Brunswick Railroad Days

Also in Brunswick . . . the city has asked us to run a table at Railroad Days, this would be similar to what some of our Eastern MD compatriots do for the Laurel Main St. festival. I'd love some help doing a bit of community outreach and with the railroad theme there are some nice gateway games like Ticket to Ride that make an easy connection.  The festival is October 6 & 7, so we have time, but I wanted to get it in on people's calendars. 

Brunswick 05/19/12

Ok, so it's been awhile since I've posted any news from Brunswick, but our regular sessions are still going strong.  Last Saturday we had 10 altogether, including a welcome return by Leslie.

In attendance:

Karl Musser
Joel Halpern
Beth Warren
Mark Broksi
Brian & Lije Carpenter
Leslie Barkley
Pete Thomas & kids

Games played:
Vegas Showdown
Ticket to Ride: Switzerland
Last Will
Eminent Domain
Tribune (twice)
Pocket Battles: Celts vs. Romans
D&D: The Legend of Drizzt

Brunswick 4/17/10

HI All,

A fantastic day of gaming, well attended, and lasted til 10pm as no band showed up.

Folks present and playing were:

Leslie Barkley
Brian Carpenter
Lije Carpenter
Ron Jennings
Ben Stewart
Jack Ridgeway
Matt Linn
Daid Fair
Noreen Fair
Tom McCory

Games played, in no particular order, but with ranking of win to lose, were:

Monopoly, the card game - Jack won

Roll Through the Ages - Leslie 55, Ben 33, Lije 23

Ticket to Ride, Europe 1912 - Tom 170, Leslie 130, Lije 114, Ben 73, Noreen 61

Tichu - Noreen and Matt 1095, Leslie and Jack 405

Smallworld (on Dave's IPad) - Never did get the scores on this

Dominion (with Alchemy expansion) - Tom 39, Ben 26, Brian 25, Lije 16

Race for the Galaxy - Oops, missing scores again

TransAmerica - Jack 12, Leslie 13

Power Grid, Factory Manager - Ron, 301, Brian 281, Daid 267, Ben 246, Jack 201

That's all the games I have a record of. Looking forward to Games Days this weekend, see folks out and about.

Brunswick 11/21/2009

A beautiful day with warm sunny skies, a day for open windows and enjoying those chores which get done on a Saturday. Apparently quite a few folks felt that way as we had a small crowd in Brunswick.

The first to join me was Tim Whelan, we enjoyed a quick game of Qwirkle. I had the fortune to gain good tile draws and won with a strong lead. While we were playing Brian and Lije Carpenter showed up.

In no particular order of play, as I neglected to make note of which order they were played in, we played Dominion, Pandemic, and Aquaduct.

Tim learned Dominion and we played with a mix of cards from all three releases. A most enjoyable game won by Brian with a solid lead of 32, Lije with 24, Tim with 20 and Leslie with 18.

In Aquaduct we had a close game with many houses lost due to a lack of water. Final scoring was Brian 33, Tim 26, Lije 25, and Leslie 17.

Sadly, we failed to save the world in Pandemic. We cured both the Blue Flu and the Scarlet Fever, but the Black Death overcame us at the end.

Tim left for another gaming venue and we three remaining played a game of Qwirkle. As we were finishing the singer/songwriter arrived and did his sound tests. We managed to finish our game with Leslie at 171, Brian at 160, and Lije at 138. We then skedaddled out the door.

reported by
Leslie Barkley

Brunswick, 9/19/09

Aarrrr, a fine day in Brunswick for playing games.

Attending were:

Karl Musser
Leslie Barkley
Ben Stewart
Tim Whieldon
Lije Carpenter
Brian Carpenter
Jay Carrington
Kathy Hallahan
Dave Fair

First up, Small World was taught to Leslie (thank you enjoyed it greatly) by Brian, Lije, and Karl. A quick game won by Karl.

While Small World was finishing Dave, Jay and Kathy played Guillotine, with Kathy being the most adept at collecting those baskets of heads.

Cairo, a flicking game, was played twice by Dave, Tim, Ben, and Leslie. Ben won the first game, Leslie the second. A lot of fun as players learned to flick cubes off boats.

Samurai, the Card Game was next up for the four flickers, with Ben winning handily. An interesting method of end game scoring which made strategy during play a bit confusing for some of us.

While Cairo and Samurai were being played at one table, another table was enjoying a game of Winds of Plunder. Brian, Karl, Lije, Jay and Kathy played with Kathy being the winner.

Dave, Brian, Lije, and Ben then went to a large table to play Planet Steam. A game with very interesting looking bits. Unfortunately I don't know how this ended. I left while both they and the band were playing a bit after 7pm.

Tim, Kathy, Jay, Karl, and Leslie played Snow Tails. Kathy took an early lead coming out of the first turn and held on to it the entire game, crossing the finish line turns ahead of everyone else. Leslie gained a commanding second place, followed in very short order by Tim, Jay and then Karl.

We finished with a quick game of Take Six with Tim at 24 for his first win at this game, Leslie at 26, Karl at 27, Jay at 39, and Kathy at 83 - the cards were not kind to her in this game, perhaps the dogs ate all the good ones. During our play the band arrived, set up and started playing. We decided to end the day just after 7pm.

Brunswick, 8/15/09

Starting with the most recent gaming day I am going to get up to date on these blogs. Saturday at Beans in the Belfrey in Brunswick - hmmm, I should bring more games starting with B.

We had five folk for a few hours, Brian and Lije Carpenter, Ben Stewart, and Leslie Barkley were all there around 1pm. Tim Whieldon showed up a bit later.

We started with a game of China, brought by Leslie. We all commented that it reminded of us of another game, set in Europe, although none of us could recall the name. Play was close for much of the game, even into the final scoring with Brian and Lije both at 42, Ben at 41, and Leslie at 36.

Next up was a game of Monopoly Deal, brought by Brian and Lije, a card game which plays quite quickly. Brian won the game with 3 completed sets. Sadly, I don't remember too much of the game play itself, although Ben did have a few Birthdays. Tim arrived during play so it was nice to finish up and start a five player game.

We played Augsberg 1520, brought by Ben and acquired for $3 at a Columbus, OH gaming event. Once again we commented that it reminded us all of another game, although again none of could recall the game we were thinking of. Game play went pretty quickly, and closely, with Tim winning at 70, Leslie at 68, Brian at 67, Ben at 63 and Lije at 59.

We were approaching 6pm, when both Ben and Tim needed to leave, so we played another round of Monopoly Deal with Ben winning when he stole a card to complete a set, and then stole a complete set to give him three complete sets.

Afterwards, Brian, Lije and myself played Dominion Intrigue, brought by Leslie, with a random set. We had no multiple action cards available so the turns went very quickly. We finished shortly after 7pm, when the music starts, with Lije winning at 45, Brian at 35, and Leslie at 31.

All in all, a nice afternoon of gaming in a pleasant coffee shop. Thanks to all who came, looking forward to next month.

Brunswick, 7/18/09

My first co-host day for Brunswick. Ben Stewart showed up at 1pm and with just the two of us we played quite a few games before Brian and Lije Carpenter showed up.

First up was Igel Argern, Ben's hedgehogs proved the faster giving him the win.

Then came Agricola for two, a quicker game play, and easier for me to grasp apparently as I won with 35 to Ben's 31.

Poison came into play next, and I seem to be quite good at mixing potions, winning with 12 to Ben's 23.

However, with Settlers of Catan Ben showed his skills at exploring and settling a land, winning the game handily.

Brian and Lije arrived and we all played a game of Roll Through the Ages. It was a close game with Ben winning with 20, then Leslie with 19, Brian with 14, and Lije with 13.

Ben needed to leave at 6, so the 3 of us remaining played a few more games. The musical group playing that evening was not playing at too noisily a level so we actually played to closing time.

First up was another Roll game, followed by another Roll game. Brian won the first with 23 to Leslie and Lije both having 11. The next game Lije had 15, Leslie 13, and Brian 12 - a closer game.

I'm not sure what order the following games were played in.

Qwirkle - Brian made quite a few qwirkles and won with 158. Leslie with 128 and Lije with 126.

Race for the Galaxy - Brian won with 49, Lije 31, and Leslie with 23

Igel Argern - Lije's hedgehogs proved the fastest.

Closing time came and we left, a good afternoon and evening of gaming had by those who came. Even the musicians profited as their CD's were purchased.

Brunswick Games Day - January 5th

Brunswick Games Day
January 5th, 2008
Brunswick City Park Building
600 East Potomac St.
Brunswick, MD 21716

An Open Gaming Event
Have Fun, Learn, Share, Grow, Play

• When:
  
• Saturday January 5th from 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M.
• What:
  
• One full day of gaming fun. Free and open to the public. Board games, Card games, Role-playing games. Have fun, learn, share, play, and make new friends. Play your old favorites and learn some new ones. Bring your own games and you'll find players to play. Experienced game masters will be available to teach most games. All ages are welcome, but children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
• Railroad Games:
  
• Age of Steam, Empire Builder, Eurorails, Express, Hell Rail, Iron Dragon, Santa Fe Rails, Silverton, Stephenson's Rocket, Ticket To Ride, Transamerica, Union Pacific.
• German Games:
  
• Attika, Bohnanza, Carcassonne, Caribbean, Citadels, Clippers, Corsairs, Elfenland, Lord of the Rings, Medici, Mississippi Queen, Pirate's Cove, Puerto Rico, Ra, Rheinlander, St. Petersburg, Settlers of Catan, Take 6, Web of Power.
• Classics:
  
• Backgammon, Checkers, Chess, Clue, Go, Mille Bornes, Monopoly, Pit, Risk, Trivial Pursuit
• Game Companies Represented:
• Steve Jackson Games (Chez Geek, Frag, Illuminati, Munchkin, Ninjaburger, X-bugs)
• Cheapass Games (Button Men, Capt. Park's Imaginary Polar Expedition, Give Me the Brain, Kill Dr. Lucky, Lord of the Fries, Save Dr. Lucky, Witch Trial)
• Looney Labs (Fluxx, EcoFluxx, NanoFictionary, Zendo, Chrononauts, Volcano, IceTowers, Aquarius, Treehouse, Are You a Werewolf)
• Mystic Station Designs (Chivalry & Sorcery, Traveller)
• Slugfest Games (En Garde, Kung Fu Fighting)
• Other Games Provided:
• 221B Baker Street, Acquire, A Game of Thrones, Apples to Apples, Chairs, Cosmic Encounter, Cthulhu 500, Hamlet, Hills Rise Wild!, History of the World, Junta, Lunch Money, Management Material, Nuclear War, Plague & Pestilence, Road to the Whitehouse, Tribond, Vinci, Who Stole Ed's Pants, Wiz War, Zombies!.
• Game Clubs Represented:
• Games Club of Maryland
• Monocacy Gamers
• Where:
• Brunswick City Park Building
• 600 block of East Potomac Street
• Brunswick, MD 21716
• Contact:
• Karl Musser
• 24 Gum Spring Rd.
• Brunswick, MD 21716
• 240-462-3029
• karl_musser@yahoo.com

Brunswick 10/20/07

Since I'm a bad blogger and missed writing the last session report, you'll get two fro the price of one this time.

From last month we got together on 9/15/2007 - with just four players, Karl Musser, Brian Carpenter, Lije Bailey, and newcomer Charles Fout. Charles and I started off with a quick game of Kahuna. Once Brian and Lije arrived we decided to take our turns being pirates with Plunder and afterwards we closed out with a game of 6 Nimmt!

This past Saturday we met again with the same four plus Samantha Francis and my friend Raul who was in town from Columbus for a weekend. Most of the day was taken us with a game of Vinci. I was doing well until the mid-game when my civilizations got wiped off the board. Lije dominated the rest of the game and took the victory despite a late charge from Raul who got to within 2 victory points at the end. Charles had to leave, but we had a late arrival in Tim O'Genshain who joined us for another game of 6 Nimmt! - this one Brian walked away with.

Our next session is 11/17/2007.

Brunswick 08/18/07

GCOM - Brunswick finally returns. We had six players at the Beans in the Belfry coffeeshop this Saturday.

• Karl Musser
  
• John Weber
  
• Mike Goshen
  
• Jami Beck
  
• Sean Williams
  
• Tim O'Genshain
  

John was the first to arrive and we played a quick game of Fjords while waiting for others to arrive, John eked out the victory by one point.

By the time we were done Jami and Sean, two Brunswick regulars, and Mike Goshen from the Frederick gaming group had arrived. I had pre-release copies of the latest from Slugfest Games and we decided to try out Tiki Mountain. This is a light and silly game about racing to the top of the volcano to be the first to offer yourself as a sacrifice to the angry volcano god. Jami was the first to reach the top but her cards failed her at the last minute allowing John to be the first to throw himself into the lava, but his sacrifice is deemed unworthy by the god for the lack of an item card to give up. I'm the next fling myself in and fortunately I'm accepted and take the win.

We followed that up with Hollywood Blockbuster in which John manages to beat us all with only finishing two movies. I didn't get the point totals, but it was pretty close all around, if there hadn't been quite so much spending in pursuit of the worst movie John could've been caught. It was my first play with the new edition, I think I like the look of the Traumfabrik a little better, but the game play is the same.

Jami and Sean have to leave, but Tim joins us a late addition and we play a game of Louis XIV in which once again John takes the victory finishing one more mission than the rest of us and 47 points. Tim comes in second at 40 and Mike and I close on his heels at 39.

All in all a good time. We'll be back next month on the 15th.

Also want to make a quite plug for TCEP 14: Gamers of the Caribbean coming up on Labor Day weekend in Laurel, this is one of Maryland's best gaming conventions and doesn't get a lot of press, highly recommended. I'll be there with a full load of pirate games.

Brunswick 04/21/07

Hello all, I'll start off with a report of our last session.

For those that haven't been there the Brunswick GCOM session are held at the Beans in the Belfry coffeeshop in Brunswick. It's a great place, built in a converted church. They have good food and plenty of space.

The afternoon started off with 3 local Brunswick folks in attendence, Lynnette, Jim, and Noelle. First played was Dia de los Muertos, which is a neat little 4-person trick taking game that I really like, but rarely get to play. Lynnette and I paired off against Jim and Noelle and we managed to eke out the victory 3 to 2. We followed that up with Witch Trial, which is one of my favorites of the Cheapass games. Much fun was had selling out the innocent for money and explaining how your evidence bears on the case. One of my favorites - defense against of a dead woman against the charge of heliopropism, "her loving family turned her away from the sun regularly." Lynnette proved the most rich prestigious lawyer in the end.

They had to leave early and as it was already late afternoon and I wasn't expecting anyone else I headed home. To my suprise I got phone call from Scott Fisher saying that he and Sarah were over at Beans. I must of just missed them. Since the car wasn't even unloaded yet I headed back over.

We played Kreta, which was new for both of them. I ended up running away with it, somehow I don't think I'll have it so easy next time though. After that we played Bohnanza which I also won, but by a much narrower margin.