Monday, June 13, 2011

June 9, 2011 Session Report

A big crowd for this most recent session, total attendance of 14 -- our highest in a long time -- credit goes mainly to Eric, who brought his family. We had one first-time attendee (Ryan) along with Rembert (back for his third week in a row, qualifying him for GCOM associate membership) and the rest of the group, which included Doug H, Doug M, Patrick, Greg, Mike, Paul, Eugene, Eric, Mary Jean, Nathan, Ryan S (Eric's son) and myself.

With such a large group, quite a few games were played. Here's my best effort at a recap. Surf's Up Dude, a Moon/Weissblum game depicting surfing, was a five-player that came down to the wire with Rembert taking a narrow win. Final scores: Rembert 59, Doug M 58, Doug H 57, John 47, Patrick 42. Patrick and I got off to a bad start, while Doug M collected five (!) beach babes. Doug H had the early lead but kind of got hammered on the later waves due to the big bulls eye on his back by that time.

Ryan S won a three-player game of Monopoly Deal. The others in the game were Mary Jean and Nathan. Meanwhile, Ryan's Dad, Eric, won a five-player game of Airlines Europe (another Alan Moon game), nosing out the other Ryan (86 to 80). Others in the game were Paul (77), Greg (64) and Mike (51).

For the next round of games, Eugene joined Rembert, Doug M and myself for a four-player Vegas Showdown and came away the winner. Final scores: Eugene 72, Doug M 64, John 63, Rembert 49. I believe it was Rembert's first game.

The other games were Puerto Rico and Cheeky Monkey. Cheeky Monkey was won by Nathan, with a nice score of 36 ahead of his Dad, Eric, in second with 33. Ryan S (9) and Mary Jean (6) brought up the rear.

The four-player Puerto Rico game saw Paul try an unusual tobacco denial strategy (taking tobacco plantations during the Settler phase just to deny them to other players). The strategy did not work, and the final scores were Mike 44, Doug H 39, Paul 36, Ryan D 25.

Thanks to everyone for the good turnout. Let's keep it up.

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