End of Game Statements
Kevin Wilson (Emperor): Well, I’m glad that worked. Surprised but glad. It was around turn 7 that it became clear my existing alliance with the Guild wasn’t going to win. While we might prevent anyone else from winning outright the fact I didn’t see how we could win together it seemed like a default win for either the Guild or Fremen was the likely outcome. The only way to avoid that and have a shot at a win was to switch alliances (in true Dune fashion) and try for the outright win with the Harkonnens. So, I approached Bill and he proved amenable. Now all we needed was a nexus. Fortunately we got a nexus just in time. I had the units and cash to drop in for the try but needed his help to fight and, ultimately, a fortuitous choice in leaders by the Fremen and we get a backdoor win. It was the only shot, a long shot, but the only shot and we got lucky. I’ll take it.
Thanks to Chris for running the game. Still one of my top 5 if not top 3 although it’s about to be perhaps edged out by Terraforming Mars in that later category. Thanks to my fellow players, Dune is always fun. Dangerous too. Let’s have another go soon and see if we can round up one or two more to get a full board.
Bill Scharf (Harkonnens): After all these years Dune continues to surprise. After virtually a game long battle against the Emperor/Guild...a last minute change of alliances and a win shared by two former adversaries. Not a lot of games allow that to happen. Good game, thanks for running it Chris.
Bob Robles (Guild): Congratulations to the victors, especially to Kevin for jumping off a loser and backing the winning horse!
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