Japanese Spitz

Scharf plays the Field Warden occupation.
Hunt collects 1 reed, 1 stone, and 1 wood.
Hooton spends 1 food to play the Wood Carver occupation.
York collects 4 wood from the 4 wood space.

Geggus collects 3 clay from the 3 clay space.
Scharf remains as starting player and plays a Horse.
Hunt collects 3 wood from the 3 wood space.

Hooton collects 1 grain.
York collects a sheep and a food.
Geggus spends 2 clay for a Fireplace.

Scharf spends 1 food to play the Clay Hut Builder occupation.
Hunt becomes starting player and spends 1 stone for a Millstone.
Hooton spends 2 food to play the Cabinetmaker occupation.
York collects 3 clay from the 3 clay space.

Geggus collects 1 reed, 1 stone, and 1 wood.
Scharf collects 4 wood from the 4 wood space.
Hunt collects 3 wood from the 3 wood space.

Hooton goes Fishing, gaining 2 food.
York spends 3 clay for a Fireplace.
Geggus collects 1 sheep and 1 food.

Hunt plays the Storehouse Keeper occupation.
Hooton collects 4 wood from the 4 wood space.
York spends 1 food to play the Charcoal Burner occupation.
Geggus becomes starting player and spends 1 reed for a Basket.

Scharf visits the Traveling Players, gaining 3 food.
Hunt collects a reed, stone, wood, and grain.
Hooton collects 3 reeds.

York spends 1 wood for a Spit Roast.
Geggus collects 2 sheep and cooks them for 4 food.
Scharf collects 3 clay from the 3 clay space.

Geggus plays a Church Warden occupation, gaining 4 wood.
Scharf collects 6 wood from the 3 wood space.
Hunt collects 4 clay from the 1 clay space.
Hooton collects 1 reed, 1 stone, and 1 wood.

York spends 1 food to play the Greengrocer occupation.
Geggus continues as starting player and spends 2 wood for a Harrow.
Scharf collects 3 clay from the 3 clay space.

Hunt becomes a Day Laborer, gaining 2 food.
Hooton spends 4 wood and 2 reeds to add a room to his wooden hut.
York collects 1 grain and 1 vegetable.

Scharf consumes 4 food.

Hunt consumes 4 food.

Hooton uses the Cabinetmaker to convert 1 wood to 2 food and consumes 4 food.

York cooks a sheep for 3 food and consumes 4 food.

Geggus consumes 4 food.

Geggus spends 1 food to play the Seasonal Worker occupation.
Scharf spends 4 clay for a Cooking Hearth. York receives 1 wood and 1 food.
Hunt plows a field.
Hooton collects 1 reed, 1 stone, and 1 wood.

York becomes starting player and spends 2 wood for a Sack Cart.
Geggus collects 6 wood and 3 food from the 4 wood space.
Scharf collects 2 sheep and cooks them into 4 food.

Hunt collects a grain.
Hooton grows his family.
York collects 3 clay from the 3 clay space.

York spends 1 food to play the Pig Catcher occupation.
Geggus collects 3 reeds.
Scharf becomes starting player and spends 1 wood for a Fishing Rod.
Hunt spends 3 clay and 1 stone for a Clay Oven, and bakes 1 grain into 5 food. York gains 1 food and 1 wood.

Hooton goes Fishing, gaining 4 food.
York collects 4 wood and 1 wild boar from the 4 wood space.
Geggus spends 5 wood and 2 reed to add a room to his wooden hut and 2 wood for a stable.
Scharf plows a field.

Hunt sows 1 grain.
Hooton collects 3 clay.
Hooton spends 3 clay and 1 reed to renovate to a clay hut and 1 wood and 2 stone to build Joinery.

Scharf spends 1 food to play the Hobby Farmer occupation, gaining 1 vegetable and sowing it immediately.
Hunt collects 2 reeds, 1 wood, 1 stone, and 1 grain.
Hooton collects 6 wood from the 4 wood space.

York collects 9 wood from the 3 wood space.
Geggus collects 3 clay from the 3 clay space.
Scharf visits the Traveling Players, gaining 4 food.
Hunt spends 5 wood and 2 reeds to add a room to his wooden hut and 4 wood for 2 stables.

Hooton becomes starting player and exchanges Joinery for a Sawmill.
York exchanges the Fireplace for a Cooking Hearth, gaining 1 wood and 1 food.
Geggus grows his family and spends 3 clay for a Granary.
Hooton collects 3 clay from the 1 clay space.

Scharf consumes 4 food.

Hunt consumes 4 food.

Hooton uses the Cabinetmaker to convert 1 wood to 2 food, the Sawmill to convert 1 wood into 3 food and consumes 6 food.

York cooks a vegetable for 3 food and consumes 4 food.

Geggus consumes 5 food.

York gains a grain from the Sack Cart.
Geggus gains a grain from the Granary.
Hooton spends 3 clay for a Fireplace. York gains 1 wood and 1 food.
York spends 1 food to play the Bricklayer occupation.
Geggus collects 2 wood and 3 food from the 4 wood space.

Scharf collects 2 reeds.
Hunt spends 1 food to play the Resource Seller occupation.
Hooton collects 3 stone.
York becomes starting player and plays a Forest Pasture.
Geggus becomes a Day Laborer, gaining 2 food and 1 vegetable.

Scharf spends 5 wood and 2 reeds to add a room to his wooden hut.
Hunt grows his family and plays a Planter Box.
Hooton collects 3 sheep and cooks 2 of them for 4 food.
Geggus collects 1 reed, 1 stone, and 1 wood.

York collects 4 wood and 1 wild boar from the 4 wood space.
Geggus spends 1 food to play the Clay Plasterer occupation.
Scharf becomes starting player and plays an Herb Garden.
Hunt plows a field.
Hooton collects 6 clay from the 3 clay space.

York collects 4 wood and 1 wild boar from the 3 wood space.
Geggus spends 5 wood and 2 reeds to add a room to his wooden hut.
Scharf goes Fishing, gaining 6 food.
Hunt sows 1 grain and bakes 1 grain into 7 food.
Hooton spends 5 clay and 2 reeds to add a room to his clay hut.

Geggus grows his family and spends 1 food for Boar Breeding, gaining 1 wild boar. Boar Breeding is passed to Scharf.
Hunt collects 1 reed, 1 wood, 1 stone, and 1 grain.
Hooton grows his family.

Scharf consumes 4 food.

Hunt consumes 6 food.

Hooton uses the Cabinetmaker to convert 1 wood to 2 food, the Sawmill to convert 1 wood into 3 food and consumes 7 food.

York cooks a wild boar for 4 food and consumes 4 food.

Geggus cooks 1 sheep for 2 food, converts 1 grain to 1 food, and consumes 7 food.

Scharf collects 1 food from the Herb Garden.
Geggus collects 1 grain from the Granary.
Scharf grows his family and plays a Turnip Field, sowing 2 vegetables.
Hunt collects 6 wood from the 4 wood space and 1 wood from the Resource Seller.
Hooton spends 1 food to play the Reed Buyer occupation.
York collects 2 reed. Hooton uses the Reed Buyer to gain 1, paying York 1 food. York gains an additional food.

Geggus collects 3 clay from the 3 clay space.
Scharf collects a reed, a wood, and a stone.
Hunt spends 5 wood and 2 reeds to add a room to his wooden hut.
Hooton becomes starting player and plays a Clay Deposit.
York spends 1 clay and 1 reed to renovate to a clay hut and plays the Fruit Tree.
Geggus collects 3 wood and 3 food from the 3 wood space.
Hunt pays 2 food to Geggus to use the Harrow to plow 2 fields.

Hooton collects 5 clay from the Clay Deposit.
Geggus spends 2 clay and 2 stone for a Slaughterhouse.
Hooton collects a vegetable.
Geggus becomes a Day Laborer, gaining 2 food and 1 vegetable.

Scharf collects 1 food from the Herb Garden.
York collects 1 food from the Fruit Tree and 1 grain from the Sack Cart.
Hooton collects 5 wood from the 3 wood space.
York collects 3 stone from the Stage 2 stone space.
Geggus spends 1 food to play the Juggler occupation.
Scharf spends 2 food to play the Fence Overseer occupation.

Hunt sows 2 grain and bakes 1 grain into 7 food.
Hooton spends 3 stone for a Well.
York spends 15 wood for Fences.
Geggus visits the Traveling Players, gaining 8 food.
Scharf collects 3 wild boar and cooks 2 into 6 food. Geggus gains 1 food.
Hunt becomes starting player and spends 2 wood for a Grain Cart.

Hooton collects 4 wood from the 4 wood space.
Geggus collects 1 reed, 1 stone, and 1 wood. Hooton uses the Reed Buyer to buy the reed, paying 1 food to Geggus, who also gets 1 food from supply.
Scharf spends 4 wood for 2 stables and uses the Fence Overseer to fence one of them.
Hunt collects 4 clay from the 1 clay space and 1 clay from the Resource Seller.
Hooton collects 3 sheep and cooks them into 6 food. Geggus gains 1 food.
Geggus pays 1 food to Hooton to collect 5 clay from the Clay Deposit.

Scharf consumes 6 food.

Hunt consumes 6 food.

Hooton uses the Cabinetmaker to convert 1 wood to 2 food, the Sawmill to convert 1 wood into 3 food and consumes 8 food.

York consumes 4 food.

Geggus consumes 8 food.

Scharf collects 1 food from the Herb Garden.
Hooton collects 1 food from the Well.
York collects 1 food from the Fruit Tree.
Geggus collects 1 grain from the Granary.
Hunt grows his family without need for a room.
Hooton spends 5 clay and 2 reeds to add a room to his clay hut and 3 wood for 2 stables.
York collects 2 reeds. Hooton uses the Reed Buyer to take 1, paying 1 food to York. York gains 1 food from supply.

Geggus collects a reed, stone, and wood.
Scharf collects 2 cattle.
Hunt collelcts 3 stone from the Stage 4 stone space.
Hooton plows a field.
York becomes starting player and spends 2 clay and 1 reed for a Clay Hut Extension. The Clay Hut Extension is passed to Geggus.
Geggus collects 4 wood from the 4 wood space.
Scharf collects 3 wood from the 3 wood space.

Hunt spends 4 clay and 1 reed to renovate to a clay hut, 1 clay and 3 stone for a Stone Oven, and bakes 3 grain into 15 food. York gains 1 food and 1 wood.
Hooton grows his family and spends 1 wood for a Potato Dibbler.
Geggus spends 1 food to play a Field. Field is passed to Scharf.
Scharf collects 1 grain.
Hooton collects 6 clay from the 3 clay space.
Geggus sows a vegetable and bakes a grain into 2 food.

Scharf collects 1 food from the Herb Garden.
Hooton collects 1 food from the Well.
York collects 1 food from the Fruit Tree.
York grows his family and spends 1 wood for a Wooden Path.
Geggus plows 2 fields with the Harrow and sows a grain and a vegetable.
Scharf grows his family without the need for a room.
Hunt collects a vegetable.
Hooton plows a field.

York collects 2 sheep.
Geggus spends 4 clay and 1 reed to renovate to a clay hut and 2 clay to gain 2 stone with Stone Exchange. Stone Exchange is passed to Scharf.
Scharf spends 4 wood for 2 stables, then uses the Fence Overseer to fence in one of them.
Hunt sows a vegetable and bakes 1 grain into 7 food.
Hooton collects 4 wood from the 4 wood space.
Geggus collects 1 reed, 1 stone, and 1 wood. Hooton uses the Reed Buyer to pay 1 food to take the reed. Geggus gains 1 food from the supply.

Scharf plows a field and sows a grain.
Hunt collects 3 wood from the 3 wood space.
Hooton spends 5 clay and 2 reeds to add a room to his clay hut.
Geggus collects 1 cattle.
Hunt collects 2 wild boar.
Hooton becomes starting player and plays a Wooden Strongbox.
Hooton spends 1 food for a cattle.

Scharf harvests 1 grain and 2 vegetables. Hunt harvests 3 grain and 1 vegetable. Geggus harvests 1 grain and 2 vegetables.

Scharf cooks a vegetable into 3 food and consumes 7 food.

Hunt consumes 8 food.

Hooton uses the Cabinetmaker to convert 1 wood to 2 food, the Sawmill to convert 1 wood into 3 food and consumes 10 food.

York consumes 5 food.

Geggus consumes 8 food.

Scharf breeds a cattle. Hunt breeds a wild boar. York breeds a sheep and a wild boar.

Scharf collects 1 food from the Herb Garden.
Hooton collects 1 food from the Well.
York collects 1 food from the Fruit Tree and 1 grain from the Sack Cart.
Hooton spends 5 wood for Fences.
York spends 2 wood and 2 stone for Joinery.
Geggus collects 2 reeds.
Scharf collects 6 clay from the 3 clay space.
Hunt plows a field and sows a vegetable.

Hooton sows a grain and a vegetable.
York collects a cattle.
Geggus collects 2 wood and 3 food from the 4 wood space.
Scharf spends 3 clay and 1 reed to renovate to a clay hut, then spends 1 food for a Field. The Field is passed to York.
Hunt collects 3 stone from the Stage 2 stone space.
Hooton collects 1 wild boar.
York collects a grain and a vegetable.

Geggus grows his family without the need for a room.
Scharf goes Fishing, gaining 10 food.
Hunt collects 1 reed, 1 stone, 1 wood, and 1 grain and gains 1 reed from the Resource Seller.
Hooton visits the Traveling Players, gaining 3 food.
Geggus spends 4 stone and 1 reed to renovate to a stone house and 12 wood for Fences.
Scharf pays 2 food to Geggus to plows 2 fields and sows 1 grain and 3 vegetables.
Hunt spends 1 food for a cattle and discards a wild boar.
Hooton plows a field.

Scharf harvests 2 grain and 3 vegetables. Hunt harvests 3 grain and 2 vegetables. Hooton harvests 1 grain and 1 vegetable. Geggus harvests 1 grain and 2 vegetables.

Scharf consumes 8 food.

Hunt consumes 8 food.

Hooton uses the Cabinetmaker to convert 1 wood to 2 food, the Sawmill to convert 1 wood into 3 food, converts 1 grain into 1 food and consumes 10 food.

York cooks 1 wild boar into 3 food and uses Joinery to convert 1 wood into 2 food and consumes 6 food. Geggus gains 1 food.

Geggus consumes 9 food.

Scharf breeds a cattle. Hunt breeds a wild boar, which is released for lack of space. York breeds a sheep and a wild boar.

Bonus Points: Scharf gains 2 bonus points from the Horse. Hooton gains 4 bonus points from the Wooden Strongbox and 3 bonus points from the Church Warden. York gains 3 bonus points from Joinery and 2 bonus points from the Wooden Path.

Dave Hooton: I went all-in for wood-for-food. I would likely have gotten the Joinery (for the second time) if it were available. Since my most of my wood was set aside for food, I moved my room production to clay as soon as I could, making use of my clay deposit. Once my food machine was in place, I could then use my Reed Buyer to its fullest extent, helping my room production at the expense of other. Thanks, Chris, for running the game.

Bill Scharf: Pretty basic approach for me, get food (primarily in the form of vegetables, but some direct sources too) herb garden, turnip field, fishing rod, field warden, hobby farmer. Not great cards, although a number of them did work well together). I got the horse, which is usually worth playing, and fence overseer, surprisingly helpful in a game where wood wasn’t all that plentiful. Thanks for running the game Chris, and congratulations to David on his win.

Andy York: My usual dismal place in the endgame report. I actually thought I was doing a bit better than I ended up...still have much to learn.

Congrats to Dave on a solid win and a tip of the hat to Chris for his GMing wizardry.

Chris Geggus: A struggle right from the off for me. Being drawn last and finding it really difficult to get near the starting player position really hurt and probably cost me lost plays in the first few rounds. Five players is hard work if left in the stalls and I was marooned for quite a while, so never got any coherent engine going. Still had cards I wanted to play even at the end. Well played David and thanks to Chris H.

	Scharf	Hunt	Hooton	York	Geggus
Fields	4	4	2	-1	2
Pastures	2	-1	1	2	1
Grain	1	4	1	2	1
Vegetables	4	4	3	1	4
Sheep	-1	-1	1	2	-1
Wild Boar	1	1	1	3	1
Cattle	3	1	1	1	-1
Unused Farm Spaces	-3	-4	-2	-3	-1
Fenced Stables	2	0	0	0	0
House	3	4	6	3	8
Family	12	12	15	9	15
Cards	3	5	8	5	4
Bonus	2	0	7	5	0
Total	34	29	44	29	33

Player	Color	Family Members	Hut Type	Occupations	Minor Improvements	Major Improvements	Begging Cards
Bill Scharf	Purple	4	Clay	Field Warden, Clay Hut Builder, Hobby Farmer, Fence Overseer, 3 unplayed	Horse, Fishing Rod, Herb Garden, Turnip Field, 5 unplayed	Cooking Hearth	0
Christopher Hunt	Green	4	Clay	Storehouse Keeper, Resource Seller, 5 unplayed	Millstone, Planter Box, Grain Cart, 5 unplayed	Clay Oven	0
Dave Hooton	Red	5	Clay	Wood Carver, Cabinetmaker, Reed Buyer, 4 unplayed	Sawmill, Clay Deposit, Potato Dibbler, Wooden Strongbox, 3 unplayed	Fireplace, Well	0
Andy York	Blue	3	Clay	Charcoal Burner, Greengrocer, Pig Catcher, Bricklayer, 3 unplayed	Spit Roast, Sack Cart, Forest Pasture, Fruit Tree, Wooden Path, 1 unplayed	Cooking Hearth, Joinery	0
Chris Geggus	Yellow	5	Stone	Church Warden, Seasonal Worker, Clay Plasterer, Juggler, 3 unplayed	Basket, Harrow, Granary, Slaughterhouse, 1 unplayed	Fireplace	0

Player	Wood	Clay	Stone	Reeds	Grain	Vegetables	Sheep	Boar	Cattle	Food	VP
Bill Scharf		5	1	1	2 (3)	3 (3)		1	4	3
Christopher Hunt	5	1	6	2	7 (4)	2 (2)		2	1	5
Dave Hooton		2			(2)	1 (2)	1	1	1	0
Andy York	9		1		5	1	4	5	1	1
Chris Geggus		1	1	1	2 (1)	4		1	1	1