First 4-player Torres

Yes, first 4-player Torres. And it felt quite different, since the number of blocks that each player gets is pretty limited, so I can't always build what I want to build.

Wooo...pictures! First time I photographed a game for reference! Too bad the focus wasn't throughout the board...and since this is a 3D game, some info is not shown correctly.

I'm in orange, Li Zhen in green, Brian in blue, and Ed/Ingrid (newbies) in black. Brian jumped into a big lead early on, while I missed a knight on a castle, got myself behind and never recovered. In phase 3, I placed the king at this impossible location, so nobody can get the bonus...heh. I was thinking of placing at the lone castle block on the east end, thinking that perhaps I could build a tower of height 3 beside it and stand there all by myself...unfortunately that would violate the area >= height rule...

I tried to come back late in the game, and managed to get really high up on that NE castle, and preventing others from getting higher. However, since Brian couldn't get the height there, he suffered a bit from that castle's scoring, while Ed/Ingrid somehow managed to get just one level below me. The most hotly contested castle was the one in the SE, where attempts to block people from getting higher meant 6 knights were placed in that one castle! That's just strange yet amazing... In the end, Ed/Ingrid caught up and won the whole thing.

With 4 players, it certainly felt a lot more chaotic, but still kind of fun. However, being behind is so hard to catch up...

Scores:

After phase 1: Li Zhen 30, Ed 33, Me 27, Brian 42.
After phase 2: Li Zhen 103, Ed 112, Me 90, Brian 118.
After phase 3: Li Zhen 211, Ed 227, Me 195, Brian 221.