Pacific Typhoon

The next game night was on the 27th, and it was at Mike and Melissa’s.  Polly came along and was introduced to their dogs with mixed results.  They aren’t best friends yet, but at least she’s learning to socialize.  As for the games, we tried out GMT’s Pacific Typhoon first.  This is basically an updated version of Avalon Hill’s Arctic Storm card game set in the Pacific during WWII.  It’s a fun multi-play card game that revolves around winning high point value tricks.  It has one or two new cards that were not present in Arctic Storm, but the play is nearly identical.  Over all, a good, light multi-player wargame.

After Pacific Typhoon, we played a five player game of Settlers of Cataan.  In the five player game you can build in between other people’s turns, but you can only trade-in cards during your turn.  As soon as it was my turn I was going to win the game, but right before my turn, someone else made a play and won.  C’est la vie.

First Post!

Thursday, March 13th, the regulars came by for our weekly game night.  We had four players and started out with a few warm up games of 10 Days in the USA.  I lost each game by 1 tile.  10 Days is a quick, fun game and each game only lasts about 10 minutes.  We then decided to play a game of Empire Builder (one of the crayon train games).  Usually Empire Builder will kill off the rest of the night, and even though we played with fast trains, this game was no exception.  We finally decided to give Melissa the game at about 10:00 pm.  Also, Polly, my new dog, was introduced to the gaming group, and enjoyed playing several games that night, including, hide the ball, toss the ball, fetch the ball (her favorite), and “how long do I have to look up at you before you scratch me”.  She should prove to be a valuable asset to game night.