I started out the day killing time with CSI on Hulu and playing
Pushmo on 3DS. I was invited over to watch the basketball match with Liz's dad and the son-in-laws. I got ready for the day and headed over with a few games in toe. I was going for the sociality not the watchiality. We only played one new one:
Age of War 2-6 players
This
takes the Yahtzee rolling structure and turns it into a territory
control game. There are a number of territories in feudal Japan that you
are attempting to take control of. Each is worth a different amount of
points. On your turn, you roll the dice and can decide which territory to
go for. You are trying to match symbols on the card of that territory.
Like in
Elder Signs, you match parts of the card every roll. If you are unable to
make a match on a roll, you can roll again with one less die. If you run
out of dice before you can make all the matches, you're turn is over.
If you make all the matches the territory is yours...for now. It's
possible that someone could steal it from you. Another player just has
to make all the same matches, plus one more symbol. You can lock it in
if you get all the territories of the same region. Some regions have
more territories than others. Once all the territories are controlled,
the game ends and most points wins.
I've only played this once
before as a 2-player game. That game was pretty back and forth near the end.
There was a lot of stealing territories to assure wins. It took a while,
but it just made the success feel more grandiose. Darrin and I played this to kill some time. It's entertaining enough for that purpose. Darrin was able to clench a victory with two territories left unclaimed. Damn those dice.
After the girls showed up, it meant that Liz had unknowingly brought
Ticket to Ride (I left it in the car). With this knowledge, Becky continued to only speak or sing sentences that included "Ticket to Ride". Everyone was on board, but Becky was unwilling to play the 6 player team version. I opted out and spent the game facilitating play to speed thing up and make sure all players got their due points. I was rooting for Liz, and she almost won, but Becky was able to beat her by 1 point. This only served to feed the beast inside Becky. I'm not sure if that is a good or a bad thing.
Tally: 63/153 Bonus: 18/50
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