{"id":1450,"date":"2017-02-06T23:02:18","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T06:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/?p=1450"},"modified":"2018-01-01T11:08:49","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T18:08:49","slug":"6x6-game-challenge-2017-santorini-session-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/?p=1450","title":{"rendered":"6&#215;6 Game Challenge 2017: Santorini Session 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend, I was able to drop my first session for one of the games on my <a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/?p=1381\">6&#215;6 Game Challenge<\/a>: Santorini.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d only played one game before but a friend had never fully played a game so we set up the basic game without the God cards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/santorini1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1452\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/santorini1-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/santorini1-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/santorini1-198x149.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/santorini1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I took this game by cutting off his second worker and getting a tower up before he could regroup.<\/p>\n<p>Next we tried our first game with the God powers: Graeae vs Gaia<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/santorini2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1453\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/santorini2-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/santorini2-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/santorini2-198x149.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/santorini2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My friend caught on quickly and used Graeae to block off a corner and score before I could figure out a way to attack. I think I was too focused on getting Gaia&#8217;s extra workers and wasn&#8217;t watching his workers enough.<\/p>\n<p>Our last game shows that I still have a lot to learn: Artemis vs Medusa.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/santorini3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1454\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/santorini3-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/santorini3-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/santorini3-198x149.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/santorini3.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was Medusa and, again, focused too much on trying to use her ability rather than play the game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/santorini-cropped-game.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1451\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/santorini-cropped-game.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Full game at 26 turns (13 turns each) and again, my friend is able to shut me out of the corner.<\/p>\n<p>It was good fun and I&#8217;m looking forward getting more games in of Santorini as I can see that I&#8217;ve barely scratched the surface of this game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend, I was able to drop my first session for one of the games on my 6&#215;6 Game Challenge: Santorini. 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