Date: 3rd May 2002
Game played: Great Brain Robbery, The ( Cheapass ) BGG Id: 761

Next up was this fun Cheapass game, which I've played before and quite enjoyed. Players are zombies on a train trying to progress from the back to the front of the train, collecting brains along the way and fighting other zombies. Brains collected can be put in one's head or carried but, as you only have two hands, only two heads can normally be carried. As the game progresses, cars at the back of the train become disconnected and zombies have to then run behind the train trying to catch up. As they are too busy trying to catch up, they have to drop any brains they are carrying. Eventually someone will reach the engine and stop the train at which point the zombie whose brain (in his head) has the highest IQ is the winner.

So as the end approaches, much fighting ensues over the brainy brains. John W managed to keep carrying the highest IQ brain for much of the game, planning to put it in his head right at the end. Unfortunately, the carriage he was in became disconnected from the rest of the train, forcing him to drop his precious booty in order to run after the train. Nige managed to get hold of a good fighting brain and this enabled him to wrest the best brain from the head of Mark G (I think) and hang onto it long enough to stop the train. Only two players ended with any IQ in their heads, the rest of us finishing brainless or with heads filled of cheese. I was, of course, terribly unlucky.

 
Player
Rating
Score
Position
Winner
Nige
6
220
1
John
6
75
2
Ben K
6
0
3
Mark G
7
0
3
Mark K
4
0
3
Garry
6
0
3

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