Catan Players

We have another new player to announce today. Rick Pendley. He would criticize us for being so obsessed about our silly board game. Meanwhile on the inside, he held back tears because he was scared of what we would say to his advances. Admiring from a distance, he often dreamt that he would play. He dreamt of today, and how he could set free the joy in his heart that was so tightly bottled up.

It was a 6 player game today as Tony was out to watch his precious race. I was out of today’s game to allow Rick the opportunity to play. My selfless act was met with praise and song. Comments like, “You’re a better man than me” could be heard from my fellow competitors. My modesty will not allow me to continue this part of the tale. I will only say this, stories of my generosity will be told for generations.

Wes comes away with the win by accident with only 1 city. He rolled a 7-7 which let him steal 2 resources and amazingly enough, it was exactly what he needed. He also held the Longest Road and a VP card. Newcomer Rick was actually in a good position to contest Wes for the road but his lack of experience cost him the opportunity. Derick and Ian tied with 2nd as Ore dried up for Derick stopping all city and development card production. Rick and Ken tied for last preventing either from losing points in the standings. Devlin finished in the middle as he lacked the infrastructure to continue building settlements.

Game’s Biggest Jerk: Wes – Wow, he’s really in the running for this every time he sits down. He won it with his very first move. He initiated a trade with Ian and put those cards in his hand. Derick mentioned that he would have made that trade and Wes quickly yanked those cards out of Ian’s hand and completed the same trade with Derick. Ian wasn’t the same the rest of the game.

Ken is back from his hiatus to challenge all of us for ownership of Catan! How did he do? Tied for 4th, oh well. Ian grabs today's victory running away. Next closest today was Wes with 7. Catan is a game of skill and some luck. Today though, it was mostly luck as Ian's numbers hit often. He could complete a city with a 10, and that hit twice for full cities and a few times earlier for partial cities. But really it was the robber making the most impact. It rolled 10 times out of 50 rolls. My superior math skills tell me that is 1 in 5 rolls.
Yours truly came in last, actually losing points in the standings. On a side note, "Show tunes" Fortune will have limited participation this month as his hero Lance Armstrong competes in the Tour de France.

Games Biggest Jerk: The robber as he seemed to harass Ken the most on his return. Welcome back!

Derick takes the big win today on a 5 player game. He managed to build a road from one coast to the other, impressive. However he scored his 10 points during a special build and had to wait for 3 more people to play their turn and hope it would get back to him. It did, but barely, I got 8 points and bought a development card. It turned out to be a victory point. I went fishing for more cards but no luck. Ian was right before Derick with a slim chance for victory. Lady Luck slapped him across the face and gave him a 7 and forced him to discard. 3 people tied for 2nd with 9 points and the way we have our scoring set up, that didn't produce a lot of points.

Games Biggest Jerk: Wes - He shows up late to the game and we have to alter our placement layout to allow him in. He placed his settlements last back to back and he still managed to do very well.