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Games played at VorpalCon 2007
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During the little time I spent at Vorpalcon, we had a reasonably good turnout of ABGGers.

I also played with some other people I hadn't met before, so hopefully we're developing our "brand" around Adelaide.

Here's a list of games that we played at VorpalCon. Please add to the list.

P.S. Thanks to the VorplCon organisers (including Jim and David) for their time and efforts in organising the ABGG section.
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1. Board Game: Ingenious [Average Rating:7.33 Overall Rank:128]
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I'm not a fan of abstracts generally, but I do like Ingenious occassionally. Its like dominoes but smarter.

It doesn't seem to create a lot of interactions among players but it does require some interesting choices, especially if everyone plays aggressively.
 
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2. Board Game: Dream Factory [Average Rating:7.19 Overall Rank:218]
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I played this with Alvin (Tyndal), Robert (flobbit) and two other VorpalCon attendees who I hadn't met before. Everyone seemed to enjoy the game's theme.

Hollywood Blockbuster is a relatively simple and quick game with some tough choices, and the theme usually appeals to most non-gamers. Its only negative that I can see is the moderately long and fiddly setup of the production chips and the numbered chips.

I'm surprised that this game doesn't rate more highly as the geeks' gateway game of choice. Most people I know don't usually knock back this game.
 
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I commented on the fiddly number chips, but I guess they do make the game run smoother after setup.
This was a very fun game. I think the modern actors and screenplays would be better are the old stuff in Traumfabrik (not that I'm played it). More fun when you know who's in your film.
 
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  • Posted Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:51 pm
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I checked my rules and apparently the Best Director award (which effectively won me the game) is awarded to the player with the most directors stars on completed films.

I'm pretty sure I still won it, though, because I only had about 2-3 director stars on my uncompleted films and I don't think it made a difference.
 
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3. Board Game: Colossal Arena [Average Rating:6.91 Overall Rank:350]
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I played this with Robert (flobbit), Ben (mr_lunch - I just worked that one out!) and Alvin (Tyndal) before I had to leave.

I think Colossal Arena is a great game. The rules take a bit of getting used to, and the tactics aren't apparent in the first few games, but it plays quickly despite having some really tough choices.

I think it plays best with 3-5 players so that there is a greater chance of the creature's special abilities being used.

The cards need to be shuffled very thoroughly before starting a session.
 
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mr_lunch = Ben was a new one for me, too. I think he happened to mention it.

This game was fun, but yes, the clumps of cards was quite annoying. I'd be keen to give this one a go now that I actually know the rules before the start of the game.
 
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4. Board Game: Labyrinth: The Card Game [Average Rating:5.50 Overall Rank:6360]
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Brendan gave me a game of this mid morning. I think the deck was improbably against him

Quite an enjoyable filler, despite being aimed at a younger audience. I'll have to keep my eye out on eBay.
 
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5. Board Game: Diamant [Average Rating:6.74 Overall Rank:493]
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I got to play several new games that I've had my eye on. This was one of them. It's going on the shopping list, too.

I got away with the most loot... mainly by running, screaming like a little girl at the first sign of danger
 
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LOL! (at the running, screaming thing)
 
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  • Posted Sat Sep 15, 2007 4:31 pm
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6. Board Game: Colosseum [Average Rating:7.15 Overall Rank:231]
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First play of Alvin's new copy, so it took a bit to get the rules down. We managed to get it sorted by the end of the first or second round.

I got completely pants-ed here. I think Brendan won by a respectable lead of 40-odd.
 
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This one quirky sort of game.

I still think you guys were not counting your events properly.
 
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  • Posted Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:34 pm
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I'm pretty sure I had mine right. 42 point play + 10 in season tickets + 8 for star performers + 6 in emporer medals +15 in previous plays, I think. About 81 (wait a minute, I don't think my score was that high... I think I forgot my previous plays blush )

I had a rule wrong, btw. People are supposed to move the senators and run their event... THEN the next person moves the senators. This makes moving the senators far more fair. It was unclear in the rules, thank you BGG!
 
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7. Board Game: Power Grid [Average Rating:8.09 Overall Rank:5]
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I was definately looking forward to playing this and I wasn't disappointed. Just got a new copy in courtesy of ndru and I've barely had time to peel off the shrink wrap... let alone con a bunch of people into playing it with me!

We had the full compliment of six players here: Brendan, Jim, Alvin, Adrian, Matt & myself. Matt and Jim did most of the 'splaining and did it well.

Good game with plenty of scope for strategy (which I mostly failed to apply )
 
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Good to see you got to break the shrink on your copy, Ben!
 
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8. Board Game: Hive [Average Rating:7.37 Overall Rank:111]
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I started off the day with a quick game of Hive with Robert when I probably should have been helping set up demos or something.

It's a great, reasonably light abstract game, but I don't think it was Robert's cup of tea.
 
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9. Board Game: Taluva [Average Rating:7.14 Overall Rank:242]
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Had a quick three player game of Taluva, although I think at least two games of this was played, as Jim's 30-45min game of choice. I won with some settlement splitting for some quick temples.
 
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I played a game of this with Jim and once again got soundly beaten by him.
 
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  • Posted Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:45 am
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10. Board Game: TransAmerica [Average Rating:6.66 Overall Rank:558]
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To recover from Power Grid, a few of us had a quick round of the easy to play Transamerica. I can't recall who won, only that the "wizard" lost.
 
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11. Board Game: Blokus Trigon [Average Rating:7.05 Overall Rank:367]
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Trying to fill in time before dinner, we had a quick one of this abstract. I got slightly blocked in, but didn't do too badly. Matthew won with about 10 triangles remaining.
 
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12. Board Game: For Sale [Average Rating:7.20 Overall Rank:177]
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We still had ten minutes to kill before dinner, so David roped Shell in with Brendan and I for a quick game. I think everyone had dinner on the mind and bid quickly and a little haphazardly.
 
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13. Board Game: Alhambra [Average Rating:7.05 Overall Rank:241]
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I've been keen to try this for a while, so it was good to get a chance to play it. I started off a little slow, not buying many tiles, but I soon started buying huge lumps of tiles, but Brendan still won.
 
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I took over playing from Chris Crouch. It took me a bit to recall how the game played. I forgot about a garden tile sitting in reserve and only noticed it at the end of the game while adding up my score.
 
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14. Board Game: Set [Average Rating:6.50 Overall Rank:823]
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This supposed light game made my head hurt at this point of the night. Brendan won with 8 sets.
 
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There is nothing "light" about this game.

I play this with three young girls who are family friends when they occassionally come to visit, and my performance in this game is usually pretty embarassing. cry
 
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15. Board Game: Notre Dame [Average Rating:7.44 Overall Rank:101]
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Brendan, David and I had a game of Notre Dame, since he's been wanting to try it. Unfortunately, we were all a bit tired. I managed to put a huge amount of influence cubes on the victory point sector, scoring large amounts of points, but only managed to squeak a win by one point over Brendan.
 
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16. Board Game: The Ark of the Covenant [Average Rating:7.05 Overall Rank:446]
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I managed to play this with two new gamers. We spent a quite a bit of time discussing interpretations of the rules. This was only the second time I have played this game and it was clear I had a few misunderstandings of the rules. There are subtle differences in rules between this game and Carcasonne. Next time I will play the correct way. They said that they enjoyed it so it couldn't have that bad an experience.
 
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17. Board Game: Hey, That's My Fish! [Average Rating:6.91 Overall Rank:322]
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This was a big hit amongst passers-by, being the only demo game that actually got played. At least 2 or 3 people demanded to know where they could get a copy.

I almost didn't bring it, too.
 
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I played a game of this with some new gamers to demonstrate how to play. Actually I saw someone reading the rules on the box and I grabbed it and said I will set it up to show you how it works.

It got played at least six times on the Saturday and another four times on Sunday. In the end I was guessing the amount of plays this game had.

I am rather glad I made sure there was a copy of this at the Convention.
 
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18. Board Game: 221B Baker Street: The Master Detective Game [Average Rating:5.83 Overall Rank:3054]
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Ben had a copy of this and David was keen to give it a try, so Chris and I joined them. It's surprising fastpaced and quite busy, with the clues book flying back and forth between people. It was quite fun, especially for a roll and move game.
 
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I did not expect the turns in this to be quite so frantic... there was a queue for the clues book several times. Could be worth printing another copy of the book.

I also have the CSI game which sucks a whole bunch. I think I might see if I can make a custom board for it, loosely based on a map of Vegas to match the way 221b played. The strip, with cab ranks all the way along to zip you to locations maybe?
 
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19. Board Game: Blue Moon City [Average Rating:7.14 Overall Rank:227]
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I played this with Julia, Brendan and Ben (all three new to the game), and I won with an embarassing large lead. blush
 
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This one's moved from the wishlist to the shopping list now as well.

I do wonder if the mechanic could get a bit stale with repeated plays with the static tile configuration...
 
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Well, you could always mix all the tiles and change the shape of the game. And make the dragons eat people.

Also, there are 4 expansion tiles that you can download and print out, each of which has a special ability in addition to the construction rewards.
 
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mr_lunch wrote:
This one's moved from the wishlist to the shopping list now as well.


That's an impressive shopping list you've got, Ben! wow
 
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20. Board Game: Bang! [Average Rating:6.76 Overall Rank:448]
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David, Ben and I managed to rope three others into a couple games, and threw in the fistful of cards expansion for the second game. As always, a lot of fun. I may have picked on David a little too much though, but hey, he was sitting next to me.
 
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21. Board Game: RoboRally [Average Rating:7.25 Overall Rank:155]
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When I walked in on Sunday, I found a huge RoboRally board. I didn't play, but Jim ran two games that took most of the day.
 
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22. Board Game: Thurn and Taxis [Average Rating:7.19 Overall Rank:178]
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Another I didn't play, but at least a couple games got played.
 
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I played with Jim and David (I think).
 
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It was Brendan, Jim, Matt and myself who played a game on the Saturday. Andrew took a photo of the game with myself clearly in shot, trying to figure out what I was doing. I wasn't really concentrating and left the table a few times during the game. I was really surprised that I finished the game and won as well!

Jim and Matt played a two player game while the rest of us played Bang! on the Sunday afternoon.
 
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Rexas wrote:
I wasn't really concentrating and left the table a few times during the game. I was really surprised that I finished the game and won as well!


This should tell you something about Thurn & Taxis!
 
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23. Board Game: My Word! [Average Rating:5.78 Overall Rank:3917]
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According to my list, My Word! was played on the Saturday. I am not sure by whom. It was borrowed by Jessica, one of the Con organisers, to play a few games in the kitchen area.

After packing up most of the hall, on Sunday evening Gus (the new English bloke), his son Joe and myself were standing around waiting for the closing ceremony. I couldn't resist teaching another game.

In the first game we played, Gus and I drew on the same amount of cards. There is no tie-breaker in this game. Gus tried to claim that being a migrant meant he won but conceded it was a draw. Joe wanted another game. In the second game, Gus won.

Joe kept making up words with odd combinations of cards. Both of them tried claiming English coloqial words I had never heard of. This is a fun game and introducing it to enthusiastic new gamers made it extra fun. They have added this game to their shopping list.

We have them now!
 
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24. Board Game: The Settlers of Catan [Average Rating:7.51 Overall Rank:79]
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Laelia Phillips and a few others played this in the game sign up area.
 
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25. Board Game: Streetcar [Average Rating:6.53 Overall Rank:993]
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I recall seeing Brendan, Jim and Matthew playing this on the Saturday and someone asking how it worked.
 
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