First off, happy mother’s day to the mom’s out there. I was able to spend a little time with my mom on Sunday, so that was nice.
Our Saturday evening games started off with Chicago Express with Gina, Joe, Louis, Kevin and I. I started off poorly with the green company, while Louis, Gina, and Kevin were progressing the red company quickly to Chicago. They stalled out, though, as I bought into blue with Gina and Louis. Blue managed to get to Chicago first earning a big dividend. Kevin quickly bought into black, and expanded to Chicago for a payout, which subsequently prevented red from ever reaching Chicago.
During all of this, Joe had a monopoly in yellow and ended up trapped in the southern portion of the board. He never really managed to get out, and Gina’s majority in blue ended up providing her the wealth to win the game.
Gina headed to bed at that point, and the rest of us played Clash of Cultures. I started off with the intention to develop some trade routes, but Joe put that to rest with his only military unit to score an objective. Louis had been developing his military pretty heavily, and Kevin wasn’t far behind.
Louis moved toward Kevin, but was able to repel him, causing him to direct his attention to Joe instead. There were a couple barbarian settlements just between Kevin and I on a choke point between our settlements. He took one, and I took the other. We then traded cities back and forth for a couple rounds until I managed to repel an attack from four of his armies with only two of my own.
While Kevin and I were spending our time building and rebuilding our forces, Joe had been developing a peaceful society. He was about to really expand heavily when Louis attacked and Joe couldn’t defend. Louis managed to take two of Joe’s cities before Joe could stabilize.
Kevin and I eventually realized we were getting nowhere, so we stopped attacking and just built up. I was able to score a couple objectives because of this. One was for having the most fortresses, which was only possible due to a lucky event draw providing the resources needed.
The game finished with Joe, Louis and Kevin all tied at 24 points. I finished in the lead with 35. It was one of the more memorable games we’ve played.
Until next time, happy gaming!
