Saturday, January 7, 2006

January 7, 2006

Hey folks! Below is the gaming report from last Saturday. We had a huge group as almost all the big families made it. Attending were Bob, Carol and Rachel Jones, Dan Korn and Rachel Silber, Dave, Noreen and Andrew Fair, Stephanie, Jason and Alex Ruvinsky, Paul Bartholomew, Scott Percival and Eric Haas. Plus, we had the usual assortment of rugrats and pre-teens.

Pictures are here.

I hope to have another session in early February. Will send an e-mail around soon. See you!


The tally is below. Winner listed first.

  • Blokus (travel) Bob, Dave
  • Poison Dave 9, Eric 24, Carol 28, Bob 34 (This has become our filler of choice. It's quick, fun and has a decent amount of strategy)
  • Verflixxt (That’s Life) Bob 16, Eric 15, Noreen 11, Dave -4, Carol -6
  • Wits and Wagers Dan 240, Bob 200, Scott 140, Carol 80, Dave 0, Noreen 0, Eric 0 (A pretty good trivia party game. I find it somewhat annoying that I got right 5 out of 7 questions and still didn’t win because of the final bet.)
  • 6 Nimmt! Carol 40, Bob 42, Scott 43, Dave 45, Dan 54, Noreen 74, Eric 89.
  • Diamant! Dave 34, Scott 19, Eric 13, Carol 11, Andrew 11, Bob 7, Rachel J 0 (We played with the Forbidden Idol variant. Sadly, Dave took it every time.)
  • Antike Scott 9, Dave 6, Jason 6, Paul 4 (An excellent “Civilization Lite” game. Nice bits, some clever mechanics and a reasonable playing time.)
  • Die Sieben Siegel Paul 9, Scott 9 (tie), Dave, Jason
  • Rheinlander Andrew 39, Rachel J 36, Bob 35, Eric 26, Carol 23 (Rheinlander has quickly become one of my favorite games.)
  • Buy Low, Sell High No winner. Eric, Bob, Carol (Aaargh! I want to play this correctly some day. We had to abandon the game two-thirds of the way through because we screwed up the rules again. My bad.)
  • Top Secret Spies Rachel J, Carol, Bob, Dan, Noreen, Eric (I mistook my red guy for orange and so helped Rachel to an easy victory. After screwing up the rules to BLSH and then this, I was starting to think I should retire.)
  • Cartagena Stephanie, Scott, Alex
  • Railroad Tycoon Dave 69, Bob 63, Alex 62, Carol 61, Scott 55, Paul 53 (What a fantastic game! Great theme, quick yet deep gameplay, and amazing, sumptuous bits. One of my favorites after only two plays.)
  • Around the World in 80 Days Stephanie 72 days. Dan 81, Eric 81, Noreen 84, Jason did not finish
  • Poison Eric -11, Jason -15, Dan -22
  • Titan: The Arena Eric 12, Jason 10, Dan 2