July 12, 2012 Session Report

Eight for tonight's session:  Patrick, Jay, Ben, Tim, Rembert, Neville, Alex and myself were the attendees.  We split into two groups and, in a bit of a departure from the normal routine, we played two longer games that took just about the entire session.  One of the games was Agricola, and the players played with the World Championship expansion deck which had some pre-set Occupation and Minor Improvement Cards that were supposedly fairly balanced to pose an extra challenge.  Winner of the game was Ben, with a score of 37, followed by Tim (34), Alex (28) and Patrick (22).

The other game was Founding Fathers, and this one ended in a bit of a controversial tie between Neville and myself.  There was a question about the interpretation of the event text on one of the cards, and it happened to be one that Neville played the card once, I played it twice, all three times for alot of points. According to a rules Q and A on BGG, we played the card (George Mason) correctly, but what we did not do correctly -- something Jay pointed out at the conclusion of the game -- is start with the appropriate (historical) side up on all the articles up for debate.  This led to a skewed outcome, favoring the Anti-Federalist faction (which the Mason card benefits) whereas it should have been the Federalist faction with all those articles passed in its favor.  Anyway, the final scores of this game (with a double-asterisk now) were Neville and John 21, Jay 16, Rembert 13.

Hope to see everyone next week, hope you all remembered to sign up for the GCOM Family Picnic which is this Sunday, July 22nd.  Looking forward to seeing co-Host Mike back at the club soon after his trip to Japan.