Raiders 18 (31/03/2012)
The day was full of games that I’d not played before, except for the last game which I’d only played once before.
Lords of Waterdeep (BBG) 
Gamers/score: Crazyfrog 86, Carl 90, Alan 104, Zarniwoop 123, Pete 123 (won under tie breaker)
My first time for playing this game which I think was the shops demo copy. A resource gathering game in which you complete quests to gain VP’s
Alien frontiers { The Dicey Spacey Game } (BBG) 
Gamers/score: Zarniwoop 6, Carl 7, Roy 7, Crazyfrog 8 (won)
A game in which you roll dice (yes I know amazingly I was quite good at it lol) and assign them to resources each round, each resource has x slots and once these are filled by other players you cannot assign to them. At the start of each round you reclaim your dice and roll again. You get VP’s for landing on the planet and occupying areas, each of these sectors gives you a bonus function.
A great game and I want to play it again. It is very easy to pick up even for non gamers and within 2 rounds you will be into the full swing of it.
Undermining (BBG) 
Gamers/score: Carl, Zarniwoop, Roy (won), Crazyfrog
You each have a Under Mining Vehicle (UMV) and have to mine into the planet to gather resources which you cash in on the surface for upgrades or VP’s. The VP’s are 3 piles that decrease in value, so there are a definite advantage to getting them early, when one of these piles is empty the game ends. Some of the resources are alien tech which will give a onetime only boost to the UMV.
Roy won with speedy cashing in resources for VP’s from the start. I was trying lots of upgrading, alien tech and had a very fast UMV at the end which possible could have started to overhaul everyone if the game have lasted another x rounds.
The only problem I can see after playing the game once is. Is the only good strategy just to get the VP’s from the start and ignore the upgrades etc, due to the advantage of having the high pointed VP’s first.
Another great game and I want to play it again.
Gubs (BBG) 
Gamers/score: Carl, Zarniwoop, Roy, Crazyfrog (won)
A daft game which is very easy to pick up, if you like Killer Bunnys its a lite version of this, where you a Gub or more as the game progress and you are trying to save it from the other players as they either try to seal it and kill it, all the time you are trying the same thing. The game ends when all 3 cards have been placed on the table which spell the word GUB, then the player with a ‘free gub’ will win, this was me as all the others either didn’t have a free gub or no gub at all. As the end game condition is based on a card turn this can either be as very short or long game and winning is total down to luck.
The Speicherstadt (BBG) 
Gamers/score: Carl, Zarniwoop, Roy, Crazyfrog, PalletRanger (won)
A great and enjoyable game in which you can apply a different strategy everytime you play and the scoring will always be close right up to the end.
