Hobbies #2 - 7 Wonders Duel

Tonight I had a rare night at home so my wife decided that we would play a board game. It has been awhile since we last played 7 Wonders Duel so we decided to bring it to the table (or bed in tonight's case).

We played on the bed as we could keep an eye on our baby girl. I'm having my 4-year-old​ boy sleep beside the baby as well. So far there hasn't been any major accidents yet except once seeing him put his whole leg on her neck :/

Here's the setup at the start of the game. The story behind this is we're basically building our civilization. Each of us have 4 wonders to build as well. We win the game by points. There are also special cases whereby if your military becomes super OP or you've done some serious scientific​ research, you win outright. The basic mechanism of this game is card drafting, meaning we take turns taking a card to add to our civilization. As you can see I've chosen The Massoleum, Circus Maximus, The Great Library, and The Colossus as my wonders. Let's see if I manage to construct​ them or not ;)

The game is played over 3 ages (3 stages). This is my progress after Age I. 6 coins to my name. Building up my army (red cards) and collecting some basic resources (brown cards) so it'll be easy for me to build other buildings in the future. Age II has a different layout and my wife being weaker in the ​military got to decide who starts first in Age II.

By the end of Age II it was obvious I totally abandoned the Science Research​ strategy (no green cards). No wonders built yet as well. Only 8 coins as I've forgotten to claim more coins due to owning some trade cards (yellow cards).

The game was over when we finished Age III cards. I ended up bulding a lot of victory point buildings (blue cards). Didn't manage to build any wonder. :/

My wife actually managed 3 wonders! And she had a more balanced gameplay with her have a variety of buildings/cards in her collection. Now let's see if I managed to beat her using my 'abandon wonder & science' strategy. ;)

And I beat her by 8 points! Took revenge on the last few times she beat me on this. All in all, we had a good time trash-talking and denying each other. A good hour spent with some feeding time in between. If you and your partner are into board games​, do give this a try. It's actually a spin-off​ from 7 Wonders, a card-drafting board game​ designed for up to 7 players. Alright, I've geeked you enough. Signing off!