September 27, 1998

Bob, Carol, Eric and Glenn were there. We played a game Bob picked up this weekend, Medici, Air Baron, which Glenn finally bought, and Euphrates & Tigris.

Medici was designed by the same guy who did Modern Art and Euphrates & Tigris. It’s a quick, fun, little bidding game for up to six players with simple rules and a lot of complexity. Definitely a keeper.

Air Baron was a good game save for the curse of bad luck which hit Eric early. If you get burned early by bad draws, it can be very difficult to recover. He never really did. (See 11/8/98.)

As usual, Euphrates & Tigris was complex and challenging. It looked like it might go quickly but some desperate end-game strategies drew out the conclusion.

We’re looking forward to our next session.

September 7, 1998

We played Advanced Third Reich. Bob was Germany, Steve was Italy, Glenn was Great Britain, Dan was France and Eric was Russia. The Reich did so-so. When we ended, they were ahead economically (big deal, they start there) and would’ve taken France within the year, but were getting slowly creamed on the Russian front.

We drew options at the start of play. France drew the “Maginot line becomes armored units” option which makes it harder for Germany to break through. Then England drew the “French and English cooperate” option which means that England can land troops in France with impunity to defend against German aggression. Germany drew the “better armored units in 1942” option which, of course, we never reached. This combined with German inexperience, resulted in a tough time for Germany. (Translation: Germany was almost defeated by Poland!)

It was fun and, hopefully we will play again, now that we all know most of the rules.

August 27, 1998

It was a fun time. Bob, Carol, Eric, and Jay played Acquire, Robo-Rally, Titan: The Arena, and 3 (yes, 3) games of Euphrates & Tigris.

July 11, 1998

It was a fairly early evening (2:15AM). Here are the results:

• Acquire: Jay $34,100, Carol $31,300, Glenn $26,000, Dan $21,800, Steve $20,000, Bob $19,400 (ouch).
  • Bob: Carol made a couple of mistakes that cost her the game. Also, Dan and Steve made a couple of bonehead moves. Bob sucked.
• Wiz War: Bob (who else?)
• Risk: Carol
• Awful Green Things (Bob and Dan): Bob
• Settlers of Catan (Jay, Bob, Glenn): Jay
• Settlers of Catan (Jay, Bob, Glenn): Jay

Jay had a good night. In both games of Settlers, Bob set up on no ore. Didn’t work. The first game he was boycotted for most of the game, the second game Jay kept the robber on him the whole game.

Babycon V

Usually Babycon starts at noon on Saturday. This year, we opened on Friday night when six of us went to the local seafood restaurant, Pelican Pete’s, and porked out big time. We then returned for some late night gaming.

At Babycon we always try to learn a couple of new games. This year, both Euphrates & Tigris and Air Baron were big hits. Also, please see the results of our Formula Dé championship and Team Robo-Rally.



One thing we did differently this year was to offer a few prizes to the winners of individual games. After a group had set up to play a game, we randomly determined whether or not that game would be for a prize. We also had a grand prize for the Formula Dé champ. The prizes and their winners were:

• Pass the Pigs - Bob
• Wizard - Eric
• Kill Dr. Lucky - Paul
• Give Me the Brain - Eric
• Before I Kill You, Mr. Bond - Erik
• Alibi - Bob (ceded to second place finisher, Eric)
  

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December 13, 1997

Babycon IV

Saturday through Monday, Memorial Day Weekend



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