Session Report: September 19 2007 - Pillars of the Earth

Pillars of the Earth (Pete, Dana, Brian, Karen) - Winner Karen
Pillars of the Earth (Beth, Collin, Bill) - Winner Bill

I've been wanting to play Pillars of the Earth for some time, but was scared to try to figure it out on BSW. Bill bought the boardgame at Gencon, and we figured it out. We really like it. It's a bit easier than Caylus.

I think we can get a 4 player game down to 60-80 minutes, at least.

At Table 1, Brian lead very nicely with the priory bonus. But there was some serious production going on with the craftsman. In the end, Karen got a couple metals to run right by everyone.

Pete - 42
Dana - 43
Brian - 46
Karen - 49

-- Greatly, Amazon4God, scores 49 points, leaving the opponents no chance. (108:11 min.)


At Table 2, Beth, Collin and Bill duked it out. Interesting, as they didn't use the Market nearly as much as table 1. We figure that the market is more in play in the 4 player game.

It's close coming into the final round, and the event card is everyone is getting a metal! OUCH! Beth is not set up for any metal crafting... she's gonna be out.

And it's down to the wire!

Beth - 42
Collin - 49
Bill - 51

And it's a Labarge night! Great game, great fun!

See you next week!