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.

Germantown 08/31/15 - PIRATES!

Attendance:  13

• Leslie Barkley
• Dave, Noreen, & Andrew Fair
• Nick Ferris
• Jennifer Glinzak
• Randy Hoffman
• Doug Hoylman
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Rich Parker
• Kelsey Smith
• Chris Sears (formerly Wottawa)

Arr! The theme for this fifth Monday was Pirates! And amazingly, for the first time, every game we played matched the theme!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Buried Treasure - Randy, Doug
Cartagena - Randy, Doug, Bob
Jamaica - Rich 20, Dave 6, Leslie 5, Carol -1, Noreen -1, Andrew -2
Rum & Pirates - Kelsey 74, Jenn 71, Nick 62, Bob 55, Chris 53
Cartagena - Dave 7, Andrew 3, Rich 1
Port Royal - Andrew 12, Rich 6, Dave 3
Viceroy - Randy 70, Leslie 62, Doug 49, Noreen 21
Port Royal - Bob 13, Chris 12, Jenn 9, Nick 7

Jamaica image by Cássio F. Lemos on BGG.

Posted by Bob on 10/17/15.

Germantown 06/29/15 - ITALY

Attendance:  16

• Leslie Barkley
• Aubrey & Shannon Bell
• Barbara Colomer
• Noreen Fair
• Nick Ferris
• Jennifer Glinzak
• Ethan Goffman
• Randy Hoffman
• Doug Hoylman
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Rich Parker
• Laura Reinhold
• Kelsey Smith
• Chris Wottawa

Welcome, Barbara! Our theme for this fifth Monday of the month was Italy!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Ave Caesar - Noreen 17, Shannon 14, Aubrey 14, Barbara 8, Leslie 6, Laura 4
Freedom (not thematic) - Lost, but freed 12 of 24 slaves.
Condottiere - Leslie/Noreen (tied), Bob, Aubrey, Shannon
Colosseum - Carol 77, Jenn 75, Kelsey 71, Chris 62, Nick 62
Zen Garden (not thematic) - Doug 7, Ethan 6, Randy 3, Rich 3
Condottiere - Bob 6, Aubrey 5, Leslie 2, Noreen 2, Shannon 1

Condottiere image by Frank Wimmer on BGG.

Posted by Bob on 08/01/15.

Germantown 09/29/14 - WORKER PLACEMENT

Attendance:  14

• Leslie Barkley
• Nick Ferris
• Henry Ho
• Randy Hoffman
• Doug Hoylman
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Ben & Rich Parker
• Eric & Laura Reinhold
• Kelsey Smith
• Howard Wagner
• Chris Wottawa

On this fifth Monday of September, our special theme was Worker Placement Games.

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Cave Troll - Carol 82, Rich 80, Randy 79, Ben 55
Stone Age - Leslie 132, Howard 116, Doug 100, Eric 91
Pillars of the Earth (with expansion) - Bob 52, Kelsey 50, Nick 48, Chris 46, Laura 42, Henry 38
Race for the Galaxy - Leslie 30, Eric 24, Howard 19, Doug 17
Spyrium - Ben 72, Rich 59, Randy 39

Spyrium image by Daniel Danzer on BGG.

Posted by Bob on 10/05/14.

Germantown 06/30/14 - POLYNESIA

Attendance:  21

• Leslie Barkley
• Shannon & Aubrey Bell
• Paul Czarnota
• Dave & Andrew Fair
• Nick Ferris
• Jennifer Glinzak
• Ethan Goffman
• Randy Hoffman
• Caleb Hopkins
• Doug Hoylman
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Cynthia Lewis
• Rich Parker
• Sarah Pimsler
• Laura & Eric Reinhold
• Arne Schwettmann
• Marianne Szlyk

As this was the fifth Monday of the month, we held our second "theme" night, playing games with the same basic theme. Tonight's theme was Polynesia!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Kahuna - Cynthia 1, Leslie 0
Maori - Ethan 48, Laura 45, Doug 39, Rich 30, Sarah 28
Hotel Somoa - Andrew 163, Caleb 156, Marianne 153, Bob 126
Maori - Eric 37, Paul 35, Shannon 33, Arne 30, Aubrey 24
Forbidden Island - Shannon, Aubrey, Randy and Doug all won
Hanging Gardens - Rich 41, Sarah 38, Laura 31, Ethan 28
Hawaii - Dave 108, Carol 96, Nick 75, Jenn 72
Samurai - Paul, Caleb & Bob tied, Arne
No Thanks! - Nick 0, Dave -10, Carol -39, Jenn -65
Qwixx - Laura 84, Rich 64, Marianne 56, Ethan 50, Sarah 44
Qwixx - Laura 85, Marianne 78, Ethan 54, Rich 51, Sarah 47
No Thanks! - Dave -32, Jenn -34, Carol -46, Nick -53
7 Wonders - Andrew 58, Eric 55, Leslie 53, Cynthia 44,
High Society - Paul 2, Arne, 0, Caleb 0, Bob 0
High Society - Caleb 9.5, Bob 3, Paul 0, Arne 18 (lowest money)
Cave Troll - Doug 61, Randy 52, Aubrey 51, Shannon 34

Maori image by Ender Wiggins

Posted by Bob on 07/26/14.

Germantown 03/31/14 - OUTER SPACE

Attendance:  19

• Leslie Barkley
• Paul Czarnota
• Dave, Andrew & Corwin Fair
• Nick Ferris
• Henry Ho
• Randy Hoffman
• Rebecca Holte
• Doug Hoylman
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Sarah Pimsler
• Eric & Laura Reinhold
• Gordon Rotter
• Arne Schwettmann
• Alf & Cynthia Shupe

In anticipation of this, the fifth Monday of the month, we decided we would start having theme nights on every fifth Monday. For this inaugural session, we went with OUTER SPACE! All games (except Qwixx, which we played A LOT) had an outer space theme.

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Space Beans - Dave 34, Corwin 33, Laura 30, Eric 27, Bob 27, Rebecca 25
Race For the Galaxy - Leslie 40, Gordon 26, Cynthia 21
Race For the Galaxy - Eric 32, Gordon 30, Paul 27
Battle Beyond Space - Dave 26, Laura 22, Cynthia 15
Continuum - Leslie 72, Bob 65, Rebecca 60, Corwin 56
Merchants of Venus - Henry 1676, Randy 1612, Alf 1105
Qwixx - Gordon 69, Dave 65, Paul 44
Qwixx - Paul 109, Dave 85, Henry 85, Gordon 74
Qwixx - Dave 89, Randy 72, Paul 62, Henry 56
Qwixx - Paul 67, Randy 59, Dave 49, Henry 47
Qwixx - Randy 116 Henry 61, Paul 46
Cosmic Wimpout - Bob 305, Leslie 210, Corwin 205
Cosmic Wimpout - Leslie 405, Corwin 385, Bob 0
Battlestar Galactica (with expansions) - Carol, Doug, Nick, Sarah, Andrew won as human. Arne lost as Cylon.
Qwixx - Paul 68, Randy 63, Henry 62, Leslie 41
Qwixx - Henry 59, Leslie 59, Paul 27, Randy 22

Battle Beyond Space image by a_traveler on BGG.