Saturday, November 15, 2008

November 13.2008 Session Report

After a week off due to EuroQuest, gaming was back last week with a strong attendance of 10, including one first-time attendee. Jonathan joined Clayton, Ron, Paul, Doug, Greg, Mike, Don, Nick and myself and we played a total of seven different games: Power Grid-China, Qwirkle, Dominion (x2), Say Anything, Aquaretto, Hoity Toity and Turn the Tide.

Qwirkle was a three-handed affair played by Doug, Paul and Mike while waiting for others to turn up. Then one group (John, Doug, Greg, Nick and Clayton) played a five-handed Dominion which seemed to work out well even though the game is designed for two to four. John won with 30, Doug edging Nick for second (22 to 21). Mike, Jonathan, Paul, Ron and Don tried the Power Grid-China map, and it came down to a tiebreak on money between Jonathan and Mike, and Jonathan won his initial game at the club. Meanwhile, the other group played the party game, Say Anything, brought and taught by Nick; Greg won a real close one, 15 to 14 for Nick. Still waiting for Power Grid to finish, we played Aquaretto, and this time it was John in first (26) ahead of Greg (16) and Nick (15).

The two groups then re-split into the final games of the evening. Another five-handed Dominion, a low-scoring game won by Mike (only 13) ahead of Don, Ron, Jonathan and Clayton. The other table played Hoity Toity, an old favorite, Nick holding on to win after losing three pieces to thieves on the final turn, while John (with a 14-card set) could only close to second. Turn the Tide was the final game, but we didn't get in enough hands to declare a winner before the clock struck 10.

Saturday it was National Gaming Day and some of us (Clayton, myself and Bill Duke) attended a special gaming session at the Laurel library from 12 - 5. We played some light favorites, including Lost Cities, Can't Stop, Cloud Nine, Coyote, as well as Dominion, Sorry, the quick-playing Settlers variant, and the donated game (Pictureka). We were joined by some young gamers for several of the games; the Cloud 9 game was especially competitive.

Hope to see everyone for the session on Thursday next week.

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