June 14, 2007 Session Report

Pleased to see our largest attendance at the Club since March. A total of 11 gamers, including a first-time attendee, Carole Jackson, joined Doug, Gabe, Eric, Val, Sarah, Paul, Beth, Nicole, Neil and myself. A total of six different games were played: Lost Cities, Parlay, Princes of Florence, Citadels, Billabong and Wits and Wagers. The evening started with Doug and Gabe arriving a few minutes early and squaring off in a two-player Lost Cities that was won by Doug. Then, as we started playing Parlay (with more people than the six for which the chips are provided), even more people arrived, and we split into two groups for two longer games that wound up being the main events of the evening: a four-player Princes of Florence game and a seven-player Citadels game. I was in the exceedingly close PoF game which I managed to win with 66 to 64 for Neil and 61 for Beth while the game was a learning experience for Carole. The difference was managing to get all seven works completed (barely), while Neil came on like gangbusters with a late recruiting card while Beth and Carole were unable to get all their works completed.

I have less information about the Citadels game, which I hear was won by Doug. There was still some time left, and both groups raced against the clock to complete two more games-- Wits and Wagers (7-player) and Billabong (4-player). The Wits and Wagers game made it to the finish line, but alas the Billabongers wound up a few kangaroos short, although it seemed like Beth's blue kangaroos were on their way to victory.

Just want to let everyone know I expect to be out of town next week, but hopefully someone else will track the attendance and games played so they can be posted here.

John