Pizza the action

This week's games night consisted of five hardy gamers. The four hardiest arrived on time for a five player game of Marrakech. Except this time they played the variant where you rotate Assam at the end of your turn in an attempt to screw your opponent. 

Andy defied luck a couple of times to fall neatly land on a bare square surrounded by enemy carpets. When he won the game, he made sure to remind everyone that it was a game of skill.

Andy 49

Ian 41

Katy 32

Martin 29

I had arrived mid game and now we were five we decided on a game of Voodoo Prince on playingcards.io. This game of winning three tricks at just the right moment was one of Martin's earliest creations on the site and he had to quickly add a deal button to save us from pawing at the deck of cards at the start of every round like a bunch of hungry hippos.

In rounds one and two both Katy and I won a trick while playing the seemingly perfectly safe Green 6. In round three we were all on two tricks. Andy, the leader, went out first, confident that his advantage was safe. And he was right.

Andy 28

Katy 26

Andrew 24

Ian 21

Martin 16

Then we stayed on playingcards for a rousing game of Mamma Mia. Andy went through the first round having forgot about being able to use cards from your hand in the pizza cooking round. Despite this, he staged a remarkable comeback, ending in what we thought was a joint first until Martin remembered the tie breaker. 

Martin 5 recipes and more cards in hand

Andy 5

Ian 3

Andrew 3

Katy 3

Next we returned to BGA for a game of For Sale. It was a close game and although I came last, I didn't think I'd done that badly, but I still came last.

Martin 55

Ian 52

Katy 50

Andy 48

Andrew 47

Ian set off to bed and the remaining four of us played Buttons, a brand new game to me and one that I didn't really understand until the second round. The idea is to place five stars in a row and you get these stars by placing your buttons on other buttons of the same colour and you place your buttons according to the roll of a diminishing number of dice. It's an abstract puzzle game, basically. Anyone hoping for a Eurogame based on the button industry will be sorely disappointed. 

I approve of the game giving a one hundred point bonus to the first player to place their fifth star, giving the final scores a comedic lopsided look to them.

Andy 108

Martin 10

Katy 6

Andrew 4

I think I'd like to try it again. It seemed like a good game once I was pointing in the right direction.

And then we all peeled our faces off the internet and set off to bed. Thanks all.