A little late with the seasonal greetings - but here it is, Happy New Year!
Talking about things that were a little late, Thing One’s fiancé got me an expansion for Raiders of the North Sea as a Christmas present - new start method and up to 5 players (I think Steedo played a part in the gift choice). Hopefully will be playing this soon.
Last weekend my good lady and I went for a wander around Woodbury common - I managed to include the quick look at Woodbury Castle, Hill-fort. A impressive Iron Age construction - I amazes me how they were able to shift so much earth to make the ramparts, which are still visible 2000 years later!
Last night Steedo invited over myself, Sylon (or was it Steve), Snake-eyes and the BND for a game of Powergrid. It was a close run thing, but Snake-eyes won with 16 houses (cities) powered (only 15 needed), followed by BND (by 5 dollars) and Steedo on 15 powered, then myself and Sylon. A couple of things to note - don’t start in Barvaria, as the cost of linking cities is rather expensive - much better to start around Essen, which has some 0 cost connections. Also the three top placed players went into Brandenburg (red zone ) which should have been off limits for the 5 player game, but it wasn’t picked up, so they all cheated - so a win to me and Sylon in second place, if we were playing by the rules.
On Saturday we were planning a walk on the moor, but with unpleasant weather forecast, decided to go local - a nice little wander it was to.
There on Saturday evening we had a go at Raiders of the North Sea, with the expansion - family game, me a 4 newbies - most who aren’t really game players. Anyway we gave it a go - although some of the players were struggling with the various ways of getting victory points - the expansion adds some interesting new mechanics, with mead which adds to your strength and quests as a different way to gain plunder and victory points. Overall the game got a thumbs up, but really needs a play for people to get the most from it. A win for Thing Two and third place for me.
Off to paint some Celts in a bit.
Morts
