7/22 A close game

Zalman is turning into Kongo. He is running out of settlements and getting the longest road. Bill and Crispy had 6/9/10 placements because they went 1st and 2nd. Zalman got 2 three spots, and all the resources. But one of those resources was a 12 of sheep. Ap had two 3 spots as well, including double 5 on a wood/brick combo. The game was very competitive. Crispy built boats to the sheep port. Zalman could have cut him off, forcing him to build an extra boat to get the sheep port, but elected instead to build and get a VP on an island. Crispy needed stone for his last resource and cut off Bill to build on a 6 of stone. He didn't actually build on that stone, however, until he secured the sheep port.

Ap was looking dangerous and built a boat to go to a 6 of wheat island, and a VP. However, 9's rolled like crazy and Bill got a ton of boats and cut him off! Because Bill was close to the longest road, all he needed to do was build on the island and build a couple of extra boats to win. Crispy looked pathetic so everyone gave him roads to secure longest road from Bill. In the meantime, Bill was buying soldiers instead. Zalman tried to get largest Army from Bill, to prevent him from winning, but AP and Crispy wouldn't trade him stone! Then, on the final turn, Ap and Crispy had cards in their hands to win, but Zalman rolled a 7, they lost half, and when it came back around to Bill, he won. Ap and Crispy blew the game because they refused to make trades to Zalman to stop Bill, and they both ended up losing anyways. Nice job, morons.

Current Standings:
Standings (Wins / Blown Games):
Bill: 9 / 4
Crispy: 3 / 4
Zalman: 1 / 3
AP: 6 / 7
Kongo: 0 / 5

7/21 - WHO CHOOSED STUPID WINNER?

Monday's game had a controversial ending. It started out with Bill and AP both placing on double-brick spots while Zalman and an indecisive Crispy taking "variety" spots. Bill started the game with no wheat, AP started with no sheep.

Zalman started the game belligerently, telling Bill "no trades" when he had 2 points. This embargo, along with a cut-off threat from Crispy, forced Bill to trade two stones for a wheat from AP, which basically gave AP the first city. This also allowed Bill to gain access to a 4 of wheat.

AP began to dominate by taking the brick port and Konging his roads into a variety of settlement triangles. Bill boated to a 6 of wood and got a victory point, setting him up for a run at longest road. Zalman's owned the longest road for most of the game, however.

Near the end of the game, AP managed to set himself up with 11 solid points and two soldiers in play. For at least 3 turns, he kept buying more development cards and was unable to close out the win.

On the final turn, all AP needed to do was flip the 3rd soldier. Zalman had a 1-road lead on Bill who had 10 points. After the dice rolled, Zalman didn't have enough resources to extend his road, but he knew Bill had two roads in his hand. He also knew AP would win with the soldier. Zalman decided he didn't want to "pick the winner" by trading with AP for the road, so he did nothing. Bill extended his road to win, and AP flipped out.

AP was awarded the blown game due to his inability to get 1 more point for 3 turns (instead he wasted resources on road building and year of plenty cards).

Current Standings:
Standings (Wins / Blown Games):
Bill: 8 / 4
Crispy: 3 / 3
Zalman: 1 / 3
AP: 6 / 6
Kongo: 0 / 5

7/17 The forgotten game

Zalman was out, and Kong replaced him. We are a little behind in updating the blog, and nobody can remember the details. Since it was the last game Kong played, we asked him for the details, but he pretty much said, "No Response." Therefore, he blew the game. Bill won.



Current Standings:
Standings (Wins / Blown Games):
Bill: 7 / 4
Crispy: 3 / 3
Zalman: 1 / 3
AP: 6 / 5
Kongo: 0 / 5

7/16 - Cheater

AP was defrauded by the dealership on 7/15 so there was no game. The 7/16 game was a 3-player affair in which Bill was pathetic, while AP and Crispy were competing for the win.

Bill started buying soldiers, since he was pretty much out of the game. At one point, after Crispy passed the dice, Bill robbed him out of frustration. As soon as the dice were passed, Bill flipped the soldier and simply took the top card from Crispy's pile. Crispy became angry and accused Bill of cheating, which Bill denied (saying he didn't know what card it was anyway). Crispy stated "fine, just cheat!" a number of times, and then the game continued.

Crispy wound up winning the game, despite the questionable play. Later, he called Bill a liar, due to a misunderstanding with Zalman. Bill (the cheater and liar) blew the game.

Current Standings:
Standings (Wins / Blown Games):
Bill: 6 / 4
Crispy: 3 / 3
Zalman: 1 / 3
AP: 6 / 5
Kongo: 0 / 4

7/14

Basically, Ap blew the game. Crispy had a 5, 6, of wheat and the wheat port. Crispy shared the 5 with Zalman and the 6 with Ap. Bill had an 8. 3, 11 spot plus a 6 of wood, and the wood port. About halfway through the game, the robber had been on the 5 of wheat for a long time and nobody was getting wheat (Except Bill on a 10). Then Ap rolled a 7. He didn't want to move the robber off of the 5. "I like it there" is what he said. Instead he took the pirate ship and boated Zalman. This prevented him from getting to a 10/4. However, he could still go the other way to be just on the 10. Ap did this even though Zalman had no cards. An alternative to this, since Ap obvisouly didn't care about getting a card, was to put the pirate ship so that Bill could not build to an island for a VP. But did Ap do that? Of course not. Needless to say, the 3 and the 11 rolled like crazy, the robber stayed on the 5, and Ap blew the game.

Current Standings:
Standings (Wins / Blown Games):
Bill: 6 / 3
Crispy: 2 / 3
Zalman: 1 / 3
AP: 6 / 5
Kongo: 0 / 4

7/11 AP wins again

Basically, Crispy Fries had a chance to win the game, but he blew it by robbing Bill at the end and ignoring AP. AP won the game soon after. Bill and Zalman suffered most of the game with a robber on their 5 of Brick.

After the game was over, Bill accused Crispy of blowing the game. In response, Crispy accused Bill of being a 'whiner' and said "I refuse to accept the authority of your blog!"

Current Standings:Standings (Wins / Blown Games):
Bill: 5 / 3
Crispy: 2 / 3
Zalman: 1 / 3
AP: 6 / 4
Kongo: 0 / 4

7/10 Pizza Day!

Today was Pizza thursday! Today's game went pretty quick. There were solid placements available and everyone started in good shape. Bill got off to a quick lead with longest road and was threatening to build on an island. He immediately became a target. Zalman built the first city and got the brick port. Ap and Crispy both started out slow. However, things soon changed. While everyone's attention was on Bill, Zalman's numbers just stopped rolling and he couldn't do anything. He wasn't on a 6, 8, or 11 and they just kept rolling. Crispy got brick on 5, 6, and 9. He also got wood on 4 and 9. Basically, he went wherever he wanted and quickly was running away with the game. As soon as he got on the 8 of stone, he was able to start building cities.

A weird occurance happened when Bill, Ap, and Crispy all ran out of settlements. Bill also had the longest road at that point and was doing his best inpersonination of Kong. Once Ap had 5 settlements, he was pretty much done. He has sucked for 2 straight days. The game came down to Crispy getting the longest road and only needing one point to win. Zalman had a soldier, but decided not to rob Crispy. On Bill's turn Ap and Zalman were able to trade with him so he could get the longest road. However, on Crispy's turn, a 9 rolled and he got 3 roads. He then used all of his remaining cards to build a settlement and win. If Zalman had robbed him, he wouldn't have been able to win on that turn. Therefore, Zalman blew the game.

Current Standings:
Standings (Wins / Blown Games):
Bill: 5 / 3
Crispy: 2 / 2
Zalman: 1 / 3
AP: 5 / 4
Kongo: 0 / 4