May 24, 2012 Session Report

A huge throng descended upon Laurel Community Center for this week's gaming session:  no fewer than 15 (!) attendees, for our best attendance figure in a long, long time.  Roll call included three Dougs (Doug H, Doug M and Doug G), Jay, Tim, Neville, Mike, Alex, Rembert, half the Sokolowsky clan (Eric, Nathan and Ryan), Kay (a first-time attendee), Ben (back for his second session) and myself.  We played a total of eight games, seven different titles:  Ingenious, Star Trek-Catan, Village, Outpost, 7 Wonders (played twice), Dice Town and Puerto Rico.  We had four games going on for most of the session, which was held in the games room as our regular meeting space in the pre-school room was being used for a one-time event.

Details and scores of the games played follow.

Ingenious was won by Eric.  Scores were Eric 16, Ryan 12, Kay 10, Nathan 6.
Star Trek Catan was won by Mike.  Scores were Mike 10, Neville 6, Doug H 6.  Neville had 8 but Mike took a 2-point bonus card from him to win the game.
Village was a three-player.  Scores were John 52, Ben 39, Alex 31.  Lower scores than usual probably meant we were much more efficient at killing off our people sooner than most games.
Outpost took a bit longer to finish, and it was a close game, a battle of the two Dougs, going to Doug G (81) ahead of Doug M (78).  Jay (66) and Tim (53) were not that far behind.
 Second round of games started with 7 Wonders, Rembert joining Eric, Kay and Ryan while Nathan sat out.  Eric won by just a single point (50 to 49) with Rembert a close second.  Kay had 45, Ryan 39.
The second 7 Wonders game was even closer with even higher scoring:  Doug G 60, Jay 55, Tim and Doug M 54.
Neville had brought Dice Town which he taught to Doug H, Rembert and myself.  Neville was sheriff for most of the first part of the game, and he stole a nice property from me to coast to the win.  Rembert was best of the newcomers.  Final scores:  Neville 46, Rembert 43, John 38, Doug H 37.
Wrapping up the evening was a three-player Puerto Rico.  Mike won with 40 to 39 for Kay and 37 for Alex.  Mike had the edge in shipping while the other two players had multiple big buildings. I believe it was Kay's first play of the game and, if so, he did very well to hang in with PR sharks like Mike and Alex.

Excellent weather and excellent attendance, let's hope both continue after Memorial Day as we head into the summer months.