Eight for tonight's session, including one first-time attendee. Patrick, Jay, Mike, Doug, Greg, Rembert, Adam (the first-timer) and myself were in attendance. Games played: Timeline, Vegas Showdown, Drum Roll and San Juan.
Timeline was our warm-up game and was won by Mike, with "Black Powder" being the winning card. Greg was second, Patrick third and surprisingly, Doug (who is our club expert at these sort of games) was a non-place. Alot of the "educated guesses" were off by a year or two, which made for an interesting game. Jay and myself rounded out the group as we had six for this one.
We split into two groups, and Adam and Rembert joined us. One group played Vegas Showdown, a long-time club favorite. This game was won by Greg, but it was a close one. Final scores: Greg 60, Adam 56, Mike and Jay 46, Rembert 41. I believe it was Adam's first play of the game, and he came home a creditable second.
Meanwhile, Patrick, Doug and I tackled Drum Roll, a fall 2011 Essen release which is about managing a circus. I had played just once before, first time for Doug and Patrick. The game moved slowly at first but picked up after people had mastered the mechanics. The strategy was another question. Patrick had done a good job getting money and collecting cubes with alot of bonus "Investor" cards. But Doug had done a solid job selling tickets for all three shows and emerged the winner, with Patrick a close second. I, obviously, came last, with my excuse being I was the teacher for the game. Hope to try it again soon.
We barely finished the game before the 9 PM witching hour, and the other table, which had started a San Juan game, did not finish. Mike, Jay, Adam and Rembert were the four players, and Mike and Jay had 10 cards down when time ran out.
Hope to see everyone again next week, including a couple of you who have been AWOL for the last session or two.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
March 15, 2012 Session Report
Getting caught up on these session reports, here's the most recent one.
Another week of double-figure attendance, a total of 12. Present and accounted for were Mike, Jay, Patrick, Rodney, Ron, Kevin, Neville, Doug, Alex, Greg, Rembert and myself. It literally was a three-ring circus as we broke into three groups after starting off with a couple of games of Resistance.
Resistance was played by John, Mike, Greg, Kevin, Jay, Ron, Neville and we added Rembert to the group for the second game. The first game was won by the Government (i.e. the "bad guys" who foiled the missions) who were Greg, Jay and Mike. Ron and I started accusing Neville falsely, then Neville started accusing me and by the time we got it all straightened out, it was too late. The "Good Guys" (the Resistance) won game two, with Ron, Neville and Rembert coming out on the short end).
Alex, Doug, Rodney and Patrick played a Z-Man release, Heads of State, which Patrick had brought. Final scores were Alex 110, Rodney 90, Doug 85, Patrick 32.
Helvetia was played, taught by Mike. Scores in that one were Mike 20, Jay 19, Neville 14 and Kevin 12.
Finally got in a game of Village, one of my new favorites. It was a three-player and we actually cut it short and scored as if the game was over. I won with 54 but Ron (who had already left) was a close second with 52, Rembert had 43. I think Rembert like the game but Ron did not.
Looking forward to continuing our record of strong attendance next week!
Another week of double-figure attendance, a total of 12. Present and accounted for were Mike, Jay, Patrick, Rodney, Ron, Kevin, Neville, Doug, Alex, Greg, Rembert and myself. It literally was a three-ring circus as we broke into three groups after starting off with a couple of games of Resistance.
Resistance was played by John, Mike, Greg, Kevin, Jay, Ron, Neville and we added Rembert to the group for the second game. The first game was won by the Government (i.e. the "bad guys" who foiled the missions) who were Greg, Jay and Mike. Ron and I started accusing Neville falsely, then Neville started accusing me and by the time we got it all straightened out, it was too late. The "Good Guys" (the Resistance) won game two, with Ron, Neville and Rembert coming out on the short end).
Alex, Doug, Rodney and Patrick played a Z-Man release, Heads of State, which Patrick had brought. Final scores were Alex 110, Rodney 90, Doug 85, Patrick 32.
Helvetia was played, taught by Mike. Scores in that one were Mike 20, Jay 19, Neville 14 and Kevin 12.
Finally got in a game of Village, one of my new favorites. It was a three-player and we actually cut it short and scored as if the game was over. I won with 54 but Ron (who had already left) was a close second with 52, Rembert had 43. I think Rembert like the game but Ron did not.
Looking forward to continuing our record of strong attendance next week!
March 8, 2012 Session Report
Looks like I am getting a bit behind in posting these session reports.
For Thursday, March 8th, we had 10 gamers in attendance: Kevin (here for his first session), Ron, Neville, Jay (who has now attended three sessions), Mike, Tim, Patrick, Doug, Rembert and myself. We played Last Will, Agricola and Timeline.
Last Will, which I missed out on the first game, is a game with a unique objective: You need to spend all your money, and also sell off all your property, and the player who is most negative wins. The game can last 7 turns, this one ended a turn early (turn 6). Final scores: John -6, Kevin -1, Ron and Neville 3, Mike 7. Lowest negative score (that's me) was the winner, so I ended Neville's streak at one and started a new one for myself that I am sure will end the next time I play.
Agricola was a win for Patrick, who has been itching to play the game for some time. Final scores were Patrick 35, Doug 29, Tim 27, Jay 17.
Those of us in the Last Will game were joined by Rembert for a game of Timeline. I believe I won that one as well, to go undefeated for the evening (a rarity for me).
For Thursday, March 8th, we had 10 gamers in attendance: Kevin (here for his first session), Ron, Neville, Jay (who has now attended three sessions), Mike, Tim, Patrick, Doug, Rembert and myself. We played Last Will, Agricola and Timeline.
Last Will, which I missed out on the first game, is a game with a unique objective: You need to spend all your money, and also sell off all your property, and the player who is most negative wins. The game can last 7 turns, this one ended a turn early (turn 6). Final scores: John -6, Kevin -1, Ron and Neville 3, Mike 7. Lowest negative score (that's me) was the winner, so I ended Neville's streak at one and started a new one for myself that I am sure will end the next time I play.
Agricola was a win for Patrick, who has been itching to play the game for some time. Final scores were Patrick 35, Doug 29, Tim 27, Jay 17.
Those of us in the Last Will game were joined by Rembert for a game of Timeline. I believe I won that one as well, to go undefeated for the evening (a rarity for me).
Monday, March 5, 2012
March 1, 2012 Session Report
Attendance-wise, this was one of our best sessions in a long time. We had 12 people total, including just about all the "regulars" and several recent and sporadic attendess. The list for this week: Patrick, Tim, Mike, John, Doug H, Neville, Greg, Ron, Rembert, Eric, Alex, Jay (back for his third session) and myself.
Started with a game of TransAmerica that broke up after one round. Then, it was literally a three-ring circus as we split into three groups, three games at once, all 4-player. First game to finish was JetSet, won by Greg. Players and scores: Greg 30, Eric 25, Jay 16, Rembert 15. I was in the Helvetia game, and the scores there were Alex 23, Mike 20, John 19, Doug 10 (Mike and I had played once before, Alex and Doug were new to the game). Alex was randomly drawn as the first player, don't know if there's a built-in edge to going first or not, there could be.
The other group played Power Grid-First Sparks, the winner was Patrick (15), followed by Tim 12, Ron 12, Neville 11. The JetSet group was already wrapping up a game of 7 Wonders, scores were Eric and Greg 54 (Eric winning on the tiebreak which is most money), Jay 46, Rembert 31. Then there was another game of TransAmerica, won by Neville, scores were Neville 13, Patrick 6, Eric and Tim 4. Looks like from the scores that Neville won every round, although time ran out before the game could finish.
The rest of us got in a couple of plays of a trivia-line game Doug had brought called Time Line, Greg won the first game, Doug the second. We made Doug go last which was kind of a disadvantage, the second game he still won going next to last.
I was pleased to see the strong attendance, hope we can keep it up. GCOM will once again be running a booth at the Laurel Main St. Festival, Sat. May 12th.
Also, condolences to Patrick who lost his father recently.
Started with a game of TransAmerica that broke up after one round. Then, it was literally a three-ring circus as we split into three groups, three games at once, all 4-player. First game to finish was JetSet, won by Greg. Players and scores: Greg 30, Eric 25, Jay 16, Rembert 15. I was in the Helvetia game, and the scores there were Alex 23, Mike 20, John 19, Doug 10 (Mike and I had played once before, Alex and Doug were new to the game). Alex was randomly drawn as the first player, don't know if there's a built-in edge to going first or not, there could be.
The other group played Power Grid-First Sparks, the winner was Patrick (15), followed by Tim 12, Ron 12, Neville 11. The JetSet group was already wrapping up a game of 7 Wonders, scores were Eric and Greg 54 (Eric winning on the tiebreak which is most money), Jay 46, Rembert 31. Then there was another game of TransAmerica, won by Neville, scores were Neville 13, Patrick 6, Eric and Tim 4. Looks like from the scores that Neville won every round, although time ran out before the game could finish.
The rest of us got in a couple of plays of a trivia-line game Doug had brought called Time Line, Greg won the first game, Doug the second. We made Doug go last which was kind of a disadvantage, the second game he still won going next to last.
I was pleased to see the strong attendance, hope we can keep it up. GCOM will once again be running a booth at the Laurel Main St. Festival, Sat. May 12th.
Also, condolences to Patrick who lost his father recently.
Monday, February 27, 2012
February 23, 2012 Session Report
This report is courtesy of co-Host Mike Brazinski, who kept track of everything while I was away at PrezCon. Thanks, Mike!
"We had pretty good attendance. Including me, we had Ron, Neville, Greg, Tim, Rembert. Jay returned for a second week. John Schussler, a GCOM regular at other locations, visited our humble club for the first time too!
Before Tim and Rembert arrived, we started with a game of "The Resistance", a game that falls right in between Werewolf and Battlestar Gallactica (okay, more on the Werewolf side.) Greg and I were the Government spies. I was pretty quickly discovered but Greg managed to evade detection and led the spies to victory in the last round.
We then broke into two groups. Neville, Greg, John and I played "Last Will". As this was the first play for all of us, it was a bit rough in the beginning but things started to gel for us as we played. It looked like Greg was going to run away with game but Neville managed to sneak in and pull out the win. The final scores (with the goal being the lowest amount of cash) were Neville with -$12, Greg with $4, John with $9 and yours truly failing to spend, ending up with $24. Now that we figured out the game, we're looking forward to trying again.
The second group (Tim, Jay, Rembert & Ron) played Power Grid with the German map. I was only partially watching that game but as 9pm started to arrive, the game got into a gridlock I've never seen before. It was towards the end of Phase 2 and all four players had 14 cities. No one was able to expand until the Phase 3 card was pulled and the power plants were all low values. The game had to be called. Jay had the most cash on hand as time ran out but I don't think we can really call a winner on that one."
Glad to hear there was good attendance and, even in my absence, someone named John was present. Hope to see everyone this Thursday.
"We had pretty good attendance. Including me, we had Ron, Neville, Greg, Tim, Rembert. Jay returned for a second week. John Schussler, a GCOM regular at other locations, visited our humble club for the first time too!
Before Tim and Rembert arrived, we started with a game of "The Resistance", a game that falls right in between Werewolf and Battlestar Gallactica (okay, more on the Werewolf side.) Greg and I were the Government spies. I was pretty quickly discovered but Greg managed to evade detection and led the spies to victory in the last round.
We then broke into two groups. Neville, Greg, John and I played "Last Will". As this was the first play for all of us, it was a bit rough in the beginning but things started to gel for us as we played. It looked like Greg was going to run away with game but Neville managed to sneak in and pull out the win. The final scores (with the goal being the lowest amount of cash) were Neville with -$12, Greg with $4, John with $9 and yours truly failing to spend, ending up with $24. Now that we figured out the game, we're looking forward to trying again.
The second group (Tim, Jay, Rembert & Ron) played Power Grid with the German map. I was only partially watching that game but as 9pm started to arrive, the game got into a gridlock I've never seen before. It was towards the end of Phase 2 and all four players had 14 cities. No one was able to expand until the Phase 3 card was pulled and the power plants were all low values. The game had to be called. Jay had the most cash on hand as time ran out but I don't think we can really call a winner on that one."
Glad to hear there was good attendance and, even in my absence, someone named John was present. Hope to see everyone this Thursday.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
February 16, 2012 Session Report
Seven in attendance, and a total of four different games were played at this session. Jay (who was attending for the first time) joined club regulars Mike, Doug, Ron, Tim, Rembert and myself.
We started off with a quick game of Cloud Nine. The Gods seemed to be on the side of the balloonists this evening, as there were some fairly successful trips which meant a short game. Winner was Ron (56) followed by John (43), Mike (27), Doug H (22), Jay (19). I made the mistake of bailing out early when in second place, allowing Ron to float a bit higher and cinch the win as everyone else was too far back to catch him.\
Jay had brought Shadow Hunters, which we played with a full table of seven. I got lots of clues but had trouble figuring out who was who right until the end. Doug revealed himself to be a 14-point shadow, but everyone took shots at him. I was a neutral and my victory condition was to take out a high-hit guy, so I went after Mike who was a 14-point hunter because Doug had some defensive ability, but the dice foiled me. Jay, who was revealed as a Shadow, was taken out, and then Mike managed to take out Doug, who was the last remaining Shadow, so the Hunters (Mike and Rembert) won. At least that's what my notes say. In addition to the fact that Tim, by remaining alive until the end, was a winning Neutral.
We split into two groups for the rest of the evening. One group played Puerto Rico, with the new 10th anniversary edition. The four-player game was won by Mike (56) who executed a big shipper strategy with lots of corn, a warehouse, no wharf, but yet he rarely got blocked out of the boats. Jay (49) had three large buildings to place second, while John (39) and Tim (33) brought up the rear. The other game was Roll Through the Ages, and the result there was a very close game, won by Rembert (28), just ahead of Ron (27) with Doug (20) in third. I believe it was Rembert's first play against some experienced players, so well done by Rembert.
Next week I am planning to attend the PrezCon convention in Charlottesville, so Mike (the official Co-Host) will be in charge of tracking attendance and games played.
We started off with a quick game of Cloud Nine. The Gods seemed to be on the side of the balloonists this evening, as there were some fairly successful trips which meant a short game. Winner was Ron (56) followed by John (43), Mike (27), Doug H (22), Jay (19). I made the mistake of bailing out early when in second place, allowing Ron to float a bit higher and cinch the win as everyone else was too far back to catch him.\
Jay had brought Shadow Hunters, which we played with a full table of seven. I got lots of clues but had trouble figuring out who was who right until the end. Doug revealed himself to be a 14-point shadow, but everyone took shots at him. I was a neutral and my victory condition was to take out a high-hit guy, so I went after Mike who was a 14-point hunter because Doug had some defensive ability, but the dice foiled me. Jay, who was revealed as a Shadow, was taken out, and then Mike managed to take out Doug, who was the last remaining Shadow, so the Hunters (Mike and Rembert) won. At least that's what my notes say. In addition to the fact that Tim, by remaining alive until the end, was a winning Neutral.
We split into two groups for the rest of the evening. One group played Puerto Rico, with the new 10th anniversary edition. The four-player game was won by Mike (56) who executed a big shipper strategy with lots of corn, a warehouse, no wharf, but yet he rarely got blocked out of the boats. Jay (49) had three large buildings to place second, while John (39) and Tim (33) brought up the rear. The other game was Roll Through the Ages, and the result there was a very close game, won by Rembert (28), just ahead of Ron (27) with Doug (20) in third. I believe it was Rembert's first play against some experienced players, so well done by Rembert.
Next week I am planning to attend the PrezCon convention in Charlottesville, so Mike (the official Co-Host) will be in charge of tracking attendance and games played.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
February 9, 2012 Session Report
Seven in attendance for this session: Doug H, Mike, Greg, Neville, Tim, Rembert and myself. We played four games: For Sale, Flash Point, Power Grid-Robots and San Juan.
Started with a quick game of For Sale while waiting for everyone to show. Greg was the winner. Scores: Greg 61K, Doug 55K, John and Neville 45K, Mike 42K.
We then split into two groups. Four of us (Doug, Greg, Neville and myself) played a cooperative game, Flash Point, where the players play the role of firefighters putting out a four-alarm blaze. Neville was the fire captain and had some very bad die rolls, usually hitting a hotspot and spreading more fire rather than putting it out. We lost when the last damage cube was placed after having done a fairly good job rescuing victims.
The other group (Mike, Tim, Rembert) played Power Grid with the Robots expansion. It was played on the Germany map with the robot taking over the role of a dummy fourth player. Didn't get a report on the result, think the game didn't finish in part because the robot made life more difficult for the players.
The Flash Point game finished with about 45 minutes left in the session, so we broke out San Juan. Please to report I was the winner, getting three "6" builds down. Final scores: John 41 Greg 33 Doug 31 Neville 27. It was Neville's first play of this Puerto Rico spin off.
Started with a quick game of For Sale while waiting for everyone to show. Greg was the winner. Scores: Greg 61K, Doug 55K, John and Neville 45K, Mike 42K.
We then split into two groups. Four of us (Doug, Greg, Neville and myself) played a cooperative game, Flash Point, where the players play the role of firefighters putting out a four-alarm blaze. Neville was the fire captain and had some very bad die rolls, usually hitting a hotspot and spreading more fire rather than putting it out. We lost when the last damage cube was placed after having done a fairly good job rescuing victims.
The other group (Mike, Tim, Rembert) played Power Grid with the Robots expansion. It was played on the Germany map with the robot taking over the role of a dummy fourth player. Didn't get a report on the result, think the game didn't finish in part because the robot made life more difficult for the players.
The Flash Point game finished with about 45 minutes left in the session, so we broke out San Juan. Please to report I was the winner, getting three "6" builds down. Final scores: John 41 Greg 33 Doug 31 Neville 27. It was Neville's first play of this Puerto Rico spin off.
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