Dinner was a hefty-sized Marsala Thosei with liberal helpings of tomato chutbey and coconut chutney, mmmm...I just love the stuff! Oh, and topped up with juicy Tandoori which I only half-finished. The remaining half went to Sam, the bottomless pit.
Games began with Blokus, which turned out to be boring if you are the first person who ends up without anywhere to put your piece. It was a short round, after which we moved on to Pirate's Cove. It was a looooong wait for the game master to explain the game, the rules, the moves, the many things we could do with cards collected, the direction to move, the battles to play, the points to collect, you get the picture. It took more than 30 minutes for the explanation, during which time I had the liberty to get more drinks, comb Trixie and pay attention to Pixel. And barely paid attention.
During play, it was all but boring. It was actually quite entertaining: choose and then declare which island you want to go to, battle it out if another pirate chose the same island to go to, either recuperate or plunder, upgrade and move on. It all happens in a matter of 12 game rounds, which is equivalent to 12 months. During this time, a pirate is to accumulate as many fame points as possible and this is done by killing off another pirate or burying treasure and loot or collecting fame cards. It is much more fun than when sitting and listening to the explanations.
It lasted about an hour. I won.
Did I mention I won at Blokus too?
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