Ta Yu - Lisa Redeems Herself

After not playing this game for a few years it was overdue to make an appearance. In game #01 Lisa took a whooping. The score below was 72 to 18 with me able to thwart her efforts to score on the east west sides.

How quickly she learns. She wanted another rematch on Sunday morning and had her revenge.

My score 10 to her 18. She didn't improve on her score in game #02 but she certainly play more defensively. No way this game will sit in the closet for as long as it has between plays. A nice way to start a lazy Sunday, and a victory for her on Mother's day.

Soon To Hit The Table

Won these games in a lottery. Having played CM for a few weeks now I am glad to own my own copy. With Medici having an Italian theme and compared to Scopa (a familiar game Noni and I played often) I think we have a winner for Lisa and I to play, or maybe this is my chance to introduce my Mother to something new.

Twilight Struggle

With the weight of the free world on my shoulders I ventured to fight communism where it stood strongest...my dining room. Having owned the game for months now, and yet to play, the rare opportunity to sit down and have a 2 player gaming session was a treat. And 3 games at that! The first 2 games went rather quickly with card play deciding the victor. Game one didn't exit the early war stage with a communist victory.

Game 2 showed that carefully selected headlines can win a game with the US dropping the Defcon to 2 and USSR choosing to host the Olympics, which in effect lowered the Defcon to 1 starting a nuclear war thus ending the game for a US victory.

With 2 games finishing rather quickly and us barely getting into the mid war phase on only one game we chose a tie breaker. With that last game going about 3 hours we saw the full force of what is Twilight Struggle. Stress and sweat were abundant as the game wore on. USSR pulled out a victory in the end but we did make it to the late war stage. I was handed a set of cards which did nothing but give USSR Europe and there was little I could do to prevent it try as I might.

Looking back we have realized a few rules were played wrong mainly the scoring and a few select ways we played the cards. Next game should prove more enjoyable and stressful as we now comprehend the game more. Going into the game I mentioned it would take about 3 games under our belt to fully enjoy this game getting past it's learning curve. I can't wait till game #04!