Harrowed Halls

We played Agricola last week. Since Ben won and Ben was the only one to ever have played it—and he had played it a lot—we thought a rematch was in order.  So we began; all mindful of the strategies we had missed in the first game. Uh, actually, judging from this game, we didn’t learn squat from our first game.

All of our farms looked “better”.  As you will see, that does not necessarily translate into more points. Ben’s farm looked much as it did the first game, although he was scrambling to feed his ever growing family. Mike seemed to concentrate on sheep. And for this he received a lot of sheep related comments. Mike also concentrated on family members . Owen concentrated on Improvements. He had a card that would earn him big points at end game time. Me, I made the mistake of concentrating on two things and doing neither well. This, and a misunderstanding of a couple of cards (apparently I should have read the FAQ) cost me dearly.

So how did the game end? If you remember from last week Ben won with 43 points and I came in last with 28 points. This week, Ben won again, but with only 28 points. Mike was right on his butt–so to speak–with 27 points.  Owen got an acceptable 24 points and I was once again last with an unfathomable 10 points. (But at least I was positive.)

We managed to finish this game in a lightening 2 hours, so we played Ivanhoe.  I took an early lead, but ran into some difficulties…mainly my strategy and logic. Soon Ben, Owen, and I and were all one color chip from winning. In the end, despite my best efforts to the contrary, I won the game.

Chaos Steve