Good - but long! - game of Stone Age with Brian and Nigel

I was invited by Brian around for a game of something whilst Andy was running RPG games at Battlequest. We were joined by Nigel Heather and we all had a look at Eketorp which interested them both as it look strategic enough to be interesting but light enough to jump in and play, so it may well be on the cards to play at the next meeting at Brians house or at Andys BQG game night.

We'd also discussed about having a game of Stone Age which Nigel had played before but Brian hadn't - after a round up of the rules and setting up of the game, we were off and the game proceeded swiftly. In the end Brian won with a crushing 216 points - far ahead of Nigel and way ahead of me (last again lol); beginners luck?? Enjoyed by all, but unfortunately it was let down by one aspect; it took much longer than the 60~90 mins to play as stated on the box - more than 2hrs+ We couldn't figure out why either, no long decisions were being made and we all had a good grasp of the rules. Maybe with four players, this time will be more accurate? Perhaps at the next play we'll find out if we have four players.