So we decided that we'd play a shortened game for an hour and a half, ending at 9pm, so Richard and Tim could watch a movie too. Setting up the game was easier,having done it once. We organised the various cards a bit better:
Richard and Tim organised their pieces nicely too, while mine sat in a heap for most of the game:
I had good wheat hexes, since that seemed to me one of the most important resources in this game, and some ore and wood too. But no clay at all, and only a 3 on sheep. I was quickly able to build cities, and upgrade them too, and we all bought sufficient knights to keep the barbarians at bay. But although I've now mastered the logistics of the game, I haven't really got hold of any good strategy. A couple of times I ended my turn and then realised I could have done something else - but as it's not part of the regular Settlers game, I needed longer to think about it.
The progress cards are quite fun, although we haven't really figured out the best times to play them. It's quite fun being able to play more than one in the same round. But we were still trying to establish all the precise rules for the knights, and it was difficult for me to think of so many diverse things at once.
By 9pm, Tim was ahead with 10 points (including the longest street), I had 9, Richard had 8. Tim didn't think he'd have stayed ahead if we'd continued playing to 13 or 15 points, since he wasn't picking up any wheat. I was feeling quite bemused about what to do next, having built all my cities and still having no real access to clay. And we were all feeling a bit overwhelmed with the amount of thinking required in this vastly more complex game! So much so that I even forgot to take a photo of the board at the end.
There's a lot of potential to Cities and Knights, and we look forward to becoming more proficient at it.
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