Gaming This Friday In Middletown

Just wanted to invite everyone to gaming at my house in Middletown. Drop me a line if you plan on coming. We will start at 7PM and go til ... Look forward to seeing everyone soon.

Germantown 12/15/08

Attendance:

• Leslie Barkley
• Aubrey & Shannon Bell
• Dave & Martha Briggs
• Todd Heidenreich
• Doug Hoylman
• Bob Jones
• Nathaniel Klinger
  
• Carol Loman
• Eric Reinhold

First game of the night, Thurn & Taxis, the mid-European postal route game. (I know, but it's actually a really good game.) A close game, Eric won out over Carol, Leslie and Doug. Final scores were Eric 22, Doug 18, Leslie 17 & Carol 14.

As a bunch more of us arrived, we broke into two groups. At one table were Todd, Aubrey, Carol, Doug and Leslie fighting it out for galactic domination in Race for the Galaxy with The Gathering Storm. Final scores (cards + victory chips + 6 cards + goals): Leslie 20+3+8+3=34, Carol 17+5+6+5=33, Aubrey 12+8+2+8=30, Todd 16+3+5+3=27, Doug 20+3+0+3=26.

Ben really likes Ra and since it's an excellent game, I brought it along. Joining us were Dave B, Shannon & Eric. I got insanely lucky during the 2nd round when everyone else had used up all their sun tiles and I was able to purchase around 15 tiles without opposition. But more notable were Dave's Sun tiles during the second round. I've never seen anyone capture all three lowest tiles before. This really is a remarkable accomplishment.

Final scores were Bob 50, Shannon 36, Ben 26, Eric 25 and Dave B. 25. The fact that Dave caught Ben and Eric is also quite remarkable.

Ben asked Aubrey to play two player Blokus and Aubrey obliged. Aubrey won with 13 squares left to Ben's 20.

When Martha arrived, she joined Dave and Doug in one of the group's favorites, Blue Moon City Final scores were Doug 5, Dave 4 Martha 4. A very close game.

While they played BMC, the rest of us brought out another "city" game, Big City. This was a wickedly nasty game even though one of the factories wasn't played. I started out incredibly slowly, building towards a shopping center. I was successful, but not before Shannon built the other one. Alas, it wasn't enough to keep Nathaniel from the win, although that would have changed had we not run out of certain tiles. Final scores: Nathaniel 73, Eric 71, Bob 70, Aubrey 70, Shannon 68. This is probably the closest game of BC from first to last place I've ever seen.

Since the store was open till midnight, a group stayed after 10PM to play a couple more games I've never heard of. Both look interesting.

Gemlok: Nathaniel 56, Leslie 51, Doug 46

Wicked Witches Way: Nathaniel 26, Doug 25, Leslie 13

Damascus 12/05/08

This was a special session in Germantown at Bob and Carol's House. I don't seem to have the records, so I'll just list the games played.

Games Played:

Wasabi
Battlestar Galactica
Sorry! Sliders
Escalation!
No Thanks!
Wyatt Earp
Snow Tails
Too Many Cooks
Ave Caesar
Tichu

Blog Update

Hey, everyone. Just want everyone to know that we haven't abandoned the blog. Dave and I have been really busy lately so we've fallen a few weeks behind. I will do my best to get us up to date ASAP. So watch for updates soon.

Germantown 12/01/08

Attendance:

• Leslie Barkley
• Dave & Martha Briggs
• Dave Fair
  
• Todd Heidenreich
• Doug Hoylman
• Bob Jones

First up, Dominion. A very close game. Leslie 31, Dave 30, Doug 28.

When Dave and Martha arrived, Leslie joined them for Wasabi. Final scores Leslie 33, Dave B 31, Martha 19.

Meanwhile, it was a four player game of Battlestar Galactica with Bob and Todd as the Colonial humans, and Doug and Dave F eventually revealed as the Cylons. The Cylons won.

Our last game of the evening, For Sale. Bob 54, Dave F 51, Dave B 46, Leslie 43, Doug 39 and Martha 30.

Game on! Friday, December 5

Hey everyone! Because of the unfortunate business with the Damascus Community Center, we're going to host this Friday night at our house in Germantown. We'll start at 7PM and go until midnight or so. We hope you'll come on by and play some games.

Let me know if you need directions. -- Bob

Damascus 11/21/08

With Dave at BGG.Con, this session was reported by Bob.

• Carol, Bob & Ben Jones
• Noreen Fair
• Eric Haas
• Rick & Linda Pasquale
• John Stoup
  

Cheeky Monkey - Played two rounds and I crushed in both.
Ben 10+0=10
Carol 4+13=17
Noreen 7+0=7
Bob 21+35=66

Guillotine
Carol 21
Linda 17
Noreen 15
Bob 12
Rick 10

Magnet (2)
Eric won both games against John Stoup.

Agricola
Rick 49
Bob 41
Carol 32
Noreen 29
Linda 28

For Sale - A three way tie for first was broken by the number of coins left.
Rick 55 1st
Linda 55 2nd
Noreen 55 3rd
Carol 48
Bob 40

Blue Moon City
John 6
Eric 4

Continuum - Noreen crushed us in the first try of my prototype with combat.
Noreen 75
Carol 37
Bob 36
Eric 33

Hex Hex - A quick playing game that's lots of fun. Really underrated.
Bob 6
Noreen 5
Eric 3
Carol -1

Germantown 11/17/08

Fourteen gamers this night.

• Leslie Barkley
• Aubrey and Shannon Bell
• Dave and Martha Briggs
• Dave & Andrew Fair
• Todd Heidenreich
  
• Doug Hoylman
• Bob and Ben Jones
• Carol Loman
• Eric & Laura Reinhold

Sorry Sliders - A cross between shuffleboard and Crokinole, Sorry Sliders is a real winner from Hasbro. It plays quickly and is a great deal of fun. Three games were played with Carol winning 1 and Andrew winning 2. Dave F, Laura and Doug also played.

Niagara - Another game with great bits and fun gameplay which was played a lot when it came out but not so much lately. This deserves to hit the table more often. Doug won with 4 gems followed by Dave F with 3 gems (2 alike), and Leslie, Carol, Andrew and Laura tied with 3 unique gems.

Wasabi
Dave F 38
Eric 34
Laura 21
Doug 16

Ghost Stories - Bob, Ben, Leslie and Andrew fought the ghosts. The ghosts won by turning over 4 tiles.

Dominion
Martha 43
Dave B 35
Todd 34
Carol 20

Race for the Galaxy: The Gathering Storm
Bob 0+21+6+8=35
Eric 6+12=18
Doug 5+7=22

Cartagena - Thanks for Shannon for playing this with Ben.
Ben - 2
Shannon wins with all her guys escaping.

Snow Tails - The number indicates the finish order. Andrew won.
Aubrey 4
Leslie 3
Dave 2
Andrew 1

Big Points- Two games were played. First game, Aubrey crushed us. Aubrey 30, Leslie 22, Todd 21, Bob 13. Second game, I won. Bob 24, Leslie 21, Todd 18, Aubrey 17.

Fluxx - Three games were played, Eric won two, Doug won one, Dave F won zero.
Eric won with Death by Chocolate
Doug won with 5 keepers inflated
Doug won with Peace not war

We're back!

Just a reminder, we're back at our usual time and place tonight. 6PM, Damascus Community Center. We hope to see a big turnout after a couple of weeks off!

If you'd like a glimpse of what we did at Euro Quest, check out Carol's Geeklist, here: The Quest for Sleep (Euroquest 2008)

Euro Quest

Remember, no Damascus gaming tonight. Many of us are at Euro Quest all weekend! Come on by and play some games!