tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post5070025689565617652..comments2024-03-27T09:44:13.148+00:00Comments on Games Night News: Men just can’t help acting on...Ersbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012602968152264418noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-70818762871741161692014-08-20T09:46:44.768+01:002014-08-20T09:46:44.768+01:00I did enjoy Tinner's Trail.
I don't thin...I did enjoy Tinner's Trail. <br /><br />I don't think I bought that many mines, but I bought three early. and an extra one later as I'd exhausted the others. My strategy, such as it was, was to get some well stocked mines early on, and then to spend time maximising the amount I could get out whilst minimising the cost. I tried to avoid mining less than three cubes at a time, and tried to avoid paying than two per cube. I also tried to pass my round before anybody else did to ensure I could get steam pumps and boats.<br /><br />I wasn't entirely sure how my buy-mines-early strategy was going to work out. If the ore prices had dropped it might have scuppered my plans, but they remained stable. I was surprised I won, I thought my game was going well, but Hannah and Adam both seemed to have large cube hauls, so I was hoping for 2nd or 3rd.<br /><br />Red looked quite interesting. I would like to give Impulse a go too, but having been afflicted with a migrainy-headache thing earlier in the day I felt a little too dazed to learn new rules, especially as Martin mentioned it would take a bit of explaining, Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05595365074869478107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-42881056736283114782014-08-20T08:50:31.054+01:002014-08-20T08:50:31.054+01:00Well in the other room I was having my ass handed ...Well in the other room I was having my ass handed to me both royally and tinners-traillily. I've lost my mojo on the latter - on the former (Port Royal) I was willing to give it another go, but, as summarized in the car on the way home last night, I don't really click with games where cards are used to buy cards - I was similarly uninclined toward Lewis and Clark, though we should probably give that another go. <br /><br />6 Nimmt was great. Tinner's Trail is always great! But well done Ian. I thought his continual buying of mines might see him with too much to do, too late. But he played like a pro. GNN Reportshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17982778341361220607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-79765290309075643462014-08-20T08:26:34.877+01:002014-08-20T08:26:34.877+01:00Not necessarily.Not necessarily.Ersbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08012602968152264418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-9010087859280850052014-08-20T07:42:07.883+01:002014-08-20T07:42:07.883+01:00Grr, autocorrect apostrophe fail :)
Andrew - isn&...Grr, autocorrect apostrophe fail :)<br /><br />Andrew - isn't an easy way to make a complex game a good thing?Martin Griffithshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723082374288224645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-3414040984722142192014-08-20T07:28:51.594+01:002014-08-20T07:28:51.594+01:00The first game was always going to be slow. It pro...The first game was always going to be slow. It probably took half an hour to teach and an hour to play. The next game would definitely be faster. I found it really interesting but it's structure of a few long turns rather than lots of short ones feels quite old-fashioned. I think it will make an amazing asynch online game. <br /><br />Red is superb. Martin Griffithshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723082374288224645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-14687603864533294622014-08-20T06:32:14.889+01:002014-08-20T06:32:14.889+01:00Wow - during Impulse, a Tinners Trail ended! I kno...Wow - during Impulse, a Tinners Trail ended! I know you were learning it but isn't it supposed to be a 30 min game? Could it be if you had the rules down?<br /><br />Red sounds ace.Joe Bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01710555098761136919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317166417552799764.post-20586205525145743062014-08-20T01:14:38.044+01:002014-08-20T01:14:38.044+01:00Red was really good. Very simple but a lot of fun....Red was really good. Very simple but a lot of fun. I always ended up taking my time in my final go though as I made sure there was not an an obvious move that I was missing. There never was. That was an impressive haul of points Andrew, I was pleased with my 7 but that was short lived.<br /><br />I think I liked Impulse, more so in retrospect. There was a lot I liked about it, not least the little rocket ships, but I think it needs another play to work out how much I like it. It seems like a game that will improve a lot once you are familiar with all the actions. We didn't manage any battles and I neglected to focus on points, I was having too much fun exploring and planning.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310240875246270452noreply@blogger.com