I've played Powerboats too and liked it. I'm normally not a fan of roll
and move/race type games, but this one is nice and the dice mechanics
work quite well.




--- In lbgc@..., "Tomas Pajonk" <tom@...> wrote:
>
> It is quite harsh to have your own games played and losing at them,
but oh
> well J. (not that I did that great in Powerboats).
>
>
>
> The Powerboats game is very nice game. I do not like racing games too
much,
> but this one is definitively interesting and smooth.
>
>
>
>
>
> From: lbgc@... [mailto:lbgc@...] On Behalf
Of
> George Young
> Sent: 09 March 2009 11:49
> To: lbgc@...
> Subject: [Spam] [lbgc] Great Session...
>
>
>
> Well Bob it's been a while since I last made it to the Club and I hope
this
> will be the beginning of my return... watch this space..
>
> Had a great session with just 5 of us playing Fire and Axe (Viking
Saga)
> which took a little longer than I expected but was a great game with
plenty
> of theme, and a touch of "take that". This is a game that will
definitely
> take a few plays to capture the strategy. Raiding seemed to pay off
very
> well for Thomas although SAGA cards did seem to bolster the scoring
> significantly at the end, 10 points per card, hard to beat. I'm not
sure the
> value of ports that are not part of a region?
>
> We also played PowerBoats which is probably one of the better racing
game I
> have played, although dice based it works extremely well. We did play
with 2
> Variants outside of the official rules which meant Boats would cause
> collisions and therefore the collision rules applied and allowed some
nasty
> blocking.... also the layout of the route. I planned the first two
routes
> but Bob's finished with a real twister for the final race.
>
> I'll let Bob post the scoring if he gets chance...
>
> Great session and one of the many reasons I enjoy the Club, relaxed,
> friendly, banter and obviously ME never winning a game... What more
could
> you ask for....
>