At the top of the list, Games 1 and 2 were a newly received gift and a related predecessor, those being 10 Days in Europe and 10 Days in the USA, respectively. We dove in with our planes, ships, and automobiles while touching up on our geography of eastern Europe. We have not had any refresher courses in geography since grade school, so the first benefit of gaming that we discovered this year is improved geographic knowledge.
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| A memento from our travels |
Jennifer was the best student in the class as she scooted around Europe and became the first game winner of the year. I (Bob) enjoyed the game play element of having different ships designed for different bodies of water (the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Baltic); however, such enjoyment did not bring me any closer to winning.
Back in the USA, the land where everyone owns a car, or four, Heather deftly won by sightseeing around the Northwestern states, with the rest of the Rhinos nearly completing their trips as well. The second benefit of gaming we discovered this year is knowing one's whereabouts.
Game 3, Acquire, an oldie and goodie, was a definite switch in style with money and stocks. The Rhinos got off to a good start with seven small corporations on the board. In general, ownership of corporations throughout the game was contested by two individuals at a time, so that any given corporation rarely had three stockholders. Bob managed to position himself so that he was involved in the most mergers, often as the majority stockholder. Heather masterfully dominated the largest corporation on the board, and although she was not involved in many mergers and was often strapped for cash, managed to land in the middle of the pack. Greg and Jennifer fought valiantly for corporate power and payoffs, yet the tiles they drew didn't always leave them with the options they wanted. The third benefit of gaming we discovered this year is location, location, location.
-Bob
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