Big Farmer Conspiracy

This week we began our games night as a quartet. Martin, Ian, Adam H and myself began with Kingdomino, hoping to squeeze in a game before the imminent arrival of the other three gamers who were no doubt frantically eating food or completing domestic tasks before arriving.

The game was pretty straightforward. Martin had a moment of blindness when, mid-game, he picked up a tile he couldn't place. The lack of bonuses was to prove costly. Not as costly as Adam's enormous forest that scored no points at all.

Andrew 81

Martin 77

Adam H 64

Ian 51

Then Joe, Andy and Adam T logged on and, as is now compulsory when there are seven of us, we played 7 Wonders. Adam T luxuriated in his work monitor which was large enough to see everyone's boards, although he found his peaty cider disappointing.

Was there a lack of things to do in round two? Joe sighed that he may as well finish his wonder, and Adam T, Adam H, and Andy also had their wonders done and dusted early on. I had Halikanassos which involves building as late as possible. It didn't go well.  My neighbor Joe built a massive army simply because he couldn't build much else.

Martin was delighted with his first place, saying that he never wins. He was not enthusiastic about a suggestion of a rematch, saying the game isn't good enough to play twice in a row.

Martin 61

Andy 59

Adam T 54

Joe 47

Adam H 46

Ian 37

Andrew 34

Then we split into two groups. Martin, Adam T and Joe went off to play 99.

Martin 389

Joe 237

Adam T 165

The rest of us chose Carcassonne, with inns and cathedrals. I played my big farmer on my first turn not knowing about it's special powers when deciding majorities. I declined the opportunity to start again figuring may as well go there as anywhere, but found myself constantly trying to  to connect it to the more lucrative areas in the south.

Ian and Adam got into an early fight over a city but then decided to share the points just so they could get their meeples back. How genteel.

Andy 94

Adam 88

Ian 86

Andrew 83

As the others waited for us to finish, they played a quick Eggs of Ostrich which Adam T “won handsomely.”

Then we played 6nimmt and it was a bit of a classic. Lady Luck appeared to desert everyone evenly and it wasn’t until round four that one of us passed the game end trigger. No one went clear in round one, and Joe had an attack of indecision, as he repeatedly chose and rechose his card, causing “Joe picked another card” to scroll up the text commentary box multiple times.

As we progressed, Adam T’s bookcase seemed to be getting bigger. Adam surmised that this was because he was slouching back in his chair more. Meanwhile, at the end of the game, the cards 101, 102, 103 and 104 were all successfully played. Talk about hanging on by the skin of your teeth.

Adam H 38

Martin 24

Ian 18

Andy 9

Joe 8

Andrew 2

Adam T -8

Then everyone left except got me, Martin and Andy so we played out a quick game of Coloretto.

Martin 33

Andy 29

Andrew 26

And with that we were done. Thanks all. See you next week.