So another round of games with John, Z and I. Z showed up a little late, so John and I started a round of Dungeoneer: Dragons of the Forsaken Desert. We played with the #2 cards this time. The game started slow with John's personal quests involving killing a dragon - which he really needed either a level or some bonus cards to do - or rolling a three of a kind on three dice. I had an escort card and I can't remember the other card - bummer.
The map cards that I needed didn't come out for several turns while John got his out early. Unfortunately he had some difficulty rolling a three of a kind, which allowed me to get to where I needed and get my first quest completed. I then made the mistake of trying to get to the end right away by completeting the open quest and teleporting to the destination of my second quest. By this time John had completed his first. He then completed his second and since I was going to win on the next turn sent monsters after me then attacked me killing me before I could complete. Patience would have better served me since I had a movement of 6 and could've run to my destination instead. Oh well...
After Z joined us we played Manila. First off I hosed myself by not fighting hard enough for the harbor master in the first couple turns, then putting too much onto the Pirates - which is really a lucky shot at best. Additionally, I beat on the wrong boat too many times. In the end Z just edged out John, but we all felt that there was a little too much luck involved with just three players and were looking forward to trying again with four or five.
