Games Night 13th December 2018

This is it, the final games night in Bedford. I expected a large turn-out for an emotional send-off.

DA popped over from across the road (quickly too – it’s jolly cold out there).

To kick off the evening while waiting for anyone else we played

by White Wizard Games
twice.

We played without characters this time.
In the first game, MC acquired a large number of Outposts and became pretty much invulnerable. DA fell to a hit of 37 points of damage.
The second game was quicker, with MC this time generating a powerful synergy with the Machine Cult and obliterating DA with ease.

By this time we realised no one else was going to make an appearance.

by Space Cowboys
was next.

In the first game we tried it with the Strongholds expansion from

We found that with the strongholds in play, we reserved a lot more cards than usual. I’m very eager to see how this plays out with 3 or 4 players.
DA won that game 17 to 13 by getting 2 nobles in quick succession.

Round two was without any expansions.
This was a much closer game with DA achieving the 15 points needed and MC on 13 points with a 2-point finishing move. Victory goes to DA for getting 15 points first.

To see off Board Games in Bedford we played a final game of

This time it was a very close game, with both players being whittled down to 3 points apiece. DA then struck with 2 points of damage. MC responded with the killing attack with 13 points of damage. Brilliant stuff.

And that is that.

Thank you so much to all the players over last decade; be they regular, sporadic, one-off or full of intentions but never made it. This club would not be what is without you.
Of course, if you ever find yourselves in Aylesbury…

Games Night 29th November 2018

Five of us this week with an excellent attempt at

this time with the newly acquired expansion

by FryxGmes

So corporation and prelude cards were dealt out, this was what we picked:

Player	DA	LP	MA	MC	PH
Corporation
Prelude 1
Prelude 2
Prelude 3

MA got an extra prelude card because of his corporation.

We drafted our starting cards this time and play then got underway.

When we normally play this, the heat goes right up, so we concentrated on other aspects and the heat didn’t go up. Oxygen was the first to be achieved with water a close second. Venus didn’t enter into it, which was a pain for MC who had invested heavily in Venus.

At the end of the game, the game ended.
Mars got Terraformed! – We have proof:

Final scores
DA (Blue): 83
LP (Red): 84
MA (Yellow): 55
MC (Black): 47
PH (Green): 59

Very well done LP! Such a close finish there!

Games Night 27th November 2018

LP got his Thursday and Tuesday’s mixed up and turned up unexpectedly. So we played a couple of games.

First up:

by White Wizard Games
LP played as
MC played as

Biolord Walsh held off buying non-affiliated cards too long before realising that some cards are better than none. Meanwhile Valken had amassed a pretty unbeatable armada, which was, indeed, unbeatable.

Next up we heisted our way through

by Renegade Game Studios

LP played as white
MC played as purple
The scenario today was

Our hapless space heroes had barely taken a few space steps before the scenario reached tier 3, effectively nobbling us both harshly.
However, LP was able to limp his way to a treasure and limp back to the escape pods without too much fuss.
MC sort of floundered about not moving much at all, got a treasure and then got pummelled into the ground.

To round of the evening we had a crack at

by Space Cowboys
this time using the Orient expansion from

Basically MC won in the end.

A delightful, if unexpected evening, thank you LP for making a nice mistake (he was jet-lagged so no giving him a hard time about it).

Games Night 22nd November 2018

Three players tonight.
The most voted for game with all of 1 vote was

by Repos Production

Cards were dealt out, drafted, played and discarded right the way through the game until its conclusion.
Which was:

Player	DA	GN	MC
Army VPs	-2	12	3
Coin VPs	5	3	4
Monument VPs	10	10	13
Blue VPs	17	5	20
Orange VPs	7	0	0
Purple VPs	6	13	0
Green VPs	0	1	1
Total Score	43	44	41

The process was repeated with different monuments with the end result being:

Player	DA	GN	MC
Army VPs	-6	18	6
Coin VPs	2	0	1
Monument VPs	5	20	7
Blue VPs	31	6	10
Orange VPs	3	0	0
Purple VPs	6	9	0
Green VPs	0	0	18
Total Score	41	53	42

Very well don GN!

Following that, out came the brilliant

by White Wizard Games

MC Played as
GN played as
DA played as
Biolord Walsh was first to fall to the might of High Director Valken, leaving her and Overlord Newburg to slog it out. However, the High Director’s regenerative capabilities, coupled with the high number of Outposts meant that Newburg eventually succumbed to Valken’s might.

Horray for MC!