by Marcus Boyce
I'm still struggling to summon the usual high levels of interest in gaming* that I had previously. On Monday night I dragged myself out to the local, weekly, games night and it was full of old friends and new people and was positively thrumming with energy.There was a game of Le Havre going on - my pulse didn't even flicker with anticipation - and that would turn out to be a very interesting game of Le Havre. I was asked if I'd like to play Kemet. I passed with a shrug of my shoulders and a polite "Five players? ARE YOU FUCKING MAD?"
Eventually I had no choice, was backed into a corner and had to play a game. *sigh* It was just the two of us, and so I picked Flip City by Tasty Minstrel Games, as that is a good game that plays well with two. Probably should never be played at a higher player count though. With a laissez faire attitude to the game I pushed my luck far too much and those Residential Areas and bastard frowning faces got me nearly every time. My opponent, who had never played the game before, destroyed me in record time. C'est la vie and all that.
Onward to a three player game of Harbour (Tasty Minstrel night it seemed) and although my gaming libido started to rise from the shadowy depths a tiny amount - I really do enjoy Le Havre...erm...Harbour - it was soon killed by so much AP that I just wanted people to get on with their moves. Also their was points counting. POINTS COUNTING! Yes the last few rounds came down to number crunching and the associated slow the bloody game to glacial speeds. Well that ruined my mood.
A game of Splendor came out and I did the wise move and ran, ran for the hills.
Great people though and for that reason alone I had fun. Now back to that game of Le Havre, turns out my Canadian friend who loves Le Havre and can score well over 200 managed to get 133 negative points worth of loans. I think he is still recovering from the shock.
Oh and I haven't purchased a singe game in over a month. I did buy the Deluxe Upgrade Kit for Orleans though, there is still hope my gaming heart can be restarted.
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* I became a Priest Of The Euro at one point, now I am fallen.
