Club nights always seem to sneak up on me.

This week it looked like there was just going to be five of us.

So we started off with a game of Tokaido.

We were just about to start playing after doing the teach for new players when Charlene and Ben arrived.

Ben and Charlene played one of the Azul variants while we worked our way along the road between Kyoto and Edo collecting experiences along the way.

It really is great getting Tokaido to the table once again. Playing the “second” edition is a great excuse for doing so. The game is quick, almost serene, and looks beautiful. Sadly the whole experience is ruined by Marcin winning!

While we waited for Charlene and Ben to finish Dave went home not feeling too well.

Luckily I had a couple of six player games.

The first, Rebel Princess. A very popular game at the club.

We had such a laugh playing this game. Especially during the last round. That round had pet cards also counting as proposals. Marcin collected a lot of pet cards and a few prince cards in the final round. Twenty five points worth in fact. A record epic fail. It was safe to say Marcin was not even close to winning. Who won? Anthony.

It will come as no surprise that I’ve preordered the new expansion and promo tile for this game.

Our final game of the evening was another new club favourite filler, Flip 7.

It was this game that we learnt how to trigger Ben!

Marcin acted as the dealer for the game. While waiting to flip a card for a player he’d regularly shuffle the deck!

Wow did this get under Ben’s skin.

You play the player not the game is often said by gamers. This is filed away for later use.

Despite the constant triggering and surrounding banter Ben won the game.

This was a great social evening. It was great to see and play with Ben and Charlene again.