First play of Merchant of Venus (the second edition). We played the “Standard” game (the new version). The opposite side of the board has the “Classic” game, from 1988! We only got through about 17 of the 30 rounds before calling it. Fun – and will go significantly faster now that we have the mechanics, etc. down.
First picture below was “Adel Verpflichtet” (“Hoity Toity”), and I’m not a fan (lots of bidding, etc.).
The rest are from Power Grid (with the Korea expansion). This one I definitely enjoy even if I rarely come close to winning.
Tom Reiss gave a reading and signed book his book, “The Black Count” at Politics and Prose bookstore in DC. Very engaging speaker, and I actually finished this book prior to the talk. Great time.
My second game of Seasons, this time with 4 players. I enjoyed the game, though it will take me a few more plays to know what all the various (50 different) power cards do. I didn’t come in last.
Great game of Manhattan Project last night. Pat (playing the blue pieces) won, and while there really aren’t runner-up postions if there were I would have been last as I had loaded zero bombs. Pat built 2 at the same time to win the game. The color in the photo is a bit off; that’s not a pink board, it is purple. :)
I just noticed that some expansions are available, or are upcoming! This game has been a hit (with most) at game night, so I’ll have to pick up the expansions as they become available.
