Board Game Night

Well, these are becoming few and far between, but it's always good to get out and see the gang. We had a new addition today. My friend William had his fiancée play. Apparently her boardgame experience started yesterday with Pandemic and Kerplunk! We had discussed playing Settlers of Catan so I brought that and Forbidden Desert. Power gaming couple Jamie and Vanessa brought Tsuro, Letters from White Chapel and Cosmic Encounters.

We played a five player Cities and Knights expansion. I haven't played Settlers in a while and I forgot the importance of upgrading technologies and did Will. Jamie won this one rather quickly. I was the bank so I can't even accuse him of cheating...

Next we played 2 games of Letters from White Chapel. Jamie was Jack the Ripper for the first and Will was the Chief of Police. We managed to find the Ripper fairly quickly and won. Next Will was the Ripper and I led the police to catch the dastardly villain and once again good triumphed over evil.

Next we played Tsuro where Vanessa (green) eliminated herself 1st. And I took out myself (red),Will (blue) and Ashley (yellow) in the bottom Left handle corner two turns later.

Lastly we squeezed in two games of Cosmic encounters. I could have won the second game but sidetracked myself and took a big gamble (for the win!) that utterly failed. 

After 5 1/2 hours we called it. I really enjoy Settlers but having forgot a crucial element of strategy cost us all quickly. I had never played the other games before. Tsuro was nice and quick. A nice casual game. Letters from White Chapel was good. I'd like to have a go as the Ripper though. Both Will and Jamie said they got pretty nervous trying to elude police. Cosmic Encounters was good too. I'd like to play it again before I give my full opinion on it though.