Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Charterstone Chronicle, Game 10

Contrary to what I thought would happen, this game was not the shortest, and indeed was one of the longer games of Charterstone we've played. I thought that everyone's influence would evaporate quickly in questing for minions. However, everyone did a pretty good job managing theirs and the game dragged to about 2 1/2 hours.

Relying on workers alone really opened up the board and invited people to visit other people's charters in a way they hadn't in quite some time. With basically everything built or Charterstoned (I think Dani, Daniel, and I each built once and Amanda Charterstoned once and built twice), the scoring in this game came down to scoring objectives and creating VP loops.

My goal from the start for this game was to score the guidepost, which I went to tremendous lengths to do. I placed an influence on my minion income building to grab the last minion, in addition to picking up the two on my charter and a third procured through the tremendous noble sacrifice of Danielle. However, Caralee was able to pick up a third off the board in addition to the fourth she started the game with from her capacity. We ended up tying for it, but I had the rare pleasure of scratching off the card due to having more influence.

I pretty quickly realized this was going to be a long game, and Swananoa's strategy revolved around guests and income buildings as a result. After setting this up (and building the chocolatier), I settled into a consistent pattern of selling resources at my casino for money and turning that money into VP at Amanda's resort. I finished above 100 for the first time, in 4th place if I recall correctly behind Caralee at ~110, Daniel at 120, and Megan at ~140. Caralee had undoubtedly the best persona for this game, allowing her to pick up both her workers after placing them. However, the ending of the game caught her off guard and she ended with a host of unused treasure in her hand. Megan put her "bumper" persona to good use as well.

Daniel and Megan are now approaching having every star on their box filled. I think they are tied iirc, or very close in total glory. Caralee and I are similarly tied in total glory, so these last few games will be critical to determining the final standings within each pair.

The Forever King remains happy with us...much to my dismay. I'm ready for the rug yank. Game 11 will be a bit delayed, but hopefully we'll be wrapping this campaign up before May.

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