May 10, 2012 Session Report

Nine in attendance for this session:  Jay, Mike, Doug, Rodney, Patrick, Tim, Eugene, Rembert and myself were the participants  Games played;  Cheeky Monkey, Slapshot, Serenissima, Lords of Waterdeep. 

Cheeky Monkey was first up, we had five players.  Jay won a relatively close game, with 28 points.  Following in order were John (23), Doug (20), Mike (10), Rodney (9).  We then broke into two groups.  One group -- Tim, Eugene, Patrick and Jay -- played Serenissima, which Patrick had brought.  The game didn't quite finish, I believe they scored after 6 of 8 turns with Jay (32) the winner, ahead of Patrick (28), Eugene (22) and Tim (15).

The rest of us got in two more games.  One was Slapshot, which was a four-player:  Mike, Doug, Rodney and myself.  Everyone went after Doug's team as it was perceived to be the weakest, until Doug started winning some games and became a threat to make the playoffs.  Rodney's team got off to a strong start and led the way into the playoffs.  I managed to take second and then defeated Rodney's team to take the Stanley Cup!  Good comeback by Doug to be competitive after a miserable start.

We also played Lords of Waterdeep, joined by Rembert to make this one a five-player.  Rodney led most of the way, and he had the most buildings, but somehow I came from behind in the end to win a very close game with Mike and Rodney right behind.  Final scores were:  John 97, Mike 94, Rodney 93, Doug 79, Rembert 75.

Thanks to Rodney, the Laurel Middle Earth host and Mike, the Laurel CC co-host, and everyone else who participated -- including Laurel club attendees (current and past) Eric, Ryan, Nathan, Mary Jean and Sarah -- we had a very successful outing at the Laurel Main Street Festival.  Just learned that there will be a similar event this coming Sunday at the Beltsville Community Center, it's called Beltsville Day, from 12 noon  to 5 PM.  I believe this time the games club will be set up indoors, a good thing if there's bad weather.