Date: 29th April 2005
Game played: Age of Steam Expansion #1 - England & Ireland ( Warfrog ) BGG Id: 6356

It's a while since we've played Age of Steam, which is surprising as we really enjoyed the last outing. We've never played any of the expansions so I brought along the first expansion and we played the England and Wales map.

I messed this up big time on the second turn by not taking sufficient loans to see me through what I wanted to do, after which I was always playing catch up. On the other hand, Mark K was the loan king and was always ahead in terms of the amount he borrowed. He couldn't seem to make it pay though and he and I seemed to be fighting for the same routes all the time. Nige, though, started the game on the South Coast and was allowed to expand at will, constructing a very effective network into London and the South East. Our laissez-faire attitude to his expansion was fully capitalised upon as he cruised to an easy victory.

I still like Age of Steam. There is lots to think about and it is a tricky game to play well. The England & Wales map seemed to work fairly well and we were hardly likely to resist it with one of the main towns on the map being Shrewsbury.

 
Player
Rating
Score
Position
Winner
Nige
7
80
1
Mark K
7
45
2
Phil
7
43
3
Garry
7
38
4
Mark G
6
31
5

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