Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Frosty on the inside, and on the outside.



Our first Ice Cream fueled game day was accompanied by a snow storm. In April. Crazy storm. Snow, slush and rain. Roads were flooded. They talked about closing the school since bunches of people couldn't get there due to flooded roads and such. School did not close, and even though it was near a blizzard, boatloads of ice cream were devoured.



But we're about the games, really. And we played those, too.

Today's Players:
Alyssa (P)
Ashlei (P)
Celeste (Zombie)
Chrissy (P)
Christine (P)
Dan (P)
Dave (N)
Fenwick (P)
Jason (N)
Jess (P)
Josh (P)
Mike2 (P)
Patrick (bP)
Patrick (Wookie)
Penguinface [that's Kaylin] (Wookie)
Phil (n/a)
Sean (P)

We had a good showing. We had a bunch of new people, as well as some blasts from the past.


Today's games....



GEMBLO

Players: Phil (n/a), Josh (P), Ashlei (P), Fenwick (P)



Scores: Josh had the most pieces on the board, winning with only 6 remaining. Phil had 9 left, Ashlei had 11, and Fenwick had 18.

While we were playing, someone walked by with a t-shirt which read "To err is human, to arr is pirate." It made many of us happy.








WORD SEARCH

Players: Ashlei (P), Fenwick (P)

Scores: This is a fun little game, that is sort of like reverse-Scrabble. You find words, and pull them OFF the board. Fenwick edged it out with 234 points. Ashlei had 227.








INGENIOUS

Players: Dave (N), Fenwick (P), Jess (P), Celeste (Zombie)

Scores: This is one of Dave's favorite games, and he hasn't played much this semester. So when I saw him drifting by, I pointed out that we had brought the game! The game has all sorts of shapes that you make lines of to get points. You each have a Scrabble-style rack of tiles. When Celeste first set up her tiles she looked at them in frustration and said, "I can't spell ANYTHING with these!" It was pretty funny. Maybe you had to be there....

Dave ended up winning before we filled the board by clearing his entire score board! I don't think I've ever seen the game won in this fashion.








LOTUS

Players: Jason (N), Ashlei (P), Fenwick (P)

Scores: Ashlei was off the board first! Jason had just one to go, and Fenwick still had three pieces left to go....







RINGGZ

Players: Jason (N), Ashlei (P), Fenwick (P)

Scores: Ashlei and Fenwick tied for the win with 5 points each, and Jason came close next with 4.








THE A-MAZE-ING LABYRINTH

Players: Jason (N), Ashlei (P), Fenwick (P)

Scores: OK, OK. We KNOW this game is supposed to be for little kids, but we like it nonetheless... Ashlei won soundly -- she had collected ALL 8 of her cards, and Fenwick had only gotten 3, and Jason only had 2.








QUIDDLER

Players: Sean (P), Mike2 (P) [replaced by Patrick (bP)], Penguinface [that's Kaylin] (Wookie), Josh (P), Patrick (Wookie), Dan (P)

Scores: Actually the scores were rather hard to read of the record sheet. All I can tell is that, according to the sheet, "Kaylin wins! but also cheats...." Not sure how we'll record this one...




BLOKUS

Players: Rob (n/a), Suzanne (N), Mike1 (P)

Scores: Two games were played... Mike1 won game1 with 12 points, and Rob won game 2 with just 6 points.






DICEY

Players: Patrick (bP), Ashlei (P), Fenwick (P)

Scores: We played two rounds... Patrick lost the first and got 10 points, Ashlei knocked it down the second time and had to eat 25 points. Then Fenwick bailed... I suppose he won (weird typing that since that is me).






TSURO

Players: Mike1 (P), Suzanne (N), Rob (n/a)

Scores: Three games were played... Mike1 won 2 of them, and Suzanne won 1.




HEY! THAT'S MY FISH!

Players: Alyssa (P), Chrissy (P), Fenwick (P), Patrick (N)

Scores: Fenwick had the most fish (he blocked off a big ol' island for himself!) with 32. Patrick had 22. Chrissy had 20. Alyssa had 19.




PIRATEER

Players: Alyssa (P), Chrissy (P), Fenwick (P), Patrick (N)

Scores: Chrissy got the treasure first. Fenwick quickly captured it. Patrick took one of ALyssa's ships, and she immediately took one of his in return. Chrissy did take out one of Fenwick's ships, but not the treasure one. Fenwick returned to port and won the game! Chrissy did note at one point: "I wanna kill somebody." Spoken like a true pirate.




QUIDDLER

Players: Christine (P), Mike2 (P), Fenwick (P), Sean (P)

Scores: Sean won easily with 291. Christine had 239. Fenwick had 226. Mike2 had 215.




NIAGARA

Players: Sean (P), Christine (P), Fenwick (P)

Scores: Christine won. You can win by either getting 5 different colored stones, 4 of the SAME colored stones, or 7 stones in total. Christine simultaneously got 4 stones of the same color AND 7 stones at the same time... Nicely won.




And we all went home sick from overeating ice cream. They were putting away the ice cream, and we were just snacking on the toppings.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Chilly treats await you...

ATTENTION ALL GAME PEOPLES!!

{As well as anyone who likes cold confections!!}


NEXT MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2007 will feature...

Games and Goodies

Diversions and Dairy

Merriment and Munchies

It's a Shindig with Sweets Slurped from a Spoon....


Yes! Ladies and gentlemens, it is our first Ice Cream Day!



The ice cream is supposed to show up around 1:00 pm...


I will only be bringing games that are made of hard plastic. You know, games I can hose off after everyone gobs 'em all up with ice cream drippings.

EVERYONE is invited to partake! New gamers, old gamers, non-gamers... just come check it out.

Come for the ice cream deliciousness, stay for the game-playing hilarity.


It will be a blast. And a good time to relax as finals and performances approach... we all need a good break from the stress. Dr. Fenwick prescribes: "all the ice cream you can gobble up."


We came. We gamed. We left.

We haven't posted in a while!! Sorry!

I know Angie (and the rest of us!) has been busy, so I figured I'd just throw the game session up on my own... hope that's OK! You can kick the snot out of me later, if I've over stepped my bounds here... :)

We were thrilled to have some old friends come by and join us. Nick and his Dad Chris stumbled over us playing games last semester, and the game day schedule has made it impossible for them to attend. Due to the post-Easter school closings, they could make it! AND they brought snacks. We're big on snacks.

Players of the day:
Ashlei (P)
Chris (P)
Christine (P)
Fenwick (P)
Josh (P)
Mike2 (P)
Nick (P)
Rich (N)
Sean (P)



Ticket to Ride, with 1910 USA expansion

Players: Mike2 (P), Ashlei (P), Sean (P), Fenwick (P)

Scores: Sean won with 128. Next was Mike2 with 111, then Fenwick with 108, and Ashlei had 103.

Pirates rock.







Quiddler

Players: Fenwick (P), Sean (P)

Score: Fenwick ended with 318, and Sean had 285.

Another pirate rockage.







Forbidden

Players: Ashlei (P), Fenwick (P)

Score: Ashlei won with 570, apparently since she is self-diagnosed as 'awesome'. Fenwick had 505.

Pirates. Pirates. Go Pirates.







Tsuro

Players: Chris (P), Rich (N), Nick (P), Fenwick (P)

During this game we got the Quote Of The Week!! It was said by Nick.... and it went like this: "I wanna take the loopy way to doom!" We laughed and laughed.

Score: We played two games. It should be noted that Rich, the only Ninja in the game, was killed in one turn in game 1. In that game, Fenwick survived last. In the second game, Fenwick and Chris got themselves caught in a corner, and the only way out was for them both to die simultaneously... they're both Pirates, so that should be a problem in the final tally at the end of the semester.

Two wins for Pirates!!







Spacebeans

Players: Fenwick (P), Mike2 (P), Christine (P), Josh (P), Rich (N), Ashlei (P)

Score: Fenwick made it over 30 points first -- winning with 31. The other scores were: Ashlei-24, Josh-22, Mike2-16, Christine-13, and Rich-12.







Quo Vadis?

Players: Nick (P), Chris (P), Sean (P), Fenwick (P)

Score: It was, as usual, a rather cutthroat game. Example: Nick took 2 laurels from his Dad to move Ceasar and just took the money and stiffed him. It was a pretty funny thing to do to someone who can ground you.

Nick headed right for the Senate, and got in quick, sacrificing points for speed along the way.

The laurel totals at the end were thus: Sean - 27. Nick - 16, Chris - 15, Fenwick - 15. Unfortunately, Sean and Fenwick were shut out of the Senate, so they could not compete for the win. Nick's speed pays off!! He wins.

Pirates. Need I say more?







Other games were played, but I have no idea where the sheets are, or if they were even filled out!! I figured I'd at least post what I had, since we've been kind of lacking in posting lately....




Late add-on: WE FOUND ONE OF THE LOST SCORE SHEETS!! This was the last game played...

QUIDDLER

Players: TJ (N), Sean (P), Nick (P), Chris (P)

Scores: Nick had 240 for the win! Then TJ with 213, Chris with 207, and Sean with 182. At this point, Game Club was forcibly removed from the Student Center since it was closing. Game Club closed campus! Nice.