Games Session
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| Date: |
24th September 2004 |
| Game Played: |
Engel & Bengel (Sharp Shooters) |
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| Players |
Result |
Win |
Ratings |
| Mark K |
350 |
P |
6 |
| Mark G |
220 |
|
8 |
| Nige |
170 |
|
4 |
| Garry |
110 |
|
7 |
After
Goldbrau, we just had time for a short game of Engel & Bengel (a
re-release of Hasbro's Sharp Shooters). This is very similar in feel to
Can't Stop, one of my favourite dice games. The game comes with numerous
boards and each board shows a series of dice combinations with a payout
amount for completing each combination. So for instance, a row of four
two's pays out forty whereas a straight 1 - 6 pays ninety. There can also
be bogey combinations where you lose money, such as a single four loses
you 20. On a player's turn they roll five dice and must add at least one
die to the board. They can then re-roll any remaining dice or choose to
stick with what they've got in which case the next player starts again
with five dice. Once a row has been filled the player placing the last die
receives the payout or pays the penalty for a bogey row. Once a board is
completely filled, the board and dice are removed, a new board is
revealedand play continues. The game ends after a certain number of boards
and the person with the most money wins.
Nige raced out into a fantastic lead
mainly due to my ineptitude in rolling dice. Try as I might, I always fell
one short of completing a row, leaving the player on my left, Nige, an
easy task to pick up some money. Mark G and Mark K took ages to get off
the mark and it wasn't until the third board (of five) that anyone made
any inroad into Nige's lead. Lady luck the nturned against our leader as
he was forced into taking a couple of nasty bogey combinations and Mark K
raced past to capture victory. Lots of fun and laughter, three of us
thought it was great for the type of game it's meant to be; 'No-fun Nige'
acted true to form and rated it a 4.
