Canalysis Paralysis

Canal Mania again tonight with the Thursday night game group (minus MaOldie this week).

I had a look at the second edition rule book and discovered that it was the same as the first edition in many areas where it had appeared to differ. The reason being that we had played it wrong the previous week.

All in all it didn't have a huge impact on the game as I was last again. The game took all of 3 hours to play with long periods of inactivity between turns this was at least partly because of an outbreak of chronic Analysis Paralysis on the part of the Professor.

It was a pleasant evening full of banter and bad jokes but, although I enjoyed it over all, there were times when waiting for my turn when I felt like screaming. There is only limited opportunity for pre-planning in the game anyway because by the time it is your turn, the contract or build cards you coveted may have disappeared into someone else's hands.

What is the secret of my lack of success in this game (apart from Saturday night's game)? I seemed to have the same number of contracts completed so I can only put it down to failing to maximise the goods movement score.