Germantown 12/04/23

Attendance:  11

• Leslie Barkley
• John Carroll
• Tom Hayes
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Steve Konrad
• Mark Petronic
• Antwann & Mieu Rawls
• Eric & Laura Reinhold

Welcome Antwann & Mieu!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Takenoko - John 31, Laura/Tom 26 (tie)
It's a Wonderful World - Steve 62, Eric 47, Leslie 35, Mark 34

New England - Mieu/Bob 31 (tie), Carol 27, Antwann 15

The Mind - Tom/John/Mark/Steve/Leslie went to Stage 6

6 Nimmt - Steve 15, Bob 36, Carol 37, John 40, Leslie 41, Tom  66

The Mind image by Cristhian Martinez on BGG.

Posted by Bob on 12/16/23.

Germantown 11/20/23

Attendance:  12

• Leslie Barkley
• John Carroll
• Alison & Noreen Fair
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Steve Konrad
• Mark & Cindy Petronic
• Eric & Laura Reinhold
• Jason Ruvinsky

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Through the Desert - Cindy/Laura 54 (tie), Bob 49, Eric 45, John 39

Istanbul - Mark 6, Steve 4, Jason 4, Carol 4, Leslie 4

Traumfabrik - Cindy 76, Bob 70, John 66, Laura/Eric 42 (tie)

Port Royal - Mark 12, Steve 10, Carol 10, Jason 9, Leslie 5 

Traumfabrik image by Geo on BGG.

Posted by Bob on 12/15/23.

Germantown 11/06/23

Attendance:  14

• Leslie Barkley
• Aubrey & Shannon Bell
• John Carroll
• Alison & Noreen Fair
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Paul Kalomiris
• Steve Konrad
• Rich Parker
• Mark Petronic
• Eric & Laura Reinhold

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Verdant - Steve 90, John 81, Alison 80, Leslie 79, Paul 79

Goldbrau - Bob 99, Carol 89, Rich 87, Mark 60

Hadara - Eric 187, Shannon 154, Aubrey 145, Laura 135, Noreen 117

Cascadia - Paul 105, Steve 100, Leslie 89, Alison 80, John 75, Noreen 75

Verdant image by Piotr Wojtasiak on BGG. 

Posted by Bob on 12/15/23.

Germantown 10/30/23

Attendance:  11

• Leslie Barkley
• John Carroll
• Tom Hayes
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Paul Kalomiris
• Steve Konrad
• Mark Petronic
• Eric & Laura Reinhold
• Alf Shupe

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Port Royal - Laura 14, Mark 14, Eric 12, Carol 10, Tom 8

Earth - John 259, Steve 242, Leslie 198, Bob 161, Alf 121

Code Names - Carol, Tom & Paul won, Eric, Laura, and & Mark lost.

Skull King - Leslie 170, Tom 150, Mark 120, Steve 80, Bob 40, Paul 30, John -40, Carol -50

Earth image by Wendy Yi on BGG.

Posted by Bob on 12/13/23.

Germantown 10/16/23

Attendance:  10

• John Carroll
• Tom Hayes
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Steve Konrad
• Rich Parker
• Mark Petronic
• Eric & Laura Reinhold
• Alf Shupe

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Cartographers - Steve 91, Carol 63, Rich 62, John 57, Laura 48

Ave Caesar - Steve, John, Carol, Rich, Laura

Roll 4 the Galaxy - Alf 39, Eric 33, Mark 29, Bob 26, Tom 22
SkyJo - Carol 50, Tom 66, Rich 69, Steve 81, John 87, Mark 97, Bob 100, Alf 101

SkyJo image by Herbert Schlager on BGG.

Cartographers image by Eric on BGG.

Posted by Bob on 11/17/23.

Germantown 10/02/23

 Attendance:  11

• Leslie Barkley
• John Carroll
• Raul Hernandez
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Paul Kalomiris
• Steve Konrad
• Mark Petronic
• Eric & Laura Reinhold
• Alf Shupe

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Attika - Laura, Mark, Eric, Carol

Blue Moon City - Tom 4, Steve/Bob 3, John 2

Terraforming Mars: Dice Game - Raul 54, Paul 44, Leslie 40, Alf 38

Show Manager - Tom 46, Steve 44, Carol/Bob 43, Mark 25, John 21

Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game image by Julio Martínez Ruiz on BGG.

Posted by Bob on 11/17/23.

Germantown 09/18/23

 Attendance:  8

• Leslie Barkley
• John Carroll
• Alison & Noreen Fair
• Bob & Carol Jones
• John Weber
• Alf Shupe

Welcome John C!

John Weber, the GCOM President, was visiting to promote GCOM's upcoming Fall game convention, Euro Quest.  Full details are here:  https://www.euroquestcon.com/

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Machi Koro 2 - Leslie, Noreen/Alf/Alison

Age of War - Noreen 14, Alf 9, Alison 5, Leslie 3

Great Western Trail: New Zealand - John C 113, Bob 85, John W 82, Carol 63

 - This game went super-long, ending past midnight! We enjoyed it, but we'll save it for the weekend next time.

Great Western Trail: New Zealand image by Teerachai Ledarmonpat on BGG.

Posted by Bob on 10/15/23.

Germantown 08/21/23

Attendance:  13

• Leslie Barkley
• Aubrey & Shannon Bell
• Alison & Noreen Fair
• Tom Hayes
• Randy Hoffman
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Paul Kalomiris
• Steve Konrad
• Mark & Cindy Petronic

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Downforce - Paul 29, Shannon 16, Alison 13, Aubrey 12, Noreen 10, Randy -2

La Isla - Carol 72, Steve 71, Eric 65, Tom 44

Chinatown - Bob 103, Cindy 94, Leslie/Mark 89,  Laura 84

Big Points - Carol 31, Tom 30, Steve 27, Eric 23

Century Spice Road - Bob 69, Steve 57, Tom 56, Carol 50, Leslie 48

King's Guild - Paul 71, Alison 53, Randy 51, Aubrey 45, Shannon 36, Noreen 31

Posted by Bob on 10/15/23.

Germantown 08/07/23

Attendance:  9

• Leslie Barkley
• Raul Hernandez
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Mark & Cindy Petronic
• Eric & Laura Reinhold
• Alf Shupe

Welcome back, Alf!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Hadara - Eric 186, Alf 168, Bob 160, Laura 144, Leslie 121
Agricola -Carol 34, Raul 32, Cindy 24, Mark 19
Machi Koro - Alf, Leslie/Bob

Agricola image by Allen OConnor on BGG.

Posted by Bob on 09/25/23.

Germantown 07/31/23

Attendance:  9

• Leslie Barkley
• Raul Hernandez
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Paul Kalomiris
• Steve K.
• Mark Petronic
• Eric & Laura Reinhold

Welcome back Steve K!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Kingdomino: Royal Wedding - Raul 106, Steve 103, Eric 91, Paul 45, Carol 40

Quacks of Quedlinburg - Mark 45, Bob 43, Leslie 41, Laura 39

Bohnanza - Steve/Bob 10 (tied), Mark 8, Leslie 7, Raul 6, Carol 5, Paul 4

Bohnanza image by Adam Demers on BGG.

Posted by Bob on 08/07/23.

Germantown 07/17/23

Attendance:  8

• Leslie Barkley
• Alison & Noreen Fair
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Paul Kalomiris
• Mark & Cindy Petronic

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Castles of Mad King Ludwig - Carol 110, Paul 86, Noreen 83, Alison 82

Ys - Bob 79, Leslie 74, Mark 73, Cindy 64

Lanterns - Mark 48, Cindy 42, Bob 41, Leslie 41

Clever 4 Ever - Noreen 216, Carol 214, Paul 186, Alison 167

Ys image by Deb J on BGG.

Posted by Bob on 08/06/23.

Germantown 07/03/23

 Attendance:  8

• Leslie Barkley
• Raul Hernandez
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Paul Kalomiris
• Rich Parker
• Eric & Laura Reinhold

Games Played (scores in order of place):

6 Nimmt (one round) - Carol/Paul 0 (tie), Bob 6, Raul 12, Eric 13, Laura/Rich 24 (tie)

Fort - Eric 46, Paul 36, Rich 30, Raul 19

Zong Shi - Laura 35, Carol 33, Leslie 32, Bob 30

Roll Through the Ages - Rich 22, Eric 20, Paul 12

Fort image by Matt H on BGG.

Posted by Bob on 07/05/23.

Germantown 06/19/23

Attendance:  10

• Leslie Barkley
• Raul Hernandez
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Paul Kalomiris
• Rich Parker
• Mark & Cindy Petronic
• Eric & Laura Reinhold

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Silver & Gold - Leslie 125, Rich 104, Bob 99, Carol 87

Port Royal - Laura 12, Raul/Eric 8 (tied), Mark/Cindy 7 (tied)

Fiji Flush - Carol (won), Rich, Paul, Leslie, Bob

Princes of Florence - Raul 53, Cindy 52, Mark 48, Bob 46, Laura 44

Terraforming Mars - Carol 56, Eric 55, Leslie 54, Rich 51, Paul 45

Silver & Gold image by Allen OConnor on BGG.

Posted by Bob on 07/03/23.

Germantown 06/05/23

Attendance:  9

• Leslie Barkley
• Tom Hayes
• Todd Heidenreich
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Rich Parker
• Mark Petronic
• Eric & Laura Reinhold

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Quacks of Quedlinburg - Carol 53, Laura 49, Eric 47, Tom 35

Oasis - Bob 132, Leslie 87, Rich 83, Todd 83, Mark 71

Lost Cities - Carol 53, Tom 34

Gemblo - Tom 4, Bob 6, Carol 10, Mark/Todd 11 (tie), Leslie 13

Posted by Bob on 07/03/23.

Germantown 05/29/23

  Attendance:  13

• Leslie Barkley
• Alison Fair
• Tom Hayes
• Todd Heidenreich
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Karl Musser
• Rich Parker
• Mark & Cindy Petronic
• Eric & Laura Reinhold
• Jason Ruvinsky

On this Memorial Day, we started an hour early to get in more gaming.

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Circus Flohcati - Mark 70, Bob 67, Cindy 63, Todd 48

Kingdom Builder - Alison 60, Tom 53, Jason/Leslie 45 (tie)

Abducktion - Rich 43, Carol 37, Eric ?, Laura 16

Explorers - Carol 120, Jason 119, Leslie 113, Rich 86

Attila - Mark 78, Cindy 77, Bob/Karl 74 (tie), Todd 52

Calico - Alison 63, Eric 57, Laura 54, Tom 49

Rheinlander - Jason 52, Leslie 37, Cindy/Karl 22, Mark 18

Long Shot: The Dice Game - Rich 129, Carol 95, Todd 93, Bob 76, Alison 50

Long Shot: The Dice Game by Free The Meeple on BGG.

Abducktion image by Evan Katz on BGG.

Posted by Bob on 06/02/23.

Germantown 05/15/23

 Attendance:  11

• Leslie Barkley
• Alison Fair
• Tom Hayes
• Randy Hoffman
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Rich Parker
• Mark Petronic
• Eric & Laura Reinhold
• Bill Ruvinsky

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Azul: Queen's Garden - Eric 140, Laura 133, Bill 112

Glen More - Bob, 50, Mark 45, Tom 16

Earth - Randy 194, Alison 187, Leslie 134, Carol 122, Rich 118

Sushi Go! - Mark 48, Bill 43, Bob 42, Tom 27

Azul: Queen's Garden image by Wouter on BGG.

Posted by Bob on 06/02/23.

Germantown 04/17/23

 Attendance:  16

• Leslie Barkley
• Aubrey & Shannon Bell
• Alison & Noreen Fair
• Raul Hernandez
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Paul Kalomiris
• Rich Parker
• Mark Petronic
• Eric & Laura Reinhold
• Jack Ridgeway
• Mi & MJ (French exchange students)

Welcome Mi and MJ! Thanks for joining us.

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Big Points - Mi 33, Eric 25, Laura 25, MJ 10

Big Points - Eric 23, MJ 18, Laura 17, Mi 9, Paul 6

High Score - Mi 14, MJ 10, Eric 9, Laura 7, Paul 2

Heat: Pedal to the Metal - Bob, Jack, Raul, Mark

Ra - Bob 51, Laura 44, Raul 39, Mark 29, Paul 19

The Red Cathedral - Noreen 38, Leslie 37, Rich 36

Can't Stop - MJ 3, Mi 2, Eric 2, Jack 1

Terraforming Mars - Alison 70, Aubrey 65, Shannon 63, Carol 59

The Red Cathedral image by Andres Rico on BGG.

Heat: Pedal to the Metal image by Jesus A. Perez on BGG.

Posted by Bob on 04/25/23.

Germantown 04/03/23

Attendance:  8

• Leslie Barkley
• Tom Hayes
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Rich Parker
• Mark Petronic
• Eric & Laura Reinhold

Welcome Tom!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Trekking through History - Leslie 102, Eric 80, Carol 79, Laura 70

Azul - Leslie 102, Eric 98, Laura 79, Carol 75

Pan Am - Mark 23, Tom 12, Bob 11, Rich 9

Pan Am image by Jacqueline Chao on BGG.

Germantown 03/20/2023

Attendance:  16

• Leslie Barkley
• Aubrey & Shannon Bell
• Aaron Blair
• Raul Hernandez
• Randy Hoffman
• Ryan Johnson
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Paul Kalomiris
• Rich Parker
• Jason Payne
• Mark Petronic
• Eric & Laura Reinhold
• John Weber

Exactly three years later and we're finally back!

Welcome Ryan and Jason! Thanks for joining us.

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Century Spice Road - Carol 68, Laura/Rich, Mark

Blue Moon City - Randy 4, Jason 3, Aaron 3, Ryan 3

Canvas - Carol 28, Laura 24, Rich 21, Mark 15

Sagrada - Mark 79, Rich 69, Carol 51, Laura 42

Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition - Leslie 36, Paul 34, Eric 29, Raul 27

Crossing Oceans - John 103, Aubrey 89, Bob 84, Shannon 83

Samarkand - Randy 520, Jason 350, Ryan 345, Aaron 220

Trails - Paul 30, Leslie 30, Eric 28, Raul 26

GCOM Germantown - Reopening date set!

It's been three years(!) but we're now ready to restart GCOM Germantown in-person gaming on the first, third and fifth Mondays of every month.  Our first session will be on March 20, at the usual time of 7 to 10PM.

Please note:  

 - For this first session, all are welcome, but we'd really like to know how many are coming, so please RSVP to rcrbjones@verizon.net.  After this first session, we won't require prior notice.

 - COVID infections are still high and gaming face-to-face has its health risks. We of course encourage everyone to be vaccinated. If you prefer to wear a mask, please feel free to do so. If you have any symptoms of any infectious illness, please don't attend until you're well. We can't wait to see you, but don't want this to be a spreader event.

 - As always, feel free to bring snacks or games.

 - Please do not arrive any earlier than 6:55PM. 

Hope to see you!

  Bob