July 30, 2005

Hey everyone! We had a great time on Saturday. It took a while for everyone to arrive but all told we had fourteen players. Attending were Bob, Carol and Rachel Jones, Eric Haas, Scott Percival, Dave, Noreen and Andrew Fair, Bill, Stephanie, Jason and Alex Ruvinsky and Paul Bartholomew. As you can see, we played a ton of games.

I hope we can get together and do Shadowland and gaming some Saturday in late August or early September. I’ll send around an e-mail when we get back from Indiana.

Below is the tally of games (winner listed in bold):
Tote Board

• Blokus Dave, Rachel, Carol, Bob
• Parking Lot Game Eric 34, Dave 31, Bob 30, Carol 30, Scott 30, Rachel 25
  • Bob: This is a prototype I’ve been thinking about for some time. It’s a game of tactical vehicle movement in which players maneuver onto a two-dimensional scoring grid. Okay, it’s a parking lot game. The playtest went very well. Thanks to everyone for indulging me. It won’t be the last time.
• Verflixxt! Dave 17, Eric 13, Rachel J 9, Bob 9, Scott 7, Carol 0
• China Scott 41, Dave 40, Bob 36, Eric 30, Carol 22
  • Bob: China is the rerelease and retheming of Web of Power. Very good game.
• Brawl Jason, Paul
• Euphrat & Tigris Eric 7, Scott 5, Bob 4, Dave 4
  • Bob: Haven’t played this in a long time. (9/27/03) Wanted to introduce it to Scott and he loved it. Everyone played a rather nasty, very tight game.
  • Eric: Near the end of the game, I was doing well in every color except green, where I only had two points. I had just drawn two green tiles, when Scott started a conflict between his green leader and mine. The two tiles I had drawn were exactly what I needed to win the battle, which gave me five green points, and ended the game by giving me another treasure.
• Settlers of Catan Jason 10, Paul 7, Carol 6, Rachel J 5
• Einfach Genial Stephanie R (solo game)
• Chinatown Alex 107, Carol 102, Stephanie R 97, Dave 94, Paul 89
• Modern Art Bill 539, Scott 451, Jason 441, Eric 388, Bob 368
• Raj Bob 21, Scott 14, Jason 3, Eric 2, Bill 0
• Raj Eric 18, Bill 9, Bob 9, Scott 4, Jason 0
• Rheinländer Jason 37, Paul 35, Bob 33, Eric 33, Stephanie R 27
• David & Goliath Alex 174, Scott 144, Carol 142, Bill 135, Noreen 115, Dave 119
• For Sale Bill 55, Dave 41, Scott 39, Noreen 43, Carol 43, Alex 41
• Diamant Noreen 25, Rachel J 18, Bob 16, Andrew 5, Carol 2, Eric 2, Dave 2
• Groo Bob 8, Dave 5, Carol 5, Andrew 5, Eric 4, Noreen 0