A Win for the Whinger

Shot with new 'phone sorry about the reflection

Last week for Android and I played a different character again. This time Floyd the 'droid, an investigator both helped and hindered by being bound by three directives which are presumably a nod to Asimov's famous Laws of Robotics (The philosopy behind which is beginning to be debated more seriously as we enter an era of increased use of military robots or drones). The game was once more engrossing. This time the murder scenario's own variations of the rules included the repositioning of leads followed on Earth to locations on the moon where possible, and a slight easing of the time restrictions on traveling between the two via the Clarkian "beanstalk"

At the time we broke for an excellent pizza lunch I was unsure of who was in the ascendancy. My opponent, this week playing Rachel the greedy bounty hunter, appeared to be doing well for favours but I was unclear about what was unfolding as far as the suspects were concerned, especially as my own placement of leads had included a lot of bluff early in the game to avoid tipping my hand early.

In the end I think we had both successfully misled each other but Crabro had misunderstood the purpose of alibi tokens and the two he had placed were having the opposite effect to that which he had intended. Had he not made this mistake it could have been a very different outcome but as it was Floyd won by 46 points to 36 with both of us steering our own plots to a happy conclusion but also both my hunches having been correct.

Rachel had considerably more success with bonuses from uncovering the conspiracy and gaining favours, especially as Floyd had been restricted to owning only two for part of the game and had therefore been spending them quickly.

I very much enjoyed the game again but Crabro feels it is time to move on to his new purchases and sell Android on...possibly to me as I am reluctant to say goodbye to it despite the unlikelihood of being able to play it with either the Saltdean or Hove groups. Looking forward to all the new games, which include Battlelore, Jambo expansions and Dominant Species.