Friday Gaming at Wegman’s
Players: Mark R., Dave, Ilias, Tim, Curt.
Scores:
- Dave – 13
- Ilias – 12
- Curt – 8
- Mark – 6
Rules To Remember
- Discard from you hand, destroy from your tableau
- If you can not pay the life cost when attacked, loose 2 other resources of your choice
This was my second and third live play after a couple of online games at BGA. In the past I have enjoyed the game. This time the randomness of what cards are in your hand was exposed and makes for a very swingy experience. I have enjoyed previous plays, but this time, both plays suffered from inability to create a good engine.
Game One
As pictured, three cards are dedicated to a dragon strategy. This strategy has one purpose, to attack other players, which they can usually mitigate. Additionally with no blue production, and 5 of the 6 places of power requiring a blue resources, this was a race to get the only one I could save up to get. Which was purchased the same turn that I could have purchased it.
Game 2
Four cards required gold to play and 3 cards dedicated to getting a dragon out, which I did not have. With no cards available to generate gold, I was forced to discard cards for gold. This makes actually playing cards take several turns, so by the time you have any production, the places of power have already been taken. I was able to use my mage ability to get one free resource per round and another card that offered 2 resources to eventually get a place of power that generated gold.