I tried Orleans for the first time. I liked it but lost badly against someone else who had played it before. (And who owned the game.) What I didn't realize is how important gaining money and adding estates was in terms of point value. I went the route of adding goods for points but it wasn't nearly enough.

I also played Cartographers for the first time. I really like roll and write games, but this one was more of a "card and write". It has different colored pencils you can color in the maps with, so that made it more fun.