We started this series in early September, 2012, and now nearly five months later, we've played our twentieth game. Doesn't sound like a lot, actually, but that averages out to one a week, which isn't too bad.
The name of these ten games was definitely "Carol". After ten games, I was ahead seven wins to Carol's three. She made short work of that, winning games eleven through fourteen and tying it at seven each, and then winning three of the next four, taking a big lead. All in all, I managed to squeak out only three wins to her seven, tying the series at ten each. While most of my wins were close, Carol's wins tended to be blowouts.
Here's what we played and the winner.
- Blue Moon - Carol
- Jambo - Carol
- Settlers of Catan Card Game - Carol
- Tally Ho - Carol
- The Pillars of the Earth: Builders Duel - Ipecac
- Odin's Ravens - Carol
- Dracula - Carol
- Times Square - Carol
- Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation - Ipecac
- Perry Rhodan The Cosmic League - Ipecac
Half of this lot was new to us. Of the new, I especially enjoyed Blue Moon and Perry Rhodan, but I thought they were all good. Carol liked the new games Pillars of the Earth and Tally Ho. Jambo and Perry Rhodan had some similarities in the way you buy and sell goods and the game flow, but this was a pretty diverse group of games, most unlike any other in the series. The simplest ruleset was either Times Square or Tally Ho, but both had some subtlety of strategy that I enjoyed. Settlers took up the most table space by far, requiring a large table for two players, while Times Square took up the least.
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| Jambo |
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| Blue Moon |
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| Times Square |
As we head into our final group of games, we still have a few new games and some classics we've saved till the end. We also have one game that Carol is dreading and one that's universally recognized as unplayable. Next up will be Gone Fishing!
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