After Action Report – Game Day @ The Duck Club, April 13, 2014

On Sunday I went to Game Day at the Duck Club for a short time.  There were around 50 people there and nine games were being played at any one time.

I was able to play two games in the short time I was there.

The first game I played was Euphoria.  Euphoria is an interesting worker placement game.  The premise of Euphoria is that you are leading a team of workers and recruits to become the leader in a dystopian world.  The player’s workers are represented by dice. The higher the number on the dice the smarter the workers are and if you have 16 or more smarts in workers available you will lose a worker.  The recruits are cards with special abilities that the player keeps and uses during the game.  Each turn the player can place a worker on the board and take that action.  Actions include getting resources, using the resources to find artifacts, get more workers, dig tunnels to other factions, build markets, recover their workers, get more workers, or place prestige.  If a player had any dice that are the same number they may place them in a single turn.  The key to winning the game is to gain prestige.  The first player to place all 10 of their prestige markers wins the game.

Scorecard Review – January 2014

The start of a new year always brings me hope that I will improve how well I do playing games.  Unfortunately this year like many years that hope is dashed by the end of January as my expectations for doing better at playing board games does not intersect with reality.

January

Now that the holiday season is over, I was able to get back into the groove of attending the events I regularly go to.

In December I was able to play 20 games at 8 events for an average of 2.5 games per event.  I would prefer to be at 3 games per event but I have been playing longer games at week night events so that has kept my average down.

I won 4 games in January compared to the 3 that I won in December.  I came in second four times, third seven times, and fourth five times.  My average standing from January was 2.68 compared to the 2.25 I had in December.

I played four games more than once in January:  Organic Soup, Russian Railroads, Wildcatters, and Yunnan.

I played four games for the first time in January:  Coal Baron, Coney Island, Euphoria, and Yunnan.

My stats for January are:

Game	No. of Plays	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	Avg.
Australian Rails	1	-	-	1	-	-	-			3.00
Boxcars	1	-	-	1	-	-	-			3.00
British Rails	1	1	-	-	-	-	-			1.00
Coal Baron	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	4.00
Coney Island	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-		3.00
Euphoria	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	4.00
India Rails	1	-	-	1	-	-	-			3.00
Iron Dragon	1	-	-	1	-	-	-			3.00
Organic Soup	2	1.5	0.5	-	-	-	-	-		1.25
Russian Railroads	2	-	1	1	-		-	-	-	2.50
Trans America	1	-	1	-	-	-	-			2.00
Tsuro	1	-	-	-	1	-	-			4.00
Wildcatters	3	1	1	-	1					2.33
Yunnan	3	-	1	1	1	-				3.00
Totals	20	3.5	4.5	7	5	-	-	-	-	2.68

Lifetime

Since I started tracking my game plays in April 2013 I have played 168 games at 68 events for an average of 2.47 games per event.

I have won 34 games and have lifetime standing of 2.51.

The five games I have played the most are as follows:

Game	No. of Plays	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	Avg.
Iron Dragon	10	3	3	3	1	-	-			2.20
India Rails	8	-	4	4	-	-	-			2.50
Martian Rails	8	1	4	3	-	-	-			2.25
Empire Builder	6	-	1	4	-	1	-			3.17
Russian Railroads	6	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	2.50

It was not a great start to the year but not the worst.  I will start up year to date tracking again next month.