October 13

Eric and Jay arrived first. While we were waiting for Glenn to arrive, we played Dragon’s Gold. During the course of the game, Carol got a magic item which allowed her to steal treasures from face up dragons until she was caught. Nobody noticed anything until a dragon which should have had 11 treasures was slain and was found to have only 7. Carol won.

Glenn arrived during the game of Dragon’s Gold. After that game was over, Rachel dropped out and we played El Grande, which Eric won. Next up was Carcassone, won by Bob.

Then we played Princes of Florence. Eric and Bob adopted a strategy of collecting as many profession and recruiting cards as they could early in the game. Both were able to complete six works and, ended up tied at a score of 53. However, Eric had 300 florins left to Bob’s 100 so, Eric won.

Last was Air Baron. Carol suffered a crash early on. Then several early fuel price hikes forced Carol, Eric and Glenn to take out loans. Throughout the rest of the game, few of Eric’s chits were drawn, leaving him on the verge of bankruptcy, while repeated draws of LAX and several foreign airports controlled by Glenn gave him an easy victory.

October 6, 2001

Axis & Allies was the only game of the evening. Glenn played Russia, Steve played Germany, Dan played the U.K., Bob played Japan and Eric played the USA. The USA never got involved in Europe, and was basically stalemated against Japan in the Pacific. Russia and Britian did well against Germany in Europe. The Allies won.