Commercial buildings in the City Center get bonus points, whereas Residences at the outskirts get bonuses. There are a lot of rules like that which seem confusing at first, but each player gets a quick reference guide to help remember them. It's really not very hard...
There is a nifty sort of twisty in the strategy. You see, there are many buildings that can't be built until City Hall is built. Many bonuses are provided by placing Streetcars. Parks improve value of adjacent buildings. New neighborhoods may be placed to extend areas on which to build. Placing these items provides the gamer who places them ABSOLUTELY NO POINTS. So it is a bit of a struggle -- you want to place those to help yourself, but it costs you a turn to place them, AND they can potentially help the other players as well. It's a tough choice.
At the end of the game, you have a very satisfying city layout.
The below picture shows a cool street-level view. Alas, the streetcar suffered minor derailment right before the picture was taken...
Blokus. We love Blokus.
I do remember this game of Dvonn. Erick shut me (Chris) out completely. I had NONE left. He made me take these pictures to make it permanently recorded on the Internet.
Settlers of Catan rocks. We all love it. The above picture is my Windows Wallpaper.
It has an awesome board layout.
It is strategic and fun. Just the right blend of strategy and luck.
Zeus on the Loose is a game by Gamewright. It is sort of the like the first half of a round of Cribbage. It's kind of nifty and very fun. And has a very cool Zeus figurine.
And here is me with Challah bread in my mouth.
And here is TJ wearing a hat celebrating Steven's birthday.
CHEERS!
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