Attendees: Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Dave Olson

1,2) Michael, Jim and Dave started off with two rounds of Dave’s new game Space Maze. In the first, Jim was the first to get one of his explorer’s to the relic and despite Michael and Dave each stealing it once, Jim was able to get it back and make it back to his ship with it. In the second, some good luck with cards and dice let Michael make a quick dash to the relic before anyone was close and make an easy escape back to his ship.

3,4,5) They then moved on to Dominion, using a mix of the base game, Intrigue, Seaside, and,Prosperity. In the first game, Michael managed to rack up 11 VP tokens through the use of the Bishop, but it wasn’t enough for him to catch Dave who won 42 to 38. The second game was also close, with Michael wining with 41 points to Dave’s 35 and Jim’s 32. The third game was a bit odder, with Platinum and Colony’s from Prosperity coming out, but very few cards that gave additional money and nothing giving multiple actions. Early in the game Michael was able to Throne Room Sea Hag several times, clogging up Jim and Dave’s decks with curses, after which the game settled into a long slog. Few provinces or colonies were bought and everyone’s decks had close to 50 cards by the time three of the supply piles were empty. Michael had managed to throne room Monument several times for VP tokens and align his cards to buy two colonies, giving him a 49 point win over Dave’s 28.

6) They finished off with Thurn and Taxis, where Jim just plowed through the carriage cards giving him a quick win with 15 points. Michael had accumulated a large number of bonus tiles, but they only added up to 13 points.