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Last Sunday we had some friends over for boardgaming and trotted out two short games as a change of pace. For a while now we've been playing only a single game in an evening, fitting it in between about 9.00 and 11.00pm. This time though the votes were for Bohnanza and TransAmerica, both short games that work well with the five player numbers we had.
In the interests of fair reporting, unlike previously I lost miserably in both games. In the first, Bohnanza, I just wasn't forceful enough in the trades and lost out to Marie storming her way to win with a final score of 15, 13, 10, 9, 9. Those '9's were![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
alaimacerc and me. Sigh.
Never mind, I thought, I'll play TransAmerica and do better. No such luck. I lost that one as well, diving off into the sea (or just about; we had to end when I was one space from the game end condition) whilesammywol was barely out of the train shed at the start of the track. Nonetheless a fun game, and I think I enjoyed the TransAmerica more, as it was that bit shorter and had better pace. We must play it against the clock again. It adds some spice to the game.
Anyway. I still like Ra.
In the interests of fair reporting, unlike previously I lost miserably in both games. In the first, Bohnanza, I just wasn't forceful enough in the trades and lost out to Marie storming her way to win with a final score of 15, 13, 10, 9, 9. Those '9's were
alaimacerc and me. Sigh.Never mind, I thought, I'll play TransAmerica and do better. No such luck. I lost that one as well, diving off into the sea (or just about; we had to end when I was one space from the game end condition) while
sammywol was barely out of the train shed at the start of the track. Nonetheless a fun game, and I think I enjoyed the TransAmerica more, as it was that bit shorter and had better pace. We must play it against the clock again. It adds some spice to the game.Anyway. I still like Ra.
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Haven't got TTR:Marklin yet, though, despite hearing good things about it...
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I'm much more likely to play TTR in person, and TA online, FWIW.
TTR:Marklin is pretty good -- very different (it successfully makes short routes good, at least some of the time, which takes some doing), but cool. We've played it once -- I (playing long routes) lost, but probably would have won if I'd have pulled large tickets once more.
(the two big differences: passengers and the division of the tickets into two stacks: large and small.)
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That said, I'd love to play more Ticket To Ride but I don't own a copy and one of other players has to remember to bring it round.
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i didn't win Ra at all and liked it fine (although there was a ghastly moment when I thought that I might win and that would really have made me feel bad about that last auction in Round 2.