Niagara
Six-player Niagara (with half an expansion :P) with Henry, Chua, Ainul, Rob, Jeff Goh, Heng (left early) and Jeff Au (replace Heng) So this is a children’s
screw-your-friends game which Jeff introduced to the bunch of us.
In this game, players have to paddle their canoes up and down the niagara falls to get gems along the river.
Players get a set of paddle cards numbered 1-6 to play. Each round, players have to put down paddle points to move their canoes. Since you have to play all the cards before you get all of them back, planning in advance is required.
Furthermore, you need to also plan your gem loading, thieving and general evilness from the paddle points you allocated. The game becomes contest of guessing and double-guessing your opponents’ moves. As Ainul, Rob and Jeff Goh can attest, hatching evil plans takes some deliberation…
Ainul, Rob, Jeff Goh, Henry, Chua each thought independently… what should I do this turn? Perhaps a 7-paddle? I hope the others put something smaller so that the river doesn’t move so fast…
Holy crap! we all put 7-paddle! we are so screwed. The river’s gonna move 7 spaces this turn! Get back, get back! Everybody back!
That’s too close to the river edge for comfort!
‘No, you gotta load these gems and get back to safety…’
‘Hey, why can’t I steal the gems from yours instead?’
‘Oh crap…’
As you can see, there’s lots of fun and chaos to be had in the game. We were splitting our sides whenever we did something unexpected. Plus, the moving river disks are just so cool, it’s fun just to push someone’s canoe over the edge! Certainly a game to play again!
