Thursday, October 16, 2008

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

In honor of the last of the presidential debates, we made a theme...



And we played games! Here's the who and the what...



  • Ashlei
  • Ashley
  • Brian1
  • Brian2
  • Can't Stop
  • Cengiz
  • Clavus
  • Crystal
  • Dan
  • Eden
  • Fenwick
  • Harper-Dylan
  • Joe
  • Kaitlyn
  • Krysta
  • May
  • Paul
  • Peter
  • Phil
  • Tyler
  • Victoria




  • 8 1/2
    • This is a game in the vein of Palace, and Pig Pile, but stripped down a little bit to add more luck than strategy. After the recommended six rounds, with 10 points, Cengiz wins!

  • Incan Gold
    • Dan, Clavus, Brian1, and Fenwick played the first round. Brian1 spent some time alone in a temple, and managed to get one gem more than Clavus. In round 1 Brian1 wins!
    • Eden pinched hit for Brian1, and a second round was played. Both Fenwick and Calus ended up with nothing! With 28 gems this time, Dan wins!

  • King's Gate
    • This is one of Reiner Knizia's surround-to-win games. I like it quite a bit. It's sort of a square version of Samurai, which is one of my ultimate faves. Fenwick and Clavus played. It's a 10-round game, and Clavus won EVERY one. With 42 points, Clavus wins!

  • Lotus
    • This is a tactical little race game that I adore. We had 4 people playing, Fenwick, Brian2, Ashlei, and Dan (although, strangely, Phil was also listed on the score sheet). Dan just sat on top of everyone the whole time. He easily dominated the whole game so no one was surprised, when, in getting all six of his pieces off the board, Dan wins!

  • Mission: Red Planet
    • I know Fenwick, Phil, Brian2, and Can't Stop played Mission: Red Planet, but I can't find the score sheet! I know Brian2 got killed a LOT. I'm pretty sure Can't Stop won, but I don't remember for sure...

  • Quiddler
    • QUIDDLER? At Game Club? Oh, yeah. Victoria, May, Kaitlyn, and Peter played. It was Pete's first game, so of course, with 233 points, Peter wins!
    • Another game of Quiddler was played. This had Patrick, Ashlei, Julia, Brian2, Ashley, and Jess. They only played to the 7-card round, and at that point, with 151, Julia wins!

  • Rage
    • 6 people got together for Rage... Ashlei, Krysta, Paul, Ashley, Crystal (later, Harper-Dylan tagged in for her), and Brian 2. After the 10 rounds, with 52 points, Ashley wins!

  • Swoggle
    • Two rounds were played between Crystal, Tyler, Joe, and Cengiz. In round 1, with 104 points, Joe wins!
    • In round 2, with 137 points, Cengiz wins!

  • Ta Yu
    • A beautiful, tactical game. With 4 players, (which we had), you play on 2 teams of two. The teams were Can't-Stop/Brian2 and Ashlei/Fenwick. Ashlei/Fenwick just could NOT catch a break. Can't-Stop/Brian thwarted every possible good move by Ashlei/Fenwick. They only had 9 points at the end. With TWENTY EIGHT points, Can't-Stop/Brian2 wins!




8 1/2




Incan Gold




King's Gate





Lotus








Mission: Red Planet





Ta Yu







We'll be back next week with more games...

Mmm. Cool and delicious...



Try it now! You won't regret it...

(...and you can even make your own!)

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Monday, October 13, 2008

Games. We played 'em. There was a theme!



Here's how it went down...


  • Alicia
  • Ashlei
  • Becky
  • Brian2
  • Can't-Stop
  • Carlo
  • Cengiz
  • Clavus (Jeff)
  • Eden
  • Faith
  • Fenwick
  • Jess
  • Kaitlyn
  • Patrick
  • Pete
  • Sam
  • Steven



  • Boggle
    • When we play Boggle, Fenwick (me!) likes to play himself against EVERYONE else. And he doesn't play 3 letter words. I try not to be pompous, but when it comes to Boggle, I don't mind being a little uppity. I did not win... in Fenwick vs Everybody Else, Everybody Else wins!

  • Citadels
    • Ah, the king of games. Ashlei, Eden, Brian2, Can't-Stop, and Fenwick played. Eden triggered end game. Brian2 was confident he would do OK, because he had a bunch of money at the end and the architect. He got two cards. Both were the tavern and he had already built one. He was angry. Ashlei had been racking up some fine buildings, and even though she'd only bought 7 buildings, Ashlei had most points for the win!

  • Farkel
    • Carlo, Ashlei and Alicia played a half game of Farkel (to 5000). Ashlei had 5200 for the win!

  • Poison
    • Pat, Sam, Faith, and a Jess/Alicia team played. They played one round, and Jess/Alicia wins!

  • Quiddler
    • OK, it's hard to tell who played when. We kept having tag teams of people jump in and out. It was a five player game, but all in all many played: Becky, Steven, Alicia, Brian2, Patrick, Clavus, Jess, Fenwick, Becky (again!!) and Sam. The only consistent player for the entire game was Jess... That paid off -- Jess had 272 points for the win!

  • Tsuro
    • Six players were here: Sam, Jess, Patrick, Alicia, Fenwick, and Steven... Jess was the winner in the first game. In game #2, 4 players where all against a single square at the end... Sam, Patrick, Fenwick, and Steve were there. They were all killed in a single sweep, for a 4-way tie!

  • Zeus on the Loose
    • Five people played: Fenwick, Pat, Brian2, Steven, and Clavus. Patrick was the first to spell Z-E-U-S, for the win!

  • Zombie Fluxx
    • EIGHT people (which is way too many) played: Sam, Eden, Kaitlyn, Can't-Stop, Pete, Brian2, Ashlei, and Fenwick. It went on for too long -- there was a lot of cheering and screaming. Fenwick was forced to play a card ("Play All") that gave Can't-Stop the win!



How 'bout some pictures...?

For some reason the clocks were all dead. It was 7:20 the whole time...


Citadels


She looks happy, but she's not. Ashlei just got killed or robbed by Eden for about the 5th time.





Tsuro





Zeus on the Loose




Jess made the scoresheet extra fancy.



Zombie Fluxx







More games Wednesday...

Thursday, October 09, 2008

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Brian2 wanted to play Citadels. I told him "Come up with a theme that fits it, and you got it!" So he came up with this...



We played a buncha games! Here's the list...


  • Alex
  • Ashlei
  • Ashley
  • Brad
  • Brian
  • Brian2
  • C.T. (that's Caleb...)
  • Cathy Willms
  • Cengiz
  • Dan
  • Fenwick
  • Harper-Dylan
  • Jeff
  • Jess
  • Kerry
  • Krysta
  • May
  • Pat
  • Phil
  • Sara
  • Tyler



  • Boggle
    • Bunches of people flowed in and out of the game of Boggle. It was brought out because of a special request by Cathy Willms, and she was the one that played the whole time. We didn't record scores, we'll just say that everyone was a winner!

  • Citadels
    • Dan, Brian2, and Fenwick played a three player game. In that, we play as 2 roles each. We played with all the Dark City expansions, and they involve a lot of screwage. It was pretty fun. Dan was the first to go out, and had the multi-color bonus, which was plenty enough to give him the edge. Dan wins!

  • First of DragonstOnes
    • Ah, bidding heaven. Cengiz was saving up for the card that would give him 2 points for the win. But Ashley was lurking, waiting to pounce on the card that would give her the win. And she got it! Ashley wins!

  • Gang of Four
    • Cengiz, Ashley, Brian, and Fenwick played. Brian started out slow, but took over the game pretty furiously, and dominated most of the game. Fenwick never had too bad of a hand, and managed to keep his score low. Fenwick wins.

  • Incan Gold
    • Caleb, Dan, and Fenwick played. Caleb was in the last dungeon alone. He waited one turn to long, and was killed. If he had left, he would have one. But he was crushed, and Fenwick wins!
    • Another, much larger game was played later. We had Sara, Alex, Brian2, C.T., Kerry, Fenwick, and Phil playing... points are hard to come by in a 7-player game of I.G. With 20 points, Fenwick wins!

  • King of the Beasts
    • Sara, Alex, Brian2, Kerry, and Fenwick engaged in the political frenzy to find a king for the beasts. We played 5 rounds (one for each of us!). Sara started strong and held her lead throughout. Sara wins!

  • Quiddler
    • Jess, Brad, Pat, Ashley, and Krysta played. The game ended a little early due to folks running off to class, but most of the game got done. Pat wins!
    • Brian2, Fenwick, and Sara played a game of Quiddler later. Fenwick wins (though was one point away from breaking the elusive 300...)!

  • Slush Fund
    • Brian2, Alex, Sara, and Fenwick decided to bribe politicians! Slush Fund is a fun way to do just that. Alex invested in the president a lot, but 5 scandals rocked his administration, and he was impeached. Fenwick managed to outbribe two of the remaining politicians for the win!



More games Monday!!

(I believe the theme will be magical...)

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Monday, October 6, 2008

The theme, as decided by Ashley, our Trumpeteer...



And many games were played.

Let's see who played, and what got played...


  • Ashlei
  • Ashley
  • Brian2
  • Can't-Stop
  • Cassy
  • Crystal
  • Dan
  • Eden
  • Fenwick
  • Harper-Dylan
  • Jeff (Clavus <-- new nickname!)
  • Jess
  • Joe
  • Joe, a different one
  • Krysta
  • Liz
  • May
  • Mitesh
  • Nolan
  • Patrick
  • Sam
  • Steven



  • Blockhead
    • The old 70's stacking game Blockhead came out first today. Brian2, Jeff (Clavus), Fenwick, and Sam played as people filed in. Fenwick lost #1. Jeff lost #2. Sam lost #3. Jeff lost #4. Fenwick lost #5. Brian2 was tho only one not to lose, so we shall deem Brian2 the winner!

  • Blokus
    • Steven and Ashley played a game of 2-player Blokus. Steven had -8, and Ashley had -5 for the win!
    • Nolan was back! Nolan was big in the club a year ago, and he stopped by to get some transfer info, and managed to get in a few games of Blokus with Fenwick. We played 3 games. Fenwick won game 1. Nolan won games 2 and 3.

  • Cloodle
    • A five player game... Eden, Ashley, Sam, Jess, Fenwick. Cloodle is a co-op game... we all race against the clock! We played twice -- we lost the first one, and won the second.

  • Hamsterolle
    • Four of us loaded up the wheel! It was Jeff (Clavus), Brian2, Steven, and Fenwick. Clavus wrecked the wheel, forcing Fenwick to put an easy piece to allow Steven to easily place his last piece for the win.
    • Another game of the 'rolle was played. Liz, Crystal, Joe, and Harper-Dylan played. No one noted who one, though. It shall ever be a mystery...

  • Mix-Up
    • This is a nice, quick, Connect-4-on-crack kind of game. Brian2 and Fenwick played a couple games. Fenwick won them both...
    • Then, Crystal and Harper-Dylan played! Harper-Dylan won them both...

  • Oodles of Doodles
    • I know a buncha people played this, but we didn't record the scores! I at least wanted to make sure I gave it a mention...

  • Quiddler
    • A 5-player game... The scores, in order from lowest to highest: Fenwick (221), Sam (237), Eden (244), Krysta (256), with Ashlei winning with a very respectable 321 (100 points in front of Fenwick, please notice)!
    • A second, very short, game of Quiddler was played. The 5 players included Can't-Stop, Joe, May, Mitesh, and Dan. Dan won by a point!
    • ANOTHER GAME of Quiddler was done. Jess was begging (in a friendly way) for a decent game of Quiddler with a small group of veterans. Four were playing: Ashley, Jess, Steve, Cassy. The scores (ascendingly)... Ashley (234), Steven (246), Cassy (249), Jess won with 272!

  • Sculptorades
    • The best part of of Cranium, all by itself! It's a co-op game, we all play against the clock and win (or lose), as one. 6 of us played: Brian2, Jeff (Clavus), Ashlei, Patrick, Sam, and Fenwick. We played 3 games. Due to some confusion (mostly from Clavus), we're not sure if we won game 1. But we certainly won games 2 and 3!

  • Ta Yu
    • I love this gorgeous game. It doesn't come out too much because it's just for two, and takes some time and space. But Fenwick and Steven got to play! Fenwick got 8 on one side, 5 on the other side equals 40 points. Steven got 7 and 7 to give him 49 for the win!

  • Thumb Wrestling
    • Just adding this to see if anyone is paying attention... Mitesh and Ashley thumb wrestled. Mitesh won. (Of course, his hand could palm a wok -- he was at a distinct advantage...)

  • Traverse
    • A four player game (the only good way to play, really)... Eden, Mitesh, Joe, and Fenwick. Joe could have done fine, if Mitesh didn't strategical block his last move, until he finished up. Mitesh for the win!

  • Tsuro
    • A 6-player game... [Eden, Krysta, Sam, Jess, Ashley, Fenwick]. Ashley wins!
    • Another game was played with J... (it was just written as "J"... don't know who that is!), Crystal, Ashley, Steven, and Liz. Liz and Ashley ended with a stalemate!



And now, the picture gallery for this week!!

Blockhead





Blokus





Oodles of Doodles




(editor's note: what IS that!?)



Quiddler: a couple notable results...





Sculptorades


OK, OK, not much going on here...



The beauty that is Ta Yu!







Thumb Wrestling. (YES! Thumb Wrestling!)



Traverse





Tsuro




Villa Paletti




CCF brought us leftover pizzas!!


(The conversation drifted Ashley and Jess sharing a pizza, and there was a reference to making a video called "Two Girls, One Slice." I shall say nothing more.)



More on Wednesday!