Dice, dice, baby. We now review the "probability" that rules our Catan world. Only Pete and I could make it to Casa Dave for in-person but outdoor game night; and Paul was unable to attend in-person. So Dave suggested virtual again to see if Paul could play. So it was turn off the lights and glow to the cameras. I rocked a mic like a vandal. We lit up our stage and waxed a taquito like a candle.
Dave put away the taquitos for next week and we all grabbed our drinks and snacks. Now that the game night is jumping with the Zoom kicked in, and the Catan Universe is pumping. Quick to the game--no happy hour. I'm hosting the games like a pound of mutton. Trading sheep if you ain't quick and nimble.
Game One.
I was red, Dave was blue, Paul was green, and Pete was grey.
Check out the map while BJ revolves it:
I go crazy when I hear a 7 rolled. Seriously, the robber was very busy this game. Dave grabs the longest road tightly. Flows like a harpoon daily and nightly. Pete's in no rush to the leader that builds roads. He was two roads from linking his segments and taking longest road. I'm stuck by the desert like a poisonous mushroom. Deadly? Hardly? It was a major achievement to build one settlement. I play like a dope madly. Paul is trapped and struggling up the coast. Dice weren't hot, rolling less than probability.
Rockman lovers driving city upgrades. Jealous cause I'm not getting 3. Dave with a 9 and Pete with a 10. Nine came up a lot. They were ready for the chumps on the sheep. The chumps acting ill because they're stuck with few points.
And with largest army, longest road, and a victory point card, Dave reached 10.
So fast, BJ says "Damn!"
Anything less than ten is a felony:
Paul also had a victory point, and so I pulled up the rear at 4, with Paul at 5 and Pete, who was so close to taking the longest road from Dave, at 6. Dice dice baby.
Dice dice baby:
Six and 8 were sad. You can see why I built just two roads with one 4 rolled and one 11 rolled. I missed out on the bulk of the sweet sweet 9 rolls.
Game Two.
I was red, Dave was blue, Paul was green, and Pete was purple.
Check out the map while BJ revolves it:
Road segments sprang out like a wall. I grabbed my cities, but I'm blocked by roads. Running out of build sites real fast. Jumped for the lottery tickets but Paul slammed on the gas building the Paul Coast Highway. Bumper to bumper the avenue's stacked as Pete raced to beat Paul's road.
It would have been interesting if the road race had continued like the old-style arcade game of extending your line while making the other one crash. I'm trying to get development cards before the jackers jack.
Cities on the 9, you know what I mean. Paul passed me up, confronted all the road fiends. If there was a victory point, yo I'll draw it. But I didn't have the time. Dice dice baby. Take heed 'cause I'd got two knights. Pete rule's on the scene, just in case you didn't know it. I just didn't have the time. And didn't get the card.
My towns that created all the rocks were enough to shake and kick holes in the ground. But Paul's style is like the PCH. It was amazing that Pete and Paul raced along on parallel paths! Trapping poor Beej in between. Feasible trades that you can vision and feel. Conducted and formed, this is a hell of a concept. But the Pete rule denied it. Trading to buy lottery cards was hard.
Paul make it ten and you want to step with this victory.
Anything less than ten is a felony:
I had 9 points, Dave was fully urbanized at 8, and Pete had 6, denied the longest road.
Dice dice baby:
The robber was quiet this game. Six and 8 were sparse and look at 5 and 11! Elevens and nines got me my cities.
Game Three.
I was red, Dave was blue, Paul was brown, and Pete was purple. I think Paul had to re-log in which changed his color.
Check out the map while BJ revolves it:
Love it or leave it you better gangway. You better hit the robber so the Beej don't play. If there was a problem, yo I'll solve it. Yes, Beej "road" to victory this game after being cruelly denied in game one.
Check out the brick while BJ rolls it. Dice dice baby. Two, three, ten, and eleven were astounding. And eight and nine underperformed. Dice dice baby. And a hi-density with a souped up nine got me enough roads to take the longest road from Dave.
Pete was trapped in the center and simply doomed barring the largest army and a couple victory point cards. Paul was semi-trapped in the south but had room to run on the coast again.
I'm on a roll and it's time to go lottery. Rollin' in my luck. With my headphones down so my lockdown hair can blow. The players on standby waiting just to say "Did you get the point?"
I did. And reached 10 points before I could lose the longest road.
Anything less than ten is a felony:
Paul and Dave were in second with 5. I guess having a knight broke the tie for screen placement honors to Paul. Pete had 3. It was gruesome, brother Pete.
Dice dice baby:
That was no normal curve. I won't complain about the dice dice baby.
Game Four.
Paul checked out for the last game, claiming he hadn't eaten all day. That wouldn't happen at an in-person game night! He'd have feasted on taquitos! I was red, Dave was blue, and Pete was purple.
Check out the map while BJ revolves it:
No, I just drove by. Dave got the longest road and I played one road building card with another ready to play! Kept on pursuing to the next roll. I busted on my road-building 5 and I'm heading to the next block. The block was dead when Dave got the largest army, too.
Yo so Pete continued to wood and sheep Beachfront Avenue. It was a bold double-placement ploy to have complementary ports and resources around the ports!
Dave plays on our fade. Slice across Catan like a ninja, cut like a razor blade. If his rolls were a drug he'd sell it by the gram. Keep our composure when it's time to get dice.
Magnetized by the "probability" while I kick my beer. There was a problem, yo I couldn't solve it. With two knights and road building card I had hope that Dave's assent could be checked and rolled back. Check out the hook while Dave nullifies it.
And so Dave raced to ten with Pete and I in his rear view mirror on his glorious highway and an army holding us off. Dice dice baby.
Anything less than ten is a felony:
There were few victory point cards this evening.
Dice dice baby:
The robber hits a lot this game.
Alright stop at 11:00, collaborate and listen. Dice are back with my brand new invention. Dice dice tower baby. Yo man let's get out of here.
Word to the game night list: Dice dice baby, too cold. Dice dice baby, too cold, too cold.
It's the dice dice baby.
Oh, and a meme:
Next month at Casa Dave's for Seafarers, we hope!
As always, I welcome comments to add perspectives to my Beej-centric review.
