It's about time we caught up with the summer events at IBG - with attendance numbers bigger than ever we seem to have enjoyed the opposite of the traditional quiet sunny days!
A different format for the next few week's blogs as we allow individual IBGers to have their say.
Contributors: Paul A & David
With an ever-increasing number of players, we started off
with Mascarade,
which played as it always did - you rapidly lose track of which role is where,
who is doing what and still somehow the game creeps towards an end. A good
start to the night.
We then shifted into a game of Mercante, a
mid-weight sort of trading game. I fear my energy levels were dropping as the
result of some long work days, so my comprehension may not have been at its
best - apologies to my fellow players. But anyway, it's a relatively simple
same but with a lot of options within and moving parts, so valuing goods is
very difficult. Also, while money is relatively easy to come by, victory points
are much harder. This makes for a tough game, which is actually something I
like. Want to revisit this one soon.
.....
As Paul says above, Mercante is a rather dry and light
trading/economic game. Players take it in turn to auction off goods from ships
that arrive in the harbour then proceed to stockpile these goods in their
warehouses and then sell them to the open market. The more stuff is sold the
less it's worth. Add in random events and faction cards to affect the rise and
fall of the market. Paul won with 10 Victory Points by doing enough trading to
buy victory points at the critical time as well as win them at the auction.
Philippe came second with 9 points as the king of the pigs and I came last with
5. (I tried to concentrate on the luxuries market and overpaid for almost
everything that seriously dented my profits)
After that we waited for James II, Alex and Gareth to finish their game of Cuba which Alex won just ahead of James who was only one victory point ahead of Gareth. I didn't see enough of it to say which strategy each person used although Gareth almost did enough at the end by brining in the 3 pesos for 1 victory point law but it was too little too late to catch Alex.
After that we waited for James II, Alex and Gareth to finish their game of Cuba which Alex won just ahead of James who was only one victory point ahead of Gareth. I didn't see enough of it to say which strategy each person used although Gareth almost did enough at the end by brining in the 3 pesos for 1 victory point law but it was too little too late to catch Alex.
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