games session 22/03/07 (sobz.. last of this sem...)

Hello everybody,
Thoroughly enjoyed the game session yesterday, tried out 2 wonderful games, Rat a-Tat-Cat and Niagara.

Rat-a-Tat-Cat is a simple card game that involves swopping of cards until your hand score the lowest point. Very boring?? The multiple rules imposed during gameplay enhanced the playability of it. Such as, not permitted to look at your hand in the course of the game increases the challenge of the game. But the biggest draw of the game must be its multi player interaction, trying to deduce the opponents hand by observing his action is a daunting task especially in a scenario of at least six players. Perhaps the only drawback of the game is its limited library. So why did I chose to write this review because I am the winner yesterday, score was 5, 9, 7 over 3 rounds. Woohoo.

Niagara is a fun game, a bit complex in gameplay, so explaining the game is extremely tedious for me, especially with my limited vocabulary. Basicallly you jus try to get the jewel on the board by means of moving your boat along the edge of Niagara which is actually discs. The game completes when a player collects either one of each color, 4 of the same color or 7 of any color. The unique part of the game is that it allows disc to be slotted in at the end of each round which will displace your boat down the waterfall. Another interesting mechanism of the game is the actions of the players. If everybody tries to be greedy and moves a lot then the number of discs to be inserted will get more, so somebody will have to sacrifice and move lesser. But who will and when will he makes the move to make it strategically advantageous to him. Unreusable paddles card also makes hand management essential. A little hard to pick up, but once the game starts rolling, the 3-d gameplay will get you mesmerized by it. Oh… and the winners yesterday are heng and linus. They both pick up 4 of the same crystal, perhaps is a game bug? Haha, I am such a sore loser. Oh and is wonderful to welcome new friends to our gaming session.

Lets welcome Junxiang, I haven’t got the chance to mingle with anothe group though. And well I thanked Jan for coming back and showing his support to us, is always nice to see old friends around.

Quote of the session (including the car ride home): Captain big f*** ah!!! You think you captain planet?!?!
P.S.: Everybody plays saboteur like pro liao.
P.S.: p.s.: Brian don’t make sense in the game and off the game

Enjoy the weekend and work hard for exam everyone.

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