Eclipsed (just)

 Got Eclipse to the table.  I LOVE the 2nd edition, but it is long, and the new races are required to get some variety.

Real Eclipse

We started early to get a full game of eclipse in.  It was close -- Ross won with 40 points, but Cass and I had 39.

6 Player Eclipse

We got Eclipse to the table.  We didnt finish -- at 10 we abandoned the game.  But everyone loved it so much that we are playing again next week.

Eclipse Marathon

We finally finished a full game of eclipse. Kristian won, but only just. The game took forever -- Dave's comment near the end was 'I am over this' -- but that may be because he wasn't winning any battles.

First Try at Eclipse

Well, its actually a second try -- Matty, Murray and I played at a cafe once before with someone else who was teaching us.  It took so long to set up and explain we got two turns in.

This was a learning game.  We explained the rules, set up, and played 4 turns.  At the end people had to go, so we ended the game at 4 turns.  I 'won' along with Matty, but if we had played another turn I would have been massacred, whereas Matty was on an upward trajectory.  He had dreadnoughts, with improved hulls, that were unstoppable.  He had taken the Galactic core.  No one was able to oppose him.  So Matty really won.