January 22, 2009 Session Report

We had a total attendance of eight for this week's session: Mike, Paul, Doug, Don, Clayton, Gabe, Chris and myself. We played a total of seven different games: Parlay, Toledo, 1830, Vegas Showdown, Boomtoom, Pandemic and Aquadukt.

For most of the evening, two different tables of games were going. Mike, Gabe, Paul and I were first to arrive and played a hand of Parlay while waiting to arrive. Mike had brought 1830 and Don was interested in learning it, so the three of us played a three-player game that took just about the entire time. Mike wound up winning, combining the PA, C&O and Erie RR lines en route to victory. I was in contention until I had to pay around $1 K out of pocket for a diesel right before the end.

The other group of Gabe, Doug, Clayton and Paul played Toledo, which was won by Gabe with Doug in second. Then next up was Vegas Showdown, won by Paul (67) ahead of Doug (64) with Gabe and Clayton trailing. Then Clayton took a bit of a break while Chris arrived for one game, which turned out to be Boomtown. Gabe won by a substantial margin, 158 to 82 for Paul who was second. Then it was a cooperative game, Pandemic, pleased to report the players won and the epidemic lost. Finally, last up was a three-player Aquadukt, Gabe winning a close one, 34 to Paul with 32 and Doug with 29.