Friday Night Gaming: Street Fighter, Jamaica
April 3, 2009
Street Fighter
There were two fights this night: a 2-on-2 tag team match and a 3-on-3 king of the hill match. In each case, PCs were teamed up against a team of NPCs. In both bouts, the PCs prevailed.
In the first fight, Brian probably could have finished his opponent without tagging out, but he let Merwin in anyway. Unfortunately, the NPC was also able to tag-out, and so Merwin had to face a fresh opponent. Brian was eventually tagged back in to finish it. As a bystander to the bout, I must admit that I was pretty bored. The rules arguments, griping, and general sense that none of this really mattered got on my nerves.
In my fight, I tried to help Robert and Ian, but was mostly neutralized by good tactical choices and Zach and Brian (who played an NPC to help Zach with the load and also rolled phenomenally against me). I was finally able to be effective at the end and scored the final, decisive point. But since Zach was still having trouble juggling 2 NPCs and left idle one fighter who was causing me problems, I don't claim victory. I was just happy to have it end.
With no other bouts planned for the night (thankfully), we pulled out a board game.
Jamaica
When we pulled this out and began setting up, I made a point to let Brian know that it was a light, luck-based game. Well, it's not entirely about luck, but so much depends on factors outside of your control, including random card draws and die rolls, that it's a game I simply can't take too seriously. But it is exactly the kind of game that I want to play after a heavy game. It's too long to be a filler, exactly, but it's a good alternative if we get burned out on Bang!, et al.
Merwin struggled the entire game, ending with a negative score. Brian was stockpiling gold and seeing if he could survive without getting food (and not doing a bad job of it). Robert and Zach seemed to tangle a lot. Ian and I lead the actual race near the end and we both finished at Port Royal at the end. I won with the most points, but Ian and Zach (who ended with stocks full of gold) were very close. I think 3 of the first 4 treasures were cursed and exchanged hands multiple times. I took a -4 treasure from Ian and ended up giving it to Robert; later, Ian took a -2 card from me.
We ended at 11:00 and called it an early night.
Street Fighter
There were two fights this night: a 2-on-2 tag team match and a 3-on-3 king of the hill match. In each case, PCs were teamed up against a team of NPCs. In both bouts, the PCs prevailed.
In the first fight, Brian probably could have finished his opponent without tagging out, but he let Merwin in anyway. Unfortunately, the NPC was also able to tag-out, and so Merwin had to face a fresh opponent. Brian was eventually tagged back in to finish it. As a bystander to the bout, I must admit that I was pretty bored. The rules arguments, griping, and general sense that none of this really mattered got on my nerves.
In my fight, I tried to help Robert and Ian, but was mostly neutralized by good tactical choices and Zach and Brian (who played an NPC to help Zach with the load and also rolled phenomenally against me). I was finally able to be effective at the end and scored the final, decisive point. But since Zach was still having trouble juggling 2 NPCs and left idle one fighter who was causing me problems, I don't claim victory. I was just happy to have it end.
With no other bouts planned for the night (thankfully), we pulled out a board game.
Jamaica
When we pulled this out and began setting up, I made a point to let Brian know that it was a light, luck-based game. Well, it's not entirely about luck, but so much depends on factors outside of your control, including random card draws and die rolls, that it's a game I simply can't take too seriously. But it is exactly the kind of game that I want to play after a heavy game. It's too long to be a filler, exactly, but it's a good alternative if we get burned out on Bang!, et al.
Merwin struggled the entire game, ending with a negative score. Brian was stockpiling gold and seeing if he could survive without getting food (and not doing a bad job of it). Robert and Zach seemed to tangle a lot. Ian and I lead the actual race near the end and we both finished at Port Royal at the end. I won with the most points, but Ian and Zach (who ended with stocks full of gold) were very close. I think 3 of the first 4 treasures were cursed and exchanged hands multiple times. I took a -4 treasure from Ian and ended up giving it to Robert; later, Ian took a -2 card from me.
We ended at 11:00 and called it an early night.
Labels: Other Games, Roleplaying
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