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Played #PicturePerfect on 2023-08-02 with 4 players, winning score: 53 #bgstats #boardgames
Photos! We only ran to 12 Gen, in exactly 3 hours, on the Hellas board (with colonies and preludes, as always).

Actual final game of 2022:

Won #ExitTheGame–TheEnchantedForest on 2022-12-31 with 3 players #bgstats

Not a success for us although this baby goat was a win for me. Puzzles were alternately super obtuse or extremely easy. We’ve had better luck with other Exit titles, which we’ve enjoyed a great deal.

Happy New Year, friends. May all our games in 2023 be as lovely as my baby goat (and more satisfying to play).

#boardgames #ExitGames #HappyNewYear

Here’s a sneak peek at the full scoresheet. I led TR 58-44, then we split milestones 10/5 and awards 5/10. I won greenery & cities 8/5 and 17/10 but then F clobbered me on cards - events -3/7, resources 20/22, other cards 18/29 and bonus points 8/10.

13 Gen this game, 3h27, on the base game board.

#boardgames #TerraformingMars #Marsathon

Played #TerraformingMars on 2022-12-31 with 2 players, winning score: 142 #bgstats

This is hilarious. 1 point the difference (to my 141) and look what card @fraser played on me! If only I’d been kinder to him!

What a great game to finish the year with. Well, the Mars year …

#boardgames

Won #TerraformingMars on 2022-12-30 with 2 players, winning score: 148 to 85 #bgstats

I played the Pharmacy Union (new to us); F was Recyclon (also fairly new with 1 previous play). A very uneven game as I had lucky starting draws.

This was also a super fast game - 11 generations, 2h30. “I was desperate for it to end,” says Mr Recyclon.

#boardgames

Played #AnimalUponAnimalChristmasEdition on 2022-12-30 with 3 players #bgstats

Think it needs a rule that there should be a star on top!

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Won #TerraformingMars on 2022-12-29 with 2 players, winning score: 199 #bgstats

Big win tonight (199 to 147); I was Pristar & F was Phobolog. I don’t remember Pristar but I seem to have played it once before. I’m enjoying trying lots of new corps this week.

Long game; 15 gen / 3h 46. Love all these play stats & the histories they capture! This was our 102nd 2 player game of this. A success on cost per play calculations!

#marsathon

The #Marsathon continues.

Won #TerraformingMars on 2022-12-27 with 2 players, winning score: 188 (to 147) #bgstats

No feline assistants this evening. OG board, prelude & colonies and some promo cards. We ran to 15 generations in just under 4 hours. Unusually, oceans were the last global parameter to complete, several rounds after oxygen. I killed it on temp with 13 heat production a round.

#boardgames