Life likes to throw little obstacles in our way from time to time. Although at the moment I think I could make a good argument it has decided to bunch them all together.

The one we had last night was that the delivery van screwed up delivering the new chairs and tables to our hosts The Luxe Cinema earlier in the day. Which meant that as shown in the photo below there was a single table and two chairs for customers to use. Table wise not a problem. After all we use my fold up table for our gaming sessions at The Luxe. But lack of chairs, despite there being only five of us due to play, was.

Luckily I was able to get hold of Jonathan to bring along a couple of camping chairs, and the very helpful staff were able to rustle up a third chair.

While we waited for Jonathan to arrive with the extra seating. Gavin set up for a game of Flamme Rouge.

I hadn’t played the game before, and it was one I was interested in trying. After all it got a bit of buzz when it first came out a couple of years ago.

I liked it. It’s a solid game.

The deck management side of the game is nice. I like how you need to really think about which card you are going to play. After you play the card it gets removed from the game. So you really do need to think about when you play your big movement cards and when to dump out that low movement card. Add into the mix that certain sections of the track limit the distance you can travel. And the leaders of each pack of cyclists also get to water down their decks with a low value card from the supply.

Timing that push to the finish line becomes a fine art of reading the pack, route and controlling your deck.

Our last game of the evening due to time constraints (our hosts were closing up just after 9pm) we had a game of Citadels. I think this is the first time I’ve played the game with five players. Still great fun. Jonathan managed to grab the win with a single point. Which is despite Katie doing a fantastic move to trigger the end of the game, and blocking anyone stopping her by getting the bishop. No Warlord destroying one of her districts.

It was a fun, although shorter than normal monthly meet up. A big thanks to our hosts and the amazing staff for hosting us once again.

Games Played: Flamme Rouge, Citadels