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posted by [personal profile] mylescorcoran at 11:41am on 07/11/2011 under ,
The new shiny in boardgames in our house is Eminent Domain, a card game with a space colonization and conquest gloss. Boardgamegeek's page is here.

We played our first game last night with a three-hander. It took us the to-be-expected age and a half to get a grip on the rules. Much like Race for the Galaxy our first game was a lot longer than it says on the box. I expect future games to be quicker.

Sam seemed to get ahead in the Research action, Alai had the best Produce/Trade engine and I seemed to be ahead with the Colonize action. Despite our impressions during the game no one had an overall lead and it ended in a three-way draw at 30 points apiece. Sam took the game with the tie-breaker due to her sizeable fleet of fighters. Alai placed second on his stack of resources and I took third.

A good game and one I hope to play again soon.
Mood:: 'satisfied' satisfied
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posted by [personal profile] mylescorcoran at 10:40am on 31/08/2011 under , , ,
I read this interview with David Graeber and was fascinated by the history of debt, debt forgiveness and how money entwined itself in society from the earliest settled times.
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Back at the beginning of July Alai and I played Lost Cities and I was handed my ass. Final score 37 to 7. Later in July we pulled out Ticket to Ride: Europe and Alai triumphed again. Final score Alai 135,
Myles 113 and Sam 56. So it was with mixed feelings that I trotted out my new acquisition, 7 Wonders recently. I played first in Dublin with Sam and my old friend Ian. Success! Final scores Ian 40, Sam 53 and Myles 62. Emboldened by this victory I pitched the game again Wednesday last when we were back in Cork. Alai dropped over and we played 7 Wonders for the second time. Final scores Alai 41, Sam 49 and Myles 54.

Huzzah!
Mood:: victorious

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