Cavapoo

Round 1

The Blue Meanies play Harga's House of Ribs, gaining $3 and placing a minion in Nap Hill.

Gentle Rain plays Queen Molly, placing a minion in Dimwell, and requesting 2 cards from PIKES.  PIKES plays Wallace Sonky to ignore the request.

TTG plays CMOT Dibbler, rolling an 8 and gaining $4, then playing Inigo Skimmer, removing a blue minion and Trouble from The Scours and gaining $2.

PIKES plays Pink Pussycat Club, gaining $3, then plays The Fools' Guild on Gentle Rain, placing a minion and Trouble marker in Dimwell.  Gentle Rain pays PIKES $5 to avoid keeping Fools' Guild.

Round 2

The Blue Meanies play Nobby Nobbs, taking $3 from PIKES, and The Mended Drum, spending $12 for a building in Nap Hill and gaining $2.

Gentle Rain plays the Agony Aunts, removing a green minion and Trouble from Dimwell, gaining $2, and placing a minion in Unreal Estate.

TTG plays Sacharissa Crisplock, gaining $2 and placing a minion in The Hippo.

PIKES plays The Beggars' Guild on The Blue Meanies, who must give him 2 cards, and places a minion and Trouble marker in Dimwell.

Round 3

The Blue Meanies gain $1 from Nap Hill and play the Ankh Morpork Sunshine Dragon Sanctuary.  Gentle Rain, TTG, and PIKES give The Blue Meanies $1 each.  The Blue Meanies then play Zorgo the Retro-Phrenologist, changing their personality card.

Gentle Rain plays Here'n'Now, rolling a 4 to no effect, then plays Mr. Gryle, removing a green minion and Trouble marker from Dimwell and gaining $1.  PIKES plays Gaspode to prevent the removal.

TTG plays Sonky Shop, discarding a card for $1 and spends $12 to build a building in The Hippo.

PIKES plays Mr. Bent, taking out a $10 loan, Foul Ole Ron, moving a blue minion from Nap Hill to Unreal Estate and placing a Trouble marker there, and the History Monks, drawing 4 cards from the discards and placing a minion in Isle of Gods.

Round 4

The Blue Meanies gain $1 from Nap Hill, play The Fire Brigade on TTG, who pay him $5 to save the building in The Hippo, then play Harry King, placing a minion somewhere and discarding 3 cards for $6.

Gentle Rain plays Dr. Whiteface on PIKES, who pays him $5 to discard it and places a minion in Longwall.

TTG gains $2 from The Hippo and plays The Thieves' Guild, gaining $2 from each other player and placing a minion and Trouble marker in Isle of Gods.

PIKES plays Nobby Nobbs, taking $3 from The Blue Meanies, then plays Sacharissa Crisplock, gaining $5 and placing a minion in Nap Hill.

Round 5

The Blue Meanies gain $1 from Nap Hill, play The Bank of Ankh Morpork, taking out a $10 loan, and The Seamstress' Guild, giving PIKES a card, gaining $2 from them, and placing a minion in Seven Sleepers.

Gentle Rain plays Hex, drawing 3 cards and spending $6 for a building in The Scours.

TTG collects $2 from The Hippo and plays Dr. Cruces, removing the red minion and Trouble from The Shades and collecting $3.

PIKES plays Mr. Boggis, taking $2 from each other player, and places a minion and Trouble marker in Dragon's Landing.

Round 6

The Blue Meanies gain $1 from Nap Hill and play the Librarian, drawing 4 cards.

Gentle Rain plays The Dean, triggering a Flood in Dragon's Landing (no effect) and Dolly Sisters.  TTG moves a minion to Nap Hill, adding Trouble.  PIKES moves a minion to Dragon's Landing.  The Blue Meanies move a minion to Dragon's Landing.  Gentle Rain moves a minion to Unreal Estate.  Trouble removed from Dolly Sisters.  Gentle Rain removes a blue minion and Trouble from Unreal Estate, then plays Leonard of Quirm, drawing 4 cards.

TTG gains $2 from The Hippo and plays The Royal Mint, spending $6 for a building in The Shades and gaining $5.

PIKES plays Groat, placing a minion and Trouble marker in Longwall.

Round 7

The Blue Meanies gain $1 from Nap Hill and play Gargoyles, drawing 1 card and spending $18 for a building in Seven Sleepers.

Gentle Rain plays The Senior Wrangler, drawing the Mysterious Murders event.  TTG removes a green minion and Trouble from Longwall, but PIKES plays Gaspode to counter it.  PIKES removes a yellow minion and Trouble marker from Nap Hill.  TTG plays Fresh Start Club to have that minion reappear in Dolly Sisters.  The Blue Meanies remove a yellow minion from Dolly Sisters.  Gentle Rain removes a blue minion and Trouble from Dragon's Landing, but The Blue Meanies play Susan to prevent this.  Gentle Rain then plays Mrs. Cake, looking at 2 of the 3 unused Personality Cards, gaining $2, and declining to build.

TTG collects $2 from The Hippo and plays Doctor Hix.  The event is Earthquake:  buildings in The Hippo and The Shades are removed.  TTG then places a Trouble marker in The Scours and plays The Dysk, spending $12 for a building in The Hippo and gaining $2.

PIKES plays Stanley, taking 2 cards at random from Gentle Rain and returning one of them, then placing a minion and Trouble marker in Dolly Sisters.

Round 8

The Blue Meanies gain $1 from Nap Hill, $3 from Seven Sleepers, play Pondor Stibbons, drawing the Trolls event.  A troll and Trouble both appear in Seven Sleepers and Nap Hill, and a troll alone in Small Gods.  The Blue Meanies then play Gimlet's Dwarf Delicatessen, gaining $3 and placing a minion and Trouble marker in Small Gods, and Sgt. Colon, removing the Trouble marker from Dragon's Landing and placing a minion in Isle of Gods.

Gentle Rain reveals that he is Dragon, King of Arms, and given that there are 8 Trouble markers on the board, declares victory!  Congratulations to Bill!

End of Game Statements

Bill Scharf (Gentle Rain):  Well that was unexpected. I was compiling my list of guesses about the other player identities. I thought blue was the troll, and if so the game was winding down soon given his income. I thought green was the patrician….doing well also if true. I assume yellow was a lord…As usual, I enjoyed playing the game, tons of fun for a Pratchett fan such as myself. Thanks Chris, for running it.

Kevin Wilson (PIKES):  Well, I must have miscounted last turn. I thought there we only 5 trouble so I thought I’d have a turn to act, if needed, with Captain Carrot to take one off the board.  But, it went faster than expected. I guess I didn’t consider the impact of an event.

Congrats to Bill on winning the race. I was getting close with Vetinari, just not close enough.  As always, loads of fun.  Thanks to all for playing and to Chris for running.

Andy York (TTG):  Congrats to Bill on a surprising win, I certainly didn't think we were that close on things. But, this game can through unexpected curves to any strategy. Appreciate the fine GMing of Chris!

Christopher Hunt (The Blue Meanies):  I always enjoy this game.  Thanks to Chris for is game mastery and congratulations to Bill on his victory.  Did not look at the number of troubles, too concerned with trying to use the bad set of cards I ended up with.

Chris Hassler (GM):  Just to reveal who was who:  Bill, we already know.  Christopher and Andy were both Lords.  When Christopher played Zorgo, he exchanged one Lord for a different one.  Kevin was Lord Vetinari.

The Players

TTG is the Texas Tenement Guild.  PIKES is P-Math Institute of Klatch, Ee Section.

Board Position

Dolly Sisters: Red and Green minions, Trouble

Unreal Estate: 2 Red minions

Dragon's Landing:  2 Blue and 2 Green minions

Small Gods: Blue minion, Troll, Trouble

The Scours: Red, Yellow, and Green minions, Red building, Trouble

The Hippo: Yellow minion, Yellow building

The Shades:  Blue, Yellow, and Green minions

Dimwell: Red and Green minions, Trouble

Longwall: Red and Green minions, Trouble

Isle of Gods: Green, Blue, and Yellow minions, Trouble

Seven Sleepers: Blue minion, Troll, Blue building, Trouble

Nap Hill: Green minion, Troll, Blue building, Trouble