Adam2 (n)
Alex (n)
Ashlei (p)
Christine (p)
Dave (n)
Don Phelps (p)
Fenwick (p)
Gordon (n)
Heather (p)
Jesse (n)
Mike2 (p)
Paul (p)
Rich (n)
Sam (n)
Sandy (v)
Sean (p)
Tim (v)
TJ (n)
Trevor(p)
Nineteen people in attendance again! Seems like the going amount this semester. Don't get me wrong, it's a GOOD amount. I like that amount.
On to the meeting minutes for this week. We have the coolest minutes of any group on campus. I think we have to be the only group whose minutes include ACTION photos of the meeting itself... descriptions will be a little short this week. Not getting lazy, we just had 2 meetings last week, and we have the Welcome Back Bash tomorrow, and I really don't want the Blog to get behind!
1:27 pm
Elk Fest
Players: Gordon (n), Trevor (p)
A new faver in the club... a lunchroom, tabletop, dexterity game involving moose, rocks, and islands. How awesome is that? Quite awesome, let me tell you.
In the foreground there is cake. Campus Life donated a big cake to the Game Club cause. I think it lasted 12 minutes.
Three games were played. Gordon won game 1. Gordon won game 2. Game 3 was OH SO CLOSE -- and Gordon won that, also.
I guess we'll give this round to... ummm... let's see... after totalling up the scores... carrying the seven.... dividing by the square root of the hypotneuse... I'll say GORDON.
1:30 pm
Quiddler
Players: Sean (p), Fenwick (p)
It's Quiddler. Have you seen this blog? We play it every week. AT LEAST ONCE -- usually more.
Not much else to say.
Sean had 298. Fenwick had 326 for the win.
2:00 pm
Pepper
Players: Adam2 (n), Alex (n), Sean (p), Trevor (p), Gordon (n), Fenwick (p)
We play this for a quick, light piece of filler as needed. Cards are played. They have colors and numbers. Those things matter, to some extent. I know you won't be able to play the game with just that description, but just know that it is about as simple as Uno -- except you get to pick who goes next -- play jumps around, which gives it just enough of a twist for us to like it.
Adam2 managed to go out first. Fenwick went out next, and we tried to see who came in 3rd, 4th, etc., but cards were chucked around for another 10 minutes or so, and then the game was retired.
Adam2 wins!
2:25 pm
Ave Caesar
Players: Ashlei (p), Fenwick (p), Sean (p), Christine (p), Jesse (n), Sam (n)
As soon as the game was suggested, Sam stated, "Oh, man. If we play this game, I am going to have to stab someone in the eye."
That green dude way in the back was Sam. He spent a lot of time there.
It can be an effort in frustration, and Sam actually ended up getting the worst of it in this game...
It's a chariot race! In violent ancient Rome! Of course it's going to be nasty and vicious and loaded with screwage! There are few rules, it plays fast, and you get to make peoples' lives miserable at least a few times in the game. This was MADE for our game club!
That green dude way in the back was Sam. He spent a lot of time there.
It's 4 races. Sean won the first. Ashlei won the second. Fenwick won the last two...
Final scores --
Sam: 1
Jesse: 8
Christine: 10
Sean: 14
Ashlei: 14
Fenwick: 17
At one point Jesse, who is new to game club, asked as we were writing stuff down (He's quoted as saying about Sam at one point: "He's gonna get stuck on the next round, too. This is freakin' great!!") and taking pictures, "Why are we writing all this stuff down?" "For the website!" we gleefully told him.
"Oh, crap. There's a WEBSITE?!" he said.
Hilarious.
That green dude way in the back was Sam. He spent a lot of time there.
Sam did get the shaft for much of the game. He came in last in each race except for race 2, where he came in second-to-last. On the last race, he didn't even have enough cards to FINISH, coming short by one space.
Also: hilarious.
That green dude way in the back was Sam. He spent a lot of time there. (This is the part where he didn't even have enough cards to finish.)
I guess we probably won't be able to convince Sam to play this game again any time soon...
3:05 pm
Elk Fest
Players: Paul (p), TJ (n), Dave (n)
Yes! Back to Elk Fest! Awesome goodness.
TJ had a little bit of time, and it's his fave, so it got pulled out.
Six games were played... (winners are in bold)
Game 1: TJ vs. Paul
Game 2: TJ vs. Paul
Game 3: Paul vs. Dave
Game 4: Dave vs. Paul
Game 5: TJ vs. Dave
Game 6: TJ vs. Dave
TJ remains UNDEFEATED at Elk Fest...
4:15 pm
Quiddler
Players: Christine (p), Adam2 (n), Gordon (n), Rich (n), Paul (p)
Yes! Back to Quiddler! Awesome goodness. (I wonder if we're falling into a rut...)
Sam and Heather started in the game, but they had to bail out about 1/2 way through. Actually, on the official score card it states that "Heather drunk some grog and passed out." I don't remember there being grog at this game club meeting...
Anyway, here's the scores --
Christine: 173
Adam2: 184
Paul: 184
Rich: 210
Gordon: 273
Gordon wins! He is the Leader of Letters. The Captain of Consonants. The Victor of Vowels. The Archduke of the Alphabet.
4:40 pm
Villa Paletti
Players: Sandy (v), Fenwick (p), Sean (p)
This is a great little strategic stacking game. It's one we've had kicking around for a while, and get's pulled out semi-regularly. It really satisfies the little-boy urges of building with blocks and then knocking it all down!
We played three games.
Game 1: Sandy knocked the tower down. Basic Fenwick dared her too and she fell for it. (Sorry, Sandy. :P ) NOBODY officially wins, but we'll give Sean credit because he was the last to successfully place a piece.
Game 2: Sandy knocked the tower down. "Pachoom!" ( <== that's from the score sheet) Sean wins.
Game 3: Sandy knocked the tower down. (thank goodness for ctrl-C, ctrl-V, cuz typing "Sandy knocked the tower down." over and over was getting tiring! Sorry, Sandy, again. :P ) Sean wins.
Sean gets credit for winning 'em all!
5:10 pm
Hive
Players: Don Phelps (p), Fenwick (p)
Fenwick ran over to the Campus Life office and dragged Don out for a few minutes of Hive-ing. I'm not sure why I like this game, since I usually lose horribly.
Three games were played... (winners are in bold)
Game 1: Don P. vs. Fenwick
Game 2: Fenwick vs. Don P.
Game 3: Don P. vs. Fenwick
Don wins 2 outta three...
Pirateer
6:00 pm
Players: Paul (p), Christine (p), Rich (n), TJ (n)
Pirate game! Sail to Treasure Island! Grab the booty! Don't get plundered! Rock and roll...
TJ managed to completely eliminate Christine. Eliminated. Dead. Destroyed. Annhilated. Gone. Defunct. You get the idea...
Rich escaped with a plundered fleet stack of 3 red/white, 1 black, 2 green, and the 3 purple ships destroyed by TJ (see above).
Rich made it back to port with the booty. Rich wins!!
Pirateer
6:20 pm
Players: Tim (v), Paul (p), Christine (p), Ashlei (p)
Another game of Pirateer was played with different buccaneers...
Paul killed a Tim. Tim killed a Paul right back.
Ash killed a Christine. Christine killed an Ash right back.
Paul kills a Christine.
Ash kills a Paul.
Tim kills that Ash...
...takes the booty...
... and makes it back to port! Tim wins!!
6:40 pm
Ticket to Ride
Players: Ashlei (p), Sean (p), Christine (p)
Seans been itching to play this game again for a while. We actually hadn't been bringing it for a few weeks (it's a big heavy box!)... but we threw it in this week just in case. It's a good thing!
This is a highly ranked game on Board Game Geek (it comes in around 40th)! We have played it for a while, as well as a couple other versions and expansions. This particular game was the original Ticket to Ride with the 1910 expansion.
Christine had 74.
Ashlei (with a +10 longest train bonus) had 145.
Sean (with a +15 globetrotter bonus) had 152.
Sean wins!
6:50 pm
Incan Gold
Players: Tim (v), Mike2 (p), Paul (p), Fenwick (p)
I think this has come out every game day since it was introduced this summer. Great bits. Easy to learn. Quick to play. (You hear that a lot on this web site...)
Fenwick had 29. Paul had 30.
Mike2 and Time both TIED with 34 points... We've played I.G. a lot, I think this is the first tie game.
7:14 pm
Great Dalmuti
Players: Dave (n), Tim (v), Mike2 (p), Paul(p), Fenwick (p)
This has been a Game Club staple since near the beginning... Good one to finish off the day. It's a nice one because you can play it for as short or as long as possible. And it has good tension and fun... And you switch seats each hand!
We assign values to the positions you have to sit in... Great Dalmuti is 1 point, Lesser Dalmuti is 2, etc...
So, it's golf-score style -- lower score is better.
Mike2 had 24.
Tim had 20.
Paul had 12.
Dave had 10.
Fenwick had 9.
Fenwick wins!
Pirates rule.
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