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I thought I would share with you a order I placed today to get some more games for our club!

I picked up three copies of Perikles which sounds like a great game. It is a mix of politics & military. Read what is printed on that back of the box.

“Together the Greek City States had defeated the greatest power in the world, the Persians. Now, though, pride and envy have led them to fight amongst themselves in what we know today as the Peloponnesian War.

Each player represents a powerful Greek family with political influence spread across the six major city states of ancient Greece. Players strive to become leaders of these cities, thus taking control of their military forces. With these forces players will aim to win glory on the battlefield.”

Perikles, 3-5 player, 120 minutes

Next one I ordered was Hellas. I ordered only one copy to try it out. If it goes well I would like to pick up a few more. Here is what it says on the back of the box:

“In the land of ancient Greece, called Hellas, the people waged power struggles for control of the many valuable islands. The combatants faced each other over land and across the seas. In these battles with sail and sword, the combatants venture forth to discover new islands to fight over. To aid them in their battles, the combatants often seek the favor of the Gods.”

Hellas, 2-2 player, 60 minutes

The next order I picked up was for a crazy game called Eketorp. You are a band of vikings who are battling each other for supplies to build the best castle. The game is unique and a good time. I have played this one already and knew it to be refreshingly different.

Eketorp, 3-6 players, 60 minutes

The next game I picked up cause it sounded cool and tactical. It is called Feudo. This is a game that is based in middevil Europe. Players are trying to take control of land and castles. Much like chess they all have similar pieces and when one dies it is out of the game for good. Here is what the back of the box says:

“In the year 1265 A.D., England’s most powerful Barons clashed to contend the precious lands of the manor of Evesham. The outcome of this battle depends on your strategy. Will you make use of the charm of your Milady or will you go to the Convent? No one knows what moves you will make. Be careful of the fog and keep away from the plague. Play your shillings and strike the enemy where he least expects it. But if you become the strongest Baron, King Henry III will also join the struggle, and winning will be even harder.”

Feudo, 2-4 players, 90 minutes

The last game I picked up was El Grande. This is a great game that we already have one copy of. I have started to teach a few people the game and it has been going really well. They seemed to really enjoy the game so I thought I would order another one. I still would like to pick up one or two more but all in due time. For those who have not played this one yet here is the description from the back of the box:

“In this award-winning game, players take on the roles of Grandes in medieval Spain. The king’s power is flagging, and these powerful lords are vying for control of the various provinces. To that end, you draft caballeros (knights) into your court and subsequently move them onto the board to help seize control of provinces. After every third turn, the regions are scored, and after the ninth turn, the Grande with the most points is deemed the winner.”

El Grande, 2-5 players, 90 minutes

I am looking forward to teaching these games in future game clubs. There are so many more games to learn and I am looking for  those who are my dedicated soldiers who are ready to learn & have fun!

Thanks much for all your support to the Game club this year.

Mr. Matera

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Good luck to all the hunters. I hope to have a quick race. This time I will give out more cash the faster it gets found. So for example if someone finds it today they would get much more gold then the person that finds it in 10 days.

If you’re new at this I will tell you how this works. You don’t want to post the answer here. You want to message me on Thirdfloorgamers.com the answer. In this case you want to tell me the page it was found on and the word/letter that was colored. Good luck!

I will post who found it here and  how much gold they received here in this post.

Happy hunting!

Mr. Matera

People who found it & their treasure amounts!

Minhal: 150 (found it within 2 hours of posting) WOW!
Zach: 75
Max L: 50

And we are done. Nice work guys

I am very excited to report that we will be starting a new game of online werewolf, albeit a different theme. This is called Corporate Take Over. The idea of the game is similar to Werewolf. Your team is trying to be the last one standing. It will be broken down into a day and night phase, however no one person will have the night time roles. In this exciting Online werewolf you will be on one of the bank teams. There will be three teams of four. Each person will get $100 to start with and they will be spending it in the night auctions. The “role” of the werewolf will be bid on by people and they will then spend the money to kill someone on another team (hopefully). In the day time your money will be used (but not spent) to determine how strong your vote is. If you have 100 dollars your vote is worth 100, but if you have spent some on night roles, and won the bid, you will have a less powerful vote.

Teams:

Chase Manhattan

Bank of America

Citi Bank

Night Roles (Not up for bidding)

Head Hunter: Each team will start the game with one Head Hunter. This person is like the seer in werewolf. They are able to see who works for who. Each night they will tell me who they want to see and I will reveal which bank they work for.

Night Roles & Tools (up for bidding)

Assassin: (werewolf) Each night that this role is won, the winner will get to select someone to kill. Choose wisely, as you will not know who is on which team.

Hacker: Each night that this role is won, the winner will get to select someone to steal 25% of their money from their account by hacking into their personal account.

Director of HR – Each night that this role is won, the winner, will get to select someone and find out if they work for the same bank.

Federal Trade Commission Officer: Each night that this role is won, the winner, will get to select someone and freeze his or her accounts for an entire day (which means no votes during the day) ‘

HOW TO SIGN UP!

I hope to see many of  you apply to get into this re-themed werewolf. I would only like students who are going to be active to participate. Your team will need you and you must be willing to log in each day and make some posts and cast your vote. If this sounds like it interests you please sign up below. Remember this is a commitment. I expect you to play if you sign up.

Dates:

Victory Points: June 14th – 18th   Victory Points 2010 Medal: 

Stay Sharp: August 2nd – 6th  Stay Sharp 2010 Medal:

On another note, several soldiers got promotions today. Check them out, they are:

Teressa
Aaron P.
Max L.
Minhal G.

Congrats guys and girls. Keep up the good work.

Mr. Matera
Master and Commander

After this, we played a second game which was entirely uneventful.  Before we could really get into the game, we had to stop and pack up.  Was game club over?  NO!  It was time for, the one, the only, WEREWOLF!!!!!  With our massive amount of people, we gathered in to collect our roles and start the chaos!  it was another great time!  First, it seemed as if the werewolves were going to win, as villagers were killed left and right.  (I was the first to die! Boohoo!)  But eventually the werewolves were found and voted out of town!  Soon there was only 1 elusive wolf left to find!  He killed a few more innocents, when finally, he was rooted out from the crowd, and killed!  The villagers prevailed!  Then game club was over, but everyone had a blast, just like always!

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Pitchcar Mini

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Anyways, on to the game. For Sale, is a light filler-strategy game which involves buying and selling different properties. We started the game with 2200 dollar tokens, which you use to buy  different properties. There are also two decks of cards, one with the numbered properties in it, and the latter with checks of varying sizes in it. There are two phases to this game; one where you can buy properties, and another where you sell the properties for checks, which are used at the end of the game to determine who the winner is.

You start the game by flipping up 3 property cards, and then going around and placing bets on it, or freely taking the lowest card. The cards go around until all of them have been taken. For example, if there was a 3, 8, and 17 on the table. The first player could freely take the 3, or bid tokens to vie for the top card. If one player took the 3, another player could take the next lowest available card, the 8, or bid more token to go for the 17. You repeated this until all the cards were gone.

Next you moved onto the check phase. Each player has the same number of properties, and you bid the properties for different checks which ranged from 0 to 15,000. After you have auctioned off all the properties for checks, you counted out your score, and the person with the highest points was the victor.

When we played our game, there were only 3 players. Zach, Mr. Matera, and myself. It was my first time, and I carelessly wasted my money earlier on, and was empty later on when the better properties came out, and was forced to take the terrible cards, such as a 1 or 2, while Mr. Matera picked up cards in the higher 20s. The game continued in the same fashion in the second phase. Mr. Matera easily came in first with an astonishing 100 points, with Zach in second with 79. I came in last. (How did you guess?) with only 69 points.

For Sale is a great game and I really enjoyed playing it. Hopefully the video review will be on the site by the end of next week.