Tuesday, July 05, 2016

Germantown 05/02/16


Attendance:  7

  • Leslie Barkley
  • Nick Ferris
  • Henry Ho
  • Bob & Carol Jones
  • Rich Parker
  • Kelsey Smith

A small, but hearty, group on this first Monday of May.

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Yspahan - Leslie 69, Kelsey 65, Nick 61
Qwixx - Nick 75, Leslie 54, Kelsey 31
Glen More - Henry 55, Rich 52, Bob 49, Carol 48
Qwixx - Kelsey 118, Nick 98, Leslie 95
Ra - Rich 39, Bob 34, Henry 34, Carol 25, Leslie 5 (ouch)


Yspahan image by Carsten ◄► Wesel on BGG.

Posted by Bob on 07/05/16.

Monday, July 04, 2016

Germantown 04/18/16


Attendance:  19

  • Leslie Barkley
  • Paul Czarnota
  • Dave & Alison Fair
  • Nick Ferris
  • Jennifer Glinzack
  • Henry Ho
  • Bob & Carol Jones
  • Rich Parker
  • Mathilde Pechard
  • Eric & Laura Reinhold
  • Chris Sears
  • Alf & Cynthia Shupe
  • Kelsey Smith
  • Caroline Therenot
  • Howard Wagner

Welcome Caroline and Mathilde!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Cheeky Monkey - Laura 27, Eirc 23, Mathilde 23, Caroline 19
Machi Koro - Kelsey, Chris, Alf, Cynthia, Bob
Poison - Caroline 15, Mathilde 18, Laura 18, Eric 20
Princes of Florence - Carol 64, Howard 61, Dave 50, Henry 48, Alison 42
Quadropolis - Nick 49, Rich 43, Jenn 40, Leslie 39
Istanbul - Leslie, Rich, Alf
Quadropolis - Chris 53, Kelsey 51, Bob 48, Jenn 44

Quadropolis image by Gábor Zehetmayer on BGG.

Posted by Bob on 07/04/16.

Germantown 04/04/16


Attendance:  15
  • Leslie Barkley
  • Paul Czarnota
  • Dave & Alison Fair
  • Nick Ferris
  • Jennifer Glinzack
  • Henry Ho
  • Bob & Carol Jones
  • Rich Parker
  • Eric & Laura Reinhold
  • Chris Sears
  • Kelsey Smith
  • Howard Wagner

Games Played (scores in order of place):

La Isla - Leslie 66, Bob 56, Eric 54, Howard 52
Agricola - Dave 43, Carol 34, Noreen 33
Glass Road - Rich 16, Kelsey 15, Jenn 15, Nick 14
Russian Railroads - Henry 443, Laura 367, Chris 352, Paul 342
Die Sieben Siegel - Eric 6, Bob 11. Howard 13, Leslie 24
For Sale - Howard 50, Paul 49, Henry 48, Leslie 44, Chris 37, Bob 33
Code Names - Jenn/Carol/Alison/Rich 1, Dave/Kelsey/Nick 1


Agricola image by David Fair on BGG.

Posted by Bob on 07/04/16.

Sunday, June 26, 2016

Germantown 03/21/16


Attendance:  15

  • Leslie Barkley
  • Aaron Blair
  • Dave, Noreen, & Alison Fair
  • Nick Ferris
  • Jennifer Glinzack
  • Randy Hoffman
  • Bob & Carol Jones
  • Rich Parker
  • Eric & Laura Reinhold
  • Chris Sears
  • Howard Wagner

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Hare & Tortoise - Dave, Alison, Laura, Noreen, Leslie, Eric
Get Bit - Alison, Leslie, Laura, Dave, Eric, Noreen
Istanbul w/expansion - Howard 6, Carol 5, Rich 4, Bob 4, Randy 3
Edel Stein & Reich - Randy 62, Howard 56, Bob 47, Leslie 46, Rich 39
Code Names - Bob/Carol/Noreen beat Alison/Leslie/Dave
Code Names - Bob/Carol/Noreen beat Alison/Leslie/Dave
Mombasa - Chris 183, Jenn 140, Aaron 135, Nick 125


Mombasa image by David Pereira on BGG.

Posted by Bob on 06/26/16.


Germantown 03/07/16


Attendance:  14

  • Leslie Barkley
  • Paul Czarnota
  • Dave, Noreen & Alison Fair
  • Randy Hoffman
  • Bob & Carol Jones
  • Rich Parker
  • Eric & Laura Reinhold
  • Chris Sears
  • Kelsey Smith
  • Howard Wagner
Games Played (scores in order of place):

Stephenson's Rocket - Chris 67k, Eric 60k, Rich 52k, Bob 46k
Russian Railroads - Paul 428, Dave 347, Howard 299, Leslie 222
World of Yo-Ho - Alison 628, Kelsey 515, Nick 442, Jenn 265
For Sale - Dave 55, Leslie 55, Howard 54, Paul 47, Alison 42
Can't Stop - Chris 3, Eric 2, Bob 2, Rich 1
Castles of Burgundy - Randy 245, Carol 176, Laura 169, Noreen 166


World of Yo-Ho (yes, it uses phones) by Mauro Guidolin on BGG.

Posted by Bob on 06/26/16.

Germantown 02/29/16 - WINTER


Attendance:  21

  • Leslie Barkley
  • Aaron Blair
  • Paul Czarnota
  • Dave, Noreen, Corwin & Alison Fair
  • Nick Ferris
  • Jennifer Glinzak
  • Randy Hoffman
  • Rebecca Holte
  • Bob & Carol Jones
  • Rich Parker
  • Eric & Laura Reinhold
  • Gordon Rotter
  • Alf & Cynthia Shupe
  • Chris Sears
  • Kelsey Smith
On this fifth Monday of the month (in February!), our theme was Winter. Some managed it better than others.

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Snow Tails - Noreen, Rich, Laura, Leslie, Eric
Tal der Abenteur - Randy 29, Aaron 22, Bob 16, Chris 14
New York 1901 - Nick 71, Kelsey 69, Jenn 69, Paul 58
For Sale - Randy 76, Aaron 60, Bob 57, Chris 53
Burgle Brothers - Corwin, Alison, Dave & Carol won.
Roll for the Galaxy - Alf 37, Gordon 36, Rebecca 30, Cynthia 30
Ave Caesar - Dave 14, Alison 13, Leslie 13, Noreen 10, Richard 6, Corwin 4
Port Royal - Gordon 14, Rebecca 11, Alf 10, Cynthia 8
Quantum - Randy, Chris, Aaron, Carol
Mammoth Hunters - Jenn 60, Bob 58, Nick 53, Paul 52, Kelsey 50


Mammoth Hunters image by Morten Lund on BGG.

Posted by Bob on 06/26/16.

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

GCOM-Milestone, March 5

Nine again for a great day of gaming in Milestone Center...

David & Noreen Fair
Howard Wagner
Jack Ridgeway
Bob & Carol Jones
Eric Haas
Eric & Laura Reinhold

First up was the classic Doris & Frank title, Igel Argern, wherein Bob managed a victory over David, Howard, Noreen, Carol & Jack.

Meanwhile, Eric R. won a 2-player game of Lanterns over laura.

Colt Express involves robbing a train, and has wonderful 3-d components. Eric R. & Noreen tied for a win with $2000 each, followed by Laura with $1750, Eric H. with 350, and Carol who lived to tell the tale, but , alas, came up empty in the looting department.

Dave, Jack, Bob, & Howard set out to make a fortune in the German power market, playing Power Grid on the Germany map, and using the High-Speed DC transmission line expansion. Dave and Jack both managed to power 17 cities, while Bob and Howard got to 16. Money is the tie breaker though, so final positions were: Dave (17/$73), Jack (17/$52), Bob (16/$23), and Howard (16/$17). A very interesting game...

Broom service is an update/re-implementation to Witch's Brew. Carol (71) managed to win, followed by Laura (68), Eric H (67), Eric R (59) and Noreen (49).

Broom service was still being played, so the power gridders played a game of Cacao. This is a cute, quick-playing tile-laying game with a chocolate-farming theme. Howard (59) won, followed by Dave (54), Bob (45) and Jack (39).

The last two games were Ticket to Ride Pennsylvania, where Bob (182) won handily over Jack (167), Carol (157) and Noreen (125), and Istanbul where Laura won with 5 gems followed by Eric R, Eric H, and David with 4 gems each, and Howard with 3.

Thanks for coming out, see you in April.


GCOM-Milestone, Feb 6th

Having Cancelled January's session to go to Brunswick Game Days, we had 9 in attendance for our second session...

David & Noreen Fair
Alf Shupe
Chris Sears
Bob Jones
Paul Czarnota
Chuck Wisner
Eric Haas
Jack Ridgeway
Nathaniel Klinger

Dave, Bob, Chris and Alf played Burgle Brothers, but were all captured.

Ticket To Ride: Pennsylvania made an appearance, and the scores were: Paul 192, Noreen 175, Jack 167, Eric 139, and Chuck 128. I really like this map, as it adds stock to the mix. I have yet to try the Great Briton side...

Orleans made another appearance, with scores as follows; Chris 131, Dave 118, Nathaniel, 105, Paul 100, Bob 94. This is one of my favorite games of last year. I expect to play it a great deal this year.

Above and Below is a unique story-driven game of adventurers. Alf (42), Jack (40), Noreen (39) and Eric (34) played. I love the artwork in this one.

"The Game" is the confusingly named coop card game in which a win is a score of 0, but anything under 10 is considered pretty good. Bob, Dave, Chris, Paul, and Nathaniel got a score of 2.

Port Royal is getting a lot of play with our group, this time Alf (12), Eric (10) Noreen and Jack (9 each) took to the seas to become the greatest pirate of all.

That was it for February... March is just around the corner.



Sunday, February 28, 2016

Germantown 02/15/16


This session was unfortunately cancelled due to snow.



Germantown 02/01/16


Attendance:  17

  • Leslie Barkley
  • Aaron Blair
  • Paul Czarnota
  • Noreen & Alison Fair
  • Christine Fiedler
  • Randy Hoffman
  • Bob & Carol Jones
  • Rich Parker
  • Eric & Laura Reinhold
  • Gordon Rotter
  • Alf & Cynthia Shupe
  • Chris Sears
  • Howard Wagner

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Taj Mahal - Howard 47, Bob 44, Alf 37, Chris 29, Gordon 24 (This was a great game with Howard having an incredible last turn showdown with Bob that came down to the last card played, giving Howard the win.)
Ave Caesar - Bob, Howard, Chris, (Alf, Gordon, Rich)  did not finish race
Port Royal - Bob 13, Alf 7, Gordon 6
Cyclades - Christine 1, Leslie 1, Randy 1, Alison 0, Carol 0
Get Bit - Laura, Alison, Carol, Noreen, Eric
Codenames - Eric, Noreen, Carol and Laura beat Alison, Christine, and Randy
Ticket to Ride: Pennsylvania - Leslie 152, Rich 119, Paul 116, Aaron 86, Cynthia 69
Codenames - Alison, Christine and Randy beat Eric, Noreen, Carol and Laura
New York 1901 - Paul 74, Aaron 62, Noreen 37, Cynthia 31
Codenames - No scores recorded. Eric, Noreen, Carol, Laura, Alison, Christine, Randy


New York 1901 image by Dylan Phillips on BGG.


Posted by Bob on 02/28/16.