Arriving, as is usual by now, late I was able to listen to Adam, Andy, Ian, Martin, Joe and Katy curse their way through a jolly game of For Sale while I made myself supper. Bidding was a feisty affair with Katy observing halfway through the that surely no one had any money left. Except somehow they did.
Adam 49With me joining the throng there was talk of the traditional blast through 7wonders but the shiny newness of Die Crew on Board Game Arena was too much temptation. All seven of us wanted to play so we set up two games. It was Adam's first experience of the game so Joe offered to host the three player game to ease him in. I, having experienced a bit of a meltdown last time I played was happy to join them "in the kiddie pool," as I called it, which Joe stoutly refuted as a fair description.
So while Joe, Adam and I still sat on the launch pad in mission one, Andy, Ian, Katy and Martin were already heading towards the heliosphere in mission 36.
The earliest missions were, as you'd expect, pretty easy and Adam had no difficulty, notwithstanding a brief hitch with the launch needing two attempts. We got to mission 8 before deciding to play Ninety Nine for a change, assuming the other four would still be deep in space.
But they popped into our Hangout after only a couple of hands saying that space had outstayed its welcome after they struggled only as far as mission 38. This left us with a choice to curtail our game and join them or carry on.
We decided to keep going, just for a few more hands, giving Joe the chance to come back after his poor opening left him 54-64-4 behind to two novices.
The others went to playing cards dot io and played Merchants of Dunhuang. I know nothing about this apart from Joe pronouncing the name as rudely as possible (Dung Wang).
Meanwhile, in 99 Joe won big on a hand and sped off into the lead. Meanwhile, Adam fell behind and tried to catch up by playing an open hand. While you might think showing everyone your cards makes for a hopeless situation, Joe and I struggled with the extra cognitive load of all that information. Adam didn't succeed in his plan, though.
We stopped after a prearranged six hands and decided on a quiet game of 7 Wonders because you don't have to play it with seven. Adam went big on war and blue buildings and strolled to a win.
Adam 56
Joe 46
Andrew 42
We decided that we didn't have the energy to rejoin our Dung Wanging friends, so bade them goodbye on Discord. We got similar messages in reply, so perhaps they were finishing off too. You might think that two games, one of which was unfinished, but I enjoyed the laid back nature of the evening. Cheers everyone.
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