April 25, 2013 Session Report

Seven for this past week's session:  Tim, Patrick, Mike, Alex, Kristina, John B and myself (John W).  Two people showed up later and unfortunately did not get in any game, so only two games were played:  Tzolk'in (Mayan Calendar game) and Ground Floor.

First game to finish (after about two hours playing time) was Tzolkin.  Tim (continuing his winning streak from the prior week) won that one, with 48, followed by Mike (40) and Patrick (38).

The Ground Floor game was a four-player.  We didn't quite make it to the finish and picked the game up after 7 turns when Alex had the most floors (5).  Alex won, but it was reasonably close:  Alex 36, John W 33, Kristina 31, John B 23.  Everyone but Kristina had played before.

Just a reminder that the regular club session will take place this week, despite the overlap with day one of GCOM's Games Days convention at the Holiday Inn in Timonium.  Also, a reminder that GCOM will once again run a booth at the Laurel Main St. Festival.  The date is Sat. May 11th, hours from 9 AM to 4 PM.  Don't have the booth assignment yet, but it should be somewhere near the prior years, close to 5th and Main Street.

April 18, 2013 Session Report

Attendance took a nose-dive this week, as only three of us (Tim, co-Host Mike and myself) showed.  We got in two games (Ground Floor and 7 Wonders).  Tim was the big winner, taking first in both games.  I  was last in both games.  Scores:  Ground Floor, Tim 59, Mike 48 John 44.  7 Wonders:  Tim 62 Mike 57 John 44.

Hope to see more people this coming session!

April 11, 2013 Session Report

It was a good week, with attendance hitting 11.  Patrick, Mike, Doug, Ben, Alex, Rembert, Eric, Nathan, Tim and myself were joined by Adam, making his first appearance at the club.  (Adam actually has come both the shortest and longest distance, as he is home on vacation, two blocks from the Community Center, but stationed in China where he works for the State Department).  Anyway, we got in five different games, with three tables going at once for most of the session:  Catan-Delmarva, Suburbia, Guillotine, Timeline and Clash of Cultures.

Catan-Delmarva was one of the new Settlers variants.  Winner was Doug (12) followed by Alex (9) Mike (8) and Rembert (7); Doug managed to get to 12 points without either the longest road or biggest army bonus.  Next game to finish was Suburbia, and it wasn't very close:  Eric 129, Tim 90, Nathan 54.

Next game to finish was Guillotine.  Tim won (21), followed by Mike (15), Alex (14), Doug (13), Rembert (10).  Rembert also killed off my personal favorite, the Piss Boy.  Sad.

It was down to two games for the rest of the session, and two games of Timeline were won Doug and Rembert.  Mike and Tim were the remaining two players.

Clash of Cultures got through five of six turns and we scored:  John 31 Patrick 27 Ben 21 Adam 19.  I did well with objectives and also got a level 5 city while Patrick had the most advances. 

April 4, 2013 Session Report

Another small group, just six this week:  Doug, Patrick, Mike, Tim, Rembert and myself.  We just got in one game, Ground Floor, that took some time to get the rules down so we didn't get to the finish line.  I believe we got through 6 of a possible 8 or 9 turns and scored it.  Patrick with 20 had renovated all his basic rooms and was the leader although perhaps others may have been better positioned for the long run.

March 28, 2013 Session Report

A small group of six for this week's session, as it was Patrick, Mike, Greg, Tim, Helen and myself.  We only got one game in:  Aeroplanes:  Aviation Ascendant, which was already underway when Helen arrived so she did not mange to get in a game, unfortunately.  The game ended in a win for Mike, scores were fairly close:  Mike 38, Tim 35 ahead of John (also 35) on the tiebreaker, Patrick 32, Greg 27.

Hope for a bigger turnout for this coming week's session.

March 21, 2013 Session Report

I had to miss this week's session, but co-Host Mike has provided the following report:

"At last week's session we had seven people. While we were waiting for more people to show up, Jonathan, Alex, Doug and I started with a game of Timeline on my iPad. I won the game fairly quickly. While we were playing Stephen and Rembert showed up and we played an oldie, but with the newest edition, Acquire. Alex managed to get some early bonuses and easily cruised in for the win. The final scores were Alex ($41,700), me ($34,100), Rembert ($30,200), Stephen ($27,500), Doug ($25,400) and Jonathan bringing up the rear with just a bit more than $16,000.

While we were playing, Helen arrived. Jonathan ducked out and we played a game of Transamerica to wrap up the night.  Helen won with 9 pts. Behind her (or in front of her as the game is scored) came Doug with 8 pts, Alex with 7, me with 6, Rembert with 5 and Stephen ending the game with 1 measly pt."

March 14, 2013 Session Report

Ten for this week's session, including one first-time attendee (Johnny V.) along with Alex, Patrick, Mike, Doug, Tim, John B, Rembert, Helen and myself.  We played a total of five games:  Piece o Cake, Tzolk'in. Thurn and Taxis, Imperial and Fresco.

Piece o Cake was the warm-up game played while waiting for people to show.  Relatively close, final count was John W (me) 33, Doug 30, Alex 27, Mike 15.

We wound up in three groups for most of the rest of the way.  Four of us (Patrick, Tim, Johnny and I) played Tzolkin, which all but Tim had played before.  I used my use temple-building strategy and managed to return to winning form, but Johnny had all six workers in play and made a nice comeback after falling behind early.  Final  scores:  John W. 73, Johnny 58, Patrick 51, Tim 39.

John B, Mike, Alex and Doug got in a game of Thurn and Taxis that ended on carriages when everyone had plenty of houses in stock, indicating a low-scoring game.  Winner as Doug (11), Alex (10), John B (8) and Mike (7).  There was still plenty of time left in the session, so Mike, Alex and Doug got in another game, a three-player Fresco which was won by Alex by just one point (88 to 87) over Doug with Mike in third.  Mike did observe that his performances tonight were a model of consistency (last in every game).

One more game was played but picked up early because of the time constraint.  Rembert and Helen, the two latecomers, were joined by John B in a three-player game of Imperial.  When the game was picked up, it was John B 30, Rembert 28, Helen 26 but of course the game was far from over, so anyone's game at that point.