Friday, June 18, 2010
July Border Board Games
Border Board Games will continue it's regular schedule in July and have the board game evening on the 3rd Saturday of July 17th at 6 PM. If you have any board game requests, send us a message.
Next D&D session
Because I am participating in the Relay for Life on June 26th, our regularly scheduled D&D session will have to be rescheduled. We are currently looking at the weekend of July 3rd. It's not certain at this point but for now, the evening of July 3rd may be the best option. We'll keep you updated.
June 12th Session Report
On this evening of Border Board Games, Richard, I and my friend Celeste opened up the hall. Shortly after setting up, Eric and Jessica arrived after enjoying some delicous poutine from across the border. We had brought along a few new games, including Mystery Express, Fury or Dracula, and Race for the Galaxy. We decided to give Mystery Express a try.
Mystery Express is like Clue on steroids. There are a set number of turns in which you have to try to figure out a motive, a suspect, a weapon, and a time. Unlike Clue, by the end of the game, the player with the most correct guesses wins.
We plotted through the journey on the Mystery Express and in the end, Eric won in a tiebreaker against Richard.
While playing, Homer and Alexis and Rob and Angela showed up and once we finished the game of Mystery Express, Celeste left for the evening. We then broke into two groups, one group played Fury of Dracula and the other played Race for the Galaxy.
I taught Rob and Angela the card game of Race for the Galaxy. It reminds me of a card version of Puerto Rico. It took me a few times reading through the rule book to eventually figure out the game. It's one of those games that seems difficult on the surface but it's really not. Once you get playing, it becomes quite easy although strategy is complex. Rob and Angela caught on very quickly and in the end, Rob beat me out by I think 5 points.
After chatting a bit with Rob and Angela before they left for the night, I sat down to see how Fury of Dracula was moving along. I've never played before so I wasnt' quite sure what was happening. It seemed that Eric, Jessica, Homer and Alexis had almost cornered Dracula Richard when a card in favor of Dracula was drawn and Dracula was able to flee to anywhere on the board, leaving the investigators left to try and find him all over again. After several turns and no luck finding Dracula, it became apparent that Dracula was going to be victorious.
At the end of the night, it was revealed that Eric and Jessica woudl be moving to NH. Eric had been trying to find a job up here in the NEK but wasn't having luck and got a job offer in NH. Needless to say, he accepted the job and he and Jessica will be moving very soon. We will miss them and hope to run into them at some gaming events around New England. We wish them the best! Until next time.
Mystery Express is like Clue on steroids. There are a set number of turns in which you have to try to figure out a motive, a suspect, a weapon, and a time. Unlike Clue, by the end of the game, the player with the most correct guesses wins.
We plotted through the journey on the Mystery Express and in the end, Eric won in a tiebreaker against Richard.
While playing, Homer and Alexis and Rob and Angela showed up and once we finished the game of Mystery Express, Celeste left for the evening. We then broke into two groups, one group played Fury of Dracula and the other played Race for the Galaxy.
I taught Rob and Angela the card game of Race for the Galaxy. It reminds me of a card version of Puerto Rico. It took me a few times reading through the rule book to eventually figure out the game. It's one of those games that seems difficult on the surface but it's really not. Once you get playing, it becomes quite easy although strategy is complex. Rob and Angela caught on very quickly and in the end, Rob beat me out by I think 5 points.
After chatting a bit with Rob and Angela before they left for the night, I sat down to see how Fury of Dracula was moving along. I've never played before so I wasnt' quite sure what was happening. It seemed that Eric, Jessica, Homer and Alexis had almost cornered Dracula Richard when a card in favor of Dracula was drawn and Dracula was able to flee to anywhere on the board, leaving the investigators left to try and find him all over again. After several turns and no luck finding Dracula, it became apparent that Dracula was going to be victorious.
At the end of the night, it was revealed that Eric and Jessica woudl be moving to NH. Eric had been trying to find a job up here in the NEK but wasn't having luck and got a job offer in NH. Needless to say, he accepted the job and he and Jessica will be moving very soon. We will miss them and hope to run into them at some gaming events around New England. We wish them the best! Until next time.
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