Friday Night Gaming: Manilla, Betrayal
August 21, 2009
There was no game last week due to Merwin scheduling problems. Were were supposed to play Bones, but that fell through as well.
Manila
Brian won this one handily by going into debt, leveraging his existing shares to become the Harbor Master and buy more shares. This works because at the end of the game, each of his leveraged shares were worth 30, but he only lost 15 on each share. With more shares than anyone, this was too big of an advantage to overcome.
In general, I'm reluctant to go into debt in a game. It's my financial conservatism (some might say cowardice) at play here. Because I didn't poorly in the gambling aspect of the game, I didn't have enough cash to do anything useful. Even after I watched Brian leverage his shares, it just didn't feel right for me to follow suit.
Betrayal at House on the Hill
We had most of the house explored (though still hadn't found an exit from the basement that didn't require the Rope item) when the haunting started. We didn't check the errata and ended up assigning the role of traitor to the wrong person, in this case, me. It didn't really matter, but it's one of those errata/FAQ annoyances that often pop up in this game. Another was trying to figure out if the traitor could climb up from the basement to the Collapsed Room (without the rope); we decided he could.
I was the leader of a band of Cannibal "We're not zombies"Freaks. The objectives focused on the Heroes and the Traitor killing each other. This resulted in a scramble for weapons, which meant getting to the Safe and the Vault and exploring the last rooms for items. While Brian explored, Robert was going for the Vault, Ian was keeping the Victims (who had been tenderizing in the attic until now) safe in the Mystic Elevator, and Merwin was... being Merwin.
I had my Cannibals stake out the Foyer, which represented a choke point while I went after items and the Heroes. I got to the Safe and was able to use one-shot items to get the drop on Robert and take his stuff, which included the powerful Spear. Merwin sacrificed himself in the Foyer while Brian stayed in the basement. I then tracked down Ian, killed him, and won when the last the Victims were killed. Brian was still alive, but it didn't matter at that point.
There was no game last week due to Merwin scheduling problems. Were were supposed to play Bones, but that fell through as well.
Manila
Brian won this one handily by going into debt, leveraging his existing shares to become the Harbor Master and buy more shares. This works because at the end of the game, each of his leveraged shares were worth 30, but he only lost 15 on each share. With more shares than anyone, this was too big of an advantage to overcome.
In general, I'm reluctant to go into debt in a game. It's my financial conservatism (some might say cowardice) at play here. Because I didn't poorly in the gambling aspect of the game, I didn't have enough cash to do anything useful. Even after I watched Brian leverage his shares, it just didn't feel right for me to follow suit.
Betrayal at House on the Hill
We had most of the house explored (though still hadn't found an exit from the basement that didn't require the Rope item) when the haunting started. We didn't check the errata and ended up assigning the role of traitor to the wrong person, in this case, me. It didn't really matter, but it's one of those errata/FAQ annoyances that often pop up in this game. Another was trying to figure out if the traitor could climb up from the basement to the Collapsed Room (without the rope); we decided he could.
I was the leader of a band of Cannibal "We're not zombies"Freaks. The objectives focused on the Heroes and the Traitor killing each other. This resulted in a scramble for weapons, which meant getting to the Safe and the Vault and exploring the last rooms for items. While Brian explored, Robert was going for the Vault, Ian was keeping the Victims (who had been tenderizing in the attic until now) safe in the Mystic Elevator, and Merwin was... being Merwin.
I had my Cannibals stake out the Foyer, which represented a choke point while I went after items and the Heroes. I got to the Safe and was able to use one-shot items to get the drop on Robert and take his stuff, which included the powerful Spear. Merwin sacrificed himself in the Foyer while Brian stayed in the basement. I then tracked down Ian, killed him, and won when the last the Victims were killed. Brian was still alive, but it didn't matter at that point.
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