We had a guest player this week. Mike Byrd joined us for a 5-player game of Agricola. Agricola is a game all about farm management and development. Sounds exciting doesn’t it? Well I’m not sure I’d call it exciting, but it is challenging. As noted by my stellar performance in this game and the two previous games we’ve played. (You can check out those two previous games here and here.)
Ben has played this game a few more times than we have…and still doesn’t have the rules right. But that’s ok. We happily gave him a ton of grief about it. As our game progressed we had another one of those “Steve†moments where “Steve†goes to make a play and Ben (and others) tell “Steve†it’s a bad play. But “Steve†wants to make the play. “Steve†has a plan. Ben (and others) warn “Steve†again. “Steve†still makes the play…and after it’s too late, realizes it’s a bad play. If only someone would have warned me.
None of us were too surprised when Ben won the game with 32 points. Owen came in a very strong second with 26 points. Owen got a ton of his points from his major and minor improvements; to the tune of around 14 points. The rest of us garnered mere 1-5 points from our improvements. Mike Byrd, who had never played before, got a very respectable 21 points. Mike’s 19 points were just enough so he would not be tied with me for last place. (I had 18 points.) In all three of the Agricola games we’ve played, I’ve been last. I’m not bitter though. I could see from the beginning of this game, that I did not have a good plan. Heck, I’m not even sure I had a plan at all. I’m not sure what Mike’s excuse was.
Chaos Steve
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I wanted to make you feel good, but not too good. :)