Monopoly Killer

Kingsburg

Date: 11-07-2010

Venue: Mage Cafe

Description: It seems like Max is still on his RPG quest after we finished our 2 players "Agricola" game, so I pick up "Kingsburg" and teach ET how to play it. After 10 minutes of rules and gameplay explanations, we started to play it. This game didn't have an end, we stop playing it and wrap it up at year 2 when Max came over and say he wants to join in. I decided not to starts a new round, I said we should try some new game instead. So, next up, it's "Colosseum" time!

End game result: The game didn't finish.

The board of a 2 players game of "Kingsburg".

Agricola

Date: 11-07-2010

Venue: Mage Cafe

Description: Again, Max is still palying his RPG. So me & ET pick up Agricola and starts to play a 2 players "Family Variant" game. We both know how to play "Agricola" and we love it, especially with "Animeeples".

End game scores: Me (winner) - 37 pts & ET - 32 pts

2 players "Family Variant" game started.

The playing area near the end game.

My farm in the end game.

ET's farm in the end game.

Blokus

Date: 11-07-2010

Venue: Mage Cafe

Description: Max still haven't finish his RPG session after we finished 2 games of "Ingenious", then we decided to play "Blokus". A 2 players game of "Blokus"? I don't know, this is just not fun and interesting at all, or perhaps we play it wrong. I've learned how to play this through a video on internet too. Maybe there is some restriction or special rules for a 2 players game, but I just can't find the rule book inside the box, it was gone. Both of us had placed down all our pieces on the board, so who win?

End game scores: Me or ET? Who is the winner?

Did we played it wrong? I saw 2-4 players on the box, so this can be play by 2 players then.

P/S: I'd just read the rules from BGG, it seems like we have to use all 4 colors tiles to play, so we played it wrong :)

Ingenious

Date: 11-07-2010

Venue: Mage Cafe

Description: Me & ET played 2 games of "Ingenious" when we arrived at Mage Cafe while waiting for Max to finish his RPG session with his friends. I've learned the rules through a video on the internet a few days ago, it was very easy to pick up. I roughly go through the rules sheet that was come inside the box and we start playing it. In the end, I won both games.

End game scores:

First game - Me (10 pts) def ET (7 pts)

Second game - Me (11 pts) def ET (10 pts)

The game started.

My end game result, with 10 pts.

ET's end game result - 7 pts.

The board at the end game.

Second round started!

My end game score - 11 pts.

ET's end game score - 10 pts.

Goa

Date: 09-07-2010

Venue: Mage Cafe

Description: Ryan (shop owner) join us (Jeremy, Max & me) for a 4 players "Goa" game, a strategy gameplay with moderate/low luck based board game. Ryan, Max & me played this before, so we teach Jeremy how to play this. This is a easy to teach game, new player (casual gamer) will pick it up within 10-15 minutes. This time I tried to play with a different strategy that different from my previous game and I've failed in the end. I can't balance out all the resources I needed and I've failed the last round auction phase which Max got all 4 Additional Action Cards, and that was big, extra 4 actions to spend. I kept all my Ducats (currency) to try to win the 3 VPs bonus (the player with the most money in the end game), I should have spend it all to outbid Max for those Additional Action Cards, which can let me do some more Development upgrades and Expedition Cards collection.

End game scores: Ryan (Green) - 48 pts, Max (Blue) - 35 pts, me (Red) - 30 pts & Jeremy (Yellow) - 25 pts