tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post209542776719109195..comments2024-03-27T09:44:13.148+00:00Comments on Games Night News: Where there's a willErsbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012602968152264418noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-69596902108769076502016-11-18T22:21:58.157+00:002016-11-18T22:21:58.157+00:00Castles of Burgundy was a lot of fun. I'm impr...Castles of Burgundy was a lot of fun. I'm impressed by how quickly Ben picked up the rules. Impressed and relieved since the 7% cider I bought went to my head quicker than I was expecting. He even pointed out when I should've scored an area. My winning tactic was to go for animals. Cows, specifically. I had a five-tile field of all cows. And as any farmer will tell you, that's worth a lot of points. Chris cleaned up on bonuses for finishing entire areas. I think he got four. Impressive stuff.<br /><br />At one point Chris might have got the bonus for getting a silverling with two workers for discarding a dice AND getting four workers for discarding a dice (ie, getting four workers and a silverling). Since sliverlings and workers are worth points, I worked out what his score would be if he just spent the rest of the game discarding dice and doing nothing else: he would've ended with 101 points. I got a bit obsessed by this, declaring it to be the score to beat if we wanted to prove ourselves at CoB. But then I bought the other bonus tile, so it was all academic anyway.<br /><br />Nice game.Ersbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08012602968152264418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-49110912095295775752016-11-18T10:37:24.721+00:002016-11-18T10:37:24.721+00:00I dunno if I'd say it was a points salad - the...I dunno if I'd say it was a points salad - there's only three point scoring categories at game end. But I suppose the laws getting you points give it a slightly salady feel at times? We didn't do much bumping either, but the tension of bumping/not bumping was there - for me, anyway. I decided against it in the final round, because I didn't want any of my less-established knights kicked out of courts elsewhere... I'm sure there is a value in playing quite aggressively though, potentially forcing opponents to expend squires to get what they want.<br /><br />I think you explained Money fine, I just misunderstood it; thinking each suit was added up and then minus 100pts (if you don't have the whole suit) off your total, rather than the individual suit score. So I was thinking you guys would have some cards that would be minus points, whereas they were actually moot. And I was throwing away money that I could have got points for!<br /><br />Quite enjoyed Not Alone once I began to follow what was going on. GNN Reportshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17982778341361220607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-67056108630633340292016-11-18T10:28:48.663+00:002016-11-18T10:28:48.663+00:00I've woken up this morning, in classic fashion...I've woken up this morning, in classic fashion, feeling warmer towards Lancaster. I did enjoy the voting parts particularly, but there felt like very little of the promised bumping happened. Perhaps we were being too gentle, or perhaps with three players the losses made by going after another player don't stack up against the gains made by pursuing your own ends. It's quite point-saladdy, isn't it? Perhaps quite Feld-like is a less controversial way of putting it. <br /><br />Yeah sorry for the confusion over the scoring for Money - I was surprised to find myself able to pick up two full sets, though I did manage to do that last time we played too I think. I like the fast pace and enormous cards - it somehow manages to feel to me quite thematic to me. I might do some reading to se if anyone ever uses the bluff cards strategically. I think Ian's point that they might be occasionally strategically left out of your hand is probably on the money. Wahey!<br /><br />Lovely evening as ever.Joe Bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01710555098761136919noreply@blogger.com