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.

Frederick South 4/10/2010

While still somehat fresh in my memory let me share our Saturday gaming with you. We had a good crowd for the day and were able to play quite a few games.

Karl Musser
Jack Ridgeway
Doug Hoylman
Debbie Williams
Fran Lunney
and myself, Leslie Barkley

We started with a game of Ticket to Ride -Mega game with five of us in the cafe area, Doug arriving after the game had started. Early on LA became crowded out, and then all approaches to connections became crowded. It was a competitive game with routes disappearing quickly. Finished with Karl 132, Jack 118, Debbie 106, Fran 100, Leslie 82.

We were then able to move to the Community Room for the rest of the gaming. We started with a game Dominoes teaching Doug our scoring system. The game moved quickly with Fran scoring nothing for the first four rounds and then jumping into the lead quickly. Final scoring Fran 403, Doug 365, Jack 330, Debbie 324, Leslie 204, and Karl 198.

We then broke into two groups of three. Debbie, Karl and Leslie played Chinatown as Karl owns it and wanted to play it at least once. Our final scores (000) were Debbie 1520, Karl 1350, and Leslie 1310. While we three were playing Chinatown the other three actually made it through two games.

First up Fran, Jack, and Doug played Aquadukt with Doug winning. Next up was Carcasonne which Doug also won. We then switched around the groups a bit and Karl, Doug and Leslie played Ticket to Ride-Nordic Countries. Leslie 148, Doug 127, Karl 115. Debbie, Fran and Jack played Settlers of Catan and called it when Ticket ended with Fran at 7, Debbie at 4, and Jack at 2.

We then joined up and played Lucky Loop, which no one had played before so there were some learning curve issues but I think we played it correctly. Fran won completing her free flight with only two other players eligible to try for a free flight.

Karl had to leave so we played another 5 player Ticket to Ride-Mega game, this time Atlanta was the city in demand. Leslie 145, Doug 127, Fran 114, Debbie 110, Jack 106.

The final game of the day was Qwirkle Cube, with several Qwirkle's during play the game was quite close. Fran 79, Debbie 75, Leslie 67, Doug 66, Jack 64.

We then left the Common Market and parted company. I hope everyone had a good day of gaming and a safe trip home.

Leslie

Germantown 04/05/10

Attendance - 14:

• Chris & Tiffany Bass, & Clarisa Findley
• Aubrey Bell
  
• David & Martha Briggs
• Ethan Goffman
• Todd Heidenreich
• Doug Hoylman
• Benl & Bob Jones
• Carol Loman
• Eric & Laura Reinhold

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Qwirkle -Doug 164, Ethan 140, Carol 108
Aquadukt - Ethan, Doug, Carol
Kill Doctor Lucky - Aubrey won over Tiffany, Chris, Clarisa and Laura
Ingenious - Bob 14, Ben 10, Eric 10
Pickomino - Ben 9, Eric 5, Bob 4
Cribbage - Todd 121, Martha 115, David 110
Bohnanza - Clarisa 11, Laura 11, Ethan 10, Tiffany 9, Chris 8, Aubrey 8, Doug 8
Igel Argern -Eric 3, Chris 1, Doug, Ethan, Aubrey, Tiffany
Pickomino -Clarisa 14, Ben 12
Zeus on the Loose -Ben 4, Clarisa 1

Posted by Bob.

Germantown 03/29/10

Attendance - 19:

• Leslie Barkley
• Aubrey & Shannon Bell
• Christopher & Tiffany Bass 
• David & Martha Briggs 
• Marc Drexler
• Dave Fair
• Todd Heidenreich
• Doug Hoylman
• Dan Hucker
• Ben, Carol & Bob Jones
• Nathaniel Klinger 
• Mike Mullins
• Laura & Eric Reinhold

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Lost Cities Boardgame - Chris 330, Aubrey 300, Leslie 220, Tiffany 215
Alea Iacta Est - Laura 43, Doug 40, Dave F 38, Eric 38, Mike 30
Cartagena - Todd 6, Ben 5, Dan 3, Bob 3
Canyon - Carol, Eric, Mike, Doug
Diamant - Ben 29, Doug 28, Carol 21, Eric 8
Duck! Duck! Go!  - Laura, Aubrey, Chris, Leslie, Bird-dog Duck, Shannon
Granada - Bob 132, Dan 124, Dave F 116, Todd 83, Tiffany 64
Gloria Mundi - Nathaniel, Marc, David B, Martha

Germantown 03/15/10

Attendance - 13:

• Leslie Barkley
• Aubrey & Shannon Bell
• Christopher & Tiffany Bass & Clarisa Findley
• Todd Heidenreich
• Doug Hoylman
• Dan Hucker
• Ben & Bob Jones
• Carol Loman
• Doug Mercer

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation - Bob won, getting Frodo into Mordor, against Ben.
Pickomino - Ben 8, Bob 7
Zombie Fluxx - Leslie, Doug H, Doug M, Carol
Pickomino - Clarisa 13, Ben 0
Duck! Duck! Go! - Bob, Chris, Shannon, Aubrey, Tiffany, Doug H.
  - See picture below!
Cheeky Monkey - Clarisa 71, Ben 30
Raj - Ben 38, Clarisa 2
Raj - Ben 31, Clarisa 9
Thurn and Taxis - Doug H 28, Tiffany 19, Shannon 18, Aubrey 8
Dragonland - Ben 44, Bob 42, Clarisa 32, Chris 20
Big Points - Clarisa 36,. Chris 35, Bob 35
  - What a close game!
Set - Doug H 9, Tiffany 7, Aubrey 4, Shannon 4
Automobile - Todd 3780, Doug M  3000, Leslie 2780, Dan 2360
Zombie Fluxx - Shannon, Aubrey, Doug H, Tiffany

Here's a picture of Aubrey with his (losing) duck in Duck! Duck! Go!  Look familiar?  (click to enlarge)

Frederick South, 3/13/10

Attendees were:

Debbie Williams
Fran Lunney, recovered from her auto accident last month
Jack Ridgway, safely unharmed from his auto accident that morning
Leslie Barkley

Games played:

Dominoes
Aquaduct
Ticket to Ride
Acquire - big thank you to Jack
Blue Moon City - played twice

A good time was had by all I hope.

Germantown 03/01/10

Attendance - 20:

• Leslie Barkley
• Aubrey & Shannon Bell
  
• David & Martha Briggs
• Marc Drexler
• Dave Fair
  
• Christopher & Tiffany Bass & Clarisa Findley
• Todd Heidenreich
• Doug Hoylman
• Ben & Bob Jones
• Nicholas Kelley
• Nathaniel Klinger
  
• Carol Loman
• Doug Mercer
• Eric & Laura Reinhold
  

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Piece o' Cake - No scores recorded.
Big Points - Bob 24, Nathaniel 21, Clarisa 17, Marc 15, Ben 14
Homesteaders - Doug 58, Todd 48, Leslie 40
Dominion - Laura 23, David 19, Eric 18, Martha 18
Big Points - David 30, Eric 28, Martha 27
Big Points - Eric 37, Martha 37, David 27
Citadels - Nathaniel 27, Marc 22, Shannon 21, Ben 17, Aubrey 15, Bob 15, Clarisa 14, Nicholas 14
Power Grid Benelux - Carol 15, Dave 15, Doug 15, Chris 14, Tiffany 13
The Adventurers - Clarisa 18, Dave 0, Ben 0, Nicholas 0, Bob KIA
Uptown - Marc 1/8, Leslie 1/8, Chris 3, Shannon 4, Aubrey 5
Euchre - Todd/Doug M 10, Doug H 2
Factory Manager - Doug M 58, Todd 48, Leslie 40

Brunswick, 2/20/10

So I've blundered on the blogging and am behind the billiard ball.

Attendees were:

Karl Musser
Ben Stewart
Chris Vaughn
Scott and Carly Fisher
Leslie Barkley
Jacob and Matie Trewe
Laura Dingle
Josh Gifford
Shawn and Christy Hummer
Ashley Oliver

Games played were:

Snow Tails
Vasco de Gama
Ticket to Ride
Merchants of Venus
Scrabble
Dominion - Seaside
Take Six
Igel Argern

I've no record of who played which games, wins or losses. I hope everyone had a good time.

Germantown 02/15/10

Attendance - 19:

• Leslie Barkley
• Aubrey & Shannon Bell
• David & Martha Briggs
• Dave Fair
• Scott Fisher
• Christopher & Tiffany Bass & Clarisa Findley
• Todd Heidenreich
• Ben & Bob Jones
• Steve Lollis
• Doug Mercer
• Eric & Laura Reinhold
• Bill Ruvinsky
• Bill Salvatore

Meeting on Presidents Day allowed some folk to arrive early and cranked up the number of games played.  Also, we welcome Bill Ruvinsky!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Fluxx (3 games) - Chris 2, Tiffany 1, Clarissa, Eric
Mamma Mia - Tiffany, Clarisa, Chris, Eric
Shipyard - Dave 93, Scott 88, Steve 59, Bill S 56
Maori - Chris 43, Todd 39, Tiffany 36, Clarissa 16
The Hanging Gardens - Dave 45, Steve 40, Scott 39, Bill S 23
UWO - Leslie and Eric tied
Ave Caesar (4 races) - Doug 6+4+6+0=16, Scott 4+3+1+6=14, Dave 3+1+3+4=11, Steve 0+6+4+0=10, Leslie 2+2+2+0=6, Eric 0+0+0+3=3
Blue Moon City - Todd 5, Martha 3, David 2
Factory Manager - Dave 342, Doug 339, Eric 247, Leslie 235
Bohnanza - Tiffany 12, Bob 12, Chris 11, Clarisa 10, Ben 9, Laura 6
Zeus on the Loose - Ben 4, Chris 3, Clarisa 2
Steel Driver - Shannon 1220, Todd 1060, Martha 1020, David 1020, Aubrey 1000
Top Secret Spies - Aubrey 46, Tiffany 44, Eric 42, Leslie 35, Todd 34, Bob 23
Citadels - Bob 25, Chris 24, Tiffany 24, Bill R 18, Ben 17, Clarisa 12

Frederick South 2/13/2010

Thought I'd post this while fresh in the memory. I started the day at the Common Market early with Veggie Annie's Chocolate Tasting class. I tasted 6 types of dark chocolate, an Aztec style chocolate drink, and made some truffles (2 came home with me). What a great way to start a day out.

While the parking lot did have piles of snow, and the store was quite busy, the Community Room was available from 1pm so we had a nice area to play games in. Jack Ridgeway and I, Leslie Barkley, were the only folks there so we played a few games.

First up was a favorite of both of us, Ticket to Ride, Jack won the first game 139 to 122, while I won the second 162 to 160.

Next came a game of Risk, the original, which had a good bit of back and forth until I grew tired of Jack breaking my continents each turn. I had some lucky card draws and so we quickly played through sets. Within a few rounds I played a set of cards and Jack conceded as he looked at 30+ armies massed to march through his single army countries.

Next up was San Juan, this was an open handed play while Jack learned the game. He won at 26 to 24 and agreed that while he understood the game play it would take a few more games to really establish strategy.

We then tried Big Fat Lies, a learning experience for both of us. This is a trivia type of game which ranges over quite a few knowledge areas. I won.

Blokus Trigon was the next game, with our most difficult part remembering which color we were supposed to be playing. We kept it straight, and I ended up winning this one as well.

Our final game for the evening was Mystery Rummy, Case File #4. This is the Chicago gang version, and I always enjoy reading the cards and learning those little tidbits of information they provide. We couldn't finish the game, but Jack played a shut-out strategy for the fourth hand and won 161 to 146.

If one of the more experienced bloggers wants to let me know how to link in the games and names I'll be glad to start doing so. Otherwise you'll just get my meandering rambling prose, well you'll probably get that anyways.

Hope all were safe and warm during the blizzards, look forward to gaming with you in the future.

Leslie Barkley