March 20, 2004

Hey everyone!

We had a good session last Saturday. Attending were Bob, Carol and Rachel Jones, Dan K and Rachel S, Eric Haas, Bill, Jason, and Alex. As always, I had a great time and I hope everyone else did too. Courtesy of our new digital camera, I have attached a few pictures for your enjoyment. Looking forward to our next session. We should have at least one more session before Babycon.

Bob’s Tote Board (winner listed in bold) followed by Eric’s notes:
Tote Board

• Crokinole Eric, Bob
• Crokinole Eric, Rachel J
• Loco Carol 58, Bob 56, Eric 46
• High Society Dan 14, Bob 14, Eric 13, Rachel S 5, Carol Knizia gem similar in play to Raj but with a few more bells and whistles. Dan and Bob tied but Dan had the highest single luxury and so won. Carol had the least money and so automatically lost.
• Katzenjammer Blues Eric 6, Dan 5, Bob 5, Carol 3, Rachel S 0
• Katzenjammer Blues Carol 5, Rachel S 3, Eric 3, Dan 3, Bob -1
• Pirate’s Cove Alex 45, Carol 44, Rachel S 30, Jason 27 Hard fought game that came down to the very end.
• Verräter Bob 26, Dan 25, Eric 18, Bill 17 Also hard fought. Won by Bob on the last play of the game.
• Pit Carol, Jason, Alex, Bob, Dan, Eric, Bill, Rachel S
• Pit
• Jason, Carol, Alex, Bob, Dan, Eric, Bill, Rachel S
  
• Pit
• Alex, Jason, Carol, Bob, Dan, Eric, Bill, Rachel S
  
• Brawl
• Bob, Dan, Alex, Jason
• Bob, Dan, Alex and Jason played various hands of Brawl.
• Medieval Merchant Alex 51, Eric 43, Bill 41, Bob 37
• Wyatt Earp Dan 37, Jason 26, Carol 16
• Aquarius Dan, Carol, Jason
• Union Pacific Eric 98, Dan 89, Alex 89, Carol 86, Bob 84

Eric’s Notes

• 2:00 pm: Eric arrived at Bob’s around 1:15. Eric played Crokinole against Bob and won. Then Eric played against Rachel J and won.
• CrokinoleCrokinole
• 2:03 pm: Next Bob, Carol and, Eric played Loco.
• 2:23 pm: Carol won with 58, Bob had 56 and, Eric had 46.
• 2:33 pm: Rachel S arrived around 2:30.
• 3:04 pm: Bob and Rachel started a game of Crokinole while waiting for Dan K to arrive. Dan arrived around 3:00.
• 3:15 pm: Dan, Bob, Carol, Rachel S and Eric played High Society.
• 3:40 pm: Carol had the least money with $7 million. Dan and Bob each had 14 but, Dan had the highest luxury and won. Eric had 13 and, Rachel S had 5.
• 3:53 pm: Next we played Katzenjammer Blues.
• 4:18 pm: Eric won with 6. Dan and Bob each had 5. Carol had 3. Rachel S had 0 (she had 5 mice but lost 5 for having the most jokers). We decided to play again.
• 4:27 pm: The Ruvinskys arrived around 4:30.
• 4:37 pm: Carol won with 5. Rachel S and Eric had 3. Dan and Bob were tied for most jokers. Dan ended with 3 and Bob had -1.
• 5:12 pm: Carol, Rachel S, Alex and, Jason played Pirate’s Cove while Dan, Bob, Bill and, Eric played Verräter.
• Pirate’s CoveVerräter
• 6:48 pm: Bob won with 26, Dan had 25, Eric had 18 and, Bill had 17.
• 7:14 pm: Alex won Pirate’s Cove with 45, Carol won 44, Rachel S had 30 and, Jason had 27.
• 7:30 pm: We ordered dinner from Old Shanghai.
• 7:41 pm: We played Pit while waiting for dinner to arrive. Carol won the first round.
• PitPit
• 7:48 pm: Jason won round two.
• 7:52 pm: Alex won round three. Dinner arrived.
• 9:01 pm: After dinner, Bob and Dan played Brawl.
• 9:39 pm: Alex, Bob, Bill and, Eric played Medieval Merchant. Carol, Jason and, Dan played Wyatt Earp.
• Wyatt EarpMedieval Merchant
• 11:25 pm: Dan won Wyatt Earp with 37, Jason had 26 and, Carol had 16. They started a game of Aquarius.
• 11:51 pm: Alex won Medieval Merchant with 51, I had 43, Bill had 41 and, Bob had 37.
• 11:59 pm: Jason and Bill left. Alex took Jason’s place in Aquarius.
• Aquarius
• 12:12 am: Dan won Aquarius. The five of us decided to play Union Pacific.
• 2:17 am: Eric had 98, Bob 84, Dan 89, Carol 86, Alex 89.

February 28, 2004

As expected, we had a big group over for gaming last Saturday. In addition to Bob, Carol and Rachel Jones, attending were Eric, Dan K and Rachel S, Jo and Cary, and a boatload of Ruvinksys, Bill, Steffi, her brother Andrew, Jason, and Alex. The list does not include about a half dozen children. :-)

We’ll do another session in a few weeks. Hope to see everyone soon!

Bob

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Below is the tote board followed by Eric’s notes (winner is listed in bold).
Tote Board

• Loco Dan, Bob, Carol, Rachel S Bob: This is a version of Knizia’s classic filler, Flinke Pinke, which has been released in several different editions. It’s quick, fun, and has a decent amount of strategy.
• Goldland Rachel S/Carol 20, Eric 14, Bob 14, Dan 13, Cary 13 Bob: Goldland is a beautiful exploration game. This was a very tight game with a difficult finish. Carol took over for Rachel S who had to leave. (It is interesting to see that the photo on the back of the box, pictured at the link, shows all the tiles laid out initially with the unexplored tiles upside down. This is contrary to the rules and probably done to make it look better for the picture. However, it might be more in the spirit of exploration to start with all the tiles down, provided you could reorient the tile when you explore it.)
• Heave Ho Rachel J, Carol
• Web of Power Carol 53, Dan 48, Bob 45, Eric 40, Cary 38 Bob: Carol and Dan staved off a last minute come-from-behind surge by me with a very strong advisor play. Alas, it wasn’t enough.
• Taj Mahal Jason 50, Carol 40, Bill 38, Dan 36, Eric 31 Bob: I didn’t get to play. Wah.
• El Grande Alex 110, Bob 109, Jo 90, Andrew 71, Cary 62 Bob: A very close game. A 1 point difference is El Grande is about as tight as a game can get.
• Bang! Rachel J (Sheriff), Bob (Deputy), Cary (Deputy), Alex (Renegade), Carol (Outlaw), Dan (Outlaw), Eric (Outlaw) Bob: We learned two important things in this game. One, Alex is probably the best Bang! player we have. He convinced most of the people at the table that he was one of the Deputies and so didn’t get shot at by the good guys while encouraging the Sheriff and other Deputy
• to kill the third Deputy. And two, I have no right playing Bang! ever. I was the stupid Deputy who fell for Alex’s trick and I became convinced
• that Cary was one of the Outlaws. So, I shot him up and then Rachel killed him. Of course, the Outlaws didn’t do much better as Carol killed Eric. All in all, a blast of a game. See Eric’s notes for particulars.
• Bohnanza Bob 13, Carol 11, Rachel 11, Dan 9, Cary 9, Alex 7, Eric 4
• Verräter Alex, Cary, Rachel, Bob Bob: I’ve owned this for a long time but the only time our group has played it was at a Babycon long ago and I didn’t play it then. It’s a quick, cut-throat game of shifting allegiances. The main mechanism in the game was used by Bruno Faidutti in designing Citadels, a game we’ve played many times. I thought Verräter was very good even though I did poorly. I hope to play it more.

Eric’s Notes

• 2:19 pm: Eric arrived at the Jones’ house around 2:00. Dan K and Rachel S were already there. Cary arrived at the same time Eric did. Bob, Dan, Rachel S and, Carol were playing Loco. Dan won by one point over Bob.
• 2:28 pm: Carol sat out while we played Goldland.
• 3:25 pm: Carol and Rachel J started a game of Heave Ho!
• 3:58 pm: Rachel J won Heave Ho!
• 5:11 pm: Rachel S left and Carol took her place in Goldland. Carol won with 20, Eric had 14, Bob had 14, Dan had 13 and, Cary had 13.
• 5:18 pm: Next Bob brought out Web of Power.
• 5:57 pm: Carol had to leave and was replaced by Rachel J.
• 6:07 pm: Carol returned and took her place back from Rachel J.
• 6:12 pm: Carol won. Final scores were Bob 45, Dan 48, Carol 53, Cary 38, Eric 40.
• 6:18 pm: Cary left to pick up Jo.
• 6:41 pm: We took a break for dinner. The Ruvinskys arrived.
• 7:45 pm: We split into two groups. Carol, Dan, Bill, Jason and, Eric played Taj Mahal. Bob, Andrew, Alex, Cary and, Jo played El Grande.
• 10:17 pm: Jason won Taj Mahal with 50, Carol had 40, Bill had 38, Dan had 36 and, Eric had 31.
• 10:20 pm: Jason and Bill left after Taj Mahal.
• 10:34 pm: Alex won El Grande. Final scores were Bob 109, Andrew 71, Alex 110, Jo 90, Cary 62.
• 11:07 pm: Andrew and Jo left after El Grande.
• 11:12 pm: Rachel J joined us for Bang!
• 11:42 pm: Rachel J was the Sheriff. Dan, an outlaw, was the first killed.
• 12:01 am: Eric, another outlaw, was killed by Carol.
• 12:18 am: Bob, a deputy, was killed by dynamite. Cary, the other deputy, was killed by the Sheriff.
• 12:23 am: Alex, the Renegade, was killed by the Sheriff.
• 12:34 am: Carol, the last outlaw, was killed by the Sheriff. The good guys won.
• 12:46 am: Next we played Bohnanza.
• 2:37 am: Bob won with 13, Carol and Rachel had 11, Dan and Cary had 9, Alex had 7 and, Eric had 4.

February 8, 2004

• 3:00 pm: Eric arrived at Bob’s around 2:45. Royal, Stephanie and, Kimberly were already there. We decided to try Killer Bunnies.
• 4:35 pm: The game ended with Royal having four carrots, Eric had three, Stephanie and Bob had two each and, Kimberly had one. Stephanie won. Carol didn’t draw any money and only drew a bunny very near the end of the game; the game ended before she got to play it.
• 4:54 pm: Next we decided to play Medici.
• 6:14 pm: Stephanie won. Final scores were: Carol 61, Kimberly 73, Bob 112, Stephanie 114, Royal 81, Eric 99.
• 7:31 pm: After Medici, we took a break for dinner.
• 8:04 pm: Rachel joined us for Robo-Rally. We played with four flags on one board (Cannery Row). We decided the flags could be touched in any order. We also decided to play with unlimited lives and started with one option each. Royal started with the jump jet which enabled him to get his first two flags fairly quickly.
• 10:23 pm: Royal won. Carol, Stephanie and, Bob had two flags each. Rachel, Kimberly and, Eric had one flag each.
• 11:05 pm: Royal and Stephanie left and the rest of us decided to play High Society.
• 11:29 pm: Kimberly ended with the least money with $25 million and, was therefore out of the running. Eric won with 18 points.
• 12:02 am: Next we played Filthy Rich.
• 1:10 am: Bob won. We all agreed this would be a decent game except that taxes come up too often.

Bob: When playing Killer Bunnies, we made one mistake which probably made the game play better. Terrible Misfortune cards, which Carol drew in abundance, do not need a bunny to be played. If you do not have a bunny to be killed by the card, you may play it on another player! Since Carol drew somewhere between 4 and 6 of them during the game, it’s possible that none of us would have had a bunny at the end. It certainly might have changed the outcome because it’s likely that everyone who only had one bunny at the end would have had none and had to fork over their carrots. All said, it sounds like we may have been better off playing this incorrectly.

Eric: I’m not so sure about that. If Carol had been whomping our bunnies with misfortune cards, we would have gone through the deck faster, giving Carol more of a chance to draw bunnies. All of the take carrots cards are Aggressive so, we wouldn’t have been able to play as many of those.

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January 17, 2004

We had a great session on Saturday. Attending were Bob, Carol and Rachel J, Glenn, Royal, Dan K and Rachel S, Bill, Steffi, Alex and Jason, and in his second appearance, Cary. It was nice to see Glenn back after several months. Despite numerous ties (all involving Dan K) and one misapplied rule in Goldland (entirely my fault), everything went well.

I hope everyone had a good time. Below is the tote (winner listed in bold):

• New England
  • Dan 31 + 14 dollars
  • Carol 31 + 2 dollars
  • Glenn 28
  • Royal 26


• Goldland
  • Steffi (Rachel J) 24
  • Bob 19
  • Alex 19
  • Bill (Carol) 9
  • Jason 8
  (Bill and Steffi had to leave late in the game so Rachel and Carol took over for them.)


• Guillotine
  • Rachel S 16, Dan 16
  • Royal 13
  • Glenn 8


• Traumfabrik
  • Royal 93
  • Bob 87
  • Carol 77
  • Rachel S 47


• Lost Cities
  • Steffi 58
  • Royal 49


• Puerto Rico
  • Jason 45
  • Dan 44
  • Alex 35
  • Glenn 31
  • Rachel J 24


• Guillotine
  • Alex 16, Dan 16
  • Jason 12
  • Glenn 12


• Attila
  • Bob 90
  • Carol 77
  • Steffi 74


• Modern Art
  • Bob 509
  • Dan 458
  • Carol 413
  • Jason 410
  • Cary 308


• Dragon Land
  • Cary 50
  • Bob 42
  • Dan 34
  • Carol 24

I’ll schedule another session for early/mid February. Hope to see everyone then!

November 22, 2003

Well, we managed to gather enough people for a fun gaming session on Saturday. Attending were the Jones’s (minus Rachel who was at a slumber party), Dan K and Rachel S, Eric, and first-timers Cary (husband) and Jo (wife). We were very happy that Cary and Jo were finally able to join us.

Below is the tally of games and some comments. Winner listed in bold.
Tote Board

• Crokinole - Eric, Bob
• Kahuna - Bob, Eric
• Crokinole - Eric, Dan (taking over for Rachel J who had to leave)
• MarraCash - Bob 4975, Rachel S 3775, Eric 3150, Dan 3100
• Samurai - Dan, Eric, Rachel S, Bob
• Epic Duels - Cary (Count Dooku), Dan (Emperor), Rachel S (Darth Maul), Bob (Darth Vader) vs Jo (Obi Wan), Carol (Anakin), and Eric playing Yoda and Mace Windu
• Buried Treasure - Carol, Dan, Bob, Eric
• Crokinole - Dan and Eric vs Carol and Bob

Yes, Eric bought a Crokinole board. For those of you who may not have heard of such a thing, Crokinole is a game of flicking wooden discs similar to Carrom and Shuffleboard. The object is to get more of your disks near the center of the board. Click here for some pictures. I have long known of Crokinole but never played it, thinking it more akin to bumper pool than a strategy game. I was right that it is more physical than anything, but it is loads of fun. We obviously enjoyed it as we played three games. Maybe we’ll have a tournament at Babycon 11.

MarraCash, one of Eric’s recent acquisitions, is a fun bidding/placement game where you’re buying shops in a bazaar hoping to attract tourists to buy goods. The game has simple mechanics but very deep strategy. Looking forward to playing it again.

Eric’s Notes

• 4:51 pm: Eric arrived at Bob’s around 2:30. Bob and Eric played a game of Crokinole. Eric won. Then we played Kahuna. Dan arrived while we were playing. Bob won. Rachel J and Eric played a game of Crokinole. Rachel had to leave before the end of the game and Dan took over for her. Eric won again. Rachel S arrived and the four of us decided to play MarraCash.
• 5:56 pm: Bob won with 4975, Rachel had 3775, Eric had 3150, Dan had 3100.
• 6:12 pm: Next we played Samurai.
• 6:56 pm: Cary and Jo arrived while we were playing Samurai.
• 7:38 pm: Dan and Eric tied.
• 8:21 pm: Carol came home and the seven of us played Star Wars: Epic Duels. Carol (Anakin), Jo (Obi Wan) and, Eric (Mace and Yoda) played the good team. Bob (Vader), Rachel S (Maul), Dan (the Emperor) and, Cary (Count Dooku) were the evil team.
• 10:41 pm: The Emperor and Darth Vader played a bunch of special cards on Yoda and got him down to one hit point in the first few turns. Mace attacked Darth Vader with Battlemind and then was killed. Yoda moved next to Darth Vader and used Force Lift. Obi-Wan finished off Vader before he could recover. Rachel S left after Darth Maul was killed.
• 11:00 pm: Clone troopers whittled away at Dooku who was finally killed by Padme.
• 11:08 pm: The game came down to Padme versus the Emperor and a battledroid.
• 11:13 pm: The Emperor killed Padme and the dark side won.
• 11:21 pm: Cary and Jo left after Epic Duels.
• 11:33 pm: We decided to play Buried Treasure.
• 12:06 am: Carol won with 35, Bob and Dan each had 27 and, Eric had 18.
• 12:40 am: We played a four player game of Crokinole: Dan and Eric played against Bob and Carol. Dan and Eric won.

September 27, 2003

Hi, everyone! I haven’t heard from some in our game group for a while. I hope everyone's well. The Joneses are doing fine. Rachel’s in 4th grade now and Ben just started Kindergarten. Yikes!

We gamed last weekend and although we thought we’d have a small group, we ended up with eight gamers! Of course, I was there along with Carol and Rachel (for one game). Our guests were Dan K, Eric, and Jay (his first gaming session in a LONG time. :-) ) Rounding out the group were Alex and Jason. It was a great time, as usual.

The tote board is below along with a few comments. The winner is listed in bold. Eric’s detailed timeline (on which all of this is based) is below. Thanks Eric.

I hope we’ll get to see each of you soon.

Bob

Tote Board

• Coloretto - Carol, Dan, Bob. This continues to be our light filler of choice. Easy, quick and, fun.
• Web of Power - Dan 70, Bob 67, Eric 60, Carol 55. A very close game. We thought Eric’s strength in advisors would carry the day but, Dan pulled a great last minute move that guaranteed him the win.
• Bang! - Alex won as the Renegade. (No small feat.)
• Bang! - Jay and Carol won as the surviving outlaws. The third outlaw, Jason, was killed.
• Tigris & Euphrates - Carol 7, Jay 6, Eric 5, Dan 5
• Merchants of Amsterdam - Jason $1,460,000 Rachel $1,110,000 Bob $1,070,000 Alex $850,000
• Acquire - Eric, Jay, Carol, Dan Only one merger was consummated until very late in the game. Eric won by a large margin.
• Titan: the Arena - Bob 14, Jason 13, Alex 3 Another very tight game. Secret bets won the day.
• TransAmerica - Dan & Jay tied, Carol, Eric
• Puerto Rico - Bob 50, Jay 44, Carol 31, Eric 30, Dan 24. Bob went with a mostly corn strategy. Grow a lot of corn and ship it often. He had nabbed three coffee plantations but was shut out from coffee production when the last coffee roaster was purchased. On the last turn, what he thought was a mistake in not choosing Captain to ship his corn worked to his advantage when he was able to build one of the large buildings to add 10 victory points at the end, fending off a very strong surge by Jay.
• Samurai - Bob, Dan, Eric Bob won by having the most in two of the three categories. A very tense game.

Eric’s Notes

• 2:18 pm: Eric arrived at the Jones’ house around 1:30. Dan Korn was already there. Dan, Carol and, Bob were playing Coloretto. Carol won. Next, the four of us played Web of Power.
• 2:48 pm: Jason and Alex Ruvinsky arrived during Web of Power.
• 3:23 pm: Dan won with 70, Bob had 67, Eric had 60 and, Carol had 55.
• 3:45 pm: Bob explained the rules to Bang!
• 3:54 pm: Jay arrived and, joined in the game of Bang!
• 5:11 pm: Carol was the Sheriff. Alex won as the Renegade. We decided to play again. Eric was the Sheriff.
• 5:43 pm: Jay and Carol won as the outlaws (Jason was the third outlaw but, he had been killed before the game ended).
• 5:50 pm: Bob started cooking hot dogs. After dinner, Jay, Carol, Dan, and Eric played Tigris & Euphrates while Bob, Alex and Jason played Merchants of Amsterdam.
• 7:42 pm: Carol won Tigris & Euphrates with 7, Jay had 6, Eric had 5 and, Dan had 5.
• 8:04 pm: After Tigris & Euphrates, we started a game of Acquire.
• 8:44 pm: Jason won Merchants of Amsterdam with 1,460,000, Rachel had 1,110,000, Bob had 1,07,0000, and Alex had 850,000. Bob, Jason and, Alex then started a game of Titan: the Arena.
• 9:27 pm: Eric won Acquire with $52,300. Dan, Carol, Jay and Eric started a game of TransAmerica.
• 10:13 pm: Bob won Titan: the Arena with 14, Jason had 13 and Alex had 3.
• 10:23 pm: Dan and Jay tied for the win in TransAmerica.
• 10:28 pm: Jason and Alex left.
• 10:45 pm: The remaining five of us decided to play Puerto Rico.
• 12:40 am: Bob won with 50, Jay had 44, Carol had 31, Eric had 30 and, Dan had 24.
• 1:02 am: Jay left and Carol went to bed after Puerto Rico. Bob, Dan and, Eric decided to play Samurai.
• 1:59 am: Bob won by having the most in two categories.

August 31 & September 1, 2003

I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. We certainly did.

Thanks to Eric, Kimberly, Royal (and Sammy and Christopher), and the Ruvinsky’s, Bill, Jason and Alex, who made it a game-filled weekend! Eric and Kimberly arrived Saturday afternoon, stayed overnight and gamed until Sunday after midnight. Royal showed up around 3PM on Saturday and stayed until almost midnight. The Ruvinsky’s arrived around 10PM on Saturday and stayed for a few hours.

Since we had a smaller crowd, we postponed showing The Two Towers. I hope to have a showing sometime in September for those interested.

Below is the tote. (Thanks to Eric for keeping the tally.) The winner is listed in bold:

• Wettstreit der Baumeister - Bob 36, Eric 33, Kimberly 27, Carol 24
• TransAmerica - Royal, Bob, Eric, Kimberly, Carol
• Chrononauts - Carol, Kimberly, Eric, Bob, Royal . The space/time continuum was destroyed by Royal creating the 13th paradox. Everyone lost.
• Emerald - Royal 30, Kimberly 24, Eric 19, Bob 16, Carol 12
• Puerto Rico - Eric 47, Royal 41, Bob 40, Kimberly 39, Carol 28. A hard fought victory by Eric.
• Africa - Bob, Alex, Rachel, Jason
• Coloretto - Bob, Jason, Rachel, Alex
• Coloretto - Jason, Rachel, Alex, Bob
• Wyatt Earp - Carol 32, Bill 31, Kimberly 21, Eric 21
• Frag - Alex, Bob, Eric, Kimberly, Rachel, Carol
• Settlers of the Stone Age - Bob 11, Kimberly 8, Eric 4, Carol 3. This is a very good new variant on Settlers. Lots of options but still the basic Settlers mechanics.
• Princes of Florence - Bob 63, Carol 58, Rachel 58, Eric 45, Kimberly 25. A very hard fought game that nearly ended in a three way tie!
• Acquire - Carol $47900, Bob $41900, Rachel $37600, Kimberly $29800, Eric $15100. Kimberly never got a single merger, but still beat Eric!
• Coloretto - Rachel 40, Carol 22, Eric 15, Kimberly 14
• Amun-Re - Eric 38 and 8 pyramids, Rachel 38 and 6 pyramids, Carol 35, Bob 34, Kimberly 34
• Vampire Hunter - Carol, Kimberly, Benjamin, Eric

Check out Eric’s pictures.
Next weekend I'll be in Chicago for Erik Light's wedding! I hope to see you all soon.

Below are Eric’s notes, taken as we gamed.
Saturday 8/30/03

• 3:07 pm: Eric arrived at the Jones’ around 1:30. Kimberly was already there. We played Wettstreit der Baumeister. Royal arrived while we were playing. Despite being the only player to not complete his city, Bob won with 36. Eric had 33, Kimberly had 27 and, Carol had 24.
• 4:09 pm: Royal joined us for TransAmerica. Royal won, connecting his cities in record time in the last round.
• 4:30 pm: Next we played Chrononauts.
• 5:10 pm: We all lost when Royal created the thirteenth paradox.
• 6:12 pm: We took a break for dinner and, then Bob set up Emerald.
• 7:02 pm: Royal won with 30, Kimberly had 24, Eric had 19, Bob had 16 and, Carol had 12.
• 7:36 pm: After Emerald, we played Puerto Rico.
• 9:56 pm: Bill, Alex and, Jason Ruvinsky arrived during the last couple of turns. Eric won with 47, Royal had 41, Bob had 40, Kimberly had 39 and, Carol had 28.
• 11:42 pm: We watched the preview for The Return of the King. Royal left after the preview. We then split into two groups. Jason, Alex, Rachel and, Bob played Africa while Carol, Bill, Kim and, Eric played Wyatt Earp. Bob won Africa. Jason, Alex, Rachel and, Bob then started a game of Coloretto.

Sunday 8/31/03

• 12:05 am: Bob won Coloretto. Wyatt Earp still wasn’t finished so, they played Coloretto again.
• 12:26 am: Jason won the second game of Coloretto.
• 12:43 am: The Wyatt Earp game finally finished. Carol won with 32, Bill had 31, Kimberly and Eric both had 21.
• 4:34 am: We chatted for a while, then Bill and Jason left. The rest of us played Frag. A couple of forgotten rules made the game drag on much longer than it should have. Alex won. After Frag, Bob took Alex home. Then we all went to bed.
• 1:06 pm: People started waking up about 10:30. After breakfast, we started gaming again around 12:15. Bob, Carol, Kimberly and Eric started with The Settlers of the Stone Age.
• 2:57 pm: Bob won, Kimberly had 8, Eric had 4 and, Carol had 3.
• 3:15 pm: Rachel joined us for Princes of Florence.
• 5:05 pm: Bob won with 63, Carol and Rachel tied at 58, Eric had 45 and, Kimberly had 25.
• 5:48 pm: Next we played Acquire.
• 6:40 pm: Carol won with $47900, Bob had $41900, Rachel had $37600, Kimberly had $29800 and, Eric had $15100.
• 7:06 pm: We ordered dinner from Old Shanghai.
• 7:23 pm: Carol, Rachel, Kimberly and, Eric played Coloretto while waiting for dinner.
• 7:34 pm: Carol had 22, Rachel had 40, Eric had 15 and, Kimberly had 14.
• 9:30 pm: After dinner, we played Amun-Re.
• 11:27 pm: Eric won with 38 and 8 pyramids, Rachel had 37 and 6 pyramids, Carol had 35, Bob and Kimberly had 34 each.

Monday 9/1/03

• 12:15 am: Carol, Kimberly, Benjamin and, Eric played Benjamin’s new game, Vampire Hunter. Carol won.