I've been on a Sycthe binge recently. However, due to lack of time, it's been relagated to the digital version on Steam.
Unexpectedly, I was able to get last minute coverage last night for reffing so I could stay home and rest my injured, overworked body. Since I had plenty of time, it seemed right to dive into a game of Scythe at the table!! I played using the base game vs 2-Automa.
My random picks gave me Polania with the Patriotic player mat, to take on The Nord and Saxony factions.
I sorted out a nice setup at the table that allowed me to not have to reach too far across the table and/or stand. I used my handy little side table that I've been using with games, and put the Automa factions there to give me more space on the main table. Worked out great. 🙂
I decided to include the Encounters Deck expansion cards into the base encounters deck as well, which honestly I haven't often done since I got it a year or so ago. Why, I don't know? But now I plan to leave them together to have a nice big encounters deck every time I play. (Only 11 of all of those cards in the giant encounter deck are not used when playing against the Automa)
This game was my 114th play at the table (to add to my now 100 plays digitally). 😮 And there's still so much to do! Woo!!! I took win in the end, which I was surprised. I felt I started quite slow and that I wouldn't recover well. Gaining all my recruits early on, and running my popularity to the max definitely helped my chances in the end. As you can see below, the Nords and Saxony were moving quickly around the map. There were several battles between the two Automa, and myself in and around the factory in this game. Definitely some tough decisions were happening.
After my victory, I had a brilliant idea! (These things happen from time to time 😉). I use a couple plano boxes to organize my Scythe Components in my base game box. Since I am keeping the Scythe Encounters deck and expansion together, I needed to adjust a few things. Then came the epiphany!
By keeping my encounters decks in my plano organizer, it allowed me to have the Encounters expansion box empty. I took out the carboard insert and put my three Automa Decks, and my extra objective cards deck in the box. They fit PERFECTLY!!!! I was pretty proud of myself. 😊
They fit PERFECTLY? When does that randomly ever happen? Nice!
Whoa, 214 plays! What's that, like every day for 7 months straight, or somethin'? Well, Derek, you are the Scythe Master!
JW, how many plays do you have on your most played game? You (and Z, too, I think) have all these cool charts and graphs of your stats. 😍