Dogue de Bordeaux
End of Game Statements
Kevin Wilson (Royal Manticoran Historical Society):
Chris, you weren’t listening. I said no Christopher rolls! ;-)
Argh…. just short. One more is all I needed and the Third Reich
would be in Washington DC with a city and 3 presence points for the win!
While I’m too lazy to go look at all the histories of games I’m willing
to bet a decent amount of money that is one of the tightest finishes
ever. 26 from high to low and one die roll away for 2 factions
for a change in the outcome.
Excellent fun!! Congrats to Bill on an impressive finish and win even
if by a hair. Thanks to the others for playing one of my all-time
favorites. Thanks to Chris for the usual excellent job running the game.
Christopher Hunt (The Greenies):
Thanks to Chris for running the game so well and accurately. Woah
was it close except for me. Never Chose my empire except on the
last turn with Britain. I guess I was so baldy off on one wanted to
give me anything; the bad ones going to the leaders. Never have
so many armies sorted so little. Think are I would have been with my
average luck on the last turn, no sixty points. This is a game to
finish and move on from and hope for better dice next time.
Bill Scharf (Unorganized Chaos):
A very close game, thanks for running it Chris. Dumb luck gave me the
top position. I played most of the game being passed the empires I
would play, and they were usually NOT good empires.
Game hints - keep the good empires and pass the bad ones to the people
they will be least helpful for, or your chief competitors for top spot.
Don’t pass an early empire to someone who went late in the previous
round with a BIG empire because they’ll double score. Eliminate
competitors with only a single space in a valuable region because they
may not be able to re-establish a presence there, so more points for
you = good, less points for others also good (for you). Draw early in
the round by keeping your strength lower than most, but not TOO low
because your point total will suffer. And if you can manage it, be
lucky.
And what’s a good empire, ah, that depends on a host of factors that you learn through experience….enjoy!
Chris Geggus (GEGS):
Great game. Well done Bill. Kevin and I exchanged both empires and
messages on that last turn which, we believed, finished off any hope we
each had of winning. But it then appears we could both have won with
better die rolls (we both lost 4 out of 10), so I think we can honestly
blame the dice (not as much as Christopher of course), knowing we
played a very competitive game. I was critical early on of playing with
only 5 of us, but in some ways it made for a more entertaining, albeit
scatter-gun, game, as it turned out. Thanks to Chris again. A most
enjoyable game, so thanks to all.
Andy York (Republic of Texas): Congrats to the three top players, a very close run game! For we two also Ransom, there's always next time...
Chris, appreciate your GMing skills, as always.