Sunday, September 14, 2014

September 11, 2014 Session Report

Twelve for this week's session, as the group consisted of Tim, Mike, John, Alex, Evan, Rich, Neville, Eric, Eugene, Nathan, Rembert, Jeff, Lina and myself.  Rich, Evan and Lina have all been to three sessions now, which makes them Associate Members of GCOM.  Games played:  Lords of Waterdeep, Concordia, Russian Railroads and Sushi-Go.

Eric taught Lords of Waterdeep; the other players were Lina, Jeff, Rich and Eric's son, Nathan, who had to leave a bit early before the game ended.  Thus, what started as a five-player game ended up as a four-player.  It was very tight between Eric, who had played the game quite a bit, and Lina, one of the first-time players.  Final scores were Eric 157, Lina 151, Jeff 137 and Rich 129.

Concordia was a five-player, taught by Mike but I believe all but one of us had played before.  Final scores were Tim 119, Alex and Mike tied for second at 106, John 99 and Neville (the one new player) at 90.  Tim was able to pick up three different Minerva cards to contribute to his winning effort.

Russian Railroads was a three-player, with Eugene teaching two new players, Evan and Rembert.  No surprise here, Eugene won but Evan and Rembert appeared to pick up the game by the end.  Final scores:  Eugene 426, Evan 320, Rembert 265.

Finally, a few minutes left and time for Sushi-Go, which Mike had brought.  I managed another win, and once again it was  the "most puddings" tiebreaker.  Final scores:  John and Mike 38, Tim 31, Neville 30.

Just a reminder that a reasonably inexpensive gaming event, Congress of Gamers, is coming up in just a couple of weeks, Sat. and Sun, Sept 27 and 28, in Rockville, MD.  For more info, check out their website at congressofgamers.org.


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