Most of the weekend was spent assembling games and kicking back.  I had a chance to play some catch with the girls and a little tennis although 50 and a brisk wind meant we had less time than we were expecting.

Manifest is coming along well.  I decided to experiment with the system a little bit and added some new tiles to the mix to make it easier to build across the map while still keeping the number of tiles generally the same.  I may end up tweaking balances further, but I added the following:

• Two new tiles called 'NEW CITY' where you can place these just like resources.  The idea is to set up areas where you might want to add new cities to the map to gain points or to add other resources in your hand. 
• Two new tiles called 'x2' which double the VP of any resources on the tile.  This could come in handy on cities tiles where no one has built up yet, particularly if the city hasn't been built up yet.
• A couple of new tiles called 'BLIGHT'.  They basically waste a resource for a player.  Since a resource could be rolled, it is possible to place this on someone else's rail if you're lucky enough.

I'll have to playtest some more, but it is promising.

The Western US map is also being created.  I will probably try setting up different boards for different numbers of players as well.