Games Day - 17th July - Rolins Gaff

Games day. A near monthly event of multiplayer games of variable complexity. Started doing this when my brother, Rolin came back from South Africa about 6 years ago. Then it was just the two of us doing Stargrunt Scifi skirmish games, occasional Damien my eldest son joined in.

Then when my parents came back from South Africa, my Dad, Doug, started to come too and the a work collegue of his called Dan. We did some Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (2nd edition), and games such as Battle Lore, Shadow over Camelot and Lord of the Rings.

In the last two years we have been five that regularly meet. Myself, Rolin, Doug and Dan being joined by my partner Violet. The June meeting had been cancelled due to work comitments on my behalf, so I was really looking forward to this session.



Carcassonne was the first game played. This a regular favorite. Its light and quick playing, but there are plenty of descisions to be made in the game. The game was played 7 times last year and already three times this year. This was Rolins first victory at the game. He followed a strategy of city building and mild farm ownership. He won by 15 points over my second placing.



Next was Fury of Dracula. The game was played twice last year and its the 2nd time this year. This game is semi-cooperative. Four players play the Vampire hunters Lord Godalming, Doctor Steward, Van Helsing and Mina Harker. They work as a team against the 5th player playing as the Count. The aim is to destroy the Count before he sets up his Evil Empire.

Rolin was the Count, and he successfully gave the rest of us the run-around. The game ended when Violet playing as Van Helsing, was chewed upon my verocious rats in Bucherest. This gave Rolin the final two points he required for the win.

A good game, well played, but not one of my favorites. It can go on too long for what it is. I am due to be the Count in the next game, whenever that maybe.

Last game of the day and by far the longest was Arkham Horror. Violet is not too keen on this game and she was not feeling to well either, so she backed out of the game.



This is a cooperative game where the players play various investigators in Arkham fighting against a Mythos cult. The aim is to stop the cult from raising a Great Old One from the void and destroying mankind.

This was and nearly always is a tough game. The players play against the game system, which can be very unforgiving. We played the base game with one expansion, the King in Yellow, which focuses on an evil play, being performed in Arkham.



 We managed to seal the last of the 6 gates to other worlds before the Great Old One arose for the win. This game took 6 hours to play to conclusion, but was tense and fun all the way through. This game does not get played often enough, mainly because of how long it takes to play, which is unfortunate as its a classic ever time!

Overall an enjoyable day. And so far Rolins finest hour! Cannot wait till the next one in August.