Thursday, May 28, 2009

Gaming on Wednesday, May 27

Summer session has begun. And gaming has continued...

Blog reports will be brief, but at least they will BE.


  • Ashlei
  • Ashley
  • Cathy Willms
  • Chris
  • Eden
  • Fenwick
  • Jennifer
  • Paul
  • Stephanie

(Heath and Victoria were nearby, but didn't actually join in the gaming. We'll drag them in next week, for sure...)


  • WORD PIRATES
    • This is a new one for game club. It's meant for younger players, but it really adapts well to the skill of the group. You all begin in the corners of the board, and basically roll letter-dice and try to make words on the board and connect them to each other, Scrabble-style. First to get to the middle wins! Silly fun. But hey, it has WORDs and PIRATEs. Two of my favorite things in the wold...

  • SHAKE
    • This is a simple dice game with push-your-luck elements. We like those (Can't Stop, Farkel, Cinq-O... we've played a bunch). In this game you each roll a starter die. Matches just get the points they rolled, then, started with the highest unique roll, bonus dice can be rolled for more points (or lose what they've earned by "crapping out" <-- actual terminology in the instructions). Only one person gets to roll the bonus dice, so there is some strategic decisions to be made ("Keep my big points, but maybe allow others to roll more, or RISK my big points to stick everyone else with a lower score.") This game is 77% chance, 22% decision, and 1% crippling frustration -- a perfect combo for a light filler game.

  • RAGE
    • Our favorite trick-taking game! We've played it a lot. It needs no intro...

  • FARKEL
    • The taste of SHAKE still lingering in our mouths, we dragged out Farkel. Another classic game club entry -- roll dice for points. Keep some point-valued dice, and risk that much to roll more. Or keep what you've got. Lots of cheering, as always...

  • QUIDDLER
    • It just wouldn't be game club without Quiddler. (OOH! Marsha Falco, Quiddler inventor, follows me on Twitter! Dang, I'm a geek.)






The gaming will continue... stay tuned. AND we'll be definitely be doing some recruiting when orientation comes around later in the summer... Cheers!

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Empty semester, blog-wise!




OK, so we haven't updated all semester. It wasn't for lack of playing! And we did record the games we did play, at least. The info exists; at least a close approximation. So I figured I'd just do a giant report of the games for the semester. Check it out...


GameQty
10 Days in Asia2
Anathema2
Aquarius1
Basari1
Boggle15
Bohnanza1
Bull in a China Shop1
Can't Stop1
Can't Stop the Turtles1
Cartagena2
Citadels1
Coda1
Continuo1
Cosmic Cows1
Cranium Whoonu2
Cranium Zigity3
Cribbage11
Cthulhu Rising1
Dino Dodg-Em1
Duo1
Earthquake1
Equals1
Farkel1
Fire and Ice3
Fist of Dragonstones1
Five Crowns3
For Sale3
Frog Juice3
Gang of Four11
Go Stop3
Gobblet1
Gold Digger1
Guillotine2
Hive1
Incan Gold1
Jumpin' Java1
King of the Beasts Mythological Edition3
Klunker1
kuuduk1
Labyrinth Card Game7
Lascaux1
Lost Cities1
Mall of Horror1
Math Dice1
Metro1
Mille Bornes3
Pecking Order2
Pepper1
Pivot1
Poison4
Quiddler21
Quo Vadis?1
Rage12
Raj5
Rumis1
San Juan3
Scopa2
Scrabble3
Shake2
Shazamm!1
Simply Catan1
Six2
Smart Mouth1
Snorta!1
Spy2
Stone Soup1
Terra Nova2
Thingamajig1
Tiki Topple4
Toss Up!1
TransAmerica4
Tsuro6
Turn The Tide2
ZÈRTZ1
Zeus on the Loose9
Zombie Fluxx2
TOTAL GAMES PLAYED206



SEE?! We played. And will continue to do so...

We'll decide what will be good day(s) for playing over the summer soon.

And we'll go back to actually logging what we play a smidge more often.

Promise.