Germantown 04/16/12

Attendance:  11

• Dave, Noreen & Andrew Fair
• Doug Hoylman
• Bob, Carol & Ben Jones
• Eric & Laura Reinhold
• Howard & Stacia Wagner

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Pandemic - Ben, Andrew, Doug, Bob - Played at the highest level of difficulty, we cured two diseases, but the human race lost.
Ave Caesar - Eric 14, Howard 11, Noreen 9, Stacia 7, Dave 5, Laura 1
Africa - Bob 55, Andrew 47, Doug 43, Ben 42
Witch's Brew - Eric 32, Laura 28, Carol 25, Doug 22
Last Will - Bob -6 (tiebreaker), Howard -6, Dave -3, Stacia -1, Andrew 17.

Last Will - picture by AndriusLT on BGG

Posted by Bob on 04/19/12.

Frederick Gaming

The last two months of gaming were held at the Glade Valley Rehab Center where I, Leslie Barkley, was getting rehab for her shattered tibia. No notes were kept of games played or attendees. Perhaps someone will keep notes of tomorrows session at the Common Market as it is unlikely I will make it due to a backlog of work.

15th Annual GCOM Game Days!

GAMES CLUB OF MARYLAND
PRESENTS the FIFTEENTH annual

GAME DAYS

April 26th - April 29th, 2012

Holiday Inn
9615 Deereco Road

Timonium, Maryland 21093

When:	Thursday, April 26th at 10AM through Sunday, April 29th at 6:00 PM Over eighty (80) hours of available open gaming time!
What:	Four days of open gaming. Open to the public. Have fun, learn, bond, make friends and compete with the best group of gamers around. The camaraderie is great! The convention known for learning new games by experienced Game Masters.

Pre-registration:	Sign up on-line with PayPal Deadline: Friday, April 13th, 2012. All Four days $40. Any one day $15. GCOM Supporting Members: All Four days $35. Any one day $10.
Registration at the Door:	Four Days: $50, Three Days: $40, Two Days: $30, One Day: $20. Sunday Only Special: $10. GCOM Supporting Members: Four Days: $45, Three Days: $35, Two Days: $25, One Day: $15. Seventeen and under: $5 per day. Must be accompanied by a paying adult.

For more info:  GCOM Game Days

Germantown 04/02/12

Attendance: 7

• Noreen & Andrew Fair
• Nick Ferris
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Eric & Laura Reinhold

Once again we had seven players.  We hadn't played Seven Wonders in a while, so that seemed natural.  Congratulations to Laura for winning her first game, a game I thought I had sewn up.

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Seven Wonders - Laura 75, Bob 65, Nick 57, Carol 49, Noreen 40, Andrew 39, Eric 36.
Top Secret Spies - Nick 43, Bob 41, Laura 41,  Carol 39, Noreen 38, Eric 38, Andrew 30.
  - For fun, about 2/3rds of the way through the game we each secretly wrote down which color spy we thought each player was.  Only Nick and Bob got it right.

Posted by Bob on 04/10/05.

Germantown 03/19/12

Attendance: 11

• Laura DeWalt
• Dave, Noreen & Andrew Fair
• Nick Ferris
• Doug Hoylman
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Eric & Laura Reinhold
• Stacia Wagner

Welcome, Laura D, to GCOM Germantown!

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Hornochsen! - Dave 8, Doug 26, Eric 27, Laura R 36, Stacia 46, Noreen 58
  - This was pretty much a rout by Dave.
Honor of the Samurai - Carol 400, Bob 275, Andrew 250, Laura D 210, Nick 190
  - We haven't played this samurai-themed card game in years.  I was wanting to play as my homebrewed cards were recently the subject of some discussion on Boardgamegeek.  Fortunes were wild as usual in this game but everyone except Andrew neglected to attack Carol when she was Shogun and poised for victory, and so we suffered a sudden and disappointing loss.
Ticket to Ride Asia - Dave and Noreen 183, Eric and Laura R 154, Stacia and Doug 142
Alhambra - Bob 97, Carol 84, Laura D 83, Andrew 65, Nick 53

Honor of the Samurai homebrewed cards.

Posted by Bob on 04/10/12.

Germantown 03/05/12

Attendance: 6

• Dave Fair
• Nick Ferris
• Doug Hoylman
• Bob Jones
• Eric & Laura Reinhold

I'm not sure this has ever happened before.  We played ONE game.  With six players we happily brought out Power Grid: Japan.  And we played it wrong.

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Power Grid - Eric 16, Dave 15, Nick 13, Doug 13, Bob 13, Laura 13.

It turns out that Dave' deck of power plants was missing a few cards and we didn't notice.  Lacking certain plants gave an advantage to those who invested early in nuclear power.  It didn't really taint the victory, however, because anyone could have invested in nukes early.  As it was, Eric and Dave crunched the rest of us.

The Japan board.  Photo from BGG

Posted by Bob on 04/10/12.

Germantown 02/20/12

Attendance:  3

• Nick Ferris
• Bob Jones
• Stacia Wagner

Likely due to the holiday and the nearness of Prezcon, we mustered only three stalwart players.  Still, some great gaming ensued.

Games Played (scores in order of place):

Crokinole - Nick 175, Bob 60
 - It should be noted that prior to the last turn, the score was a respectable 85 to 60 in Nick's favor.  Nick scored 90 points on the last turn making this a complete blowout.
Stone Age - Stacia 200, Bob 146, Nick 136
 - Stacia crushed us by collecting all eight different symbols on the cards.
San Marco - Nick 74, Stacia 72, Bob 65
 - Bob was ahead after both the first and second scoring rounds but was completely shut down by Nick and Stacia in the third.  He also made one bad split that resulted in Nick and Stacia getting an extra turn without him.

Posted by Bob on 03/04/12.

Germantown 02/06/12

Attendance: 7

• Nick Ferris
• Doug Hoylman
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Eric & Laura Reinhold
• Stacia Wagner

Having seven players can be challenging in finding games to play. We managed quite well.

Games Played (scores in order of place)

7 Wonders - Eric 76, Carol 67, Stacia 57, Doug 56, Nick 53, Laura 51, Bob 40

Shadows Over Camelot photo from BGG.

Shadows Over Camelot - An epic battle of good versus evil.  The good Knighs of the Round Table, Doug, Nick, Carol, Eric, Stacia, Laura and Bob, started out with some early victories and really favorable card draws.  The Saxons and Picts were unusually peaceful, the Black Knight easily dispatched, and most effort spent searching for the Grail and Excalibur.  As the game wore on, however, the seven Knights more and more often took grievous bodily wounds as their evil action, endangering their very lives.

No traitor was evident, though the Knights watched closely for any traitorous activity and some had suspicions.  Then, at a particularly weak moment for the Knights, a Morgan card was drawn, doing one point of damage to each Knight.  Unfortunately, loyal Knights Doug, Carol and Nick succumbed to their wounds, leaving Eric, Stacia, Laura and Bob to face an increasingly bleak situation.  Fearing that a traitor would quickly end the game, Stacia asked Bob whether she should accuse Laura, whom she had long suspected of being a traitor.  Bob nodded in agreement.

Laura was accused and revealed herself to be a loyal Knight of the Round Table.  The balance was quickly shifting to evil.  Laura took her turn and it fell to Bob.  To Eric's indignant protest, Bob accused Eric of being the traitor.  Eric exposed his Loyalty card, declaring that Bob had cost the group the game, which was entirely true.

Bob flipped his own card, showing himself to be the traitor and capturing the victory for himself alone.

Posted by Bob on 03/04/12.

Germantown 01/30/12

Attendance:  9

• Dave & Noreen Fair
• Nick Ferris
• Doug Hoylman
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Eric & Laura Reinhold
• Stacia Wagner

Games Played (scores in order of place)

7 Wonders - Bob 69, Eric 64, Nick 63, Stacia 62, Doug 62, Carol 54, Laura 49
Cambria - Stacia 20, Dave 19, Nick 9, Bob 9
  - We played this game incorrectly due to the terrible rulebook and actual printing errors on the gameboard.  We'll try it again another time.
Roll through the Ages - Carol 27, Laura 20, Eric 14, Noreen 8
Liar's Poker - Dave, Stacia, Nick, Doug, Bob
Around the World in 80 Days - Stacia 75, Dave 77, Noreen 80, Doug 81, Bob 83, Nick did not finish.

Posted by Bob on 02/28/12.

Germantown 01/16/12

Attendance:  10

• Dave & Noreen Fair
• Nick Ferris
• Ethan Goffman
• Doug Hoylman
• Bob & Carol Jones
• Eric & Laura Reinhold
• Stacia Wagner

Games Played (scores in order of place):

6 Nimmt - Doug 21, Bob 24, Ethan 34, Stacia 40, Noreen 45, Carol 45, Dave 49, Laura 57, Nick 64, Eric 67
Rheinlander - Dave 34, Eric 32, Bob 27, Carol 25, Laura 22
Alhambra - Stacia 109, Nick 83, Doug 73, Noreen 68, Ethan 64
Crokinole - Nick 135, Stacia 10
Witches Brew - Bob 26, Doug 24, Ethan 17, Carol 11
Tichu - Dave/Noreen 1055, Nick/Stacia 845

Posted by Bob on 02/25/12.