The remaining two days of the English (there wasn’t a bank holiday in Scotland) long weekend were spent gaming.
Sunday saw Marcin and I playing War of the Ring card game.
It was a game he’d wanted to try. And I don’t need much of an excuse to get the game (or any game really) to the table.
Unlike my first game with Nathan where we played The Fellowship scenario. Marcin and I played the two player duel scenario. I do want to try the full four player experience. But I think that playing it as two players and managing two decks each is too clunky.
Marcin played the forces of Sauron, whilst I played the Free people.
It took us nearly three hours to play our game. But it was fun. I love the depth this game has. Those decisions you have to make with your cards. Whether to play, discard or eliminate. It’s tough. Each decision doesn’t just impact your current play and battlegrounds but future turns and the options (ie cards) you have available.
There is an expansion coming out that apparently adds solo and co-op to the game. But shouldn’t these have been in the core game from day one? If that is all the expansion adds then I won’t be getting it. I want more cards. Maybe official scenarios for the remaining two books.
However I bet you are all wondering who won our game. Well it was a win for Sauron once again. Which is a long winded way of saying Marcin.
Bank Holiday Monday saw Marcin playing host again but this time to Jeff, Diego, Dave, and myself.
Our first game of the afternoon was Libertalia Winds of Galecrest.
A poor scoring first round for me gave Dave enough of a cushion for the rest of the game to comfortably get the win.
Our second and final game was Amun-re by Reiner Knizia.
Although out in 2003 a game I’d never played before.
I really liked the game.
The auction mechanic is fun. Particularly when you hit the second era and the plots come up for auction again. The competition to win an auction becomes more cut throat as the plots now have (or should have) pyramids on them also. Which makes them more valuable to get for end game scoring, especially those with two pyramids on.
I could see this in my collection.
Despite the odd rule mistake, which does taint the win, Dave claimed victory for a clean sweep of wins for the afternoon.
I can’t say a big enough thank you to Marcin for hosting the two days gaming. And I didn’t even steal the cute dog he was dog sitting either.
This sounds like a broken record but this has been three great days of gaming with friends that I’ve really enjoyed. A perfect long weekend.