Thursday games with Tony and Zhentao (1/3)

We gamed at the 4th floor TV room in my apartment. We made another attempt at Play It By Ear, even though that's probably Tony's game to lose. Well, I pulled ahead at the beginning, but Tony passed me soon. Throughout the game, it seems that Zhentao and Tony kept getting the easier categories... In the end, though, Zhentao hit an easy short term memory category, and then made a wild guess on a Godfather question, and he won! He's not supposed to win at this game...but he won! And that's the only shocking thing for this evening. Close to the end, I was behind a bit, so I bet big on several questions, only to take me even more behind. Final scores: Me 5, Tony 13, Zhentao 18.

Thursday C&O boardgame night (which shall be renamed Tony Zhentao and I night)... First game: Play It By Ear! It's the game that Tony had, and had some trivia linked with sound clips. Unfortunately for Zhentao, he didn't like these games because of the trivia element, but played on regardless. And he surprised us all by taking an early lead in the game in the animal and musical instrument categories. I had a very slow start, and never recovered, while Tony gradually increased his score by getting questions one at a time, and made good challenges. In the end, Zhentao tried to make this mathematical by considering the scoring opportunities, but he didn't win. Tony did. I lost badly. Final scores: Tony 14, Zhentao 10, Me 5.

Overall, this game is pretty funny to play, and challenging as well. Even though it's a bit outdated, there's still some fun to be had.