Damascus 05/16/08

I am way behind as I type this... Another short style one I am afraid...

Twenty-Five (!) gamers in attendance...

• David, Noreen, Corwin, & Andrew Fair
• Bryan Snyder
• Jason Cheng
• Lance Jones
• Rick Pasquale
• John Stup
• Jason Rundell
• Billy Rundell
• Jared King
• Nathaniel Klinger
• Paul H.
• Carol, Bob, Rachel, & Ben Jones
• Millie Pryphun
• Christin Woodhouse
• Peter Stuart
• David & Martha Briggs
• Eric & Laura Reinhold

Games played...

• Escalation, where neighbor fights neighbor in a growing battle. We played 2 games with the finish orders of Lance, Jason C, Dave, Bryan, and Dave, Jason C, Bryan, Lance.
• Race for the Galaxy, with Paul (52) besting Jason R (37) and Billy (28).
• Einfach Genial, where Bob was destroyed by a battalion of teenage girls. Rachel (10), Millie (11), Christin (8), Bob (10).
• Ave Caesar, with Rick earning top laurels, followed by Marshall, Jared, Nathaniel, and Eric.
• Primordial Soup, with Jason C (44) defeating his amoeba rivals, Dave (42), Lance (40), and Bryan (39)
• Alhambra with Corwin (100) taking the win over Andrew (88), Peter (87), and Carol (80).
• Blue Moon City, with Martha building to 5 stones while John & David B were still at 4.
• Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers, with John besting David B 150-130.
• Dominion - Nathaniel (21) was triumphant over Marshall (15), Jared (15), and Eric (9).
• Ca$h-N-Gun$ - AKA: Reservoir Dogs, The Board Game... Millie and Bob died (Bob with only $5,000 in hand! Mille with $70,000), Rachel had $90,000, Christin had $100,000, but Carol won with $115,000.
• Salamanca is a tile-laying game with some economic systems going on. It was a bit dry, and not my favorite new game of the year, that's for sure... Rick (84) won, followed by Bryan (77), Jason C (67), Lance (64) and Dave (60).
• More Race for the Galaxy, this time Nathaniel (36) bested Marshall (28), Jared (26) and Eric (25).
• Samarkand is one of Bob's grail games he recently purchased... Martha crushed him in the first outing, appropriately... Martha 560, Bob 315, David B (245)
• Agricola did see some table time... first with Billy (37) winning over Jason R (36), Paul H (35), and Laura (32).
• More time for Agricola, with David (48) winning over Noreen (41), Bob (41), and Carol (30).
• Finally, we had 2 games of Roll Through the Ages played, but I did not get the players or finish order recorded. Sorry!
  

Thanks for Coming... See you next week!