Decathlon - Scythe (Event #1)

The first game of the decathlon is now in the history books. Saturday night produced the following placements in Scythe:

Winners

1st Place - Danielle Harris
2nd Place - Dave Harris
3rd place - Michael Williams

Overall Decathlon Standings

Amanda Ayers -

Kyle Dineen -
Emily Field -
Ben Fish -
Jonathan Fish -
Samantha Fish -
Daniel Halford -

Danielle Harris - 3

Dave Harris - 2
Hubert Lee -
Megan Prettyman -
Kader Riddick -
Caralee Shepard -
Kaitlyn Steward -
Matt Stewart -
Erin Salter -
Wells Thompson -

Michael Williams - 1

The Game

Scythe had the misfortune of falling victim to a host of last minute schedule conflicts, and three of the seven signed up players notified me they would be unable to make the game by the time we were heading home from Ft. Worth Saturday afternoon. We briefly discussed moving the game, but Michael and Ben were both unable to make the Sunday time that worked for the other three, so we went ahead for Saturday at 7pm.

Danielle drew Rusviet, Michael took Crimeria, Ben broke out Saxony, and Dave played as the Norse. This game ended up being pretty farmy with the wide open map. Michael spent most of the game on his islands farming away, and he and Dave took all their enlistments early and fed each other bonuses. Ben benefited from the "Hero" airship card and was able to churn out some popularity and an advantageous pair of objectives for Saxony. Meanwhile, Danielle busied herself grabbing the majority of encounters on the map.

The turning point came when Dave assaulted the factory, blitzing with Mox and a mech across the lake. Against all odds, Ben had two five strength cards in his hand and won the resulting combat by one. Dave returned two turns later to complete his conquest, but the battling left both players drained of power. Sensing the end was near, Danielle struck out, initiating combats with both Michael and the depleted Dave on the last turn and winning them both to close the game.

Final counts came at the following:

Danielle - 74
Dave - 72
Michael - 57
Ben - 41

GG to all for an excellently played and very friendly first game of the decathlon! Finally, this year we're trying something new and collecting nominations as we go. We had seven nominations tonight, four players for three awards. Here are some of the highlights.

Ben - Hero Bomber Award
"for pulling two 5's and throwing Dave back into the sea."

Danielle - Brittany Award
"for an amazing last turn coming out of nowhere to win after triumphing in two combats to clutch the game by 2 points"

Michael - Farmville Award
"for sitting on his island until the end of the game. [Then he] poked his head out and got poked back."

Dave - Brittany Award
"(in reference to his attack with mechs) THEY CAME FROM THE SEA!!!1!11!"

Next up, Seven Wonders on Tuesday!