Early bird Matt arrived first tonight, so we broke out our latest quick, small number of players game, Clocktowers. You're building towers, but they have to be built in a certain order: stories, clocks, then roof. And then there's mice and cats to avoid being in your towers, and restrictions on the height based on color, and the game quickly becomes a tight hand-management game where you never have all the cards you want or need. There's more here than meets the eye.

Burr showed up next, followed quickly by Mike and Kathleen. Not sure if there would be others, we popped open King Me, a quick game of setting up nobles for succession to the thrown, only to be vetoed by the other player. It's lively with 6, and it helps to count the No votes each person has left, to know if you can get away with another round or not. With no-one else showing up, we settled down for a large 6 person game of Settlers of Catan. We played with a balanced setup, and everyone got off to a good start, after the pre-build complication was cleared up in the first round. Soldiers started drumming, cities were erected, and the longest road war began. When the dust finally cleared, Kathleen emerged victorious, with the rest of us close on her heels.