Today was So Cal Games Day 34 at the Tujunga Elks Lodge. I got there just as it started, and after some confusion regarding a double booking (they had to move a funeral), the gaming commenced. Here’s what I played (* indicates I won):
- Ten Days in Europe*. A great warmup game.
- Darjeeling*. First play. Interesting strategy.
- Aces of Aces: Handy Rotary Edition. Good two player game, but I went down in flames.
- Dragon Delta. Played this twice. The first ended really quick. The second game was hard fought.
- Streetcar/Linie 1*.
- Category 5.
- On The Underground*.
- Ten Days in Africa.
- Attika. First play. Good game.
Some other observations. Ticket To Ride (and its variants), one of the most popular games for years, seems to be over the hill. There was barely one game played of it all day, and I couldn’t talk anyone into it. Train games seem to be passing out of the fancy, right now. So what was popular. I saw at least five games of Pandemic being played. Haven’t tried it yet. I saw one game of Agricola, but it seemed to go on forever. I saw one game of Zooloretto, which I’ve heard is a good game, but haven’t yet tried.
Best of all: I made it through a games day with no headache!
