Rowan Tree and Red Thread

We played Edel Stein und Reich last night with Alex, Utz & Marie. It was the popular choice, though I had private reservations 'cos I've had trouble with the group-think irrititation when selecting actions. However it did seem to go alright once we got started.

In the end I found I won fairly handily without realizing that I was in that strong a position. Final scores were 72, 57, 53, 49, 37.

I think I did well by making money on the certificates every round (24 in total from them) as well as making a steady profit from gems and cash in each round. I don't remember playing it with 5 players before. The extra action was interesting but didn't seem to be as popular as I thought it would before we started play.