Ludocracy Now

Well everyone it’s time for me to walk you through another session of Pushing Cardboard Chits Around a Board.  Although it’s not really a board at all, is it.  Just tiles covered by some stubborn and prejudiced acrylic.

With some help from my obese cat and some weak tape, I got the River Runs Through It scenario ready for action.  I prefer to call this scenario “River Be Cray.”  I should also mention the two hours of punching and sorting the, what, 2000+ pieces that came with the box.  (Obviously I have ordered the expansion &cetera for another 900+ pieces.)

Anyway the highest known score for this scenario is 300 but I was comforted by the rule book’s tenderness: “Don’t worry, most experienced players only get about 50% of the top score on their first try.”  Well, I got 30%.  Or an F-.

I managed to get 50 points from the wonder and 40 from a set of four gold nuggets.  I was a turn away from turning those into moneys but the last brick went in the wonder and I was finished.  Spent the next thirty minutes thinking about what to do differently: bridges? upgrade donkeys? return cat for a slimmer cat?

I’ll be able to try this out with a fellow BGGer next week where the play time portends to climb to the four hour range.  Hopefully I don’t make a donkey of myself with my F- level playing ability in Roads & Boats!

EDIT: A ha!  The F- is thrown out!  I missed a rule, or more accurately, I added in a restriction that is not indicated by the rules: you can have a building on your home tile.  This obviously would have netted me 210 more points… … …