3-player Power Grid Central Europe
Li Zhen joined Harry and I for the Central Europe game. I noted initially that oil is scarce in Central Europe, but apparently they weren't listening...heh. We picked eastern Poland, Slovakia and Austria for yet another elongated play area. This time, the bottleneck is at Wien and Bratislava, and Li Zhen took that one out of the gate. And that had a great impact on the rest of the game. Harry and I were stuck in the north, and later Li Zhen even moved northward as well, so it's infeasible for neither Harry nor I to go down to Austria. That means Li Zhen had control over when step 2 starts...
...but, we had an awful power plant market. All of us have capacity for 5 or 6 already, but for the longest time, the power plants for sale all have capacities 2 or 3. So for many many rounds, all of us were simply gathering up money, while Li Zhen refuses to go into step 2 until he buys a better plant. Meanwhile, both Harry and I needed oil for our plants while Li Zhen only needed coal and very cheap uranium. Oil was running dry, and our costs for oil went higher and higher.
Eventually, Li Zhen sees another uranium plant on the market and bought it. In that round, he finally broke into step 2 with the building, but Harry and I still couldn't build because we have to wait until the next round. At the end of the round, after placing the highest power plant under the deck, the replacement card was the step 3 card! So this is the round where both step 2 and 3 happened! This has never happened before...
Now we can go on a shopping spree for power plants. I first set my eyes on the 3 hybrid -> 7 cities plant, and Harry wanted that too. The bidding went crazy...eventually I bought it for 75 bucks! Yikes. Then Harry set his eyes on a 2 oil -> 6 cities plant, but (wisely) decided against it since oil was running dry. That round, though, I bought all the oil, so while Li Zhen and I both powered around 10 cities, Harry only powered 2, so he must be low on money. Next round, Harry and Li Zhen went on a bidding war over the 3 coals -> 7 cities plant, which Harry won for 80 bucks! Harry was not expecting that, I think... Li Zhen picked up a 3 trash -> 7 cities one, while I picked up the 2 oil -> 6 cities one, which I can afford since I was first to buy resources. But, unfortunately for me, I don't have enough money to build up to 17 cities, which means I need another round to win. But I don't have another round, unfortunately, as Li Zhen has a ton of money (who knew) and builds up to 18 cities to win. Meanwhile, Harry still had one oil plant that he couldn't power, so his score is pretty low. That was a very intense end game, I think. Quite enjoyable, too, if not brain burning...
Final scores:
Harry: 17 capacity, 12 resources, 13 cities, $70 left.
Li Zhen: 18 capacity, 18 resources, 18 cities, $157 left.
Me: 18 capacity, 18 resources, 15 cities, $21 left.
...but, we had an awful power plant market. All of us have capacity for 5 or 6 already, but for the longest time, the power plants for sale all have capacities 2 or 3. So for many many rounds, all of us were simply gathering up money, while Li Zhen refuses to go into step 2 until he buys a better plant. Meanwhile, both Harry and I needed oil for our plants while Li Zhen only needed coal and very cheap uranium. Oil was running dry, and our costs for oil went higher and higher.
Eventually, Li Zhen sees another uranium plant on the market and bought it. In that round, he finally broke into step 2 with the building, but Harry and I still couldn't build because we have to wait until the next round. At the end of the round, after placing the highest power plant under the deck, the replacement card was the step 3 card! So this is the round where both step 2 and 3 happened! This has never happened before...
Now we can go on a shopping spree for power plants. I first set my eyes on the 3 hybrid -> 7 cities plant, and Harry wanted that too. The bidding went crazy...eventually I bought it for 75 bucks! Yikes. Then Harry set his eyes on a 2 oil -> 6 cities plant, but (wisely) decided against it since oil was running dry. That round, though, I bought all the oil, so while Li Zhen and I both powered around 10 cities, Harry only powered 2, so he must be low on money. Next round, Harry and Li Zhen went on a bidding war over the 3 coals -> 7 cities plant, which Harry won for 80 bucks! Harry was not expecting that, I think... Li Zhen picked up a 3 trash -> 7 cities one, while I picked up the 2 oil -> 6 cities one, which I can afford since I was first to buy resources. But, unfortunately for me, I don't have enough money to build up to 17 cities, which means I need another round to win. But I don't have another round, unfortunately, as Li Zhen has a ton of money (who knew) and builds up to 18 cities to win. Meanwhile, Harry still had one oil plant that he couldn't power, so his score is pretty low. That was a very intense end game, I think. Quite enjoyable, too, if not brain burning...
Final scores:
Harry: 17 capacity, 12 resources, 13 cities, $70 left.
Li Zhen: 18 capacity, 18 resources, 18 cities, $157 left.
Me: 18 capacity, 18 resources, 15 cities, $21 left.
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