Thursday 31st May, 2007

Thursday night is now games night as well! I was joined by Greg, Spencer and Vin. We kicked off the evening with Trans Europa. I won on 10 whilst everyone else went 'broke' - my best performance yet! Staying with the railway theme, Lisa then joined us for a game of Ticket to Ride - Marklin Edition. Spencer won this with 117. Lisa and Vin drew for second place with 114. I was next with 102 and Greg limped into last place with 46. The game got a lukewarm reception from Greg and Spencer who preferred the elegant simplicity of the original. Vin and Lisa thought it was great though!

Tuesday 22nd May, 2007

Lisa and I opened Ticket To Ride - Marklin Edition this evening. We were impressed with the quality of the pieces and quickly grasped the rules after playing normal TotR. The main difference is that you have passengers in this version which you can collect points tokens with. However, you have to time their movements well or the number of points you collect is reduced. We felt this was a good variant on the original game. Lisa faired a little better than me in the end as she managed to complete 2 more routes. Final scores - Lisa 201, Paul 193.