Finally getting caught up with the two session reports prior to PrezCon, so the most recent session attracted eight attendees: Mike, Doug, Ron, Tim, Bryan, Don, Patrick and myself. Four different games were played and it turned out to be a very good night for Tim, who won all three games he played.
First up (once again) was 7 Wonders, and we had a full table of seven. Tim won the game with a very impressive score of 69, ahead of John (57), Mike (54), Doug (48), Ron (43), Bryan (37) and Don (36). We then split into two groups for the rest of the evening.
One group got in two games. First was Union Pacific, which turned out to be a close finish between Tim and Mike with Doug not far behind. Final scores: Tim 104 Mike 102 Doug 98 Ron 87. Then it was Speicherstadt, with Tim completing the trifecta with 29, Mike again second (26) followed by Doug (22) and Ron (18). These seem like fairly high scores based on my limited experience with the game.
The other group elected to play Automobile, which Patrick and I had played a few days earlier at PrezCon. We barely got the game in, as they were collecting tables and chairs while we were hastily calculating the final scores. What we came up with was Patrick 5450, John 4770, Don 4500, Bryan (for whom it was the first play) 3580. These scores, particularly Patrick's, seemed really high for a 4-player game, and afterwards Patrick thought he may have been paid twice for his cars sold in the final round. So, it will have to go down as a win with an asterisk for Patrick.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
February 24, 2011 Session Report
While some of us were away at PrezCon, there was a group of four at this session. Don, Paul, Ron and Mike were present, and they played three different games: K2, Ticket to Ride (US Map) and Iliad. Iliad did not make it to the finish line, but the results for the other two games follow (courtesy of Mike for providing this information).
K2: Very close scores, well at least for three of the four players. It was Don 23, Paul 22 and Ron 20. Mike lost both climbers when he was blocked from advancing and wound up with just 2 points.
Ticket to Ride: Winner was Paul 123, followed by Don 106 (including the longest route bonus), Mike 104 (most tickets bonus), Ron 92.
K2: Very close scores, well at least for three of the four players. It was Don 23, Paul 22 and Ron 20. Mike lost both climbers when he was blocked from advancing and wound up with just 2 points.
Ticket to Ride: Winner was Paul 123, followed by Don 106 (including the longest route bonus), Mike 104 (most tickets bonus), Ron 92.
Monday, February 21, 2011
February 17, 2011 Session Report
I am afraid this will have to be a very incomplete session report as I had to leave early due to a conflict with another event later that evening. Attendance remained strong, with at least ten of us (Paul, Patrick, Ron, Eric, Erik, Doug H, Mike, Greg, Brian and myself) present. One game played was 7 Wonders, but don't have access to the final scores. Hope to supplement this report with more details after I return from PrezCon, which is going to cause my absence again on the 24th. Hope to catch up when I return.
March 5, 2011 Update: Here are the results from games played on February 17.
7 Wonders: Paul 66 Doug 64 Erik 56 Greg 48 Mike 47 Ron (with an assist from John) 34
Power Grid (New Deck, Japan map): Ron 14/112, Mike 12/232, Eric 12/221, Doug 12/10, Greg 11/95
Monopoly Deal: Ron 3 Doug, Eric and Mike 0
Wits and Wagers: Greg 38 Ron 23 Doug 18 Mike 0
Looks like I might be missing a game or two for Paul, Erik, Brian and Patrick, but that's all I have in the way of results from Feb. 17.
March 5, 2011 Update: Here are the results from games played on February 17.
7 Wonders: Paul 66 Doug 64 Erik 56 Greg 48 Mike 47 Ron (with an assist from John) 34
Power Grid (New Deck, Japan map): Ron 14/112, Mike 12/232, Eric 12/221, Doug 12/10, Greg 11/95
Monopoly Deal: Ron 3 Doug, Eric and Mike 0
Wits and Wagers: Greg 38 Ron 23 Doug 18 Mike 0
Looks like I might be missing a game or two for Paul, Erik, Brian and Patrick, but that's all I have in the way of results from Feb. 17.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
February 10, 2011 Session Report
We had attendance of 10 for this week's session, including one first-time attendee, Brian Burk. Also present were Ron, Paul, Mike, Doug H, Lee, Eric, Doug M, Patrick and myself. Games played: Glen More, Power Grid-Russia, 7 Wonders, Roll Through the Ages and Innovation. A brief report follows.
Paul, Ron, Patrick, Doug H and I played a new game that I had brought called Glen More. It was a tile-laying game a bit reminiscent of Alhambra where you placed some tiles, but here certain (usually the adjacent or touching tiles) were activated for production or movement. Anyway, the game seemed to go over fairly well. The winner was Ron with 54. Other scores were John 44, Patrick 42, Paul 38, Doug H 27.
The other game was Power Grid, using the Russia map. Turned out to be a close a competitive game, coming down to the money tiebreaker as three of the four players were able to power 17 cities on the final turn. Winner was Brian (17 cities/93 money), second Mike (17/73), then Eric (17/17) and finally Lee (16/92).
At this point there was alot of discussion as to what game to play next. There wound up being a couple of games of 7 Wonders, plus one Roll Through the Ages and then Innovation, which Doug M had brought. Roll Through the Ages was a 3-player, won by Doug on the most goods tiebreak with Ron in second and me in last.
7 Wonders Game #1: Paul 49 Patrick 47 Mike 46 Doug M 45 Brian 42 Eric 41 Lee 36.
7 Wonders Game #2: Eric 48 Lee 46 Paul 41 Doug H 34.
Finally, Doug M, Brian, Patrick and I fooled around with a game of Innovation but did not finish. I managed to get two achievements, Doug got one. The game was new to Brian and Patrick.
Paul, Ron, Patrick, Doug H and I played a new game that I had brought called Glen More. It was a tile-laying game a bit reminiscent of Alhambra where you placed some tiles, but here certain (usually the adjacent or touching tiles) were activated for production or movement. Anyway, the game seemed to go over fairly well. The winner was Ron with 54. Other scores were John 44, Patrick 42, Paul 38, Doug H 27.
The other game was Power Grid, using the Russia map. Turned out to be a close a competitive game, coming down to the money tiebreaker as three of the four players were able to power 17 cities on the final turn. Winner was Brian (17 cities/93 money), second Mike (17/73), then Eric (17/17) and finally Lee (16/92).
At this point there was alot of discussion as to what game to play next. There wound up being a couple of games of 7 Wonders, plus one Roll Through the Ages and then Innovation, which Doug M had brought. Roll Through the Ages was a 3-player, won by Doug on the most goods tiebreak with Ron in second and me in last.
7 Wonders Game #1: Paul 49 Patrick 47 Mike 46 Doug M 45 Brian 42 Eric 41 Lee 36.
7 Wonders Game #2: Eric 48 Lee 46 Paul 41 Doug H 34.
Finally, Doug M, Brian, Patrick and I fooled around with a game of Innovation but did not finish. I managed to get two achievements, Doug got one. The game was new to Brian and Patrick.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
February 3, 2011 Session Report
There were eight participants this week: Ron (whom we hadn't seen in awhile), Doug, Paul, Mike, John, Erik, Tim, Eugene and myself. Ron had brought K-2, a game about mountain-climbing, which was played twice, as was 7 Wonders. Also, a 5-player game of Puerto Rico broke out.
The first game of K-2 included Don, Ron and myself and it was brutal as the rough weather conditions and crowding as we tried to assault the summit led to some tragedy -- all three of us had to sacrifice one climber to try to maximize our potential. Ron was the first to get to the top, but he had trouble getting his climber back to the lower levels. Doug proved slow and steady was the wisest approach, getting both climbers in position before being forced to sacrifice one of them. Doug then got a man to the top, returned him safely for an additional three-point bonus. My climbers struggled, getting one group to level 7 before they perished. I finally got the second group to the end. Final scores: Doug 13, Ron and John 11, with Ron getting second on the tiebreak for reaching the top earlier.
Second game of K-2 saw things go a bit smoother, Ron and Erik both got 20 points, Ron winning on the tiebreak. Only Eugene, who came in third with 11 points, lost a climber. Erik got both his climbers to the top but none returned to the bottom. Ron got one to the top and safely returned and a second to level 7 to secure the win.
Two games of 7 Wonders finished thusly:
Game 1: Erik 59 Tim 54 Paul 53 Mike 40
Game 2: Tim 57 Erik 49 Mike and Eugene 44 Paul 36.
The Puerto Rico game finished as follows: John 50 Doug 47 Mike 43 Paul 37 Tim 33. It was Tim's first game of PR.
The first game of K-2 included Don, Ron and myself and it was brutal as the rough weather conditions and crowding as we tried to assault the summit led to some tragedy -- all three of us had to sacrifice one climber to try to maximize our potential. Ron was the first to get to the top, but he had trouble getting his climber back to the lower levels. Doug proved slow and steady was the wisest approach, getting both climbers in position before being forced to sacrifice one of them. Doug then got a man to the top, returned him safely for an additional three-point bonus. My climbers struggled, getting one group to level 7 before they perished. I finally got the second group to the end. Final scores: Doug 13, Ron and John 11, with Ron getting second on the tiebreak for reaching the top earlier.
Second game of K-2 saw things go a bit smoother, Ron and Erik both got 20 points, Ron winning on the tiebreak. Only Eugene, who came in third with 11 points, lost a climber. Erik got both his climbers to the top but none returned to the bottom. Ron got one to the top and safely returned and a second to level 7 to secure the win.
Two games of 7 Wonders finished thusly:
Game 1: Erik 59 Tim 54 Paul 53 Mike 40
Game 2: Tim 57 Erik 49 Mike and Eugene 44 Paul 36.
The Puerto Rico game finished as follows: John 50 Doug 47 Mike 43 Paul 37 Tim 33. It was Tim's first game of PR.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
January 27, 2011 Session Report
Some inclement weather kept some people away (perhaps also because the CC center had an erroneous message on their automated answering line suggesting that activities might be canceled), but four intrepid gamers made it to this week's session: Patrick, Eugene, Mike and myself.
Mike and I got there first and fooled around with a two-player game we had both bought, Railroad Barons, but we didn't really play it. Then I introduced the group to Era of Inventions, and we had fun inventing stuff for much of the evening -- Patrick invented the telephone and the camera, Mike invented the typewriter, Eugene the phonograph and eventually the airplane, I came up with the cash register, sewing machine and automobile. Eugene and Mike expanded their factories, while Patrick and I spent time recycling cubes and money by cashing in on bonuses for producing inventions. Final scores were John 34, Eugene 30, Patrick 24, Mike 20.
Then we wrapped up the evening with 7 Wonders, which wound up a runaway win for Eugene, who had 47 just in science. Final scores: Eugene 60, John 49, Mike 48, Patrick 41.
Mike and I got there first and fooled around with a two-player game we had both bought, Railroad Barons, but we didn't really play it. Then I introduced the group to Era of Inventions, and we had fun inventing stuff for much of the evening -- Patrick invented the telephone and the camera, Mike invented the typewriter, Eugene the phonograph and eventually the airplane, I came up with the cash register, sewing machine and automobile. Eugene and Mike expanded their factories, while Patrick and I spent time recycling cubes and money by cashing in on bonuses for producing inventions. Final scores were John 34, Eugene 30, Patrick 24, Mike 20.
Then we wrapped up the evening with 7 Wonders, which wound up a runaway win for Eugene, who had 47 just in science. Final scores: Eugene 60, John 49, Mike 48, Patrick 41.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
January 20, 2011 Session Report
For the third week in succession we had nine attendees, including (making his first appearance at our club) Karl Musser, the host at GCOM-Brunswick. Rounding out the attendees were Greg, Mike, Doug, Paul, Erik (back for his second week in a row), Patrick, Tim and myself. We played Word on the Street, De Vulgari Eloquentia, Tales of Arabian Nights and Ingenious (twice).
First up was a two-team tug-of-war of words, Word on the Street, which Greg had brought. It was a close contest, won 8-7 by the team of Greg, Doug and Paul over the team of myself, Mike and Patrick, after my word "fluff" which would have dramatically shifted the balance of power was rejected.
We then split into two groups after more people arrived. I had brought a fairly new game, De Vulgari Eloquentia, where players were scholars in Renaissance Italy going around collecting stuff, possibly becoming Cardinals and even Pope. Five of us started the game, but Karl had to leave around 9 and the game still had a bit to go. The game actually went the entire 16 turns and turned out to be a very close one, ending a tie: John 50 Paul 50 Patrick 49 Mike 44. I managed to eke out the win on the most knowledge tiebreak, but Paul ended the game as Pope. Just call him "Pope Paul" when he shows up next week.
The other group (consisting of Doug, Erik, Tim and Greg) played Tales of Arabian Nights which was won by Doug. They then had time for a couple of games of Ingenious, which were won both times by Erik.
First up was a two-team tug-of-war of words, Word on the Street, which Greg had brought. It was a close contest, won 8-7 by the team of Greg, Doug and Paul over the team of myself, Mike and Patrick, after my word "fluff" which would have dramatically shifted the balance of power was rejected.
We then split into two groups after more people arrived. I had brought a fairly new game, De Vulgari Eloquentia, where players were scholars in Renaissance Italy going around collecting stuff, possibly becoming Cardinals and even Pope. Five of us started the game, but Karl had to leave around 9 and the game still had a bit to go. The game actually went the entire 16 turns and turned out to be a very close one, ending a tie: John 50 Paul 50 Patrick 49 Mike 44. I managed to eke out the win on the most knowledge tiebreak, but Paul ended the game as Pope. Just call him "Pope Paul" when he shows up next week.
The other group (consisting of Doug, Erik, Tim and Greg) played Tales of Arabian Nights which was won by Doug. They then had time for a couple of games of Ingenious, which were won both times by Erik.
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