Games Club Of MD - Western Locations

Germantown 01/02/12

2012-01-14T15:02:00.000-05:00

Attendance: 9

Leslie Barkley
Nick Ferris
Doug Hoylman
Bob & Carol Jones
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Howard & Stacia Wagner

Hey! It's the first session of the New Year! Here's looking forward to many great gaming experiences in 2012.

Games Played (scores in order of place)

Front Line - Doug 54, Nick 35, Eric 25, Carol 25, Leslie 23
Stephenson's Rocket - Bob 69,000, Stacia 60,000, Howard 54,000, Laura 51,000
- A game I really love but rarely play. I'm hoping to bring this out more often. This was a particularly brutal game.
Modern Art Card Game - Laura 88, Stacia 86, Howard 85, Bob 80
Crokinole - Bob/Howard 100, Stacia/Laura 0
Crokinole - Nick/Howard 65, Stacia/Leslie 50

At Howard and Stacia's request, we brought down the Crokinole board and had a great time with it.

My board, Dynasty.

Posted by Bob on 01/14/12

Germantown 12/19/11

2011-12-19T23:58:00.001-05:00

Attendance: 8

Leslie Barkley
Henry Ho
Doug Hoylman
Bob & Carol Jones
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Mark Rudmann

Eight players gathered on a cold December night for the last gaming session of 2011! See you in 2012!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

7 Wonders - Bob 76, Mike 58, Carol 57, Laura 57, Doug 51, Eric 48, Henry 44
Settlers of Catan with Oil Springs Expansion - Mike 12, Eric 8, Doug 7, Laura 7
Goa - Carol 37, Henry 36, Bob 32, Leslie 31

Posted by Bob on 12/19/11.

Germantown 12/05/11

2011-12-13T23:16:00.000-05:00

Attendance: 7

Leslie Barkley
Nick Ferris
Doug Hoylman
Bob & Carol Jones
Eric & Laura Reinhold

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Escalation - Nick 14, Laura 19, Carol 24, Bob 28, Eric 32, Doug 38
Mermaid Rain - Laura 46, Eric 41, Doug 40, Leslie 36, Nick 35, Bob 32
Money - Bob 2120, Doug 1560, Leslie 1290, Nick 1240

Mermaid Rain pic by Bob.

Posted by Bob on 12/13/11.

Germantown 11/21/11

2011-12-03T17:47:00.003-05:00

Attendance: 11

Leslie Barkley
Dave &Noreen Fair
Nick Ferris
Doug Hoylman
Bob & Carol Jones
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Stacia & Howard Wagner

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Die Sieben Siegel - Nick -6, Eric -17, Doug -19, Noreen -26
New England - Bob 37, Leslie 34, Carol 29, Laura 26
Chocolate Mouse - Eric 31, Noreen 25, Nick 24, Doug 19
San Marco - Stacia 109, Howard 99, Dave 96
Edel, Stein & Reich - Howard 71, Carol 62, Bob 56, Dave 48, Doug 36
Tichu - Leslie/Stacia 1040, Nick/Noreen 760
Tichu - Nick/Noreen 425, Leslie/Stacia 85

San Marco pic by Alkis Moraitis on BGG

Posted by Bob.

Germantown 11/07/11

2011-12-03T17:47:00.001-05:00

Attendance: 7

Leslie Barkley
Doug Hoylman
Bob Jones
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Stacia & Howard Wagner

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Metro - Eric 42, Bob 41, Howard 33, Doug 30, Stacia 29, Laura 26
7 Wonders - Eric 74, Bob 68, Leslie 64, Laura 62, Stacia 61, Doug 55, Howard 43
Taj Mahal - Bob 42, Doug 36, Leslie 32, Howard 27, Stacia 17

Posted by Bob.

Germantown 10/17/11

2011-12-03T17:46:00.001-05:00

Attendance: 8

Leslie Barkley
Dave & Noreen Fair
Nick Ferris
Doug Hoylman
Bob Jones
Eric & Laura Reinhold

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Bucket Brigade - Doug 18, Nick 13, Bob 12, Eric 12, Laura 12
Burgen von Burgand - Noreen 249, Dave 239, Bob 228, Leslie 179
Star Trek: Fleet Captains - Eric/Laura (Federation) 11, Doug/Nick (Klingons) 5

Star Trek: Fleet Captains pic by Wim Van Roy on BGG

Posted by Bob.

Germantown 10/03/11

2011-11-29T00:18:00.001-05:00

Attendance:

Leslie Barkley
Doug Hoylman
Bob Jones
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Mike Rudmann
Stacia & Howard Wagner

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Race for the Galaxy - Howard 55, Stacia 36, Leslie 30, Eric 24
Alea Jacta Est - Doug 45, Laura 44, Mike 35, Bob 32
Coloretto - Howard 41, Eric 38, Stacia 32, Leslie 31
Roll through the Ages - Mike 35, Doug 27, Eric 24, Laura 20
Goa - Bob 41, Howard 35, Stacia 33, Leslie 25

Posted by Bob.

Germantown 09/19/11

2011-11-29T00:17:00.001-05:00

Attendance 14

Leslie Barkley
Noreen & Dave Fair
Nick Ferris
Doug Hoylman
Carol & Bob Jones
Linda Killian & Rick Pasquale
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Mike Rudmann
Howard & Stacia Wagner

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Top & Down - Bob 24, Stacia 20, Dave 20, Howard 13
Ave Caesar - Dave 6+2, Howard 4+3, Eric 6+0, Bob 3+2, Rick 0+4, Stacia 0+1
Attika - Nick, Laura, Doug, Mike
Bohnanza - Dave 12, Bob 12, Mike 11, Howard 10, Stacia 9, Doug 8
David & Goliath - Nick 173, Eric 166, Rick/Leslie 146, Laura 100
Tichu - Leslie/Noreen 1090, Carol/Linda 570 (there's some confusion over who were the actual partners)

Posted by Bob

Germantown 09/05/11

2011-11-29T00:16:00.001-05:00

Attendance: 11

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
Noreen & Dave Fair
Nick Ferris
Doug Hoylman
Bob & Carol Jones
Eric & Laura Reinhold

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Pickomino - Leslie 20, Noreen 5, Doug 0
Pantheon - Bob 67, Dave 61, Aubrey 52, Nick 45
7 Wonders - Doug 66, Leslie 64, Noreen 56
Yahtzee - Noreen 265, Leslie 240, Doug 191
Puerto Rico - Shannon 52, Eric 51, Laura 36, Carol 32
Top & Down - Doug 27, Aubrey 18, Bob 1
Tichu - Leslie/Noreen 570, Dave/Nick 530

Posted by Bob.

Gaming this Saturday in Middletown

2011-11-21T21:25:00.004-05:00

Gang,

I hope to see a bunch of you this Saturday. After 2 misses we are back on this week. I made it to BGG.CON and played a few of the new releases from Essen. I am not sure any were great but a few were at least interesting. My favorite was Last Will. I also enjoyed both of the carnival/amusement park games that came out this year, Coney Island and DrumRoll. Also, I would like to announce there will be a New Year's Eve gaming party here as well. Mark your calendars. Kelly and I look forward to seeing everybody to ring in 2012.

We hope to see everyone at 3pm on Saturday and also on New Year's Eve.

Peace,

Scott

Germantown Gaming Cancelled on Halloween!

2011-10-30T17:45:00.003-05:00

Just a reminder that we are not gaming tomorrow night, Monday, October 31. The next Germantown session will be on Nov. 7.

Hope to see you then!

Bob

Euro Quest 2011!

2011-10-19T19:47:00.000-05:00

The Annual Euro Quest Gaming Convention is coming up in a few short weeks.

Nov. 3-6, 2011

Euro Quest
Hilton Pikesville
1726 Reisterstown Road
Pikesville, Maryland 21208

In addition to competition in 12 main event tournaments for the prestigious Harold L. Siegelman Trophy, there will be plenty of space for open gaming, a first look at some of the newest hot games from Essen and a unique Wild Card event with the opportunity to play as many as 15 titles in a free-form, unscheduled format.

Details are here: Euro Quest Home Page

Germantown 08/29/2011

2011-10-04T21:19:00.002-05:00

Attendance: 12

Leslie Barkley
Dave & Noreen Fair
Nick Ferris
Ethan Goffman
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Carol & Bob Jones
Eric Reinhold
Howard & Stacia Wagner

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Alhambra - Leslie 130, Noreen 127, Nick 120
Masons - Eric, Doug, Ethan (no scores recorded)
Caylus - Stacia 72, Bob 68, Howard 66, Dave 61
Witches Brew - Eric 21, Doug 20, Nick 19, Noreen 16
Alien Frontiers - Leslie 11, Todd 9, Ethan 5
Modern Art: the Card Game - Doug 109, Bob 83, Carol 66, Noreen 62, Dave 59

Posted by Bob on 10/04/11.

Germantown 08/15/11

2011-10-04T21:14:00.001-05:00

Attendance: 12

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
Nick Ferris
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Carol & Bob Jones
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Howard & Stacia Wagner

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Wyatt Earp - Doug, Eric, Laura
7 Wonders - Leslie 77, Bob 61, Shannon 58, Aubrey 56, Nick 56, Stacia 55, Howard 44
Pergamon - Howard 24, Nick 23, Stacia 22, Bob 17
Alien Frontiers - Todd 11, Leslie 9, Doug 6
Ghost Stories - Aubrey, Shannon, Eric and Laura lost to the ghosts
6 Nimmt - Stacia 5, Carol 47, Doug 49, Bob 51, Leslie 71, Nick 81, Howard 91 (Stacia's 5 is an unbelievable score!)

Posted by Bob on 10/04/11.

Subbing for Middletown

2011-10-01T11:40:00.001-05:00

Since Scott can't hold gaming in Middletown, we're holding it in Germantown instead!

3PM. The Jones house. E-mail Bob for directions.

NO GAMING AT MIDDLETOWN TOMORROW

2011-09-30T05:55:00.002-05:00

Gang,

I am sorry to report that there will be no gaming in Middletown tomorrow. I have season tickets to Maryland football (such as it is). They play tomorrow at 330PM so I would not arrive back in Middletown till 830ish. Sorry for the short notice. I had forgot I rescheduled it. Also, note that the October will be canceled due to conflict as well. I will miss you all. Hopefully, see some of you at other gaming venues.

Peace and Happy Gaming,
Scott

GCOM Germantown Update (08-14-11)

2011-08-14T19:52:00.000-05:00

Since we're meeting at Bob and Carol's house, the time will now be 7-10PM.

We will not be starting at 6PM so please don't come at that time! We are changing the meeting time until we move to a new venue.

Thanks!

Germantown 08/01/11

2011-08-14T19:47:00.000-05:00

Attendance: 11

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
Dave Fair
Doug Hoylman
Carol & Bob Jones
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Howard & Stacia Wagner

At our first post-Borders session, we met in Bob and Carol's game room. We'll be meeting there until we secure a new public space.

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Wyatt Earp - Leslie 25, Eric 24, Carol 20, Laura 15
Traders of Genoa - Bob 745, Dave 725, Howard 710, Stacia 690, Doug 490
Rheinlander - Laura 33, Shannon 31, Eric 29, Leslie 22, Aubrey 8
Web of Power - Dave 50, Stacia 45, Doug 40, Bob 36, Howard 33
Diamant - Eric 50, Laura 21, Aubrey 19, Leslie 8, Shannon 8
Corruption - Bob $3.6, Shannon 3.4, Aubrey 2.9, Doug 2.3, Leslie 1.0

Posted by Bob on 08/14/11.

Germantown 07/18/11

2011-08-14T19:37:00.001-05:00

Attendance: 13

Leslie Barkley
Dave & Noreen Fair
Nick Ferris
Ethan Goffman
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Bob Jones
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Bill Salvatore
Howard & Stacia Wagner

This was our last session at Borders Cafe. Our home for seven years, many of our long-time members joined us after seeing us playing games in the cafe. Borders will be sorely missed.

Games Played (scores in order of place):

7 Wonders - Stacia 58, Howard 58, Todd 51, Nick 45, Leslie 42, Bill 39
Australia - Ethan 146, Eric 144, Laura ??, Doug 99
Ingenious - Eric 13, Laura 12, Ethan 12, Noreen 12
Oasis - Stacia 98, Bob 64, Nick 62, Howard 59
Cheeky Monkey - Leslie 28, Bill 28, Howard 18, Nick 14, Stacia 9
Alien Frontiers - Leslie 9, Todd 6, Doug 5, Bill 5
San Juan - Bob 29, Dave 28, Ethan 25, Eric 20
Tichu - Howard/Nick 1015, Stacia/Noreen 485

Posted by Bob on 08/14/11.

Germantown 06/20/11

2011-08-14T18:57:00.001-05:00

Attendance: 16

Leslie Barkley
David & Martha Briggs
Nick Ferris
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Carol& Bob Jones
Nicholas Kelly
Carol Loman
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Bill Salvatore
Howard & Stacia Wagner
Allen

Welcome, Allen, who joined us for a game of For Sale!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Thurn & Taxis - Carol L 16, Doug 14, Nick 12, Todd 11
Aquaretto - Leslie 30, Laura 15, Eric 14, Howard 13, Stacia 11
Cheeky Monkey - Bill 33, David 31, Martha 21
Ascension - Doug 65, Bill 54, Martha 53, David 40
Santiago - Nicholas K 104, Howard 97, Stacia 81, Bob 77, Nick F 75
7 Wonders - Todd 61, Leslie 59, Carol J 59, Laura 58, Eric 56, Carol L 45
For Sale - Stacia 50, Allen 50, Bob 49, Nicholas 45, Howard 40, Nick F 40
Blue Moon City - Eric 4, Todd 3, Doug 3, Leslie 3

Posted by Bob on 08/14/11.

Germantown 06/06/11

2011-08-14T18:28:00.000-05:00

Attendance: 12

David & Martha Briggs
Doug Hoylman
Nick Ferris
Ben & Bob Jones
Carol Loman
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Bill Salvatore
Howard & Stacia Wagner

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Pizarro & Co. - Eric 59, Laura 47, Bill 36, Carol 36
Ticket to Ride 1910 - David 108, Martha 92, Ben 88, Doug 39
Ascension - Bill 53, Eric 51, Laura 46, Carol 42
Elfenland - Nick 18/3, Todd 18/0, Leslie 17/3, Stacia 17/3, Howard 17/1, Bob 17/0
7 Wonders - Eric 63, Bill 56, Doug 51, David 47, Martha 40
Metro - Ben 47, Leslie 45, Bob 45, Howard 34, Stacia 26
Cheeky Monkey - Eric 47, Doug 32, Bill 12

Posted by Bob on 08/14/11.

GCOM Germantown Update!

2011-07-30T13:24:00.001-05:00

As you probably know by now, the Borders Cafe, our home for the last seven years, is closed.

Until we find another public venue, we will host the Germantown sessions at our house in Germantown. Directions can be found in the Files section of the GCOM West Yahoo Group. You may also e-mail Bob at rcrbjones@verizon.net.

Thanks, and hope to see you on Monday.

Bob

GCOM Family Picnic 2011

2011-06-23T09:02:00.002-05:00

Games Club of Maryland
Presents the Sixth Annual

GCOM Family Picnic

Saturday, July 16th, 2011
Centennial Park
East Entrance
Pavilion H
4800 Woodlawn Rd
Off Clarksville Pike - Route 108
Ellicott City, MD. 21042

Join GCOM for fun, games, food and great times!

Pre-Registration is required to attend.

When: Saturday, July 16th, 2011. Picnic and Park Hours: 10am to 8pm.

Grilled Food Service: 12Noon to 3 pm and 5pm to 7pm.

The picnic will be held under a covered pavilion, and will take place rain or shine.

A private and large pavilion with a capacity of 300.

Food: GCOM will provide Hamburgers, hotdogs, and chicken on the grill, baked beans and assorted beverages. We ask volunteer attendees to bring side dishes, snacks, and deserts.

Available activities on site at our pavilion: Open gaming, playground, beach volleyball, tennis court, basketball court, baseball field, open fields, horseshoe pits and a 2.5 mile hiking path around the lake. Boat rentals are available at the lake.

What to Bring: Your Favorite Games. If you are interested in any sports activities you must bring along the appropriate equipment to play. Anyone interested in coordinating special games or sporting events should post on our GCOM discussion forum at gamesclubofmd@yahoogroups.com .

Admission is by Pre-Registration Only. No walk ins will be admitted.

Pre-registration deadline: Friday, July 8th, 2011.

Cost: Non-members and GCOM Associate Members: $20.

GCOM Supporting Members: $10.

GCOM Patron Members: Free.

Children 17 and under: Free, when accompanied by a paying adult. Limit three children per adult.

Contact Info / Picnic Coordinator: Michele Mazzola / Michelle Hymowitz /Roland deVasher

Games Club of Maryland

10110 Egerton Farm Ct, Parkville MD 21234

E-mail: gcom.picnic@gmail.com

Website: http://www.gamesclubofmd.org/

Germantown 05/30/11

2011-06-12T22:46:00.001-05:00

Attendance: 12

Leslie Barkley
David & Martha Briggs
Laura DeWalt
Andrew, Corwin, Dave & Noreen Fair
Ethan Goffman
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Nick Ferris
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Marianne Szlyk
Howard & Stacia Wagner

Welcome, Laura, to your first session at Borders!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Land Unter - Noreen 10, Dave 8, Stacia 6, Howard 1
Keltis: the Tile Game - Dave 46, Noreen 36
San Juan - Doug 27, Ethan 26, Bob 23, Marianne 21
Shogun - Eric, Laura R, Laura D, Nick, Martha, David B, Leslie (no winner recorded)
7 Wonders - Eric 60, Laura D 54, Leslie 47, Laura R 44, Nick 42, Martha 40, David B 38
Wanderlust - Ethan, Doug, Marianne, Bob
Telestrations - Laura D, Laura R, Nick, Martha, David B, Leslie, Eric (no winner recorded, a good time was had by all)
Qwirkle - Howard, Stacia, Leslie (no winner recorded)
Thurn & Taxis - Doug 25, Ethan 25, Bob 20, Marianne 7
Qwirkle - Leslie 110, Howard 108, Stacia 100

Germantown 05/16/11

2011-06-12T22:45:00.000-05:00

Attendance: 16

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Andrew & Dave Fair
Ethan Goffman
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Howard & Stacia Wagner

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Raj - Aubrey 20, Bob 13, Shannon 8, Ben -1
Poison - Aubrey 7, Martha 7, Shannon 15, David B 17, Bob 22, Ben 26
Airlines - Ethan 70, Doug 64, Leslie 59, Eric 56. Laura 44
7 Wonders - Aubrey 64, Martha 58, Bob 58, Todd 54, Shannon 48, David B 39
San Juan - Eric 32, Leslie 31, Doug 27, Ethan 19
Black Friday - Stacia 18, Dave F 14, Howard 13, Andrew 8
R-Eco - Eric 12 Ethan 7, Aubrey 3, Shannon -1
Strut - Leslie, Bob, Doug, Todd
Keltis: the Tile Game - Stacia 25, Andrew 8, Howard 7, Dave F 5
R-Eco - Aubrey 16, Eric 4, Shannon -2, Ethan -5
Color Fever - Ethan 36, Doug 30

Germantown 05/02/11

2011-06-12T22:40:00.003-05:00

Attendance: 18

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Dave Fair
Nick Ferris
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Jean, Scott, and Julie Trefthen
Howard Wagner
Michael Charbonneau

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Uptown - Bob 1/9, Ben J 2/8, Todd 2/8, David B 2,9, Martha 3/7
Pastiche - Doug 52, Eric 42, Leslie 36
Finito - Nick won. No record of who else played.
Kaigan - Howard 41, Dave F 41, Nick 41, Julie 33
Keltis: The Way of the Stone - Howard 27, Dave F 21, Nick 18
Ascension - Leslie 69, Eric 51, Michael 47, Doug 43
7 Wonders - David 56, Howard 54, Nick 51
Roll through the Ages - Scott 10, Jean 10, Bob 10, Julie -1 (check)
7 Wonders - Martha 46, David B 46, Todd 45, Shannon 45, Aubrey 34
Tiki Topple - Ben J 16, Doug 14, Bob 4
Tichu - Dave F/Nick, Leslie/Howard
Rowboat - Todd, Aubrey, Shannon (no winner indicated)

Posted by Bob on 06/12/11.

Germantown 04/18/11

2011-06-12T21:52:00.000-05:00

Attendance: 17

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Nick Ferris
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Ben Trefthen
Julie Trefthen
Steve Trefthen
Julie Trefthen
Howard & Stacia Wagner

Happily, we were joined today by the entire Trefthen family! Welcome!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Diamant - Ben J 25, Martha 15, David 12, Ben T 7, Julie 0
Cheeky Monkey - Martha 31, Ben J 17, Julie 16, Ben T 15, David 12, Steve 7
Volcanic Disaster - Eric, Nick, Doug, David
FAT - Doug -5, Eric -4, Nick 0
High Society - Laura 11, Aubrey 9, Bob 9, Howard 8, Leslie -10 (disqualified)
Pickomino - Jean 8, Julie 4, Bob 3, Stevie 1, Ben J 0
7 Wonders - Eric 51, Nick 50, Laura 48, Stacia 45, Howard 40, David 37, Martha 36
Ascension - Shannon 69, Leslie 60, Doug 60, Aubrey 56
Pirate Fluxx - Doug, Aubrey, Leslie, Shannon
Medici - Ben J 113, Bob 92, Howard 91, Stacia 80
Target - Leslie, Doug, Shannon, Aubrey (no winner indicated)

Posted by Bob on 06/12/11.

Germantown 04/04/11

2011-06-12T21:45:00.000-05:00

Sorry. I missed this session and didn't get any records.

Bob

Germantown 03/21/11

2011-06-12T20:47:00.001-05:00

Attendance: 15

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Nick Ferris
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Carol Loman
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Howard & Stacia Wagner

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Race for the Galaxy - Leslie 43, Carol 33, Eric 27, Laura 23, Nick 18
Ascension - Doug 57, David B 50, Howard 43
Ascension - Shannon 69, Leslie 58, Aubrey 50, Eric 47
Ticket to Ride - Ben 144, Doug 114, David B 104, Martha 82
Princes of Florence - Bob 53, Stacia 50, Howard 50, Carol 43, Nick 42
- This was a GREAT game of PoF. Very close and memorable.
Big Points - Howard 26, Stacia 26, Bob 22, Ben 16
Rowboat - Leslie 220, Todd 210, Doug 100
7 Wonders - Eric 61, David 52, Aubrey 48, Martha 46, Shannon 40

Posted by Bob on 06/12/11.

Germantown 03/07/11

2011-06-12T19:53:00.001-05:00

Attendance: 12

Leslie Barkley
David Briggs
Dave Fair
Nick Ferris
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Nick Kelley
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Howard & Stacia Wagner

Games Played (scores in order of place):

R-Eco - Howard 6, Stacia 4, Eric 4, Laura -1
Guillotine - Eric 23, Stacia 20, David B 19, Howard 15, Laura 14
Level X - Nick K 125, Ben 115, Bob 82
Nanuk - Howard 17, Eric 9, Ben 9, Laura 7, Todd 5, Stacia 4, Bob 3, David B 1
Battlestar Galactica - Dave F, Leslie, Nick F, Doug - Cylons won.
Tulipmania - Todd, Stacia, Eric, David B, Howard (no scores reported)

Posted by Bob on 06/12/11

Germantown 02/21/11

2011-06-12T19:51:00.000-05:00

Attendance: 14

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
Mark Bodski
Eric Engelmann
Nick Ferris
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Ximena Rivera
Bill Salvatore

Welcome Ximena!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Tulipmania - Todd 10875, Nick 7400, Bill 2050
Qwirkle Cubes - Doug, Mark, Bill, Nick
Zombie Fluxx - Doug, Leslie, Mark
Blue Moon City - Doug 4, Mark 3, Leslie 3, Bill 2
Race for the Galaxy - Leslie, Doug, Eric, Mark
Ingenious - Doug 14, Ben 13, Leslie 13, Nick 10
Mamma Mia - Eric E 6, Ximena 5, Eric R 5, Bob 3, Laura 2
Around the World in 80 Days - Leslie 79, Doug 80, Aubrey 80, Shannon 83, Nick also played
Ticket to Ride - Bob 135, Eric E 116, Ben 99, Eric R 97, Ximena 87

Posted by Bob on 06/12/11

The 14th Annual "Game Days" is coming!

2011-04-04T23:48:00.000-05:00

May 5th at 9AM through Sunday, May 8th at 6:00 PM. That's four days of open gaming!

Holiday Inn, 9615 Deereco Road, Timonium, Maryland.

Game Days is a very relaxed convention with lots of available gaming in a nice, friendly atmosphere. Many of our GCOM group attend and we have a great time every year.

More details here.

Hope to see you!

No GCOM Middletown on Feb. 26, 2011!

2011-02-25T12:55:00.002-05:00

Because of Prezcon, there is no "last Saturday" session at Middletown on 02/26/2011.

Germantown 02/7/11

2011-02-19T21:09:00.000-05:00

Attendance: 16

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Dave & Noreen Fair
Nick Ferris
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Carol Loman
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Howard & Stacia Wagner

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Bohnanza - Leslie 14, Howard 10, Stacia 10, Noreen 10, Dave F 10, Nick 8
The Speicherstadt - Howard 23 (won tiebreaker), Bob 23, David B 16, Dave F 13, Martha 11
Dry Gulch - Carol 13, Doug 11, Eric 11, Aubrey 10, Laura 10
Pandemic (x2) - Ben, Aubrey, Shannon, Bob - lost first game, won second game.
Tichu (x2) - Leslie/Nick 1000, Stacia/Noreen 700 - Stacia/Noreen 1005, Leslie/Nick 595
Dominion - Dave F 48, Howard 47, Doug 35, David B 22, Martha 19
For Sale - Aubrey 72, Ben 62, Bob 59, Shannon 56

Posted by Bob on 02/19/11

Germantown 01/31/11

2011-02-05T13:25:00.002-05:00

Attendance: 14

Leslie Barkley
David & Martha Briggs
Dave & Noreen Fair
Nick Ferris
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Ben, Carol & Bob Jones
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Bill Salvatore

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Qwirkle Cubes - Doug 91, Nick 87, Dave F 81, Noreen 61
Zombie Fluxx - Zombies won. Doug, Bill, Dave B, Martha B, Eric, Leslie
Show Manager - Doug 59, Dave B 41, Ben 38, Eric 35, Martha 32
Agricola - Bob 43, Carol 32, Dave F 26, Laura 24
Tichu (x2) - Nick/Noreen 1290, Leslie/Bill 210, Nick/Noreen 960, Leslie/Todd 540
Cheeky Monkey - Ben 34, Carol 23, Doug 20, Dave F 7

Posted by Bob on 02/15/11.

Germantown 01/17/11

2011-01-27T19:55:00.000-05:00

Attendance: 16

Leslie Barkley
David & Martha Briggs
Mark Broski
Eric Engelmann
Dave & Noreen Fair
Nick Ferris
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Nick & Sarah Kelley
Dan Prorok
Eric & Laura Reinhold

Welcome Mark Broski and Eric Engelmann!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Alhambra - Eric 97, Mark 91, Leslie 91, Nick F 67, Doug 46
Cartagena - Ben 6, Bob/Sarah 3, Nick K 2, Laura 0
China - Leslie, Mark, Nick F
7 Wonders - Mark 61, Doug 52, Leslie 51, Eric E 44, Dan 40, Eric R 38, Nick F 36
Zooloretto - Martha 25, Bob 24, Nick K 23, David B 23, Ben 13
Mykerinos - David B 45, Dan 42, Bob 37, Martha 28
Citadels - Doug 28, Eric E 28, Eric R 24, Laura 22, Mark 22, Ben 20, Nick (had to drop out)
Tichu - Dave/Nick F 1090, Noreen/Leslie 910

Posted by Bob on 01/27/11

Germantown 01/03/11

2011-01-25T22:46:00.001-05:00

Attendance: 12

Leslie Barkley
David & Martha Briggs
Ethan Goffman
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Nick Kelley
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Marianne Szlyk

Welcome to the first session of 2011!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Qwirkle - Ethan 163, Doug 161, Marianne 140
Roll through the Ages - Todd 26, Leslie 21, Martha 21, David 14
Star Wars: Epic Duels - Nick beat Ben
7 Wonders - Howard 62, Ethan 60, Eric 48, Laura 46, Doug 45, Bob 44, Marianne 31
For Sale - Nick 98, Ben 74, Bob 70
Uptown - Ben 1, Bob 3/3, Nick 3/4
London - Todd 42, Martha 21, Leslie 14, David 5
7 Wonders - Ethan 64, Eric 53, Howard 50, Doug 45, Marianne 18

Posted by Bob on 01/25/11

Germantown 12/20/10

2011-01-23T14:38:00.000-05:00

Attendance: 11

Leslie Barkley
Nick Ferris
Henry Ho
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Sarah Kelley
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Howard & Stacia Wagner

Welcome to Henry, who usually attends GCOM Middletown.

The store was open late this night for the Holidays, so some stayed until 11PM!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Filthy Rich - Leslie, Doug, Eric, Laura
Einfach Genial - Ben 10, Leslie 9, Doug 9
Cheeky Monkey - Doug 63, Leslie 18, Ben 15, Sarah 8
Cheeky Monkey - Doug 40, Sarah 37, Leslie 17, Ben 5
Diamant - Leslie 33, Sarah 20, Ben 18, Doug 4
Diamant Variant - Ben beat Sarah
El Grande - Henry 102, Bob 98, Stacia 89, Nick 75, Howard 72
Dixit - Stacia, Nick, Howard, Henry
Tichu (unfinished) - Stacia/Leslie 645, Howard/Nick 355

Posted by Bob on 01/23/11

Germantown 12/06/10

2011-01-20T20:34:00.001-05:00

Attendance: 13

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
David Briggs
Nick Ferris
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Howard & Stacia Wagner

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Tichu - Howard/Leslie 1130, Stacia/Nick 970
Star Wars: Epic Duels - Ben beat Bob
Einfach Genial - Bob 11, Ben 9/16, Todd 9/9
Tichu - Stacia/Howard 1110, Nick/Leslie 190 (ouch)
Puerto Rico - Doug 57, Laura 40, Aubrey 39, David 32, Eric 31
Target - Doug 19, Aubrey 16, Eric 10, David 7
Lost Cities Board Game - Bob 360, Shannon 290, Todd 155, Ben 150
Tichu - Stacia/Leslie 1010, Howard/Nick 390

Posted by Bob on 01/20/11

Germantown 11/29/10

2011-01-20T20:00:00.006-05:00

Attendance: 10

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey Bell
Robert Benz
David Briggs
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Jason Rundell

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Circus Flohcati - Leslie 49, Eric 46, Laura 42, Robert 36, Doug 31, David 31
Raj (x2) - Bob 22, Ben 10, Jason 8 and Ben 15, Bob 15, Jason 10
Alhambra - Leslie 148, Aubrey 134, David 86
Guillotine - Leslie 24, David 21, Aubrey 19
Kingdoms - Bob 321, Jason 286, Ben 210
Australia - Doug 79, Laura 54, Eric 45
Rheinlander - Doug 46, Bob 39, Eric 27, Jason 17
Wasabi - Aubrey 34, Leslie 29, Ben 25, David 23

Posted by Bob on 01/23/11

Germantown 11/15/10

2011-01-20T19:30:00.000-05:00

Attendance: 16

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
Robert Benz
David & Martha Briggs
Samantha & Rebecca Butts
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Howard & Stacia Wagner

Welcome to Robert Benz who stopped by to play some games (although I don't have a record of what he played)!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Poison - Rebecca 21, David 18, Samantha 17, Bob 16, Ben 12, Martha 7
Ticket to Ride: Marklin - Shannon 193, Doug 142, Eric 129, Laura 125, Aubrey 123
Diamant - Samantha 26, Ben 16, Bob 16, Rebecca 15, Martha 15, David 14
Cheeky Monkey - David 39, Rebecca 35, Ben 19, Martha 4, Samantha 4
Wyatt Earp - Shannon 31, Aubrey 27, Doug 23, Eric 20
Drunter & Druber - Leslie 9, Bob 5, Stacia 4, Howard 0
Uptown - Ben 2, Samantha 3/6, David 3/12, Rebecca 4, Martha 6
Guillotine - Doug 13, Eric 12, Aubrey 12, Shannon 5

Posted by Bob on 01/20/11

Germantown 11/01/10

2011-01-17T17:06:00.002-05:00

Attendance: 16

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Nick Ferris
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Dan Hucker
Ben & Bob Jones
Nicholas Kelley
Eric Reinhold
Howard & Stacia Wagner
Sarah Kelley

Welcome to Nick's sister, Sarah, who joined us for a game!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Metro - Shannon 81, Ben 46, Bob 38, Nick K 27, Aubrey 26
Thurn & Taxis (unfinished) - Doug 17, David 8, Dan 6, Martha 2
Cheeky Monkey - Howard 23, Leslie 23, Eric 23, Stacia 12, Nick F , Sarah 5, Doug 1
Royal Turf - Bob 1900, Nick K 1600, Ben 1600, Aubrey 1500, Shannon 1400, Todd 0.
Bohnanza - Doug 17, Eric 15, Martha 15, David 12, Dan 12
Tichu (x2) - Howard/Stacia 1115, Nick/Leslie 305 - Nick/Stacia 225, Howard/Leslie 145

Posted by Bob on 01/17/11.

Germantown 10/18/10

2011-01-17T17:03:00.000-05:00

Attendance: 16

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Samantha & Rebecca Butts
Nick Ferris
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Carol Loman
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Howard & Stacia Wagner

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Tichu x3 - Leslie/Stacia 102, Howard/Nick 550 - Howard/Nick 1075, Leslie/Stacia 665 - Howard/Nick 565, Leslie/Stacia 335
Igel Agern - Laura 3, Carol 2, Doug 1
Cheeky Monkey - Carol 59, Doug 35, Laura 21
Dragon Delta - Carol, Bob, Ben, Shannon, Aubrey, Doug
Cheeky Monkey - David 51, Martha 22, Samantha 19, Rebecca 3
Citadels - Martha 28, Bob 28, Aubrey 26, David 25, Ben 23, Doug 22, Shannon 14

Posted by Bob on 01/17/11.

Germantown 10/04/10

2011-01-17T16:50:00.002-05:00

Attendance: 15

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Nick Ferris
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Dan Hucker or Prorok?
Ben & Bob Jones
Carol Loman
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Howard & Stacia Wagner

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Cheeky Monkey - Carol 59, Doug 35, Laura 21
Ra - Aubrey 56, Leslie 49, Ben 32, Martha 17, David 14
Race for the Galaxy - Howard 43, Eric 30, Stacia 30, Dan 18
Settlers of Catan - Doug 10, Bob 8, Nick 8, Carol 7
For Sale - Bob 54, Dan 52, Howard 49, Todd 40, Stacia 39, Eric 37
Star Wars: Epic Duels (x2) - Leslie, Ben

Posted by Bob on 01/17/11

Euro game mentioned in actual newspaper!

2010-11-28T14:35:00.000-05:00

Settlers of Catan gets a good article in the Washington Post! Check this out!

Try Settlers of Catan instead. It's more fulfilling and more fun. There should be more to life than rolling the dice and going in circles. Settlers teaches new ways of thinking and presents a different notion of winning: by a nose instead of by a mile. The game is won by earning 10 victory points, but points are earned by a combination of building settlements and cities, having the longest road or the largest army, or drawing cards. A Settlers win doubles as a lesson in a world where resources are finite and unevenly distributed. It's a game for a moment when no one - even Americans, happily playing board games - should expect a perpetual monopoly on power.

Germantown 09/20/10

2010-10-03T19:40:00.000-05:00

Attendance:13

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Nick Ferris
Ben & Bob Jones
Carol Loman
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Stacia & Howard Wagner

This was the quietest night we've had in a long while. Welcome back Nick!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Blue Moon City - Eric 4, Laura 2, Martha/David/Bob 2, Nick 1
Dixit - no scores reported. Nick, Leslie, Laura, Eric, David, Carol
Chinatown - Howard 132,000, Stacia 105,000, Leslie 95,000, Carol 90,000
Web of Power - Stacia 44, Bob 42, Martha 40, Howard 37, Leslie 34
Pandemic - Shannon, Ben, David, Aubrey lost 1 game, won 1 game.

Posted by Bob on 10/03/10.

Germantown 09/06/10

2010-10-03T19:30:00.002-05:00

Attendance:19

Leslie Barkley
Diane Fry
Jo Hogan
Doug Hoylman
Bob Jones
Nathaniel Klinger
David & Nadine Kujit
Fran Lunney
Rick & Linda Pasquale
Dan Prorok
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Jack Ridgeway
Bill Salvatore
Howard & Stacia Wagner
Erik

On this long Labor Day holiday, we had a big group and played a bunch of games. We were happy to welcome Diane, Erik, Rick, Linda, Fran, and Jack! And welcome back to David and Nadine!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Telestrations - Stacia, Eric, Laura, Howard, Rick, Linda
Wasabi - Eric 22, Laura 20, Howard 16, Stacia 15
Qwirkle - David 93, Jack 92, Diane 90, Leslie 80
Settlers of Catan - Nathaniel, Fran, Jo
Alhambra - Nadine 81, Bill 81, Leslie 77, David 56, Fran 48, Jack 43
Acquire - Jack, Bill
Fast Flowing Forest Fellers - Rick, Linda, Jo
Blue Moon City - no scores reported. Fran, Bill, Nadine
Thurn and Taxis - Leslie 27, David 11, Jack 11
Qwirkle Cubes - Linda, Rick, Jo
Dominoes - Bill won 2, Jack won 1
Ticket to Ride - USA 1910 - Leslie 121, Jack 113, Aubrey 76
Showmanager - Bob 56, Leslie 44, Aubrey 41, Howard 37, Stacia 33
Stone Age - Nathaniel 118, Jo 117, Fran miserable (she said it!)
Priests of Ra - Erik 107, Eric R 91, Doug 78, Laura 40
Taj Mahal - Bob 49, Aubrey 39, Leslie 34, Dan 30
Stone Age - Erik 113, Doug 55, Francis 44
Aquadukt - Fran 49, Nathaniel 48

Posted by Bob on 10/03/10

Germantown 08/30/10

2010-10-01T19:03:00.002-05:00

Attendance:15

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Dave & Noreen Fair
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Dan Hucker
Ben & Bob Jones
Nicholas Kelley
Dan Prorok
Eric & Laura Reinhold

Welcome, Dan Prorok!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Word on the Street - No scores reported. Dave F, Laura, Leslie, Eric, Dan vs. Noreen, Doug, Dan, Aubrey
Settlers of America: Trails to Rails - Doug 3, Todd 1, Dave F 0
Tichu - Dan H/Noreen 1055, Leslie/Aubrey 345
Thurn and Taxis - Eric 34, Dan P 16, Laura 6
Blokus - Bob 3, Ben 4, Martha 14, David B 28
Coloretto Amazonas - Eric 41, Doug 40, Laura 37
Samurai - Bob 7, Dan H 5, Dan P not eligible, Noreen not eligible
Masons - David B 131, Leslie 130, Eric 115, Martha 111
Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation - Ben beat Nick
Star Wars: Epic Duels - Nick, Ben, Aubrey

Posted by Bob on 10/03/10

Germantown 08/16/10

2010-09-12T18:24:00.001-05:00

Attendance: 18

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
Ethan Goffman
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Dan Hucker
Ben & Bob Jones
Nicholas Kelley
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Marianne Szlyle
Howard & Stacia Wagner
Love
Bless
Liberty

This night we welcomed first timer Stacia, Howard's wife! Welcome.

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Travel Blokus - Ben and Liberty teamed up against Bless and Love. No reported winner.
Loot - Doug, Ethan, Eric, Laura
Fresco - Laura 72, Ethan 63, Doug 58, Marianne 57
Alhambra - Howard 97, Eric 89, Stacia 66, Dan H 58, Leslie 53
Coloretto - Aubrey 32, Bob 29, Shannon 25, Ben 21
Star Wars: Epic Duels - Bob/Nick won, Ben/Aubrey lost
Showmanager - Howard 46, Stacia 44, Shannon 39, Leslie 37, Eric 27, Dan 27
Circus Flohcati - Bob 57, Nick 56, Aubrey 56, Ben 46
Moongha Invaders: Mad Scientists and Atomic Monsters Attack the Earth! - Todd 24, Ethan 19, Doug 19, Marianne 16.

Posted by Bob on 09/12/2010.

Germantown 07/19/10

2010-09-12T18:19:00.001-05:00

Attendance: 25

Leslie Barkley
Tiffany & Chris Bass
David & Martha Briggs
Marc A. Drexler
Todd Heidenreich
Toby Herman
Doug Hoylman
Carol, Ben & Bob Jones
Nathaniel Klinger
Carol Loman
Kris Lui
Doug Mercer
Tim Mossman
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Bill Salvatore
Zenlizard
Cris (exchange student from Spain)
Marie (exchange student from France)
Sandy (exchange student from China)
Yvette (exchange student from China)

A huge turnout with four (!) exchange students! Also, welcome to Kris and Toby!

And with heavy hearts, we say goodbye to Chris and Tiffany who are moving to Williamsburg. You and Clarisa and Alidia were a lot of fun and good friends. We'll miss you!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Billabong - Chris, Doug H, Tiffany, Bill
Carcassonne: The Princess & the Dragon - Eric, Marie, Cris, Laura
Blokus - Marc 0, Nathaniel 9, Todd 13, Bob 18
Blokus - Ben 3, Bob 7, Sandy 22, Yvette 24
Tinner's Trail - Doug M 147, Tim 118, Carol 96
Cheeky Monkey - Bob 43, Sandy 20, Yvette 17, Ben 15
For Sale - Eric 92, Marie 52, Cris 43
Zooloretto - Bill 21, Kris 19, Tiffany 17, Toby 16, Leslie 12
Diamant - Bob 28, Yvette 25, Cris 18, Marie 17, Ben 11, Sandy 10, Eric 0
Chicago Express - Tim 75, Todd 51, Mark 50, Nathanial 38
11 nimmt! - Leslie 0, Zen 3, Tiffany 5, Doug 5, Chris 9

Posted by Bob on 09/12/10.

Germantown 07/05/10

2010-09-11T19:01:00.001-05:00

Attendance: 19

Tiffany & Chris Bass
Leslie Barkley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Rebecca & Samantha Butts
Michael Charbonneau
Doug Hoylman
Carol, Ben & Bob Jones
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Phil Rennert
Bill Salvatore
Cris (exchange student from Spain)

Welcome to Cris, from Spain!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Carcassonne - Phil 68, Bill 52, Eric 49, Laura, Cristina
Zooloretto - Bill, Eric, Phil, Cristina, Laura
For Sale - Eric and Phil 59 (tie), Bill 58, Laura 38, Cristina 24
Ticket to Ride: Marklin - Michael 144, Aubrey 138, Eric 107, Laura 83, Cristina 81
Mamma Mia - Laura and Eric 5 (tie), Michael and Bill 3 (tie), Cristina 1
Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation - Bob won 2 games over Ben
Blue Moon City - Michael 4, Leslie 3, Bill 2, Aubrey 1
Cheeky Monkey - Samantha 29, Martha 23, David 21, Ben 18, Bob 8, Rebecca 0
Uptown - Eric and Tiffany 2 (tie), Chris 3, Christina 4
Manhattan - Aubrey 47, Ben 38, Leslie 36, Bob 36
Qwirkle - Samantha 123, Rebecca 110, David 96, Martha 92
Cheeky Monkey - Chris 41, Tiffany 24, Christina 13, Eric 5, Laura 2
Ra - Tiffany 47, Chris 46, Bob 43, Ben 18
Thurn and Taxis - Doug 27, Shannon 24, Aubrey 15, Leslie 10
Slide 5 - Leslie 24, Aubrey 31, Doug 35, Shannon 43
Circus Flohcati - Carol 68, Tiffany 64, Carol 61, Chris 42

Posted by Bob on 09/11/10.

Germantown 06/21/2010

2010-09-11T18:51:00.001-05:00

Attendance: 14

Leslie Barkley
Tiffany & Chris Bass & Alidia
David & Martha Briggs
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Doug Mercer
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Liberty
Love

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Candamir: The First Settlers - Eric 10, Tiffany 6, Doug H 6, Alidia 5
Perikles - Chris 70, Doug M 59, Leslie 59
Circus Flohcati - Tiffany, Doug, Chris
Uptown - Bob 3+2, Laura 6+2
Cheeky Monkey - Love 50, Ben 27, Liberty 15
Africa - Martha 53, Laura 50, David 50, Ben 47, Bob 45
Too Many Cooks - Bob 27, Doug 15, Chris 13, Tiffany 8
Zeus on the Loose - Ben ZEU, Leslie ZEU, Martha ZE, Eric Z, David Z

Posted by Bob on 09/11/10.

Frederick South, 6/12/2010

2010-06-17T10:57:00.002-05:00

Attendees were Fran Lunney, Jack Ridgeway, Danny Goodisman, Leslie Barkley.

Games Played: Ticket to Ride-mega 2x; Acquire; Dominoes 2x; Settlers of Catan.

Germantown 06/07/10

2010-06-12T13:58:00.013-05:00

Attendance - 12

Aubrey Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Dave Fair
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Carol Loman
Tiffany, Chris, Alidia and Clarisa

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Bohnanza - Dave F 11, Doug 11, Carol 10, Tiffany 8, Chris 8, Alidia 7, Clarisa 7
Big Points - Ben 29, Bob 29, Todd 20
King of the Elves - no scores reported. Alidia, Clarisa, Chris, Dave F
Alhambra - David B 89, Tiffany 86, Doug 77, Aubrey 68, Martha 54
Pandemic - Clarisa, Ben, Alidia beat the awful viruses!
Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation - Ben crushed Bob.
Fearsome Floors - Chris, Tiffany, David B, Martha, Doug
Tichu - Dave F/Todd 1055, Bob/Aubrey 245

Posted by Bob on 09/11/10.

Germantown 05/31/10

2010-06-06T23:02:00.000-05:00

Attendance - 18

David & Martha Briggs
Michael & April Charbonneau
Ethan Goffman
Joe Hertz
Jo Hogan
Doug Hoylman
Bob Jones
Dave Montouri
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Bill Salvatore
Tiffany & Chris Bass and Alidia & Clarisa Findley
Zenlizard

On this Memorial Day session, with some arriving hours earlier than 6PM, we did not get an accurate tally of games. Many more were played on this day.

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Maori - Eric 42, Laura 37, Tiffany 35, Clarisa 22
Chrononauts - No scores recorded
Coloretto - No scores recorded
Dilbert: Corporate Shuffle -Record lost. Played - Tiffany, Aubrey, Bob, Clarisa, Laura, Eric
Aquadukt - No scores recorded
Igel Argern - No scores recorded
Octiles - No scores recorded
Bohnanza - Clarisa 19, Tiffany 19, Bob 17, Aubrey 13
Stone Age - Chris 247, Alidia 190, David 132, Martha 97

Posted by Bob on 07/04/10.

Germantown 05/17/10

2010-05-22T23:01:00.000-05:00

Attendance - 14

Aubrey Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Ethan Goffman
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Tiffany & Chris Bass
Lisa & Brendan

Eric and Laura brought their friends, Lisa and Brendan. Welcome and thanks for coming!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Wasabi - Eric 25, Laura 22, Lisa 16, Brendan 10
Bohnanza - David 20, Ethan 18, Chris 17, Aubrey 12, Tiffany 11
Emerald - Bob 32, David B 21, Clarisa 17, Martha 16, Ben 13
Fiji - Eric 11, Laura 5, Brendan 5, Lisa 3
Qwirkle - Doug 174, Ethan 156
Big Points - Brendan 26, Bob 22, Laura 20, Lisa 18
Blue Moon City - Martha 5, Tiffany 4, David 3
Arkadia - Bob 99, Laura 96, Brendan 80, Lisa 66
No Thanks! - Eric 17, Tiffany 23, Doug 26, Clarisa 30, Christopher 69
Vikings - Christopher 61, Doug 51, Eric 38
Moongha Invaders: Mad Scientists and Atomic Monsters Attack the Earth! - Ethan 35, Todd 33, Aubrey 18

Posted by Bob on 07/04/10.

Frederick South, 5/9/2010

2010-05-17T10:54:00.000-05:00

Attendees were Fran Lunney, Jack Ridgeway, Leslie Barkley, Eric and Laura Reinhold, Danny Goodisman, Nancy and Allison McHenry, Debbie Williams.

Games Played : Aquaduct, Wizard, Hoopla, Chinatown, Ticket to Ride, Thurn and Taxis, Mystery of the Abbey.

Germantown 05/03/10

2010-05-14T23:01:00.002-05:00

Attendance - 17

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Dave Fair
Liberty, Love & Bless Guillette
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Tiffany and Chris Bass and Clarisa Findley

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Eine Frage der Ahre - Doug 140, Dave F 133, Eric 124, Leslie 114, Laura 113
Poison - Clarisa 6, Chris 6, Tiffany 17
Pow Wow - Love 0, Ben 1, Clarisa 1, Bless 2, Liberty 3
6 Nimmt - Aubrey 35, Shannon 70
Tiki Topple - Clarisa 26, Ben 20
6 Nimmt - Tiffany 14, Chris 14, Dave F 24, Shannon 47, David B 53, Aubrey 57, Martha 86
Continuum - Bob, Doug, Eric, Laura, Leslie

Posted by Bob on 07/04/10.

Germantown 04/19/10

2010-05-13T19:17:00.000-05:00

Attendance - 16:

Leslie Barkley
Chris & Tiffany Bass, & Clarisa Findley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Dave Fair
Larry Haskell
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Benl & Bob Jones
Eric & Laura Reinhold

We welcomed special guest, Larry Haskell from Springfield, Illinois, who was in town on business and looked us up! Thanks for coming, Larry.

Games Played (scores in order of place):

10 Days in Africa -Tiffany, Clarisa
Dominion -Dave F 35, Doug 32, Larry 32, Eric 31, Laura 30
Pickomino -Ben 8, Bob 5, Clarisa 3, Tiffany 0
Roll Through the Ages - David B 21, Chris 15, Aubrey 11, Martha 10, Leslie 10
Mamma Mia - Dave F 5, Laura 4, Eric 3, Doug 2
Dominion - Dave F 49, Aubrey 42, Leslie 40
Race for the Galaxy - Larry 40, Doug 34, Eric 30
Diamant -David B 51, Tiffany 45, Chris 27, Martha 20, Clarisa 19, Ben 19
Castle Panic -The heroes won. Martha 16, Bob 14, Ben 11, Chris 7,Tiffany 5, Clarisa 0
Dominion - Dave F 30, Shannon 16, Aubrey 11, Todd 10, Leslie 9
Blue Moon City - Eric 4, Bob 3, Doug 3, Larry 1

Posted by Bob.

Brunswick 4/17/10

2010-04-21T19:31:00.002-05:00

HI All,

A fantastic day of gaming, well attended, and lasted til 10pm as no band showed up.

Folks present and playing were:

Leslie Barkley
Brian Carpenter
Lije Carpenter
Ron Jennings
Ben Stewart
Jack Ridgeway
Matt Linn
Daid Fair
Noreen Fair
Tom McCory

Games played, in no particular order, but with ranking of win to lose, were:

Monopoly, the card game - Jack won

Roll Through the Ages - Leslie 55, Ben 33, Lije 23

Ticket to Ride, Europe 1912 - Tom 170, Leslie 130, Lije 114, Ben 73, Noreen 61

Tichu - Noreen and Matt 1095, Leslie and Jack 405

Smallworld (on Dave's IPad) - Never did get the scores on this

Dominion (with Alchemy expansion) - Tom 39, Ben 26, Brian 25, Lije 16

Race for the Galaxy - Oops, missing scores again

TransAmerica - Jack 12, Leslie 13

Power Grid, Factory Manager - Ron, 301, Brian 281, Daid 267, Ben 246, Jack 201

That's all the games I have a record of. Looking forward to Games Days this weekend, see folks out and about.

Frederick South 4/10/2010

2010-04-12T00:07:00.003-05:00

While still somehat fresh in my memory let me share our Saturday gaming with you. We had a good crowd for the day and were able to play quite a few games.

Karl Musser
Jack Ridgeway
Doug Hoylman
Debbie Williams
Fran Lunney
and myself, Leslie Barkley

We started with a game of Ticket to Ride -Mega game with five of us in the cafe area, Doug arriving after the game had started. Early on LA became crowded out, and then all approaches to connections became crowded. It was a competitive game with routes disappearing quickly. Finished with Karl 132, Jack 118, Debbie 106, Fran 100, Leslie 82.

We were then able to move to the Community Room for the rest of the gaming. We started with a game Dominoes teaching Doug our scoring system. The game moved quickly with Fran scoring nothing for the first four rounds and then jumping into the lead quickly. Final scoring Fran 403, Doug 365, Jack 330, Debbie 324, Leslie 204, and Karl 198.

We then broke into two groups of three. Debbie, Karl and Leslie played Chinatown as Karl owns it and wanted to play it at least once. Our final scores (000) were Debbie 1520, Karl 1350, and Leslie 1310. While we three were playing Chinatown the other three actually made it through two games.

First up Fran, Jack, and Doug played Aquadukt with Doug winning. Next up was Carcasonne which Doug also won. We then switched around the groups a bit and Karl, Doug and Leslie played Ticket to Ride-Nordic Countries. Leslie 148, Doug 127, Karl 115. Debbie, Fran and Jack played Settlers of Catan and called it when Ticket ended with Fran at 7, Debbie at 4, and Jack at 2.

We then joined up and played Lucky Loop, which no one had played before so there were some learning curve issues but I think we played it correctly. Fran won completing her free flight with only two other players eligible to try for a free flight.

Karl had to leave so we played another 5 player Ticket to Ride-Mega game, this time Atlanta was the city in demand. Leslie 145, Doug 127, Fran 114, Debbie 110, Jack 106.

The final game of the day was Qwirkle Cube, with several Qwirkle's during play the game was quite close. Fran 79, Debbie 75, Leslie 67, Doug 66, Jack 64.

We then left the Common Market and parted company. I hope everyone had a good day of gaming and a safe trip home.

Leslie

Germantown 04/05/10

2010-04-07T21:51:00.006-05:00

Attendance - 14:

Chris & Tiffany Bass, & Clarisa Findley
Aubrey Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Ethan Goffman
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Benl & Bob Jones
Carol Loman
Eric & Laura Reinhold

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Qwirkle -Doug 164, Ethan 140, Carol 108
Aquadukt - Ethan, Doug, Carol
Kill Doctor Lucky - Aubrey won over Tiffany, Chris, Clarisa and Laura
Ingenious - Bob 14, Ben 10, Eric 10
Pickomino - Ben 9, Eric 5, Bob 4
Cribbage - Todd 121, Martha 115, David 110
Bohnanza - Clarisa 11, Laura 11, Ethan 10, Tiffany 9, Chris 8, Aubrey 8, Doug 8
Igel Argern -Eric 3, Chris 1, Doug, Ethan, Aubrey, Tiffany
Pickomino -Clarisa 14, Ben 12
Zeus on the Loose -Ben 4, Clarisa 1

Posted by Bob.

Germantown 03/29/10

2010-04-01T21:38:00.001-05:00

Attendance - 19:

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
Christopher & Tiffany Bass
David & Martha Briggs
Marc Drexler
Dave Fair
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Dan Hucker
Ben, Carol & Bob Jones
Nathaniel Klinger
Mike Mullins
Laura & Eric Reinhold

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Lost Cities Boardgame - Chris 330, Aubrey 300, Leslie 220, Tiffany 215
Alea Iacta Est - Laura 43, Doug 40, Dave F 38, Eric 38, Mike 30
Cartagena - Todd 6, Ben 5, Dan 3, Bob 3
Canyon - Carol, Eric, Mike, Doug
Diamant - Ben 29, Doug 28, Carol 21, Eric 8
Duck! Duck! Go! - Laura, Aubrey, Chris, Leslie, Bird-dog Duck, Shannon
Granada - Bob 132, Dan 124, Dave F 116, Todd 83, Tiffany 64
Gloria Mundi - Nathaniel, Marc, David B, Martha

Germantown 03/15/10

2010-03-20T21:24:00.001-05:00

Attendance - 13:

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
Christopher & Tiffany Bass & Clarisa Findley
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Dan Hucker
Ben & Bob Jones
Carol Loman
Doug Mercer

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation - Bob won, getting Frodo into Mordor, against Ben.
Pickomino - Ben 8, Bob 7
Zombie Fluxx - Leslie, Doug H, Doug M, Carol
Pickomino - Clarisa 13, Ben 0
Duck! Duck! Go! - Bob, Chris, Shannon, Aubrey, Tiffany, Doug H.
- See picture below!
Cheeky Monkey - Clarisa 71, Ben 30
Raj - Ben 38, Clarisa 2
Raj - Ben 31, Clarisa 9
Thurn and Taxis - Doug H 28, Tiffany 19, Shannon 18, Aubrey 8
Dragonland - Ben 44, Bob 42, Clarisa 32, Chris 20
Big Points - Clarisa 36,. Chris 35, Bob 35
- What a close game!
Set - Doug H 9, Tiffany 7, Aubrey 4, Shannon 4
Automobile - Todd 3780, Doug M 3000, Leslie 2780, Dan 2360
Zombie Fluxx - Shannon, Aubrey, Doug H, Tiffany

Here's a picture of Aubrey with his (losing) duck in Duck! Duck! Go! Look familiar? (click to enlarge)

Frederick South, 3/13/10

2010-03-15T21:52:00.002-05:00

Attendees were:

Debbie Williams
Fran Lunney, recovered from her auto accident last month
Jack Ridgway, safely unharmed from his auto accident that morning
Leslie Barkley

Games played:

Dominoes
Aquaduct
Ticket to Ride
Acquire - big thank you to Jack
Blue Moon City - played twice

A good time was had by all I hope.

Germantown 03/01/10

2010-03-15T21:48:00.001-05:00

Attendance - 20:

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Marc Drexler
Dave Fair
Christopher & Tiffany Bass & Clarisa Findley
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Nicholas Kelley
Nathaniel Klinger
Carol Loman
Doug Mercer
Eric & Laura Reinhold

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Piece o' Cake - No scores recorded.
Big Points - Bob 24, Nathaniel 21, Clarisa 17, Marc 15, Ben 14
Homesteaders - Doug 58, Todd 48, Leslie 40
Dominion - Laura 23, David 19, Eric 18, Martha 18
Big Points - David 30, Eric 28, Martha 27
Big Points - Eric 37, Martha 37, David 27
Citadels - Nathaniel 27, Marc 22, Shannon 21, Ben 17, Aubrey 15, Bob 15, Clarisa 14, Nicholas 14
Power Grid Benelux - Carol 15, Dave 15, Doug 15, Chris 14, Tiffany 13
The Adventurers - Clarisa 18, Dave 0, Ben 0, Nicholas 0, Bob KIA
Uptown - Marc 1/8, Leslie 1/8, Chris 3, Shannon 4, Aubrey 5
Euchre - Todd/Doug M 10, Doug H 2
Factory Manager - Doug M 58, Todd 48, Leslie 40

Brunswick, 2/20/10

2010-03-15T21:46:00.004-05:00

So I've blundered on the blogging and am behind the billiard ball.

Attendees were:

Karl Musser
Ben Stewart
Chris Vaughn
Scott and Carly Fisher
Leslie Barkley
Jacob and Matie Trewe
Laura Dingle
Josh Gifford
Shawn and Christy Hummer
Ashley Oliver

Games played were:

Snow Tails
Vasco de Gama
Ticket to Ride
Merchants of Venus
Scrabble
Dominion - Seaside
Take Six
Igel Argern

I've no record of who played which games, wins or losses. I hope everyone had a good time.

Germantown 02/15/10

2010-03-15T09:48:00.001-05:00

Attendance - 19:

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Dave Fair
Scott Fisher
Christopher & Tiffany Bass & Clarisa Findley
Todd Heidenreich
Ben & Bob Jones
Steve Lollis
Doug Mercer
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Bill Ruvinsky
Bill Salvatore

Meeting on Presidents Day allowed some folk to arrive early and cranked up the number of games played. Also, we welcome Bill Ruvinsky!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Fluxx (3 games) - Chris 2, Tiffany 1, Clarissa, Eric
Mamma Mia - Tiffany, Clarisa, Chris, Eric
Shipyard - Dave 93, Scott 88, Steve 59, Bill S 56
Maori - Chris 43, Todd 39, Tiffany 36, Clarissa 16
The Hanging Gardens - Dave 45, Steve 40, Scott 39, Bill S 23
UWO - Leslie and Eric tied
Ave Caesar (4 races) - Doug 6+4+6+0=16, Scott 4+3+1+6=14, Dave 3+1+3+4=11, Steve 0+6+4+0=10, Leslie 2+2+2+0=6, Eric 0+0+0+3=3
Blue Moon City - Todd 5, Martha 3, David 2
Factory Manager - Dave 342, Doug 339, Eric 247, Leslie 235
Bohnanza - Tiffany 12, Bob 12, Chris 11, Clarisa 10, Ben 9, Laura 6
Zeus on the Loose - Ben 4, Chris 3, Clarisa 2
Steel Driver - Shannon 1220, Todd 1060, Martha 1020, David 1020, Aubrey 1000
Top Secret Spies - Aubrey 46, Tiffany 44, Eric 42, Leslie 35, Todd 34, Bob 23
Citadels - Bob 25, Chris 24, Tiffany 24, Bill R 18, Ben 17, Clarisa 12

Frederick South 2/13/2010

2010-02-13T22:40:00.004-05:00

Thought I'd post this while fresh in the memory. I started the day at the Common Market early with Veggie Annie's Chocolate Tasting class. I tasted 6 types of dark chocolate, an Aztec style chocolate drink, and made some truffles (2 came home with me). What a great way to start a day out.

While the parking lot did have piles of snow, and the store was quite busy, the Community Room was available from 1pm so we had a nice area to play games in. Jack Ridgeway and I, Leslie Barkley, were the only folks there so we played a few games.

First up was a favorite of both of us, Ticket to Ride, Jack won the first game 139 to 122, while I won the second 162 to 160.

Next came a game of Risk, the original, which had a good bit of back and forth until I grew tired of Jack breaking my continents each turn. I had some lucky card draws and so we quickly played through sets. Within a few rounds I played a set of cards and Jack conceded as he looked at 30+ armies massed to march through his single army countries.

Next up was San Juan, this was an open handed play while Jack learned the game. He won at 26 to 24 and agreed that while he understood the game play it would take a few more games to really establish strategy.

We then tried Big Fat Lies, a learning experience for both of us. This is a trivia type of game which ranges over quite a few knowledge areas. I won.

Blokus Trigon was the next game, with our most difficult part remembering which color we were supposed to be playing. We kept it straight, and I ended up winning this one as well.

Our final game for the evening was Mystery Rummy, Case File #4. This is the Chicago gang version, and I always enjoy reading the cards and learning those little tidbits of information they provide. We couldn't finish the game, but Jack played a shut-out strategy for the fourth hand and won 161 to 146.

If one of the more experienced bloggers wants to let me know how to link in the games and names I'll be glad to start doing so. Otherwise you'll just get my meandering rambling prose, well you'll probably get that anyways.

Hope all were safe and warm during the blizzards, look forward to gaming with you in the future.

Leslie Barkley

Germantown 02/01/10

2010-02-10T21:29:00.006-05:00

Attendance - 16:

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Christopher & Tiffany Bass & Clarisa Findley
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Nathaniel Klinger
Carol Loman
Eric & Laura Reinhold

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Maori - Laura 43, Eric 39, Doug 31, Carol 26
Coloretto Amazonas - Carol, Leslie, Eric, Doug
Cheeky Monkey - Ben 36, Clarisa 27, Bob 26, Tiffany 0 (ouch)
Big Points - Tiffany 27, Bob 26, Ben 23, Clarisa 19
Thurn and Taxis - Chris 26, Aubrey 22, Leslie 22, Shannon 15
Fluxx - Tiffany won against Clarisa and Bob
Dominion: Intrigue - Carol 46, Doug 30, Eric 29
Bananagrams - 5 games played. Leslie won 3, Bob won 2. Also playing were Shannon, Aubrey, Ben, Clarisa, Chris and Tiffany.
Raj - Ben 21, Aubrey 17, Clarisa 6
Raj - Clarisa 20, Aubrey 18, Ben 2
Tinner's Trail - David 86, Nathaniel 78, Todd 70, Martha 67
Zeus on the Loose - Aubrey 4, Clarisa 3, Ben 2
Wyatt Earp - Eric 28, Doug 27, Leslie 24
Fluxx - Aubrey, Clarisa, Ben (no record of who won)
Mississippi Queen - Bob, Tiffany, Shannon, Chris
- Despite my rustiness on the rules, this was a lot of fun. I will definitely be bringing this back.

Posted by Bob.

Germantown 01/18/10

2010-02-08T16:08:00.009-05:00

Attendance - 18:

Leslie Barkley
David & Martha Briggs
Christopher & Tiffany Bass & Clarisa Findley
Marc Drexler
Dave Fair
Noreen Fair
Ethan Goffman
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Bill Salvatore
Marianne Szcyk

We started early on this MLK Day and got in a lot of good gaming. Thanks to everyone for coming out.

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Piece o' Cake - Christopher 29, Tiffany 24, Dave F 15, Clarisa 10, Todd 9
Tobago - Tiffany 45, Clarisa 36, Christopher 30
Roll Through the Ages - Dave F 50, Todd 45, Bill 16
Bohnanza - Dave F 14, Christopher 12, Todd 11, Leslie 10, Clarisa 10, Tiffany 10
Slide 5 - Marc 46, Tiffany 52, Ben 54, Bob 54, Christopher 58, Clarisa 81
Roll Through the Ages - Eric 24, Laura 22, Doug 18
Blokus Trigon - Marianne, Ethan
Factory Manager - Dave 207, Todd 204, Martha 182, Leslie 151, David B 136
Cheeky Monkey - Ben 61, Clarisa 37
Cheeky Monkey - Clarisa 49, Ben 46
Thurn and Taxis - Doug 23, Eric 23, Marc 23
- Wow! Doug won with the tiebreaker.
Euphrat & Tigris - Tiffany 26, Bob 17, Chris 7.
- Another wow. 99% of the time, 17 would be a huge winning score. Tiffany put herself into an unassailable position and just creamed us. Her numbers were 26/26/28/30.
Qwirkle - Noreen 104, Ethan 94, Bill 88, Marianne 79
Zeus on the Loose - Ben 4, Clarisa 3, Marc 2, Doug 2, David B 2, Martha 2

Posted by Bob

Frederick South 1/9/2010

2010-01-19T14:47:00.002-05:00

Good day for gaming at the Common Market, we started in the Cafe area, moved to the Community Room and discovered two of our attendees had not known of the Community Room and were in the Cafe. Luckily we did finally connect and we all were able to enjoy gaming together. Seems like the day consisted primarily of favorites. It was good to connect with Russell and Louise, congratulations on their wedding New Years Eve. And a welcome to Debbie, hopefully a new regular to the group when she's available.

In attendance were:

Leslie Barkley
Jack Ridgeway
Fran Lunney
Mark Broski
Debbie Williams
Russell Williams
Louise Wolfe

Games played with order of finish were:

Ticket to Ride, 1910 Mega - (1)Fran, Mark, Jack, Leslie; (2) Jack, Debbie, Fran, Mark, Leslie
Settlers of Catan - Fran, Louise, Russell
Dominoes Mult of 5 - (1) Fran, Leslie, Jack, Debbie, Mark; (2) Leslie, Jack, Debbie, Mark, Fran
the following were played before we connected as a group (3) Louise, Russell; (4) Russell, Louise; (5) Louise, Russell
Acquire - Mark, Jack, Debbie, Leslie
Machiavelli card game - Leslie, Debbie, Jack
Qwirkle - Fran, Leslie, Russell
Qwirkle Cube - Jack, Leslie, Debbie

Feels as though I'm missing some game play in the list, let me know.

Germantown 01/04/10

2010-01-09T17:09:00.004-05:00

Attendance - 13:

Leslie Barkley
Christopher & Tiffany Bass & Clarisa Findley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
Marc Drexler
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Nathaniel Klinger
Carol Loman

Our first gaming session of the new year!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Raj - Bob 20, Carol 11, Doug 10, Ben -1
Raj - Doug 29, Bob 8, Carol 4, Ben -1
Raj - Ben 20, Bob 14, Carol 3, Doug 3
Uptown - Leslie 1/12, Bob 2/8, Doug 2/9, Carol 3/7, Ben 4/8
Arkadia - Aubrey 106, Bob 103, Leslie 90, Doug 73
- an excellent game that deserves more plays.
Roll Through the Ages (with expansion score sheet) - Todd 51, Shannon 29, Carol 25
Zeus on the Loose - Tiffany 4, Chris 3, Ben 2, Nathaniel 1, Marc 1, Clarisa 0
Cheeky Monkey - Clarisa 40, Chris 30, Tiffany 25, Ben 5
Cheeky Monkey - Tiffany 42, Chris 31, Ben 13, Clarisa 8
Diamant - Tiffany 30, Clarisa 29, Ben 29, Marc 19, Chris 0
Medici - Bob 120, Doug 98, Nathaniel 92, Shannon 85, Leslie 77, Aubrey 66
- This was a much closer game than the scores indicate.
Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation - Marc won as the Fellowship over Ben

I'm looking forward to a great year of great gaming with great people!

Posted by Bob

Germantown 12/21/09

2010-01-09T15:24:00.005-05:00

Attendance - 16:

Leslie Barkley
Christopher & Tiffany Bass
Aubrey Bell
Alidia & Clarisa Findley
David & Martha Briggs
Marc Drexler
Ethan Goffman
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Nathaniel Klinger
Eric & Laura Reinhold

At the last gaming session of 2009, we played LOTS of games on a day when schools and government were closed due to snow.

Welcome back to Alidia! We've missed you.

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Fiji - Ben 9, Eric 7, Bob 6, Laura 2 (Ben's first time)
For Sale - Ben 69, Eric 62, Laura 56, Bob 54 (Ben's first time)
Roll Through the Ages - Leslie 17, Doug 12, Aubrey 11, Ethan 10
Blue Moon City - Doug 5, Eric 3, Chris 3
Zeus on the Loose - Tiffany 3, Clarisa 2, Ben 2, Alidia 1, Aubrey 1
Samurai - Leslie 5/9, Ethan 5/8, Bob 3 (An excellent game in which I got skunked)
Hey! That's My Fish - Chris 29, Tiffany 28, Alidia 22, Clarisa 20
Diamant - Aubrey 27, Tiffany 13, Clarisa 11, Ben 10, David 9, Alidia 2
Diamant - Tiffany 26, Alidia 25, Clarisa 24, Ben 23, Aubrey 23, David 21 (What a huge scoring game!)
To Court the King - Marc won, Nathaniel, Ethan, Leslie
Race for the Galaxy - Doug 47, Chris 43, Bob 37, Eric 32
Star Wars: Epic Duels - Ben (Obi Wan) and Clarisa (Anakin) beat Aubrey (Emperor) and Alidia (Darth Maul)
Cartagena - Marc 6, Leslie 1, Ethan 1, Nathaniel 0
Monty Python Fluxx - Chris won, Eric, Doug

Martha was around but I don't think she ended up playing anything.

Posted by Bob

Frederick south 12/12/2009

2009-12-20T22:39:00.003-05:00

For our last gaming session of the year at the Common Market we had a nice group of folks. Sadly there may have been too much snow shoveling since we met as I do not recall actual game play, so this will be a sparse posting.

It started with Fran Lunney and Leslie Barkley playing Roll Through the Ages. This was Fran's first play and she learned quickly, Leslie won the first with 46 to 24, Fran won the second with 45 to 18. Mark Broski showed up as the second game was finishing, followed very quickly by Jack Ridgeway.

While we were discussing which game to play next Jack reminded me that during late play last month we had played Qwirkle, and he had won, with a particularly noteworthy 3 qwirkles in a row.

We went with Ticket to Ride, 1910 with a close game for most. Mark won with 111, Fran at 110, Jack with 98 and Leslie trailing at 81. I think at this point we moved into the Common Room and out of the Cafe, I am beginning to prefer the Cafe when there are just a few of us. I also find the chairs in the Cafe more comfortable, not sure why as they are both wooden.

Next up was Aquadukt with Mark winning, and I believe learning as well, with 29, Jack with 27, Fran with 26, and Leslie trailing again with 22.

We then played a couple rounds of Dominoes, Multiples of Five. Mark learning quickly and winning with 407, followed by Jack at 270, Leslie at 248, and Fran with 205. The second game ended with Jack at 379, Mark at 324, Leslie at 255, and Fran at 193.

Our final game of the evening was Settlers of Catan, which ended due to time rather than score. Leslie had eked out 8 points, Fran and Mark both had 5, and Jack had 4.

It was then 10 of nine so we packed up, wished each other happy holidays and went on our merry ways. Looking forward to January and seeing what the 2010 will bring. Happy holiday season to all, enjoy those days off, the fine company and food, and whatever traditions you may choose to observe.

Leslie Barkley

Germantown 12/07/09

2009-12-10T13:22:00.003-05:00

Attendance - 17:

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey Bell
Marc A. Drexler
Christopher & Tiffany Bass & Clarisa Findley
Andrew & Dave Fair
Ethan Goffman
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Nicholas Kelley
Nathaniel Klinger
Eric & Laura Reinhold

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Pack & Stack - Dave 32, Clarisa 31, Tiffany 7, Chris -14
Uptown - Marc 1/6, Ethan 1/14, Bob 2/11, Nicholas 3/5, Ben 3/7
Tales of the Arabian Nights - Nathaniel won, Doug, Eric, Laura, Leslie, Andrew
Fast Flowing Forest Fellers - Chris, Clarisa, Tiffany, Dave, Aubrey
Citadels - Bob 34, Todd 30, Ethan 27, Marc 25, Ben 15, Nicholas 14
Saboteur - Dave 4, Chris 3, Clarisa 2, Tiffany 1

Posted by Bob

Germantown 11/30/09

2009-12-01T13:12:00.003-05:00

Attendance - 16:

Leslie Barkley
Christopher & Tiffany Bass & Clarisa Findley
David & Martha Briggs
Andrew & Dave Fair
Ethan Goffman
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Carol Loman
Eric & Laura Reinhold

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Alhambra - Leslie 105, Laura 102, Carol 88, Andrew 82
Ra - Bob 39, Ben 36, Eric 28, Martha 24, Chris 24
Diamant - Clarisa 35, Carol 31, Tiffany, Andrew & Leslie tied at 10
Diamant - Clarisa 36, Carol 12, Andrew 8, Tiffany 3, Leslie 0
Zeus on the Loose - Bob ZEUS, Chris ZEU, David B ZEU, Martha ZE, Eric –
Pandemic - Clarisa, Tiffany, Andrew and Leslie lost the human race to disease and death
The BoardGameGeek Game - Dave F, Doug, Ethan, Todd
Pandemic - Ben, Andrew and Leslie lost an alternate human race (the original having died earlier)
Power Grid - Doug, Ethan, Todd, Dave F

Posted by Bob

Upcoming Gaming Opportunities!

2009-11-29T17:34:00.000-05:00

Here are some gaming opportunities, starting next month!

GCOM Annual Holiday Party and Potluck

Dec 19, 2009

GCOM Sykesville. 8337 Oklahoma Rd, Sykesville, MD, 21784. 443-609-4933. 3pm till late. There will be turkey, ham, gravy, & punch. Please bring a side dish or dessert. Email if you'd like suggestions. Host: Sybil Buckwalter: sbuckwalter@ziprealty.com

Menygwacon 5

Dec 31, 2009-Jan 3, 2010

Michelle and Eric's New Years Gamefest With~~out~~ a Cool Name

Brunswick Games Day	Jan 2, 2010	5th Annual Brunswick Games Day
GCOM Gaming Retreat	Jan 8, 2010-Jan 10, 2010	A three day open gaming event with served meals. A GCOM Members only event. Weinberg Center at Camp Fretterd. 5501 Rue St Lo Drive, Reisterstown, MD 21136. A Pre-Registration Only event.

Check out the Special Events page and Convention page on the GCOM Website for more information.

http://www.gamesclubofmd.org/SpecialCon.asp

http://www.gamesclubofmd.org/Conventions.asp

Brunswick 11/21/2009

2009-11-23T23:55:00.004-05:00

A beautiful day with warm sunny skies, a day for open windows and enjoying those chores which get done on a Saturday. Apparently quite a few folks felt that way as we had a small crowd in Brunswick.

The first to join me was Tim Whelan, we enjoyed a quick game of Qwirkle. I had the fortune to gain good tile draws and won with a strong lead. While we were playing Brian and Lije Carpenter showed up.

In no particular order of play, as I neglected to make note of which order they were played in, we played Dominion, Pandemic, and Aquaduct.

Tim learned Dominion and we played with a mix of cards from all three releases. A most enjoyable game won by Brian with a solid lead of 32, Lije with 24, Tim with 20 and Leslie with 18.

In Aquaduct we had a close game with many houses lost due to a lack of water. Final scoring was Brian 33, Tim 26, Lije 25, and Leslie 17.

Sadly, we failed to save the world in Pandemic. We cured both the Blue Flu and the Scarlet Fever, but the Black Death overcame us at the end.

Tim left for another gaming venue and we three remaining played a game of Qwirkle. As we were finishing the singer/songwriter arrived and did his sound tests. We managed to finish our game with Leslie at 171, Brian at 160, and Lije at 138. We then skedaddled out the door.

reported by
Leslie Barkley

Germantown 11/16/09

2009-11-22T12:00:00.011-05:00

Attendance - 19:

Leslie Barkley
Christopher & Tiffany Bass & Clarisa Findley
Aubrey Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Dave Fair
Ethan Goffman
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Dan Hucker
Ben & Bob Jones
Carol Loman
Doug Mercer
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Howard Wagner

We welcome back Howard and Dan whom we we haven't seen in some time!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Cosmic Cows - Christopher, Clarisa
Carcassonne - Ethan 97, Eric 75, Tiffany 72, Laura 43
Steel Driver - Howard 1010, Natalie 990, David B 960, Martha 910, Aubrey 870, Todd 820.
Ticket to Ride: Europe - Ethan, Tiffany, Doug M, Eric.
At the Gates of Loyang - Doug H 17, Dave F 16, Leslie 16, Carol 15.
Ghost Stories - Ben, Clarisa, Bob and Chris lost to the ghosts.
Star Wars: Epic Duels - Aubrey (Yoda) and Bob (Mace Windu) beat Ben (Darth Maul) and Dan (Darth Vader)
Roll Through the Ages - Howard 30, Todd 24, Ethan 13.

Posted by Bob

Frederick 11/14/2009

2009-11-22T09:00:00.000-05:00

Well, as Euro Quest continued over in Timonium a few folks gathered at Frederick South to play for the afternoon. As an added treat the Common Market was doing a Taste of Thanksgiving from 12 to 3 so we had some great samples to munch upon, Apple Cider Brined Roast Turkey with a Walnut Bread stuffing, gravy, cranberry relish, Sweet Potato and Squash Bake, Pumpkin Ice Cream Pie, Blondies and cookies. I was also able to sample Tofurkey and must admit that in a blind taste test I might have been hard pressed to tell the difference between the average roasted bird and Tofurkey. I also learned that the requirement for this is proper cooking, otherwise you end up with something considered inedible by most folks.

Fran Lunney was the first to join me and we played Ticket to Ride. As we were drawing to a finish, Jack Ridgeway arrived and so we promptly started a three player game of Ticket to Ride. Near the end of the game we had our 4th arrival, Jim Sparks. Jim watched the game while we finished up and expressed some interest in learning, so yet one more game of Ticket was played. Cynthia Lewis arrived as the game was drawing to a close and while it might have been interesting to have played a 5-person game we decided to play something else. Leslie's wanderlust must be making itself felt as she won all 3 games.

With all five we played two games of Dominoes, one for Jim to learn our scoring system, and then a second to put it into practice. However, Jack's ability and skill gave him the win in both games. When we play Dominoes we take the open end of the tile played and add it to each of the other open ends, if the total of the two ends is a multiple of five the player scores the total. When the open end is a double tile then the tile end is the total pips of the tile.

While Fran went to run a quick errand the remaining four played a game of Guillotine with Leslie being the most bloodthirsty of the mob, winning with 23 points.

When Fran returned Jim left to go watch a game. I want to give a quick shout - Congratulations to Jim on his promotion at work- well deserved.

The remaining folk played a game of Qwirkle, and while we came close to the edge the game stayed on the table. A close game with all players scoring in the 90's but Jack eked out to the lead with 97.

Our final game at the Common Market was Aquaduct, we played twice with a resounding win by Cynthia in the first game. The second game ended in atie between Cynthia and Leslie.

It was then just shy of 9pm and so we left the store. Carolyn Lewis, a former regular, invited those who were interested to come over to her place to continue gaming. Fran decided to head home, the rest of us headed over to Carolyn's in a slow, circuitous manner.

Once we arrived we played Pegs and Jokers twice and Aquaduct. Sadly I did not keep track of the results.

somewhat recorded by
Leslie Barkley

Germantown 11/02/09

2009-11-21T23:35:00.000-05:00

Lots of games played this night. The pub table in the corner is still problematic . . .

Leslie Barkley
Tiffany & Christopher Bass & Clarisa Findley
Aubrey Bell
David Briggs
Dave Fair
Ethan Goffman
Todd Heidenreich
Jo Hogan
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Nathaniel Klinger
Carol Loman
Doug Mercer
Eric & Laura Reinhold

Maori - Tiffany 32, Chris 23, Clarisa 22, Leslie 10
Roll Through the Ages - Doug H 25, David B 17, Aubrey 12, Leslie 11
Ra: the Dice Game - Dave 50, Laura 46, Eric 44, Aubrey 41
Hey! That's My Fish - Christopher 40, Clarisa 31, Carol 28
Hey! That's My Fish - Carol 40, Christopher 37, Clarisa 23
Qwirkle - Christopher 77, Clarisa 55
Pandemic - Ben, Jo, Bob and Marc beat the dreaded viruses and saved the world!
The Bridges of Shangra-La - Bob 19/11, Christopher 19/10, Clarisa 18, Ben 17
Roll Through the Ages - Nathaniel 21, Todd 14, Marc 12
Race for the Galaxy - Marc 34, Todd 27
Thurn and Taxis - Aubrey 21, Doug H 17, Leslie 11, David B 10
Euphrat & Tigris - Eric 9, Ethan 7, Tiffany 6, Dave F 3 (ouch)
Guillotine - Leslie 18, Doug H 16, David B 15, Aubrey 12
Pow Wow (in order of finish) - Marc, Clarisa, Bob, Ben, Chris, Nathaniel
Fluxx - Aubrey won over Doug H, Leslie, Eric, David B, Ethan

Although Doug Mercer's name is on the attendance list, I don't have him listed as playing any games. If you can solve this mystery, please comment.

Germantown 10/19/09

2009-11-15T23:14:00.004-05:00

Attendance:

Leslie Barkley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Dave Fair
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Nathaniel Klinger
Doug Mercer
Alex Pang
Eric & Laura Reinhold

A bit of a drop in attendance as we go deeper into the Fall. Still, 15 gamers is pretty good.

Tales of the Arabian Nights - Did not finish but they all had fun. Doug H, Nathaniel, Eric and Alex.
Samurai: The Card Game - Leslie won. Doug H, Dave F, Laura.
Diamant - Aubrey 43, Shannon 29, Leslie 27, David B 27, Martha 21, Ben 19
Mamma Mia - Erc 5 (won tie), Alex 5, Nathaniel 3
Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation - Leslie beat Ben
Pack & Stack - David B 62, Aubrey 51, Martha 36, Leslie 33, Shannon 0 (huh?)
Pack & Stack - Aubrey 92, Martha 66, David 47, Leslie 18, Shannon 0 (double huh?)
Endeavor - Bob 59, Dave F 53, Doug M 48, Todd 34
Ingenious - Dave 11 (won), Bob 11, Todd 11, Doug M 7

Article of Interest to Boardgaming Aficionados

2009-11-11T23:11:00.000-05:00

Last month, Dave sent around a link to this very good article on boardgaming.

Alt Text: A Belligerent Guide to Board Games

The article describes many different categories of board games, including, "Games Your Grandmother Has Heard Of", "Games That Make You Want to Make Battle Sound Effects When You Play Them" and "Games That Sound Incredibly Boring but Aren’t."

That last category describes our favorites, Euro Games.

Check it out!

(You may also want to check out a previous Wired article on Settlers of Catan. Monopoly Killer: Perfect German Board Game Redefines Genre.)

Euro Quest VII - This weekend!

2009-11-10T22:31:00.004-05:00

A European-Style Gaming Conference
November, 12 - 15, 2009
Holiday Inn (formerly Days Hotel)
9615 Deereco Road
Timonium, Maryland 21090

For more details click here: http://euroquest.gamesclubofmd.org/

Many of our local group (GCOM Germantown, Brunswick, the Frederick locations and Middletown) will be there this weekend playing lots and lots and lots of games!

Hope to see you there!

Germantown 10/05/09

2009-10-18T21:36:00.006-05:00

Eighteen players for the first session in October.

Leslie Barkley
Tiffany & Chris Bass
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Clarisa Findley
Ethan Goffman
Todd Heidenreich
Doug Hoylman
Ben & Bob Jones
Nathaniel Klinger
Carol Loman
Doug Mercer
Eric & Laura Reinhold

Zeus on the Loose - Did not finish. Eric, Laura, Nathaniel, Carol, Ethan, Doug H
Alhambra - Doug M 94, Ethan 93, Leslie 83, Todd 64, Doug H 55
Race for the Galaxy - Todd 47, Doug H 44, Ethan 38, Leslie 23, Doug M 19
Roll Through the Ages - Tiffany 19, Clarisa 10, Chris 5
Cheeky Monkey - Ethan 29, Doug H 20, Leslie 19, Todd 18, Ben 7
Canyon - Laura, Nathaniel, Carol, Eric
Uptown - David 1/8, Bob 1/9, Shannon 2/9, Aubrey 4/7, Ben 4/8
Attila - Aubrey 86, Shannon 79, Martha 69, Bob 68, David 52
Dominion - Nathaniel 28, Ethan 24, Doug H 20, Leslie 19
Zooloretto - Tiffany 25, Nathaniel 21, Eric 20, Chris 17, Clarisa 7
LOTR: The Confrontation - Ben and Clarisa played multiple games
For Sale - Martha 62, Dave 59, Bob 51, Aubrey 46, Shannon 42
Blue Moon City - Tiffany 4, Eric 3, Chris 3
Gloom - Nathaniel won. Ethan, Doug H, Leslie

Germantown 09/21/09

2009-09-27T16:20:00.005-05:00

Down below 20 gamers for the first time in a while. However, our streak of new attendees continues as we welcome David Foyer.

Leslie Barkley
Chris & Tiffany Bass & Clarisa Findley
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Dave Fair
David Foyer
Ethan Goffman
Doug Hoylman
Bob & Ben Jones
Nathaniel Klinger
Carol Loman
Eric Reinhold
Bill Salvatore

Qwirkle - Eric 130, Leslie 102, Martha 97, Bill 92
Incan Gold - Bob 46, Aubrey 37, Tiffany 25, Clarisa 22, Shannon 17, Ben 14, Clarisa 10
Cartagena - David B won, Ben, Chris
Igel Argern - Laura won, Doug, Carol, Ethan, Dave F
Race for the Galaxy - Bill 51, Leslie 31, Aubrey 26, Eric 23, Martha 15, David B 11
Mammoth Hunters - Nathaniel 45, Tiffany 44, Clarisa 42, Carol 37, Bob 36
Raj - Ben 25, Bob 17, Nathaniel 0, David Foyer -1
Potomac Blackout - Ethan 56, Aubrey 41, Leslie 41, Doug 38, Bill 26, Todd 24

Congress of Gamers - September 26-27, 2009

2009-09-20T16:11:00.004-05:00

Hey everyone! Next weekend is the Congress of Gamers at the Bauer Drive Community Center in Rockville. This is the second year for the CoG, following its very successful inaugural convention last year. Many of us are planning to attend and we hope we'll see you there!

All the info you need is here: Congress of Gamers

Brunswick, 9/19/09

2009-09-20T12:10:00.003-05:00

Aarrrr, a fine day in Brunswick for playing games.

Attending were:

Karl Musser
Leslie Barkley
Ben Stewart
Tim Whieldon
Lije Carpenter
Brian Carpenter
Jay Carrington
Kathy Hallahan
Dave Fair

First up, Small World was taught to Leslie (thank you enjoyed it greatly) by Brian, Lije, and Karl. A quick game won by Karl.

While Small World was finishing Dave, Jay and Kathy played Guillotine, with Kathy being the most adept at collecting those baskets of heads.

Cairo, a flicking game, was played twice by Dave, Tim, Ben, and Leslie. Ben won the first game, Leslie the second. A lot of fun as players learned to flick cubes off boats.

Samurai, the Card Game was next up for the four flickers, with Ben winning handily. An interesting method of end game scoring which made strategy during play a bit confusing for some of us.

While Cairo and Samurai were being played at one table, another table was enjoying a game of Winds of Plunder. Brian, Karl, Lije, Jay and Kathy played with Kathy being the winner.

Dave, Brian, Lije, and Ben then went to a large table to play Planet Steam. A game with very interesting looking bits. Unfortunately I don't know how this ended. I left while both they and the band were playing a bit after 7pm.

Tim, Kathy, Jay, Karl, and Leslie played Snow Tails. Kathy took an early lead coming out of the first turn and held on to it the entire game, crossing the finish line turns ahead of everyone else. Leslie gained a commanding second place, followed in very short order by Tim, Jay and then Karl.

We finished with a quick game of Take Six with Tim at 24 for his first win at this game, Leslie at 26, Karl at 27, Jay at 39, and Kathy at 83 - the cards were not kind to her in this game, perhaps the dogs ate all the good ones. During our play the band arrived, set up and started playing. We decided to end the day just after 7pm.

Frederick, 9/12/09

2009-09-20T11:52:00.003-05:00

Well, a smaller turnout this month, which was nice as we were all able to play games with each other this time. Attending was:

Leslie Barkley
Karl Musser
Fran Lunney
Jack Ridgeway
Mark Love

First up was Aquadukt with Leslie (38), Fran (36) and Karl (40); Karl then had to leave for another engagement.

Ticket to Ride, 1910, was played three times. First up Fran winning, leaving Leslie so far back in the dust we didn't even count it out. Jack then joined the group and we played with the single track rule for a 3-player game, scores were Leslie 118, Fran 112. and Jack 83. The third play we ignored the single track rule, scoring was Leslie 164, Fran 129, and Jack 116. We three agreed that we enjoyed the third game as there more options for planning routes available.

Dominion was then played by Fran, Jack and Leslie. Fran took an early lead with the first Province and retained it to the end with a score of 43 to Jack and Leslie's scores of 39.

We were then joined by Mark, and Karl returned for a bit more gaming.

Dominoes was the next game up. We play a variant where the open end of the tile you play is added to each other open end, in turn, and if the pips add up to a multiple of 5 you score. Double tiles have 4 open ends and each end counts as the total number of pips on the tile, thus a double 4 is considered 8 for scoring purposes. The first player to use all their tiles ends the game and players subtract the number of pips in their hand from their score. Jack had a strong game scoring 355, Leslie at 291, Karl at 271, Mark at 218, and Fran at 210.

We ended the day with two rounds of Poison, a new game for several of the players (sorry, didn't keep track of who). Fran won with 7, Leslie had 10, Karl had 16, Jack had 19, and Mark had 21.

Leslie let everyone know that October's meeting would not be held as the Common Market was holding their OwnerFest that day. She plans to enjoy the OwnerFest for a bit, and then meet up with Jack for some gaming at Savage Mill, may even stop by the Frederick North group on the way just to see what it's like.

Germantown 09/07/09

2009-09-10T16:19:00.002-05:00

Being a federal holiday, many people gathered early to get in a longer day of gaming. We had a few new people join us as well.

Ann
Greg
Leslie Barkley
Chris & Tiffany Bass & Clarisa
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Marc Drexler
Nick & Tegan Ferris
Todd Heidenreich
Jo Hogan
Doug Hoylman
Bob & Ben Jones
Nathaniel Klinger
Mark Love
Tom McCorry
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Bill Salvatore
Sam Zenlizard

Race for the Galaxy - Joe 53, Marc 46, Bill 30
Iron Dragon - Doug 267, Bill 212, Marc 39
Pizarro & Co. - Eric won, Zenlizard, Laura, Aubrey
Roll Through the Ages - Tiffany 31, Bill 21, Clarisa 9
18VA (in order of finish) - Dave, Jason, Tom
Ingenious - Marc 7, Leslie 3
Ingenious - Marc 10, Leslie 7, Ann (new attendee) 6
Dominion - Leslie 30, Jo 29, Zenlizard 25, Joe 23
Give Me the Brain - Joe won, Jo, Zenlizard, Eric, Leslie, Aubrey, Martha, Dave B.
Dominion: Intrigue - Eric 27, Aubrey 23, Shannon 20, Martha 17, David B 15
Roll Through the Ages - Nathaniel 39, Bob 23, Tegan 20, Nick 6
Cheeky Monkey - Ben 22, David B 22, Bob 21, Nick 17, Tegan 7
Zeus on the Loose - Tiffany 4, Eric 3, Clarisa 0, Chris 0
Race for the Galaxy - Nathaniel 59, Marc 56, Eric 28, Chris 26
18FL (in order of finish) - Tom, Todd, Dave
Top Secret Spies - Doug 43, Mark 33, Martha 33 (+24), Shannon 30, Aubrey 28, Leslie 22
Race for the Galaxy - Bill 47, Mark 44, Greg 37
Roll Through the Ages - Martha 10, Joe 9, Shannon 5, Leslie 1
Attika - Nick won, Bob, David B, Tegan
Zeus on the Loose - Tiffany won, Eric, Chris, Clarisa
Can't Stop - Nathaniel won, Mark, Doug, Aubrey

That's an incredible number of games. Happy Labor Day!

Germantown 08/31/09

2009-09-03T16:18:00.002-05:00

Our numbers continue to grow.

Leslie Barkley
Chris & Tiffany Bass & Clarisa
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Mike Cannon
John Cato
Marc Drexler
Dave & Noreen Fair
Todd Heidenreich
Jo Hogan
Doug Hoylman
Bob & Ben Jones
Nathaniel Klinger
Jeff Liott
Carol Loman
Mark Love
Mike Mullins
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Bill Salvatore

Roll Through the Ages - Bill 17, Doug 14, Leslie -1, Laura -5
Can't Stop - Mark L won, Eric, Marc D, Mike
Genial Spezial - Carol 15, Shannon 12, Noreen 12, Doug 11
Ticket to Ride - Tiffany 110, Bob 109, Chris 95, Ben 83, Clarisa 17
Pack & Stack - Carol 51, David B 51, John 44, David F 42, Noreen 0
Powerboats (in order of finish) - Dave F, Aubrey, Carol, John, Jo, Noreen
Metro - Mike 39, Marc D 36, Mark L 33, Mike C 31, Nathaniel 27, Martha 18
Titan: The Arena - Bob 13, John 9, Tiffany 2, Jeff, Chris (scores not recorded)
Puerto Rico (did not finish) - Mark, Martha, Mike M, Mike C, David B
Dominion - Dave F, Jo, Bill, John
Dominion - Dave F 50, Todd 24, Doug 18, Nathaniel 15
Guillotine - Bill 27, Leslie 24, Aubrey 23

Germantown 08/17/09

2009-08-25T19:11:00.008-05:00

Every week we seem to be adding someone new. In this case, we welcomed Mike Rudmann and Mark Love.

Leslie Barkley
Chris & Tiffany Bass
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
David & Martha Briggs
Marc Drexler
Todd Heidenreich
Jo Hogan
Doug Hoylman
Bob & Ben Jones
Nathaniel Klinger
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Sam Zenlizard
Mike Rudmann
Mark Love

Wildlife - Marc 70, Zenlizard 61, Jo 47, Chris 35, Tiffany 29
Race for the Galaxy - Todd 60, Aubrey 36, Nathaniel 30
Alhambra - Doug 99, Laura 75, Eric 74, Leslie 73, Mike 71
Traumfabrik - Doug 111, Eric 84, Leslie 70
Ingenious - Shannon 17, Martha 10, Bob 9, David 8 - Shannon crushed us mere mortals.
Dominion - Nathaniel 39, Todd 33, Mark 28, Mike 19
Rheinlander - Bob 34, Shannon 34, David 34, Aubrey 27, Martha 26 - I've never actually seen a three-way tie for first before.
Can't Stop - Mark, Mike and Nathaniel did not finish.
Race for the Galaxy - Zenlizard 37, Marc 29, Jo 25, Eric 25, Leslie 20, Doug “no comment”
Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation - Played two games, Bob won both over Ben.

We're up for the next two Mondays. Hope to see you!

Bob

Brunswick, 8/15/09

2009-08-20T12:08:00.000-05:00

Starting with the most recent gaming day I am going to get up to date on these blogs. Saturday at Beans in the Belfrey in Brunswick - hmmm, I should bring more games starting with B.

We had five folk for a few hours, Brian and Lije Carpenter, Ben Stewart, and Leslie Barkley were all there around 1pm. Tim Whieldon showed up a bit later.

We started with a game of China, brought by Leslie. We all commented that it reminded of us of another game, set in Europe, although none of us could recall the name. Play was close for much of the game, even into the final scoring with Brian and Lije both at 42, Ben at 41, and Leslie at 36.

Next up was a game of Monopoly Deal, brought by Brian and Lije, a card game which plays quite quickly. Brian won the game with 3 completed sets. Sadly, I don't remember too much of the game play itself, although Ben did have a few Birthdays. Tim arrived during play so it was nice to finish up and start a five player game.

We played Augsberg 1520, brought by Ben and acquired for $3 at a Columbus, OH gaming event. Once again we commented that it reminded us all of another game, although again none of could recall the game we were thinking of. Game play went pretty quickly, and closely, with Tim winning at 70, Leslie at 68, Brian at 67, Ben at 63 and Lije at 59.

We were approaching 6pm, when both Ben and Tim needed to leave, so we played another round of Monopoly Deal with Ben winning when he stole a card to complete a set, and then stole a complete set to give him three complete sets.

Afterwards, Brian, Lije and myself played Dominion Intrigue, brought by Leslie, with a random set. We had no multiple action cards available so the turns went very quickly. We finished shortly after 7pm, when the music starts, with Lije winning at 45, Brian at 35, and Leslie at 31.

All in all, a nice afternoon of gaming in a pleasant coffee shop. Thanks to all who came, looking forward to next month.

Frederick 8/8/09

2009-08-18T12:36:00.002-05:00

The first official GCOM session of the new Frederick South group. We started in the Cafe area as the Community Room was in use. My agreement with the Common Market was that we would have the Community Room when it wasn't scheduled for another event. They had the room cleaned up and vacated by 4pm, and we finished the day playing in the room.

Jack Ridgeway showed up and we played X's and O's a few times. A nice little game easily finished in a few minutes, played with pen and paper. Jack won twice, and then may have taken pity on me and allowed for a win by me, or perhaps he taught it well enough for me to grasp the strategy.

Fran Lunney showed up next, both Jack and Fran were regulars at the prior Frederick South group so it was a nice little reunion. The three of us played Ticket to Ride, 1910 expansion, with Jack winning at 129, Fran at 116, and Leslie at 79. Bill Salvatore showed up and we played another round of Ticket. I did much better this game winning at 130, Fran with 125, Jack with 113, and Bill with 100.

Laura and Eric Reinhold showed up during the Ticket game and grabbed a quick bite to eat. By then the room was ready for us and we moved on in to continue gaming. It gets a bit confusing as to when games were played from here on, sorry.

I know the first game was Igel Argern with 6 players. Fran won, with both Bill and Laura at 2 and Eric, Leslie and Jack with only 1 hedgehog finished. During game play Martha and David Briggs showed up. We now had 8 gamers and broke into two groups of play.

Laura, David, Fran and Leslie played Settlers of Catan. We called the game after a good bit of play as all but Leslie were at 6 points, she was at 4. Looking at the board there was little possibility of a clear win within the near future and the other group were finishing their game.

Eric, Bill, Jack and Martha had been playing Dominion. Bill won with 33, Eric had 27, Martha had 25, and Jack had 22.

During the game play Helen Powell had arrived, and then wandered off to explore the store. We then had Michelle Hirsh show up, who wandered off to explore the store and look for Helen. As they drifted back in and out during our games they finally both arrived together and played a game of TransAmerica with Helen winning.

We now had 10 gamers and my list of games and recollection of order played becomes chaotic.

Dominoes was enjoyed by Jack (200) Eric (195) Martha (144) and Fran (41).

Qwirkle was played by Bill (96) Helen (94) Michelle (91) and David (77). It was also played by Jack (96) Michelle (85) Martha (76) and Eric (71).

Aquaduct was played by Bill (41) Fran (34) and Helen (33).

Pegs and Jokers was played by Laura and Leslie (won)

San Juan was played by Laura (32) Leslie (31) and David (23)

We played to closing at 9pm and I'll have to do a better job of keeping an eye on the clock as we were a touch late vacating the store due to clean-up. I hope everyone enjoyed themselves and the location.

Germantown 08/03/2009

2009-08-16T21:29:00.007-05:00

Another average night with 22 gamers. :-)

Leslie Barkley
Chris & Tiffany Bass
Aubrey & Shannon Bell
David & Martha Briggs & Rebecca
Marc Drexler
Ethan Goffman
Jo Hogan
Doug Hoylman
Bob & Ben Jones
Nathaniel Klinger
Carol Loman
Eileen Martz
Ben Neustifter
Eric & Laura Reinhold
Bill Salvatore
Sam Zenlizard

Aquaretto - Carol 35, Laura 28, Eric 28
Zombie Fluxx - Shannon won, Aubrey, Leslie
Billabong - Doug 1st, Tiffany 2nd, Nathaniel 3rd, Chris 4th.
Puerto Rico - Ethan 57 (won tie), Mark 57, Ben 54, Bill 48, Sam 29
Race for the Galaxy - Jo 58, Eileen 20
Dominion - Leslie 39, Aubrey 35, Shannon 35, Carol 31
Thurn and Taxis - Chris 25, Doug 24, Tiffany 16
Tiki Topple - Rebecca beat Ben.
Tiki Topple - Ben 22, Mark 21, Rebecca 15, Ethan 9
Transamerica - Nathaniel 2, Elieen and Jo 0.
Blue Moon City - Eric 4, Bob 3, David 3, Martha 2
Poison - Leslie 12, Shannon 18, Aubrey 18, Zenlizard 22, Bill 27
Qwirkle - Doug 155, Chris 136, Tiffany 129
Democrazy - Ethan 20, Leslie 20, Zenlizard 20, Nathaniel 20, Bob 17, Eileen 17, Shannon 15, Aubrey 12
Dominion - Bill, David, Martha, Eric. Did not finish.
Rattlesnake - Ben won 2 against Rebecca and Mark.
Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation - Ben and Bob. No winner recorded.

Thanks to everyone for coming out. That's a LOT of games in a four hour period.

Germantown 07/20/09

2009-08-16T21:05:00.010-05:00

Attendance was again up due to a whole new group who joined us tonight! We're regularly pushing 20+ people!

Leslie Barkley
David & Martha Briggs
Marc Drexler
Dave Fair
Ethan Goffman
Jo Hogan
Doug Hoylman
Bob Jones
Nathaniel Klinger
Carol Loman
Anna Maclung
Eileen Martz
Tim Mossman
Ben Neustifter
Laura & Eric Reinhold
Bill Salvatore
Tiffany & Chris
Sara M
Zenlizard

Zendo - Mark, Jo, Ben, Dave F, Eileen.
Ticket to Ride - Bill 123, Laura 96, Sara 83, Eric 40.
Puerto Rico - Doug 66, Ethan 58, Zenlizard 56, Leslie 54.
Small World - Tim 109, Chris 100, Tiffany 81.
Thebes - Tiffany 55, Bill 52, Chris 51, Tim 44.
Race for the Galaxy - Ben 39, Leslie 37, Nathaniel 33, Dave 28, Doug 19, Ethan 18.
Dragonland - Martha 73, Bob 62, David B 40.
Pack & Store - Dave 65, Leslie 53, David B 45,Doug 0.
Pack & Store - Dave 65, Leslie 53, Doug 31, David B 0.
Race for the Galaxy - Mark 50, Ben 47, Zenlizard 40.
Continuum (not finished) - Eric 65, Ethan 62, Bob 36.

Brunswick, 7/18/09

2009-08-16T17:00:00.000-05:00

My first co-host day for Brunswick. Ben Stewart showed up at 1pm and with just the two of us we played quite a few games before Brian and Lije Carpenter showed up.

First up was Igel Argern, Ben's hedgehogs proved the faster giving him the win.

Then came Agricola for two, a quicker game play, and easier for me to grasp apparently as I won with 35 to Ben's 31.

Poison came into play next, and I seem to be quite good at mixing potions, winning with 12 to Ben's 23.

However, with Settlers of Catan Ben showed his skills at exploring and settling a land, winning the game handily.

Brian and Lije arrived and we all played a game of Roll Through the Ages. It was a close game with Ben winning with 20, then Leslie with 19, Brian with 14, and Lije with 13.

Ben needed to leave at 6, so the 3 of us remaining played a few more games. The musical group playing that evening was not playing at too noisily a level so we actually played to closing time.

First up was another Roll game, followed by another Roll game. Brian won the first with 23 to Leslie and Lije both having 11. The next game Lije had 15, Leslie 13, and Brian 12 - a closer game.

I'm not sure what order the following games were played in.

Qwirkle - Brian made quite a few qwirkles and won with 158. Leslie with 128 and Lije with 126.

Race for the Galaxy - Brian won with 49, Lije 31, and Leslie with 23

Igel Argern - Lije's hedgehogs proved the fastest.

Closing time came and we left, a good afternoon and evening of gaming had by those who came. Even the musicians profited as their CD's were purchased.

More on Hal Haag

2009-08-16T13:36:00.003-05:00

Here's a forwarded message from Hal's son, Evan:

Hello everyone.

For those of you that do not know me, I am Hal's son. I want to thank everyone that receives this e-mail, and everyone that it is forwarded to (and everyone that should have gotten it but for whom I was unable to find any contact info) for their thoughts, their support, and their patience. So far, I've seen some lovely remembrances of him, and I hope that all of you will be able to keep your good memories of him firmly in your minds and hearts.

In the interest of honest disclosure, I feel I should let those of you that do not yet know the basic details. Hal was found (by me and my wife, Kris) here at his home on Wednesday, August 12th. He had apparently had a heart attack just as he was getting up that morning. From all indications, it was very quick and probably painless for him.

He is currently awaiting cremation at an extremely helpful and understanding funeral parlor. Unfortunately for those who may have hoped for a viewing or an immediate memorial, my father has never wanted either of those things. I do apologize and ask that you be understanding in this regard, as my father would much rather have everyone get together for each other. In his own words..."Why do I have to be there?" I know that sounds odd, but he actually told me that himself. He believed in the wake, not the funeral. I think, in his own thoughts, he knew he would be there, and that the vehicle of his body would be fairly superfluous at that point.

My wife and I have created a LiveJournal community for all of us to share our anecdotes, well-wishes, and prayers, and we ask that any who wish to join it do so.

The community is http://community.livejournal.com/halhaagmemorial/
and I hope to be able to bring as many of you together on it as possible. For those of you without LiveJournal, this e-mail address is my focal point for all direct questions and communication regarding any memorial plans. The LiveJournal community will also be used to disseminate information about any upcoming memorials once they have been more solidified. Right now, we are looking to have a large-ish event (as large as we can manage) in the near future that we hope many will be able to attend.

Please forward this e-mail to anyone you know that has not already received it. I ask also that any friends of Hal that are not already on this email list please contact me, so that I may keep them better updated as to the memorial plans and schedules. If need be, my cell phone may be used as a last resort: 443-851-1036. Understand, though, that I have a lot of phone calls to make in the next week or two, so I may not be able to answer or call back quickly.

Any finalized plans will be broadcast via e-mail, as well as being posted on the LiveJournal page, so that everyone knows as soon as possible. Should anyone feel the need to then relay that info via FaceBook or any similar means, feel free. We are trying to find a space to accommodate Dad's many, many friends (and he had a LOT), so we are looking at early to mid-September as our best date. That should give us (and hopefully all of you) enough time to plan and prepare.

Again, thank you all for having been my father's friends and companions over the years. He appreciated every one of you (whether he said it or not).

Evan Haag

Sad News

2009-08-13T22:10:00.004-05:00

One of our GCOM Hosts, Hal Haag, died yesterday of a heart attack. Here's the announcement from Keith.

To all,

It is with great sadness that I report that Hal Haag passed away from an apparent heart attack this morning, Wednesday, August 12th.

I received a phone call from Evan Haag, Hal's son this evening at around 6pm. Hal passed away from an apparent heart attack this morning. Evan had no other information or details at this time.

I will do my best to keep everyone informed.

Hal was an active member of Games Club of Maryland. He was the host of Alphabet Soup, co-host of Glen Burnie, Elkridge and the former Columbia locations, a GCOM Director at Large, and a regular at several GCOM locations and events. He was also very active in the Baltimore Science Fiction Society and the annual Baltimore Science Fiction Convention ("Balticon").

We will all miss him greatly.

Keith Levy
President and Founder, Games Club of Maryland