Owen brought a new game for us try called Cyclades. If you think this a game of bicycles and lovely ladies, you’d be sadly mistaken. It is a game of cycles, just not the kind you ride. During each cycle the players buy favors from the gods to expand their strength and build buildings. The winner is the player who can build two cities in a group of Greek islands known as the Cyclades.
Our game started off great, with Ben completely missing a play that would have garnered him a lot of gold in the future. And believe me; this game is all about gold. You need gold to do everything! Nevertheless, Ben was doing a fine job expanding his fleets and taking over islands. Mike too, was growing powerful. While not powerful, I was on my way to getting my first city. I held off though, because I knew that would place a target on my forehead.
Mike ended up getting the first city and I ended up giving the game to Mike. I failed to do one thing on my turn that would have hampered Mike’s ability to attack me, but I didn’t see it. On my turn, I also built a city. I protected it with a couple of armies using two of the three creatures available to me on my turn. The third creature I left. I couldn’t imagine anyone using it. Little did I know that Mike had big plans for that creature. The last creature allowed you to sell anything you owned to get gold. Mike was in the perfect position to sell his needless possessions so he could do only one thing—attack me. By taking my island he could win the game. He did just that…and easily too.
Nicely planned Mike. I came in second. :)
Chaos Steve