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Citadels

Round 1

Character Selection

Done.

Actions

The Assassin is absent.

Kevin is the Spy.  The Spy draws 2 cards, keeping 1, spends 1 gold to build a Tavern, looks at Bill's hand for trade districts, finding 1 and taking 1 gold from Bill and drawing a card.

Bill is the Seer.  The Seer takes a card from each player, giving them a card in return, takes 2 gold, and spends 3 gold for a Monastery.

The King is absent.

Christopher is the Cardinal.  The Cardinal draws 2 cards, keeping 1, takes 2 gold from Chris, giving him 2 cards in return, and spends 4 gold to build a Harbor.

The Trader is absent.

The Scholar is absent.

Chris is the Diplomat.  The Diplomat takes 2 gold, spends 1 gold for a Temple, and exchanges the temple for Bill's Monastery, paying Bill 2 gold.

Round 2

Character Selection

Actions

Christopher is the Assassin.  The Assassin takes 2 gold, announces the assassination of the King, and spends 2 gold for a Market.

The Spy is absent.

Kevin is the Seer.  The Seer takes 2 gold, spends 4 gold to play the Harbor, and draws 1 card from each player, giving them a card in return.

The King is absent.

Chris is the Cardinal.  The Cardinal takes 2 gold, takes 1 gold from Bill, giving him a card, and spends 3 gold to build a Barracks.

The Trader is absent.

Bill is the Scholar.  The Scholar draws 7 cards, keeps 1, shuffles the rest back into the deck, takes 2 gold, and spends 3 gold to build a Barracks.

The Diplomat is absent.

Round 3

Character Selection

Actions

The Assassin is absent.

Chris is the Spy.  The Spy looks at Kevin's hand for trade districts, finding none, takes 2 gold and spends 2 gold to build Stables.

The Seer is absent.

Christopher is the King and takes the crown.  The King takes 2 gold.

Bill is the Cardinal.  The Cardinal takes 2 gold, gains 1 card for his religious districts, and spends 2 gold for a Prison.

The Trader is absent.

Kevin is the Scholar.  The Scholar draws 7 cards, keeping 1, and takes 2 gold.

The Diplomat is abssent.

Round 4

Character Selection

Actions

Christopher is the Assassin.  The Assassin assassinates the Trader, takes 2 gold, and spends 3 gold to build a Manor.

Chris is the Spy.  The Spy looks at Kevin's hand for royal districts, finding 2 of them, takes 2 gold from Kevin and gains 2 cards, takes 2 gold, and spends 3 gold for a Manor.

The Seer is absent.

The King is absent.

The Cardinal is absent.

Kevin is the Trader.  The Trader has been assassinated.

Bill is the Scholar.  The Scholar draws 7 cards, keeping 1, takes 2 gold, and spends 2 gold to build a Market.

The Diplomat is absent.

Round 5

Character Selection

Actions

The Assassin is absent.

Christopher is the Spy.  The Spy looks at Chris' hand for royal districts, finding none, and draws 2 cards, keeping 1.

The Seer is absent.

The King is absent.

Kevin is the Cardinal.  The Cardinal takes 2 gold.

Bill is the Trader.  The Trader takes 2 gold, gains 1 gold for a trade district, and spends 2 gold for a Church.

The Scholar is absent.

Chris is the Diplomat.  The Diplomat takes 2 gold, gains 1 gold for military districts, swaps the Stables for Christopher's Harbor, giving him 2 gold, and spends 1 gold for a Tavern.

Round 6

Character Selection

Actions

The Assassin is absent.

Christopher is the Spy.  The Spy looks at Chris' hand for royal districts, finding none, takes 2 gold and spends 5 fold for a Fortress.

Bill is the Seer.  The Seer takes a random card each from Kevin and Chris, gives a card back to each one, and takes 2 gold.

Kevin is the King and takes the Crown.  The King takes 2 gold, spends 4 gold to build a Castle, and gains 1 gold from royal districts.

The Cardinal is absent.

The Trader is absent.

Chris is the Scholar.  The Scholar draws 7 cards, keeping 1, and takes 2 gold.

The Diplomat is absent.

Round 7

Character Selection

Actions

The Assassin is absent.

Christopher is the Spy.  The Spy looks at Chris' hand for trade districts, finding 1, takes 1 gold from Chris and draws 1 card, takes 2 gold, and spends 2 gold for a Prison.

The Seer is absent.

Chris is the King and takes the Crown.  The King gains 1 gold from royal districts, takes 2 gold, and spends 5 gold to build a Wishing Well.

Bill is the Cardinal.  The Cardinal takes 2 gold, draws 2 cards, and spends 5 gold for a Palace.

The Trader is absent.

The Scholar is absent.

Kevin is the Diplomat.  The Diplomat takes 2 gold and swaps his Tavern for Christopher's Manor, paying Christopher 2 gold.

Round 8

Character Selection

Actions

Chris is the Assassin.  The Assassin assassinates the Diplomat, takes 2 gold, and spends 2 gold to build the Huanted Quarter.

Kevin is the Spy.  The Spy looks at Bill's cards for royal districts, finding 1 and gaining a card, takes 2 gold, then spends 1 gold for a Tavern.

The Seer is absent.

Christopher is the King and takes the Crown.  The King takes 2 gold.

The Cardinal is absent.

The Trader is absent.

The Scholar is absent.

Bill is the Diplomat and has been assassinated.

Round 9

Character Selection

Actions

Christopher is the Assassin.  The Assassin assassinates the Cardinal, and draws 2 cards, keeping 1, and spends 5 gold for a Capital.

Bill is the Spy.  The Spy looks at Kevin's hand for unique districts, finding 3, gaining 2 gold from Kevin and drawing 3 cards, takes 2 gold, and spends 4 gold for a Basilica.

The Seer is absent.

Kevin is the King and takes the Crown.  The King gains 2 gold from royal districts and draws 2 cards, keeping 1.

Chris is the Cardinal.  The Cardinal was assassinated.

The Trader is absent.

The Scholar is absent.

The Diplomat is absent.

Round 10

Character Selection

Actions

The Assassin is absent.

The Spy is absent.

The Seer is absent.

The King is absent.

Bill is the Cardinal.  The Cardinal gains 2 cards, takes 2 gold, gives Kevin 2 cards for 2 gold, and spends 4 gold to build a Castle.  This is his 8th district, so this is the final round.

Christopher is the Trader.  The Trader takes 2 cards, keeping 1, gains 2 gold from trade districts, and spends 1 gold to build a Watchtower.

Chris is the Scholar.  The Scholar takes 2 gold, draws 7 cards, keeping 1, and spends 2 gold to build a Church.

Kevin is the Diplomat.  The Diplomat takes 2 gold and pays Christopher 2 gold to exchange Kevin's Manor for Christopher's Capitol.

Final Scoring

Bonus Points

Bill gains 4 points for being the first to finish his city, 3 points for having at least one of each type of district, and 3 points for the Basilica, for 10 points.

Kevin gains 3 points for revealing the Secret Vault from his hand.

Chris gains 2 points for finishing his city, 3 points for having at least one of each type of district, and 2 points for the Wishing Well, for 7 points.

Totals

Congratulations to Bill Scharf on his victory!

End of Game Statements

Chris Geggus:  Well played Bill. Nip and tuck right to the end. I think I played too conservatively on that last turn, I should have gone for broke. I could whinge about Christopher's Assassin stopping me finishing the game the previous turn, but as I assassinated Bill the very turn before I guess it balanced out. Interesting mix of characters, some of which confused me early on, so maybe missed out on some better plays. But, hey, this is quick end of evening game, so fun is the principal aim and fun I had. Looking forward to the next one. Thanks again to Chris.

Bill Scharf:  A fun game to play. A lot of new characters….I’m sure we all had our learning curves. Can’t say I won through any concerted effort or strategy, just luck and canny card play by the others that slowed down the leader. Thanks guys.

Kevin Wilson:  A fun easy game so why do I suck at it so?  Just don’t have the hang of it yet. Every time I try to guess what someone else will go for, I’m wrong.  I guess comes with experience. But, sometimes the journey is the thing and there is enough here that keeps seeming like it ought to be fun and I ought to be able to figure it out so I’ll just have to keep trying.

Congrats to Bill for (another) win and thanks to the rest for playing so I can keep trying to figure it out. And a big thanks to Chris for running the game while I do keep trying to figure it out.

Players

Bill's City

Kevin's City

Christopher's City

Chris' City