Stately Play Decathlon 2021

Just taken my last turn on Table 2. :blush:

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Really tried for second at the end. I felt bad for stacking double mandatory quests on JammaTal, but didnā€™t want to get lastā€¦Guess that didnā€™t work. Good game gents!

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congrats to Hardco! exceptionally well played as can be expected from a gentleman (ā€œggā€) Mastermind.
i myself wouldnā€™t call my performance a good one.
had to learn the (very) hard way how easy it is to completely lose the feeling for the flow of a game when having played only once in the last years (in the last Decathlon :roll_eyes:).
6 unfinished quests on hand at end of the game tell the story.
and a rules fumble when i was convinced that more quests than just one could be completed in one round. and didnā€™t care to take a look into the rulebook :man_facepalming:
time to get awake for showing more respect to the competition.
my only excuse is that iā€™ve never been much into LoW. i promise to play better in the next rounds.

no problem at all. that was the best possible move :+1:

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I thought the game was a lot tighter than final scoring showed. I was surprised how aggressively everyone was taking the ā€œreset questsā€ space, and I was worried I wouldnā€™t be able to deal with corruption.

Luckily I got that space on the last round, but I messed up, not realizing how low on money I was for my remaining quests. I gave @HostileApostle a mandatory quest despite him having no agents and no quests (I assumed he had something up his sleeve!). I was left with the $8 and a corruption intrigue in my hand, and no way to get enough money for both my anti-corruption quest and the 25 point arcane quest I was planning on completing all game.

Fortunately it all worked out for the best anyway! :sweat_smile:

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You assumed totally wrong that I had anything up my sleeve. Iā€™ve only played LoW like 5 times now. Really I was trying to run out the clock and just pick up a second place finish. you see how that worked outā€¦

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On schedule with Table 2 reporting.

Iā€™ve never played with corruption, so it took a few turns to understand what everyone was doing. I had no idea where the scoring would go.

Only two mandatory quests. I was able to pass off one assigned to me with an intrigue card so I could finish my last quest.

Great game @SpiceTheCat and @JHTaube!

KYakerDude 160
@SpiceTheCat 136
@JHTaube 134

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Nice work, @KYakerDude - you are on a roll!

I see @JHTaube had everyoneā€™s least favourite Lord (Xanathar) and actually did pretty well with the ā€œnet -3 per skullā€ - a close race for 2nd/3rd place there!

Also, LOL on completing the trend on the tables reporting in reverse orderā€¦

@irishdomer08, @feederofgoats, and @kennfusion you can feel free to report in now! :wink:

lol, we are on turn 8 so should be in the next day.

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Nice win @KYakerDude!
When you all reached parity in score during the game I knew it was lost. The building that allows for corruption to be placed on the board never got built so I thought I had a chance. I followed the advice from BGG to aim for 10-12 corruption and target the higher payoff quests but it wasnā€™t enough this time.

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As predicted game 1 finally reports - sorry for the delay everybody - well played folksā€¦

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Good game!!

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GG to @feederofgoats and @irishdomer08

I had never had Sangalor before, I just realized that I read him wrong. For some reason I thought it said ā€˜mandatoryā€™ quests, so I was ignoring that part. Oh well. I had never had him before.

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Not a delay at all! We finished event #2 in month #2!

Iā€™ll post the standings / tables late Sunday or early Monday.

Next up is Sagrada - here are some links:

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Side notes:

I have a feeling there are going to be some Lords of Waterdeep re-matches going on here. :slight_smile:

After Sagrada is Brass - I would highly recommend playing a game prior to the event as this is one of the ā€œheavierā€ games in the Decathlon. Jump on over to the Decathlon Practice Arena thread if you are looking for a practice match!

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Hi everyone!

Our third game is a dice drafting and pattern game, ranked #148 overall on BGG (#23 in Family), and gives us a ā€œbreatherā€ with a 1.93 / 5.00 Complexity rating - Sagrada!

Link to the App Store is aboveā€¦

The first player at each table will please invite the others and the winner of each game will please post a screenshot of the final outcome, including scores.

Good luck and happy gaming!

Table 1
@feederofgoats
@KYakerDude
@Hardco

Table 2
@irishdomer08
@geigerm
@SpiceTheCat

Table 3
@Codington
@JammaTal
@kennfusion

Table 4
@Schlotzky
@JHTaube
@jason1002

Table 5
@Mirefox
@doublebullout
@HostileApostle

Table 6
@Baelnor
@js619
@johnl

Table 7
@JaneHatke
@JMH.75
@whovian223

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@JMH.75, what is your friend code?

Table 2 invite is out

@geigerm
@SpiceTheCat

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@JHTaube & @jason1002, please let me know your friend codes when you get a chance. Thanks!

@KYakerDude and @Hardco can you do the same please? Thanks