Saturday, May 18, 2013

May 16, 2013 Session Report

There were seven of us for this week's session:  Mike, Alex, Tim, Doug, Rembert, Ping and myself.  We played a total of five different games:  Cloud Nine, Puerto Rico, Lords of Waterdeep, Tsuro and For Sale (played twice).

Mike, Alex, Tim and I were the first to arrive, so we started a game of Cloud Nine (which had been the last game of the prior week's session).  Doug joined in a few minutes later, but by then Alex and Tim were off to a strong start and they finished 1-2.  Scores:  Alex 53, Tim 40, Mike was third, Doug and I were even further back.

We then split into two groups.  Four of us played Puerto Rico, and once again Alex was victorious.  The scores in that game were Alex 44, Rembert 33, Doug 32, John 25.  A forgettable game for me where nothing seemed to work, including getting the Guild Hall late but not getting it manned ....

The four of us then locked horns in a game of Tsuro while waiting for the other group to finish.  This time I managed to win and the results were the opposite of the prior game:  John first, Doug second, Rembert third, Alex fourth.  I even had one more tile I could play after everyone else crashed out.

The Lords of Waterdeep game was very competitive, and Peng won with a builder strategy:  Peng 134, Mike 129 Tim 120.

There was still time left in the session, and the four of us that remained got in a couple of games of For Sale.  First game ended in a tie between Rembert and myself, and we checked and the tiebreaker in the rules was most money, which favored me as I had more left over from the earlier bidding round.  Doug won with a really good score in game two.

Game 1:  John and Rembert, 63K; Doug 54K; Mike 50K.
Game 2:  Doug 71K; John 58K; Rembert 57K; Mike 53K.

Final reminder:  This Sunday, May 19th, there will be a gaming table set up by our sister club at the Beltsville Community.  It's part of the annual Beltsville Day event there.  The time is 12 Noon - 5 PM at the CC in Beltsville.

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