Received some very sad news yesterday about the passing of Hal Haag, whom many of you may have known and played games with. Hal was a GCOM host at the Alphabet Soup location in Baltimore, a co-host at other locations, and a fellow GCOM Board member. He attended our club once or twice a few years ago. He was also very active in the Baltimore Science Fiction Society. He will be sorely missed among those of us in GCOM who enjoyed his company and gaming with him over the years.
Tonight's session saw a dip in attendance to seven, although we did welcome one newcomer (Eugene) to the club. Others in attendance: Ron, Paul, Doug, Clayton, Greg and myself. Eugene said he had only half an hour so we played a game he was familiar with, Ingenious. Eugene won that game over Doug, Paul and myself so right now he is undefeated.
Ron brought a horse racing game called Winners' Circle which he played with Clayton and Greg. Final score count was Ron 1850, Greg 1400, Clayton 750.
Doug, Paul and I played Ticket to Ride - Nordic which Doug won with 134 to 109 for Paul and 58 for yours truly. Paul managed to score the 27-point Murmansk link while Doug concentrated on getting alot of tickets, plus he drew a couple of tickets he already had to earn the Globetrotter (10-point bonus). I had a miserable game and kept spinning my wheels, picking up tickets I couldn't get done.
The six of us shuffled up for the next round of games. Doug, Clayton and I wound up playing Dominion-Intrigue with one of the pre-set hands. Close game, Doug won 54 to 52 for John and 37 for Clayton. Doug collected three Duchies, then Dukes, which meant his Duchies scored as much as Provinces.
Greg, Paul and Ron played Modern Art, which Greg had brought. Paul won the game, 472 to 357 for Greg and 298 for Ron. Wonder if the game is as good with three as with four or five because of the heavy bidding element.
The Dominion game ran a bit long (believe it or not) so Greg, Ron and Paul played Can't Stop. Ron came away the winner just ahead of Greg who had numbers at the top.
Final game was Cloud Nine. I got to 50 first but turns out I should have stayed in the balloon a bit later. Greg moved past me for the win on the final turn of the game. Final scores: Greg (58) John (57) Doug (37) Paul (25) Ron, who handed over to Clayton at the end (19).
Hope to see everyone back next week, along with a few of you who have been missing recently.
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