But I will definitely get this week's in now, and sort of work backwards if I have the time...
For October 8, 2007 --
The players:
Ashlei (p)
Cathy (p)
Don Phelps (p)
Fenwick (p)
Gordon (n)
Heather (p)
Jesse (n)
Jon2 (n)
Mike1 (p)
Mike2 (p)
Patrick (b.p.)
Paul (p)
Rich (n)
Rob (n)
Sandy (v)
Sam (n)
Samlette (p)
Sean (p)
Tim (v)
TJ (n)
Victoria (n)
And there was another guy playing Quiddler as we left, I didn't catch his name. It should be on the score sheet I get today.
That makes 22 people in attendance! Good day.
Quick descriptions today... lots of games played. Just want to get the Blog blogged, more than anything...
AND I didn't take as many pictures as I'd have liked. So some of them are the goofy random ones. I actually LIKE those a lot, though, for some reason...
Here goes!
1:30 pm
Hive
Players: Don P. (p), Fenwick (p)
One of the best two player games. Ever. Simple, clever, awesome bits. Great game.
We played three games. Don won them all quite easily.
2:00 pm
Quiddler
Players: Mike1 (p), Mike2 (p), Gordon (n)
Wouldn't be Game Club without Quiddler. One of our favorite games. Ever. Making words, pretty cards, simple, clever. Great game.
It wasn't a full game played, but it was more than half, so it has to count.
Scores --
Mike1: 40
Mike2: 92
Gordon: 116
Gordon wins! AS proven by having the greatest score listed just above there.
2:10 pm
Penguin
Players: Ashlei (p), Tim (v), Sean (p), Fenwick (p)
This is a new game for Game Club. It's a Reiner Knizia, a game designer who appears quite often in the Game Club reports. We like him. He's one of the greatest designers. Ever. He makes games that are simple, clever, and have great bits. Great game designer.
I have to admit that this is not his greatest game ever, but it was quite cute. We stacked penguins!! This is a good thing. Basically everyone has a set of various colored penguins. You each take turns making a "penguin pyramid", placing a penguin so that it's color matches at least one of the penguins beneath it. First person to rid his/herself of said penguins wins -- others suffer a penalty equal to the number of remaining penguins.
I can explain this, but must mention it: For some reason, during this game there was much ululating.
After the obligatory 4 rounds --
Fenwick: 8
Sean: 7
Ashlei: 5
Tim: 5
Since the scores are PENALTY points, low score wins. It's an Ashlei/Tim tie.
2:40 pm
Quiddler
Players: Gordon (n), Cathy (p), Jesse (n)
Wouldn't be Game Club without Quiddler. One of our favorite games. Ever. Making words, pretty cards, simple, clever. Great game.
At the end of the game...
Jesse: 216
Gordon: 264
Cathy: 270
Cathy wins!
2:45 pm
For Sale
Players: Sam (n), Ashlei (p), Tim (v), Sandy (v), Sean (p), Fenwick (p)
This has turned into a regular Game Club item. It's one of the greatest games. Ever. Very simple, plays quick, as good with 3 as it is with 6, cute and colorful artork. Great game.
We played 2 rounds.
The money earned after Round 1 --
Sam: $31K
Ash: $39K
Tim: $43K
Sandy: $48K
Sean: $53K
Fenwick: $56K
Fenwick takes the first round...
(Sean sat out the 2nd round...) The money earned after Round 2 --
Sandy: $39K
Tim: $50K
Sam: $51K
Fenwick: $57
Ash: $58K
Ash takes the 2nd round...
If you sum 'em up -- Fenwick made the most.
3:30 pm
Can't Stop
Players: Sean (p), Sandy (v), Fenwick (p), Ashlei (p). Sam sat in for the second half of game 1, and TJ sat in for HIM in round 2.
Another new one for game club. It's a Sid Sackson, who is pretty well known as an amazing designer. We have a couple of his in the collection. This one's quite well known as nifty one.
It's a press-your-luck dice game a bit like Farkel, or Pass the Pigs.
For a dice game it's somewhat clever. One of the cleverest dice games. Ever. It's quite simple, has nice bits, plays quick and has a nice amount of tension. Great game.
We played 2 rounds...
Fenwick managed to succeed in round 1.
TJ managed to succeed in round 2.
4:15 pm
Tsuro
Players: Rich (n), Samlette (p), Jon2 (n), Victoria (n), Tim (v)
Ah, Tsuro -- one of the Game Club originals. It's easy to learn, and cleverly themed. One of our favorite games. Ever. Amazing bits, beautiful board, a little screwage here and there. Great game.
4 rounds played.
Samlette won 2 of them, and Rich and Tim each won 1.
some time in the middle of the game day. time unspecified.
Quarto!
Players: Jesse (n), Gordon (n), Cathy (p)
Quarto is a superb two player game. It has a wonderful twist of your opponent picking the piece you must play. It's one of our favorite games. Ever. Beuatiul wood bits, simple play, painful decisions, quickly finished. Great game.
8 games were played..
The first five games were between Jesse and Gordon. Game one ended in stalemate, but the next 4 were won by Jesse.
The next three were between Jesse and Cathy W. All three, ALSO won by Jesse.
I think we'll give this session of Quarto! to Jesse.
5:15 pm
Castle Keep
Players: TJ (n), Richard (n), Sandy (v), Sean (p)
This is a fairly new introduction to game club, but it's has turned into a regular! It is destined to be one of our favorite games. Ever. Colorful tiles, unique gameplay, simple to learn, tough decisions related to helping yourself or hurting others. Great game.
4 games were played (TJ had to leave after round 1).
Game 1: Rich wins (and TJ was totally eliminated).
Game 2: Sandy wins.
Game 3: Sandy wins.
Game 4: Sandy wins.
Looks like Sandy gets credit for the big win for this game.
6:15 pm
Coda
Players: Rich (n) v. Sean (p) for 2 games. Then 4 games were played with Ashlei (p), Rob (n), Fenwick (p), Paul (p)
This is another early-adopted Game Club game. Totally one of our favorite games. Ever. Simple play, clever concept, durable bits, and quite portable. Great game.
Game 1: Rich
Game 2: Rich
Game 3: Paul
Game 4: Fenwick
Game 5: Rob
Game 6: Fenwick
Both Rich and Fenwick won 2 rounds -- looks like a point for both Ninja and Pirate.
6:40 pm
Spite & Malice
Players: Jesse (n) [who missed the third game], Cathy W. (p), Fenwick (p), Patrick (bp) [who missed the FIRST game]
Spite & Malice is a fun slight twist on the classic Skip Bo. We haven't played it a lot, but for quite a few of us it has a strong following -- it was brought over this week by request. Maybe not for everyone in Game CLub, but for a select few it's one of our favorite games. Ever. Great artwork (killer cats!), simple play, unexpected moments. Great game.
Spite and Malice! Oh. Oops. Wrong game. Never mind.
We played a 3 player game in which Fenwick won.
We then played a 4 player team game in which the Cathy/Patrick team won.
We lastly played a 3 player game which Fenwick also won.
7:20 pm
Can't Stop
Players: Fenwick (p), Paul (p), Ashlei (p)
We went back to our newly played Can't Stop. It's definitely one of the best filler games we've ever played, and destined to be a Game Club favorite. Ever. Not too deep, tough choices, gambling-like excitement. Great game. There's something about chucking dice that has a certain charm.
Those dice are in MID ROLL!
Paul won this game.
Great game day. We played a bunch of different games, and if you count each of the individual plays of games during the whole session: we played THIRTY SIX games.
And when I left... there was still a game of Quiddler going on.
We played a lot of "Can't Stop" today -- a game title that accurately describes Game Club...
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