Strong attendance this week, a total of 12 gamers (one newcomer) to the club: Clayton, Gabe, Paul, Doug, Nicole, Beth, Sarah, Eric, Rodney, Val and Kathryn B. -- newcomer, friend of Sarah's -- and myself. Games played (11): Thurn & Taxis -- Power and Glory; Qwirkle; Blokus Trigon (x3); Quiddler; Lost Cities; Incan Gold (x2); Sequence (x3); Fairy Tale (x3); Gnadenlos; Parlay; Category 5.
Here's the details: Four of us (Gabe, Paul, Doug and myself played the Thurn and Taxis sequel, Power and Glory. This game uses the houses from the original game but a whole new board and set of cards and victory chits. It's a bit longer and more strategic than the regular game, as city cards can be played as horses to pull the carriage or for the city itself. The endgame is different, too, as players aren't collecting those carriage cards and the Cartwright is not part of the game. Gabe was doing real well, picking up multiple VP chits with a nice 6-city route. I was going last in the turn order and, for once, everything clicked as I set myself up for a nice 8-route to put five houses down to end the game. Paul and Doug wound up barely registering on the positive side of the scoreboard, and I nosed out Gabe for the win.
By this time a group consisting of Nicole, Beth, Clayton and Rodney formed to play two "Q" games: first Quirkle, which was won by Clayton by virtue of the six-point bonus for ending the game; final scores were 101 for Clayton, 95 for Beth, 87 for Rodney and 76 for Nicole. The Quiddler game was a close one, with Rodney and Nicole battling it out for the win; final scores were Rodney 144 Nicole 139 Beth 117 Clayton 89.
Kathryn and Sarah arrived at the other table, and they joined Eric to play several three-player games of Blokus-Trigon, two of which were won by Eric with one win for Sarah. I also have scores for one hand of Lost Cities between Eric and Sarah, 24-4 for Eric. By then the T&T players were looking for another game, and it was Incan Gold which was played twice -- first game had seven players, and somehow I managed to win a really close one, with 32 points versus 30 for Gabe and Sarah with Paul not far behind at 29. (We figured out that Sarah could have won by staying in the cave for one more turn.) Second Incan Gold game had Rodney moving over from the other table to score a decisive victory, with 33 pts, well ahead of Eric (20) in second.
At this point we re-split into two groups. Rodney and I took on Clayton and Eric in Sequence (playing as two-player teams). We played three quick games, and I'm pleased to report Rodney and I won two out of three. The other table played three hands of Fairy Tale -- if I am reading the scores right, it was Doug and Kathryn winding up tied with 106 pts overall. Clayton, Eric and I convinced Val, who had just arrived, into joining us for a game of Gnadenlos. The game ended when Val picked up her third Vulture and it turned out the winner was Clayton. Meanwhile, the other group played a game of Parlay -- no scores to report on that one, unfortunately.
Finally, the nine of us who were left played a hand of Category Five, and Paul, who played two low numbers and took no other rows, wound up the winner with only two negative pts, ahead of Doug and Eric who tied for second with 7.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Thursday, September 6, 2007
September 6, 2007 Session Report
Once again, we had a total of 8 gamers in attendance: Gabe, Doug, Nicole, Beth, Clayton, Sarah, Eric and myself. With the added hour, we got in more games than in most of our recent sessions. Games played (and I hope this is a complete list): Parlay, Sequence (4 times), Lost Cities (5 times), Hey Thats My Fish, Tsuro, Power Grid, Guillotine, Blokus Trigon and Loco, for a total of 16 plays of nine different games, at least that's what I counted on the sheets.
Details: The Parlay game was a 6-player, with Sarah joining after missing out the first two hands and winning her first hand with a nice score of 100 pts. The game was won by Gabe with 545 pts (winning condition is 500) with Doug second at 400. Sarah wound up third at 250 and Nicole, Beth and I also participated (scores withheld at personal request).
Eric brought a game called Sequence that proved to be fairly popular. He taught the game to Clayton, winning two out of three. Later, Sarah won a three-player game over Nicole and Gabe. Sorry I missed out on the chance to play this one -- it looked interesting.
Lost Cities had a nice revival, as both of the club copies were in play at once for a good part of the evening. The scores had Clayton edging out Nicole in one game, Gabe and Sarah tying in another, Gabe topping Sarah in a third game (I believe Sarah was playing LC for the first time, however), while Beth and I had quite a tussle which finally turned my way in the final hand as I wiped out a 41-point deficit as Beth got some bad cards, or so she said. I think there was a fifth game played involving Clayton and either Sarah or Gabe, but sorry no results reported. (Another tie, perhaps?)
The one long game played was a four-player Power Grid on the always challenging Italy map. Eric, Doug, Beth and I had played before so it was a tough game that got even tougher as the Power Plant market got jammed up. When the first jam occurred in Phase 1, it looked like Doug had the advantage. But when Phase 3 got started, Eric got a nice 7 garbage plant that let him get to 17 cities and take the win with Doug just one city behind, followed by Beth and then yours truly in last.
Other games: Tsuro, a three-player won by Gabe versus Sarah and Nicole: Hey That's My Fish, two-player, Gabe with 57 and Sarah with 42; Blokus-Trigon, another three-player won by Doug who got all his pieces on the board, followed by Eric with 4 and Nicole with 11 (low scores are better); then Guillotine, with Doug coming out on top in a close one, 21-19 over Nicole while Eric came in third despite bagging Marie Antoinette.
We wound up the evening with a game of Loco, which I thought I knew but didn't. The game was a 4-player but since there were six of us, we had a played with a couple of teams. Eric took the game with 18 points; other scores were 13 for the John/Clayton team, 12 for Doug and 10 for Nicole/Beth team. However, I claim a moral victory since Clayton and I were the only new players to the game.
I got to play a wide variety of games and enjoyed the session even though I didn't do that well in many of the games. Looking forward to this weekend's TriadCon convention in College Park and hope to see everyone next week.
Details: The Parlay game was a 6-player, with Sarah joining after missing out the first two hands and winning her first hand with a nice score of 100 pts. The game was won by Gabe with 545 pts (winning condition is 500) with Doug second at 400. Sarah wound up third at 250 and Nicole, Beth and I also participated (scores withheld at personal request).
Eric brought a game called Sequence that proved to be fairly popular. He taught the game to Clayton, winning two out of three. Later, Sarah won a three-player game over Nicole and Gabe. Sorry I missed out on the chance to play this one -- it looked interesting.
Lost Cities had a nice revival, as both of the club copies were in play at once for a good part of the evening. The scores had Clayton edging out Nicole in one game, Gabe and Sarah tying in another, Gabe topping Sarah in a third game (I believe Sarah was playing LC for the first time, however), while Beth and I had quite a tussle which finally turned my way in the final hand as I wiped out a 41-point deficit as Beth got some bad cards, or so she said. I think there was a fifth game played involving Clayton and either Sarah or Gabe, but sorry no results reported. (Another tie, perhaps?)
The one long game played was a four-player Power Grid on the always challenging Italy map. Eric, Doug, Beth and I had played before so it was a tough game that got even tougher as the Power Plant market got jammed up. When the first jam occurred in Phase 1, it looked like Doug had the advantage. But when Phase 3 got started, Eric got a nice 7 garbage plant that let him get to 17 cities and take the win with Doug just one city behind, followed by Beth and then yours truly in last.
Other games: Tsuro, a three-player won by Gabe versus Sarah and Nicole: Hey That's My Fish, two-player, Gabe with 57 and Sarah with 42; Blokus-Trigon, another three-player won by Doug who got all his pieces on the board, followed by Eric with 4 and Nicole with 11 (low scores are better); then Guillotine, with Doug coming out on top in a close one, 21-19 over Nicole while Eric came in third despite bagging Marie Antoinette.
We wound up the evening with a game of Loco, which I thought I knew but didn't. The game was a 4-player but since there were six of us, we had a played with a couple of teams. Eric took the game with 18 points; other scores were 13 for the John/Clayton team, 12 for Doug and 10 for Nicole/Beth team. However, I claim a moral victory since Clayton and I were the only new players to the game.
I got to play a wide variety of games and enjoyed the session even though I didn't do that well in many of the games. Looking forward to this weekend's TriadCon convention in College Park and hope to see everyone next week.
Friday, August 31, 2007
August 30, 2007 Session Report
This was our final session before Labor Day, when the Community Center moves to the 10 PM closing time (so now four hours of gaming instead of three).
Attendance was down a bit but not much as we had eight gamers in attendance: Gabe, Sarah, Eric, Paul, Rodney and myself were joined by Neil and Stan, whom we welcomed back to the club after a brief absence.
First game was Atlantic Star (the remake of ShowManager), which was a 6-player contested by Eric, Paul, Gabe, Sarah, Neil and myself. Paul had difficulty getting the right cards for his first cruise, which unfortunately for him wound up being the five-star one. However, he borrowed on it right away and finished the game in a strong third place. The game actually ended in a tie for first (something fairly unusual for this game) between Eric and myself, and I had a few extra bucks on hand which was the tiebreaker. Final scores were John and Eric 53, Paul 42, Sarah 26, Gabe 25, Neil 22.
Next up was Fist of Dragonstones and Sarah made up for her tough luck in the cruise line business by being the first to three points for the win. Eric and Rodney were not far behind with two points apiece, Gabe and I got one point, Paul had zero.
By this time Stan had arrived and the seven of us (Neil had left by this point) played two games. Gabe, Paul, Rodney and Sarah played a four-player If Wishes Were Fishes which Rodney (who may have been the only person to previously play the game) won. Eric and I were looking to try out a sailing game, called Race the Wind, and we persuaded Stan to join us. It turned out to be a real close race as we had to contend with wind puffs and wind shifts as we zigzagged up and down the course. I fell in behind Stan and then blanketed his wind after he led the way past the first mark. I pulled ahead briefly but then came a key moment where Eric and I were about to collide and he explained to me the starboard/port tack rules which I got wrong and had to give way. This put Eric and Stan ahead but I was in position to play kingmaker, which I did, by blanketing the wind of the only other boat I was close enough to mess with, which in this case was Stan. So Eric won a very, very close race.
A reminder that weekend after next (Sept. 8-9) is TriadCon at U of Md. in College Park. Pre-reg. deadline (save $5 off admission price) is today, Aug. 31. Here's the website:
http://www.triadcon.org
Attendance was down a bit but not much as we had eight gamers in attendance: Gabe, Sarah, Eric, Paul, Rodney and myself were joined by Neil and Stan, whom we welcomed back to the club after a brief absence.
First game was Atlantic Star (the remake of ShowManager), which was a 6-player contested by Eric, Paul, Gabe, Sarah, Neil and myself. Paul had difficulty getting the right cards for his first cruise, which unfortunately for him wound up being the five-star one. However, he borrowed on it right away and finished the game in a strong third place. The game actually ended in a tie for first (something fairly unusual for this game) between Eric and myself, and I had a few extra bucks on hand which was the tiebreaker. Final scores were John and Eric 53, Paul 42, Sarah 26, Gabe 25, Neil 22.
Next up was Fist of Dragonstones and Sarah made up for her tough luck in the cruise line business by being the first to three points for the win. Eric and Rodney were not far behind with two points apiece, Gabe and I got one point, Paul had zero.
By this time Stan had arrived and the seven of us (Neil had left by this point) played two games. Gabe, Paul, Rodney and Sarah played a four-player If Wishes Were Fishes which Rodney (who may have been the only person to previously play the game) won. Eric and I were looking to try out a sailing game, called Race the Wind, and we persuaded Stan to join us. It turned out to be a real close race as we had to contend with wind puffs and wind shifts as we zigzagged up and down the course. I fell in behind Stan and then blanketed his wind after he led the way past the first mark. I pulled ahead briefly but then came a key moment where Eric and I were about to collide and he explained to me the starboard/port tack rules which I got wrong and had to give way. This put Eric and Stan ahead but I was in position to play kingmaker, which I did, by blanketing the wind of the only other boat I was close enough to mess with, which in this case was Stan. So Eric won a very, very close race.
A reminder that weekend after next (Sept. 8-9) is TriadCon at U of Md. in College Park. Pre-reg. deadline (save $5 off admission price) is today, Aug. 31. Here's the website:
http://www.triadcon.org
Thursday, August 23, 2007
August 23, 2007 Session Report
Another strong week attendance-wise as we had 11 gamers in attendance, including two first time visitors to the club: Kathy (Rodney's mom) who was visiting from Arkansas and Kathryn, a friend of Val's who was visiting from North Carolina. Gabe, Sarah, Doug, Eric, Clayton, Paul S, Rodney, Val and myself made up the rest of the group as a total of 10 games were played, three at once for a good part of the evening.
Gabe, Paul, Clayton and I played the recent Queen/Rio Grande release, Thebes, which turned out to be a nice win for Paul (aided by 15 pts from speaking tours) with 51 pts to 43 for Clayton; I came in third with 41, followed by Gabe with 35. After several initial turns to collect cards (extra shovels, learning, etc.) we all "got our hands dirty" with some excavating, some of which was more successful than others. Clayton dominated the Greek excavations, and interestingly, he and Paul (the two new players to the game) finished one-two -- setting up a trend that lasted throughout the evening's games.
Rodney (one of those new to the game) won a game of Skip-Bo, playing with Doug, Kathy and Sarah. Eric and Val tied for first in a really close game of Guillotine, 26 each for Eric and Val and 24 for Kathryn. Kathryn then won two games in a row (Mamma Mia with eight completed orders and Loco) playing with the same group of players. There was also a four-handed game of TransAmerica contested by Doug, Kathy, Rodney and Sarah -- sorry, don't have the results for this one.
After this, we went for larger groups and played an eight-player game of Incan Gold (formerly known as Diamant). Clayton seemed to be one of the first to return to the tents, sometimes with alot of treasure, while Rodney seemed to be the one pushing his luck. The winner, however, turned out to be Rodney's mom, Kathy, with a score of 21. Clayton at 17 was second, followed by a large group at 16 (Doug, Paul, Rodney and myself), Sarah at 14, and Gabe bringing up the rear with 11.
The final two games of the evening were Saboteur and Category 5, again with 8 players in each game. All three rounds of Saboteur saw the dwarves outsmart the Saboteurs, and Doug and Sarah tied with 8 gold. Other scores were: Eric 5, Gabe and Kathryn 4, Paul and myself at 3 followed by Val with 2. Category 5 also lasted three hands, and Val hit the incredibly high score of 100 but, unfortunately, low score wins in this one and Doug edged out Gabe by 3 points after Paul held a slender lead going into the final hand.
A reminder: We have just one more week with the summer closing time of 9 PM, then after Labor Day the sessions will revert to the normal hours of 6 - 10 PM.
Gabe, Paul, Clayton and I played the recent Queen/Rio Grande release, Thebes, which turned out to be a nice win for Paul (aided by 15 pts from speaking tours) with 51 pts to 43 for Clayton; I came in third with 41, followed by Gabe with 35. After several initial turns to collect cards (extra shovels, learning, etc.) we all "got our hands dirty" with some excavating, some of which was more successful than others. Clayton dominated the Greek excavations, and interestingly, he and Paul (the two new players to the game) finished one-two -- setting up a trend that lasted throughout the evening's games.
Rodney (one of those new to the game) won a game of Skip-Bo, playing with Doug, Kathy and Sarah. Eric and Val tied for first in a really close game of Guillotine, 26 each for Eric and Val and 24 for Kathryn. Kathryn then won two games in a row (Mamma Mia with eight completed orders and Loco) playing with the same group of players. There was also a four-handed game of TransAmerica contested by Doug, Kathy, Rodney and Sarah -- sorry, don't have the results for this one.
After this, we went for larger groups and played an eight-player game of Incan Gold (formerly known as Diamant). Clayton seemed to be one of the first to return to the tents, sometimes with alot of treasure, while Rodney seemed to be the one pushing his luck. The winner, however, turned out to be Rodney's mom, Kathy, with a score of 21. Clayton at 17 was second, followed by a large group at 16 (Doug, Paul, Rodney and myself), Sarah at 14, and Gabe bringing up the rear with 11.
The final two games of the evening were Saboteur and Category 5, again with 8 players in each game. All three rounds of Saboteur saw the dwarves outsmart the Saboteurs, and Doug and Sarah tied with 8 gold. Other scores were: Eric 5, Gabe and Kathryn 4, Paul and myself at 3 followed by Val with 2. Category 5 also lasted three hands, and Val hit the incredibly high score of 100 but, unfortunately, low score wins in this one and Doug edged out Gabe by 3 points after Paul held a slender lead going into the final hand.
A reminder: We have just one more week with the summer closing time of 9 PM, then after Labor Day the sessions will revert to the normal hours of 6 - 10 PM.
Friday, August 17, 2007
August 16, 2007 Session Report
Ten attended last night's session: Gabe, Paul S., Rodney, Clayton, Doug H, Eric H, Sarah, Nicole, Beth and myself wound up playing a total of nine games during the course of the evening. We had three games going at once for the part of the time.
Gabe, Paul and I got there a few minutes early and we played a card game called Treasures and Traps which Gabe had brought. We decided to abandon the game when others began arriving, as it wasn't clear how long it would take before the game would finish. By then we had seven players and split into two groups, one for a four-player Vegas Showdown which began as a close battle between Clayton and myself, but I managed to score some points for diamonds near the end to pull away while the one new player to the game (Sarah) came home second. Final scores were John 62, Sarah 49, Clayton 41 and Paul 40. Clayton had five (!) lounges in the game but, unfortunately for him, the Lounge Lizard card did not come out to give him a big points bonus. The other game, a three-player game of Thebes (the recent remake of Jenseits von Theben), was claimed by Eric, 80 to 65 for Gabe and 59 for Doug, the only new player at the game.
By then Nicole, Beth and Rodney had arrived, and they set up a third table to play Alchemist. Rodney and Beth, who had both played the game before, finished 1-2 with 85 and 81 points, respectively, ahead of Nicole, the one new player, with 61. That same group played For Sale, and this time the winner was Beth with 82, followed by Nicole at 71 then Rodney at 64.
For the next round of games, we split into two groups of five. One group played Cash n' Guns, which was won by Eric (now 2 for 2 for the evening) ahead of Beth, Nicole, Gabe and Rodney; final scores were reported as 110-85-80-75-55. The other game was an old club favorite, Hoity Toity, and Paul managed to snag the win by taking best collection on the "oldest" work tiebreaker just ahead of Sarah and Clayton, all of whom made it to the finishing spaces; Doug and I also played in the game but we didn't come close to winning, having both our thieves in jail for a good part of the game.
The final two games of the evening took us right up to closing time. There was a four-player Category 5 which was won by Sarah based on consistency -- defined as never taking more than 25 pts on any one hand. I had the early lead but could not hold it, while Doug recovered after a 38 pt first hand to wind up challenging Sarah for the win. I think we played around 6-7 hands and the final scores were Sarah 74, Doug 84, Paul 92, John 112 (lower scores are better in this game). The other game was Beowulf, and this time the winner was Gabe (34) followed by Rodney (29), Beth (23), Nicole (20) and Eric (16) who finally had his winning streak for the evening snapped.
Hope everyone had a good time, looking forward to seeing you all again next week.
Gabe, Paul and I got there a few minutes early and we played a card game called Treasures and Traps which Gabe had brought. We decided to abandon the game when others began arriving, as it wasn't clear how long it would take before the game would finish. By then we had seven players and split into two groups, one for a four-player Vegas Showdown which began as a close battle between Clayton and myself, but I managed to score some points for diamonds near the end to pull away while the one new player to the game (Sarah) came home second. Final scores were John 62, Sarah 49, Clayton 41 and Paul 40. Clayton had five (!) lounges in the game but, unfortunately for him, the Lounge Lizard card did not come out to give him a big points bonus. The other game, a three-player game of Thebes (the recent remake of Jenseits von Theben), was claimed by Eric, 80 to 65 for Gabe and 59 for Doug, the only new player at the game.
By then Nicole, Beth and Rodney had arrived, and they set up a third table to play Alchemist. Rodney and Beth, who had both played the game before, finished 1-2 with 85 and 81 points, respectively, ahead of Nicole, the one new player, with 61. That same group played For Sale, and this time the winner was Beth with 82, followed by Nicole at 71 then Rodney at 64.
For the next round of games, we split into two groups of five. One group played Cash n' Guns, which was won by Eric (now 2 for 2 for the evening) ahead of Beth, Nicole, Gabe and Rodney; final scores were reported as 110-85-80-75-55. The other game was an old club favorite, Hoity Toity, and Paul managed to snag the win by taking best collection on the "oldest" work tiebreaker just ahead of Sarah and Clayton, all of whom made it to the finishing spaces; Doug and I also played in the game but we didn't come close to winning, having both our thieves in jail for a good part of the game.
The final two games of the evening took us right up to closing time. There was a four-player Category 5 which was won by Sarah based on consistency -- defined as never taking more than 25 pts on any one hand. I had the early lead but could not hold it, while Doug recovered after a 38 pt first hand to wind up challenging Sarah for the win. I think we played around 6-7 hands and the final scores were Sarah 74, Doug 84, Paul 92, John 112 (lower scores are better in this game). The other game was Beowulf, and this time the winner was Gabe (34) followed by Rodney (29), Beth (23), Nicole (20) and Eric (16) who finally had his winning streak for the evening snapped.
Hope everyone had a good time, looking forward to seeing you all again next week.
Thursday, August 9, 2007
August 9, 2007 Session Report
A good bounceback week attendance-wise: With a total of 13 people, we had three games going on at once for most of the evening. I instituted a new system with some slips to record information on specific games (courtesy of Dave Fair, host of the GCOM-Damascus group and co-host at two other locations).
In attendance: Sarah, Val, Paul S., Gabe, Eric, Clayton, Doug H, John Locke (John is a regular at GCOM-Potomac who was attending at our location for the first time), Carlos (welcome back, Carlos!), Rodney, Nicole, Beth and myself were the group.
I brought a newly-purchased copy of Phoenicia and Paul, Val and Sarah joined me in a four-player game for its initial play. The game took close to two hours, but it should go faster once all players are familiar with the rules. Val took an early lead and pulled away to win with 34, while Sarah (27), John W (27) and Paul (26) were bunched closely together at the end, but nowhere close to Val.
Clayton and Eric squared off in a game of Lost Cities. The scores were reported as 194 to 94 in favor of Eric, a 100-point win. Thought Clayton would make it a bit closer.
Gabe, Carlos, Doug, John L and Rodney tackled Beowulf, another game that lasted for more than half the session. Final scores were reported as a tie between Gabe and Rodney at 30 apiece, followed by John L at 25, Doug at 23 then Carlos at 18.
Nicole and Beth had arrived and joined Clayton and Eric for Quiddler. Nicole was dominant, scoring 148 while Eric edged Beth for second, 126-124 and Clayton was not far behind at 117.
Clayton took a bit of a break and Rodney subbed to play several games in a row with Beth, Eric and Nicole. For Sale was won by Eric (82) ahead of Rodney (66), Beth (50) and Nicole (49). Then Incan Gold was played twice, Nicole winning the first game and then finishing a point behind Rodney in the second. I will not embarrass Beth and Eric by reciting their scores.
In the meantime, Doug joined Sarah, Val and myself for a four-player Blokus which Doug won. The results (remember in this one, low scores are best): Doug 4, John 11, Sarah 14 and Val 30. We also played a game of Coyote and the results were totally different (girls beat the boys) as I was out first, followed by Doug, then Sarah won the final head-to-head confrontation with Val.
The other four (John L, Gabe, Carlos and Paul S) were locked in a Duel of Ages game that unfortunately did not finish when the 9 o'clock witching hour arose. (Looking forward to the week after Labor Day when we return to the four hour sessions lasting until 10 PM!)
A couple of more quick fillers -- Sarah and Val played a couple of games of Blink, a game that Doug and I only watched as they were moving way too fast for us older guys to keep up with them. Doug then produced a really short card game called Pepper (every one starts with five cards and tries to get rid of them) which turned out to be the final game of the evening for Doug, Sarah, Val and myself. We finished two hands, first one won by Doug, second one by Val.
Recap: A total of 11 different games played, three more than once, 15-16 games in total (depending on how many games of Blink Sarah and Val worked in, as I really couldn't keep up!)
Hope everyone had a good time. I know I did.
In attendance: Sarah, Val, Paul S., Gabe, Eric, Clayton, Doug H, John Locke (John is a regular at GCOM-Potomac who was attending at our location for the first time), Carlos (welcome back, Carlos!), Rodney, Nicole, Beth and myself were the group.
I brought a newly-purchased copy of Phoenicia and Paul, Val and Sarah joined me in a four-player game for its initial play. The game took close to two hours, but it should go faster once all players are familiar with the rules. Val took an early lead and pulled away to win with 34, while Sarah (27), John W (27) and Paul (26) were bunched closely together at the end, but nowhere close to Val.
Clayton and Eric squared off in a game of Lost Cities. The scores were reported as 194 to 94 in favor of Eric, a 100-point win. Thought Clayton would make it a bit closer.
Gabe, Carlos, Doug, John L and Rodney tackled Beowulf, another game that lasted for more than half the session. Final scores were reported as a tie between Gabe and Rodney at 30 apiece, followed by John L at 25, Doug at 23 then Carlos at 18.
Nicole and Beth had arrived and joined Clayton and Eric for Quiddler. Nicole was dominant, scoring 148 while Eric edged Beth for second, 126-124 and Clayton was not far behind at 117.
Clayton took a bit of a break and Rodney subbed to play several games in a row with Beth, Eric and Nicole. For Sale was won by Eric (82) ahead of Rodney (66), Beth (50) and Nicole (49). Then Incan Gold was played twice, Nicole winning the first game and then finishing a point behind Rodney in the second. I will not embarrass Beth and Eric by reciting their scores.
In the meantime, Doug joined Sarah, Val and myself for a four-player Blokus which Doug won. The results (remember in this one, low scores are best): Doug 4, John 11, Sarah 14 and Val 30. We also played a game of Coyote and the results were totally different (girls beat the boys) as I was out first, followed by Doug, then Sarah won the final head-to-head confrontation with Val.
The other four (John L, Gabe, Carlos and Paul S) were locked in a Duel of Ages game that unfortunately did not finish when the 9 o'clock witching hour arose. (Looking forward to the week after Labor Day when we return to the four hour sessions lasting until 10 PM!)
A couple of more quick fillers -- Sarah and Val played a couple of games of Blink, a game that Doug and I only watched as they were moving way too fast for us older guys to keep up with them. Doug then produced a really short card game called Pepper (every one starts with five cards and tries to get rid of them) which turned out to be the final game of the evening for Doug, Sarah, Val and myself. We finished two hands, first one won by Doug, second one by Val.
Recap: A total of 11 different games played, three more than once, 15-16 games in total (depending on how many games of Blink Sarah and Val worked in, as I really couldn't keep up!)
Hope everyone had a good time. I know I did.
Thursday, August 2, 2007 Session Report
At least four of our regular attendees were at the WBC convention last week, so not surprisingly, our attendance took a bit of a nosedive.
Thanks to Gabe Cornett, here is the belated report from last week:
Attendees: Gabe, Val, Sarah and Clayton
Games Played: Tsuro (won by Val); Wings of War (won by Sarah, Gabe and Val tied for second); Phase 10 (won by Val)
For anyone interested, I filed a recap of my activities at WBC on BGG. Here's the link:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/23588
Thanks to Gabe Cornett, here is the belated report from last week:
Attendees: Gabe, Val, Sarah and Clayton
Games Played: Tsuro (won by Val); Wings of War (won by Sarah, Gabe and Val tied for second); Phase 10 (won by Val)
For anyone interested, I filed a recap of my activities at WBC on BGG. Here's the link:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/23588
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