Germantown 03/15/10

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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