tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192520332024-03-20T21:40:44.947-04:00Strategic Gaming Club at CCMChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917408073074208078noreply@blogger.comBlogger165125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19252033.post-49868079365708708002010-10-11T15:35:00.003-04:002010-10-11T15:39:24.292-04:00Horror WeekHey all. So we will be having horror week the week before Holloween. Monday the 25th we will be playing The Fury of Dracula (because vampires are awesome). On the 27th we will be having Monster Day, and playing all Monster themed games (like Zombies!!!!!. Come on out and join the fun.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834585106544574226noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19252033.post-53133144499905729742010-09-21T16:09:00.001-04:002010-09-21T16:09:30.809-04:00Welcome Back for Fall 2010!It's a new year! The Welcome Back Bash is on WEDNESDAY, September 22, 2010, from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. We'll be playing the whole time, and then, probably move on into the Student Center to play more. <br /><br />Stop by to play, for information, and to help us decide when the best times to meet are....<br /><br />Who knows, there may be some prizes, and surprises.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917408073074208078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19252033.post-84834834656101703342010-02-01T15:22:00.002-05:002010-02-01T15:27:49.262-05:00WE are back!<br /><br />Games are happening for the Spring 2010 semester... Here's proof!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmljOWYc446I1eAyqzrOdEvkbSUYcE0NkpHZuuX4PJmYGz4cEKyEWbkQdjnAFvydcqijym1IzdJT5nMYJjp-PFY8LL3v-p5Wrocy_6BbE0YB5J5o6UqJuKtdWwXeINSQrx4sJ17A/s1600-h/playingOn2-1-2010.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmljOWYc446I1eAyqzrOdEvkbSUYcE0NkpHZuuX4PJmYGz4cEKyEWbkQdjnAFvydcqijym1IzdJT5nMYJjp-PFY8LL3v-p5Wrocy_6BbE0YB5J5o6UqJuKtdWwXeINSQrx4sJ17A/s320/playingOn2-1-2010.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433373702378877266" /></a><br /><br />Stop by any time on Monday or Wednesday after 2:00, and join in the fun of the selection of LOTS of games!<br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUjPNQ-X6w3szdFxrM2cCbCV9k2f3XvLPMvD3EoY671Nx_6UH-RVUChr2lpaa-fOyRUnczZ_5JjDX9idsU6laQJPYVCn4bTFI7QAR1pBfgx7y0ZUuxlSLcIXnvhiIV9jguo1jG3Q/s1600-h/gamestack.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUjPNQ-X6w3szdFxrM2cCbCV9k2f3XvLPMvD3EoY671Nx_6UH-RVUChr2lpaa-fOyRUnczZ_5JjDX9idsU6laQJPYVCn4bTFI7QAR1pBfgx7y0ZUuxlSLcIXnvhiIV9jguo1jG3Q/s320/gamestack.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433373699667084978" /></a>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917408073074208078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19252033.post-4358555160751570962009-11-05T10:36:00.002-05:002009-11-05T11:12:38.652-05:00Mid semester update!We've had a busy semester, playing lots of new games, and even having members bringing in their own to share with the group! The web site has not been updated much, as usual due to too much actual GAMING. <br /><br />Our Ice Cream day last month was a HUGE success! We succeeded in eating something like 30 gallons of ice cream. There was a minor controversy and almost violence this year when chocolate was left out of the flavor selection. We managed to talk people down off their ledges, though, with chocolate syrup.<br /><br />Don't forget about the Chonkeys Day! Info is available at the top left of the page under "Events".<br /><br />We have played a bunch of games, as well! Here's a little mid-semester update of much of what we've played since the last update. <br /><br />Some new favorites are: <strong>Kamisado</strong>, <strong>Shadow Hunters</strong>, and <strong>TPOC: The Politics of Cannibals</strong>. Kamisado is a two player game on a chess-like board. But your every move dictates the possibilities for your opponent. It's mind-bendingly wonderful.<br /><br />Shadow Hunters is a hidden-identity game where each player is given a card describing them as a "Shadow", a "Hunter", or "Neutral". The Shadows are trying to kill the Hunters, and vice-versa, and the Neutrals have hidden agendas as well. Of course, (at least at the start) no one knows who is who. Only through deduction and luck can you find out. <br /><br />The Politics of Cannibals is a political game, of sorts (a little bit like an expanded version of "King of the Beasts", a game-club classic). Each player is vying to be King of the Cannibals, and has to observe what topics the voters are interested in and adjust their platform (which are just sets of cards) accordingly. Of course, throughout the game the political landscape can change. People can get put into the big cauldron, and when the chef comes out, voters get eaten. (There is much cheering around the table whenever that happens!) <br /><br /><strong>Girl Genius: The Works</strong> is also a new one to game club. It's a very clever steampunk-styled card game, where the cards make a giant machine in the middle of the table, and players try to manipulate it to their benefit. It has some of the best artwork of any game we play.<br /><br />We've played a LOT of classic games to game club in the past few weeks, as well!!<br /><br /><strong>10 Days in Asia</strong> and <strong>10 Days in Europe</strong>: We've played quite of few of these classic route-building games by Moon & Weissblum. These games should be in every high school social studies classroom -- you can't HELP but learn the Asian and European maps. And they're fun. <strong>TransAmerica</strong>, a very different but also route-building game came out, of course too.<br /><br /><br />We've played some quick party games like <strong>ASAP</strong>, <strong>Cranium Zigity</strong>, <strong>Smart Mouth</strong>, and <strong>Thingamajig</strong>... they got pulled out fairly regularly.<br /><br />There's always lots of abstract/puzzle/word games played. We got in some games of: <strong>Boggle, Coda, Continuo, Fire and Ice, Gobblet, Jumpin' Java, Quarto!, Quiddler, Rummikub, Blokus, Tsuro</strong>, and <strong>Traverse</strong>.<br /><br />Around Halloween we appropriately were playing: <strong>Betrayal at House on the Hill, Cthulhu Rising, Frog Juice, Guillotine, Mall of Horror</strong>, and <strong>Poison</strong>.<br /><br />We've actually been getting into a lot of trading/bidding/bartering games, as well lately (these are usually my favorites!!). Things like: <strong>Basari, Bohnanza</strong>, and <strong>Lascaux</strong> have all been in steady rotation.<br /><br /><strong>Forbidden</strong> has become a new favorite card game. It has elements of Rummy and Mah Jong, with some fun new gameplay elements ("Did you remember to feed the monkey??"). We've also been playing: <strong>Cribbage, Gang of Four, Hornochsen, Rage</strong>, and <strong>Zeus on the Loose</strong>.<br /><br />The role drafting games of <strong>Citadels</strong> and <strong>San Juan</strong> are always great, and we've introduced a whole new set of players to their tremendous glory.<br /><br />We've spent time in Japan, playing both <strong>Samurai</strong> AND <strong>Honor of the Samurai</strong>.<br /><br />We've played a bunch of the press-your-luck games of <strong>Incan Gold</strong> and <strong>Can't Stop the Turtles</strong>.<br /><br />There was plenty of playing with the pirates of <strong>Cartagena</strong>, the penguins of <strong>Hey! That's My Fish!</strong>, the politics of <strong>Quo Vadis?</strong>, and the polynesian <strong>Tongiaki</strong>.<br /><br />I'm sure I've missed a few, but this is quite enough for now!!Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917408073074208078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19252033.post-87589180030986232122009-09-15T11:36:00.002-04:002009-09-15T11:44:50.962-04:00FALL 2009 is in full swing!Welcome back! <br /><br />We are a couple weeks into the semester, and the game club is already back in action. Attendance is way up, and we've had dozens of new faces. We need to start looking as who will be officers this semester, and some discussion has been made regarding that.<br /><br />We've tried different ways of recording who plays what games -- this semester we will probably have just a sign in sheet of people writing down who is in attendance, and a game sheet where we simply record the games played, so we know what games are the hot ones. We'll see how that goes.<br /><br />Looks like Game Days will once again be <em>MONDAYS and WEDNESDAYS, starting around 2:00 in the Student Center</em>. You can't miss us, we've consistently taken over 2 tables (yesterday we had 3 going!)...<br /><br />Already we've played games like...<br /><ul><br /><li>Boggle<li>Bohnanza<li>Farkel<li>Five Crowns<li>Forbidden<li>Gang of Four<li>Great Dalmuti<li>Incan Gold<li>King of the Beasts<li>Mall of Horror<li>Pass the Pigs<li>Quiddler<li>TransAmerica<li>Tsuro</ul><br /><br />And there will surely be many more...<br /><br />Saty tuned!Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917408073074208078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19252033.post-57483062794443193902009-05-28T15:02:00.003-04:002009-05-28T15:18:00.549-04:00Gaming on Wednesday, May 27Summer session has begun. And gaming has continued...<br /><br />Blog reports will be brief, but at least they will BE.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_pAKyrjVq6OkDw5sp5ypUOgekGKLgkoWDWHWRu_wZtFF3Zq7bYziOrKh0dOGc9HQWq_D9KUBzxR-uUnAqHnXujfjXidKL6AX_XBSrMxkDn-08vuWiM6wxsl8YxqvM_IJt4IRKoQ/s1600-h/The+Players.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 75px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_pAKyrjVq6OkDw5sp5ypUOgekGKLgkoWDWHWRu_wZtFF3Zq7bYziOrKh0dOGc9HQWq_D9KUBzxR-uUnAqHnXujfjXidKL6AX_XBSrMxkDn-08vuWiM6wxsl8YxqvM_IJt4IRKoQ/s320/The+Players.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340952593165947106" /></a><br clear="left"><ul><li>Ashlei<br /><li>Ashley<br /><li>Cathy Willms<br /><li>Chris<br /><li>Eden<br /><li>Fenwick<br /><li>Jennifer<br /><li>Paul<br /><li>Stephanie</ul><br />(Heath and Victoria were nearby, but didn't actually join in the gaming. We'll drag them in next week, for sure...)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8P7MTxVKuLFI6qbvwAymX4dCad1b7lT8_XCJ7pYpPwbF54NjbuCwkabdY51Yug8EkYrPrDmlT323hmHwjV4CbjR1auRCcI8QlayYkBzkJwXE-guErR0_Ikk30JGDqtkVid6C0sA/s1600-h/The+Games.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 75px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8P7MTxVKuLFI6qbvwAymX4dCad1b7lT8_XCJ7pYpPwbF54NjbuCwkabdY51Yug8EkYrPrDmlT323hmHwjV4CbjR1auRCcI8QlayYkBzkJwXE-guErR0_Ikk30JGDqtkVid6C0sA/s320/The+Games.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340953395849997138" /></a><br clear="left"><ul><li>WORD PIRATES<ul><li>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...</ul><br /><li>SHAKE<ul><li>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.</ul><br /><li>RAGE<ul><li>Our favorite trick-taking game! We've played it a lot. It needs no intro...</ul><br /><li>FARKEL<ul><li>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...</ul><br /><li>QUIDDLER<ul><li>It just wouldn't be game club without Quiddler. (OOH! Marsha Falco, Quiddler inventor, follows me on Twitter! Dang, I'm a geek.)</ul><br /></ul><br /><br /><hr><br /><br />The gaming will continue... stay tuned. AND we'll be definitely be doing some recruiting when orientation comes around later in the summer... Cheers!Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917408073074208078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19252033.post-77269497371864505962009-05-21T22:15:00.004-04:002009-05-21T22:26:49.373-04:00Empty semester, blog-wise!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUK40F8pNjdlJUWKIWINZN2dWfzf4BgQuRgzpUCy6ZeT01FYu_lYmESUWjh9VaXNQjd-sVRArBQgO0jwUNtVjtJd3gij5m3ZStz-6Y1n8ZC73u_uFUBgaP0HxhkDL-IT7bGtzI1Q/s1600-h/sgc.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 108px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUK40F8pNjdlJUWKIWINZN2dWfzf4BgQuRgzpUCy6ZeT01FYu_lYmESUWjh9VaXNQjd-sVRArBQgO0jwUNtVjtJd3gij5m3ZStz-6Y1n8ZC73u_uFUBgaP0HxhkDL-IT7bGtzI1Q/s320/sgc.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338466945166851298" /></a><br /><br /><br />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...<table border="1"><tr><td>Game<td>Qty</tr><tr><td>10 Days in Asia<td>2</tr><tr><td>Anathema<td>2</tr><tr><td>Aquarius<td>1</tr><tr><td>Basari<td>1</tr><tr><td>Boggle<td>15</tr><tr><td>Bohnanza<td>1</tr><tr><td>Bull in a China Shop<td>1</tr><tr><td>Can't Stop<td>1</tr><tr><td>Can't Stop the Turtles<td>1</tr><tr><td>Cartagena<td>2</tr><tr><td>Citadels<td>1</tr><tr><td>Coda<td>1</tr><tr><td>Continuo<td>1</tr><tr><td>Cosmic Cows<td>1</tr><tr><td>Cranium Whoonu<td>2</tr><tr><td>Cranium Zigity<td>3</tr><tr><td>Cribbage<td>11</tr><tr><td>Cthulhu Rising<td>1</tr><tr><td>Dino Dodg-Em<td>1</tr><tr><td>Duo<td>1</tr><tr><td>Earthquake<td>1</tr><tr><td>Equals<td>1</tr><tr><td>Farkel<td>1</tr><tr><td>Fire and Ice<td>3</tr><tr><td>Fist of Dragonstones<td>1</tr><tr><td>Five Crowns<td>3</tr><tr><td>For Sale<td>3</tr><tr><td>Frog Juice<td>3</tr><tr><td>Gang of Four<td>11</tr><tr><td>Go Stop<td>3</tr><tr><td>Gobblet<td>1</tr><tr><td>Gold Digger<td>1</tr><tr><td>Guillotine<td>2</tr><tr><td>Hive<td>1</tr><tr><td>Incan Gold<td>1</tr><br /><tr><td>Jumpin' Java<td>1</tr><tr><td>King of the Beasts Mythological Edition<td>3</tr><tr><td>Klunker<td>1</tr><tr><td>kuuduk<td>1</tr><tr><td>Labyrinth Card Game<td>7</tr><tr><td>Lascaux<td>1</tr><tr><td>Lost Cities<td>1</tr><br /><tr><td>Mall of Horror<td>1</tr><tr><td>Math Dice<td>1</tr><tr><td>Metro<td>1</tr><tr><td>Mille Bornes<td>3</tr><tr><td>Pecking Order<td>2</tr><tr><td>Pepper<td>1</tr><tr><td>Pivot<td>1</tr><tr><td>Poison<td>4</tr><tr><td>Quiddler<td>21</tr><tr><td>Quo Vadis?<td>1</tr><tr><td>Rage<td>12</tr><tr><td>Raj<td>5</tr><tr><td>Rumis<td>1</tr><tr><td>San Juan<td>3</tr><tr><td>Scopa<td>2</tr><tr><td>Scrabble<td>3</tr><tr><td>Shake<td>2</tr><tr><td>Shazamm!<td>1</tr><tr><td>Simply Catan<td>1</tr><tr><td>Six<td>2</tr><tr><td>Smart Mouth<td>1</tr><tr><td>Snorta!<td>1</tr><tr><td>Spy<td>2</tr><tr><td>Stone Soup<td>1</tr><tr><td>Terra Nova<td>2</tr><tr><td>Thingamajig<td>1</tr><tr><td>Tiki Topple<td>4</tr><tr><td>Toss Up!<td>1</tr><tr><td>TransAmerica<td>4</tr><tr><td>Tsuro<td>6</tr><br /><tr><td>Turn The Tide<td>2</tr><tr><td>ZÈRTZ<td>1</tr><tr><td>Zeus on the Loose<td>9</tr><tr><td>Zombie Fluxx<td>2</tr><tr><td>TOTAL GAMES PLAYED<td>206</tr></table><br /><br /><br />SEE?! We played. And will continue to do so...<br /><br />We'll decide what will be good day(s) for playing over the summer soon.<br /><br />And we'll go back to actually logging what we play a smidge more often.<br /><br />Promise.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917408073074208078noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19252033.post-61222251782303089172009-01-27T16:50:00.010-05:002009-01-27T17:14:33.566-05:00Monday, January 29, 2009Games were played! A meeting was held. <br /><br />Meeting discussions....<br /><br /><ul><li>We lost our VP! Brian1 has left us to move on. Appropriately enough, Brian2decided he was interested. No one else expressed real interest, so Ashlei appointed him! Brian2 = Vice President of SGC.<br /><li>We need to have chonkeys this semester. The Welcome Back Bash is next Wednesday, so that was no good. Monday, February 9th looks to be the day! I shall have to put it on the calendar sidebar...<br /><li>We may try to get a group trip to a semi-local Scrabble Scramble. The Literacy Volunteers of Sussex County are having one on February 28th (see <a href="http://www.literacyforyou.org">Literacy For You.org</a> for info!)...<br /></ul><br /><br />And this all happened WHILE we played games...<br /><br />Here's the stats for the day...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxK626m90KWwrCRchTNx2RVaKForiJqkuG-cl6wHj-fqdSmgn0aZuHho0Yd04kMLdZ2CFj1t8ExX7xNOW4mmGXhJOMxnYiDJuyd1jA9R0Lg_daE7VKsVYNTzW9rhunjwqV_md3w/s1600-h/The+Players.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 75px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxK626m90KWwrCRchTNx2RVaKForiJqkuG-cl6wHj-fqdSmgn0aZuHho0Yd04kMLdZ2CFj1t8ExX7xNOW4mmGXhJOMxnYiDJuyd1jA9R0Lg_daE7VKsVYNTzW9rhunjwqV_md3w/s320/The+Players.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296095881338824930" /></a><br clear="left"><ul><br /><li>Alicia (n)<br /><li>Brian2 (n)<br /><li>Cathy Willms (p)<br /><li>Dan (p)<br /><li>Eden (unsure of affiliation, but we'll tentatively say "p")<br /><li>Fenwick (p)<br /><li>Heather (p)<br /><li>Jennifer (p)<br /><li>Mike (p) <== Welcome!<br /><li>Nolan (n)<br /><li>Patrick (Bp)<br /><li>Sam (n)<br /></ul><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3eAcgs-VkzdYorc2gpCWTX6Bznfdy_Z0ozFLIRSCC49w9Akpm2KSB48LGhwgnFcX8np_B9sIqofW3wJ_E_3Zml19Y30dWtCsJtAmnT5jqyXGd4oh85a52pKwxAyjCB1Ssvqt14w/s1600-h/The+Games.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 75px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3eAcgs-VkzdYorc2gpCWTX6Bznfdy_Z0ozFLIRSCC49w9Akpm2KSB48LGhwgnFcX8np_B9sIqofW3wJ_E_3Zml19Y30dWtCsJtAmnT5jqyXGd4oh85a52pKwxAyjCB1Ssvqt14w/s320/The+Games.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296096735103503554" /></a><br clear="left"><ul><br /><li>Beat the Buzzard<br /><li>Boggle<br /><li>Cartagena<br /><li>Quiddler<br /><li>Tiki Topple <== NEW GAME<br /><li>Tsuro (5 games!)<br /><li>Zeus on the Loose<br /><li>Zombie Fluxx<br /></ul><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMqhdjpqXEwW9X9MJVblG7wdj6gHLNnPMqjZ-ePG_hcnkBSF2Hpe3pP0GJD1p-SxVvB4s8tfV96_umry3nOERbtSWj9AeObXbd5Juvcvep_YGOmbWRXD-OV7PFXIjq0GITi8TRuw/s1600-h/the+pictures.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 75px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMqhdjpqXEwW9X9MJVblG7wdj6gHLNnPMqjZ-ePG_hcnkBSF2Hpe3pP0GJD1p-SxVvB4s8tfV96_umry3nOERbtSWj9AeObXbd5Juvcvep_YGOmbWRXD-OV7PFXIjq0GITi8TRuw/s320/the+pictures.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296097461804030034" /></a><br clear="left"><br /><br />Some pics from Cartagena...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiR89bzczXCp3oYCiT4fJ9F4jf0retDD6aiA35WI1lWdR4r46js_lsuvH4sq8eRzpW7jJqlx42H8oYN9zuo3iCbTEte7VgJKCmlIdylCNPVdqV2ZRFgvdYlpogxwRw748GkorCQg/s1600-h/cartag01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiR89bzczXCp3oYCiT4fJ9F4jf0retDD6aiA35WI1lWdR4r46js_lsuvH4sq8eRzpW7jJqlx42H8oYN9zuo3iCbTEte7VgJKCmlIdylCNPVdqV2ZRFgvdYlpogxwRw748GkorCQg/s320/cartag01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296097805294751346" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXbjeAG_npJK-YJXFgf-eyhGQmlf4V7-RJ_5Abl4HxpRJh2mzcO833nOOACJWGMvkJ2dZVgm4mqMZzLWSMQYi0VIaEW1B7FbG1SvmlAyasFAuYtuwv8MQVmjNt_hwcpntWZH11yg/s1600-h/cartag05.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXbjeAG_npJK-YJXFgf-eyhGQmlf4V7-RJ_5Abl4HxpRJh2mzcO833nOOACJWGMvkJ2dZVgm4mqMZzLWSMQYi0VIaEW1B7FbG1SvmlAyasFAuYtuwv8MQVmjNt_hwcpntWZH11yg/s320/cartag05.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296097820608323010" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglgd0Lg2VdT8YLGS3y0Ks_dABvcnSVvNW7SQI9eRHvDre4mxX0V7Cvp7AdPpWa-14tuETiovy2iIuw-oKXZvYbn4V4w1I1TEni98gAdmC71-GNAqTJofPrYFrBWDux0NJ_yvpXPg/s1600-h/cartag04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglgd0Lg2VdT8YLGS3y0Ks_dABvcnSVvNW7SQI9eRHvDre4mxX0V7Cvp7AdPpWa-14tuETiovy2iIuw-oKXZvYbn4V4w1I1TEni98gAdmC71-GNAqTJofPrYFrBWDux0NJ_yvpXPg/s320/cartag04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296097811175527634" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvD2SX5P8UnowhnAf38wTG_Oz46UCrlCSk_eX4AwbKA46R2gsRL-LIkUNWDutfhtZR_5p6tfteX5l7auWhitxOUQuLbrXqmJ7SMgqhBKC6s_qnkxEiTjCMbWJfOxJGLg0cJ1W-FA/s1600-h/cartag03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvD2SX5P8UnowhnAf38wTG_Oz46UCrlCSk_eX4AwbKA46R2gsRL-LIkUNWDutfhtZR_5p6tfteX5l7auWhitxOUQuLbrXqmJ7SMgqhBKC6s_qnkxEiTjCMbWJfOxJGLg0cJ1W-FA/s320/cartag03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296097808731473970" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1sTwPHWSWQPKbY3XlQzq0APJwE7k7x3um5Xgyk2uhyDihyHUryyL22JzG5DGUh0E6il-WR6bKsZl1RJitNftkGrD7rfVXbQHX_932iBEH3PrijX9D6iSYzLMR3FdHrt8EKm__yA/s1600-h/cartag02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1sTwPHWSWQPKbY3XlQzq0APJwE7k7x3um5Xgyk2uhyDihyHUryyL22JzG5DGUh0E6il-WR6bKsZl1RJitNftkGrD7rfVXbQHX_932iBEH3PrijX9D6iSYzLMR3FdHrt8EKm__yA/s320/cartag02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296097808538827842" /></a><br /><br />Some Quiddler highlights...<br /><br />Sam had this (and, yes, if it looks upside down, that's because it is).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5gI57dFxOJAfWOwPl7kzEAyuqVXvWbQM95yGyeyhk0ePDmpip8GJzOyNVNuSQ-FSpmL-Me-NOUW5R7Pot_hHzNzWEVrA0By7LXD9AQMAo3CMFHhdvMvCSn_eJidsbI7TCLFzvA/s1600-h/quiddler05.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5gI57dFxOJAfWOwPl7kzEAyuqVXvWbQM95yGyeyhk0ePDmpip8GJzOyNVNuSQ-FSpmL-Me-NOUW5R7Pot_hHzNzWEVrA0By7LXD9AQMAo3CMFHhdvMvCSn_eJidsbI7TCLFzvA/s320/quiddler05.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296098312157424066" /></a><br /><br />Heather came up with this. She suggested that Game Club could potentially be looking at a new name...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiScFzDaipofxcDiYZV37UGYDn579Tm0RccQlcAGz1agbhiYtwvMtgBB36XQtrDSmJjMubq-lExwBw3iRnC9vrSxQpaDUsQXbofJS3WB35WOcmEwbqVnLg7ojs3sfGLmVf7o6-6SA/s1600-h/quiddler04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiScFzDaipofxcDiYZV37UGYDn579Tm0RccQlcAGz1agbhiYtwvMtgBB36XQtrDSmJjMubq-lExwBw3iRnC9vrSxQpaDUsQXbofJS3WB35WOcmEwbqVnLg7ojs3sfGLmVf7o6-6SA/s320/quiddler04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296098304089104514" /></a><br /><br />Mike, new guy, ran this 7-card gem...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6b3P5Vya5maYUJwawKLVNM7OSHJ3R9EKudRv_r533bZBOLn7S7yVApWBTnx7fKr2w2OUt87_qmthNAAfzj0dX6M7nyr_OoFxZp-J0gWRCZ6TetFNyngWapyoRPJfp-rhs38FOUQ/s1600-h/quiddler02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6b3P5Vya5maYUJwawKLVNM7OSHJ3R9EKudRv_r533bZBOLn7S7yVApWBTnx7fKr2w2OUt87_qmthNAAfzj0dX6M7nyr_OoFxZp-J0gWRCZ6TetFNyngWapyoRPJfp-rhs38FOUQ/s320/quiddler02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296098299410059538" /></a><br /><br />Fenwick went with a western theme...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLK7iIk5PTjCWf0cs935yt3dfwYPCWAS8mzASIkkxhR9syxgO8cUMRbKEeQH0dQpiLeYCxMuIiikLBp-BChgUUW3wa5UnXf8TVp4QCsdj-Ff0Qd2fe9QGrQU4QJkdwpsdnmUUT9Q/s1600-h/quiddler01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLK7iIk5PTjCWf0cs935yt3dfwYPCWAS8mzASIkkxhR9syxgO8cUMRbKEeQH0dQpiLeYCxMuIiikLBp-BChgUUW3wa5UnXf8TVp4QCsdj-Ff0Qd2fe9QGrQU4QJkdwpsdnmUUT9Q/s320/quiddler01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296098289723640066" /></a><br /><br />Tiki Topple is a new game to game club! It's a 'reorg the line to maximize your secret goal' style game. I guess the closest thing to that we've played in Guillotine... It's pretty cool, fast, and the bits are gorgeous. Check it out:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZkv2sM1Zdnh44BrLuwfctap_C17LhYYQa74M3m0pvWgcbGYy7d1WRTqUMNG3OigLQT40jxiaiDCA_Zo-GenSf1TYmBC1NnMF7XJl8ampsbRHzwSL5k3xKskSzDgGx9H00o-3SA/s1600-h/tiki-topple04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZkv2sM1Zdnh44BrLuwfctap_C17LhYYQa74M3m0pvWgcbGYy7d1WRTqUMNG3OigLQT40jxiaiDCA_Zo-GenSf1TYmBC1NnMF7XJl8ampsbRHzwSL5k3xKskSzDgGx9H00o-3SA/s320/tiki-topple04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296099637466835090" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMpouQjNuugh1RvLxozCOBkNPuR8DsfengDtrSrfUPvXTccez0wDezPp7TCjVuKee2ltbOytWDqfcv8mgC6TymP7pxqudF2WzUdN-DIw7C3mT9f615Oa3MfpcQyhHMO2dWy1Rlw/s1600-h/tiki-topple03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMpouQjNuugh1RvLxozCOBkNPuR8DsfengDtrSrfUPvXTccez0wDezPp7TCjVuKee2ltbOytWDqfcv8mgC6TymP7pxqudF2WzUdN-DIw7C3mT9f615Oa3MfpcQyhHMO2dWy1Rlw/s320/tiki-topple03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296099634462489858" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX4BQofLKnhfNmNTvgP9z4l9M4b3J41WCy5W4xZ831I3iSB-3TJDfNiDSafka80kVzo6_2t_NmhiNNjbvo16LbeKUkoMnQ-uNV8OyZbdD_7pJfF1Pe7DDvfbrPSrqOiu7suKF8Rg/s1600-h/tiki-topple02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX4BQofLKnhfNmNTvgP9z4l9M4b3J41WCy5W4xZ831I3iSB-3TJDfNiDSafka80kVzo6_2t_NmhiNNjbvo16LbeKUkoMnQ-uNV8OyZbdD_7pJfF1Pe7DDvfbrPSrqOiu7suKF8Rg/s320/tiki-topple02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296099627257487378" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheSstBI4iTsfX27spqKf8qucz4AsPcnwlubjQl75Ga0_xSDcczEXQhWH8zyXlGKtoEdwVdaWRw5Hy05w32NtZt-5TwDgpGLm_BTq212CPhL-fZXu_DBWKlx6rEu5oXmpnh-oKlNw/s1600-h/tiki-topple01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheSstBI4iTsfX27spqKf8qucz4AsPcnwlubjQl75Ga0_xSDcczEXQhWH8zyXlGKtoEdwVdaWRw5Hy05w32NtZt-5TwDgpGLm_BTq212CPhL-fZXu_DBWKlx6rEu5oXmpnh-oKlNw/s320/tiki-topple01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296099626366009026" /></a><br /><br />Tsuro is a game club classic.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgtPRXk1KoX14YLrfA7HX4gs4rfEhVKbh9QZMYHZQ24THvf2Wt0P4UgUv3otScTwHzX6R6s3W_vrBIP0Ei0jt0iComCCyu5KP3iUGcPq7R0YSCglPvuzFyCDg6W0RPG8DW57mQWQ/s1600-h/tsuro03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgtPRXk1KoX14YLrfA7HX4gs4rfEhVKbh9QZMYHZQ24THvf2Wt0P4UgUv3otScTwHzX6R6s3W_vrBIP0Ei0jt0iComCCyu5KP3iUGcPq7R0YSCglPvuzFyCDg6W0RPG8DW57mQWQ/s320/tsuro03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296100234594916514" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi750SU_qavTZKD2refjZp_HXlNWlOPCV2s7hlc8-F3KzjoqQ6LftsdSg3dnuvkQ2JXhVvnsHtOfbhOk5IQvjuGfECZC8ZvXF4r2smpeIm9eIMruLeSSgT9qd6jLtSjS_Qd1Rwb8g/s1600-h/tsuro02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi750SU_qavTZKD2refjZp_HXlNWlOPCV2s7hlc8-F3KzjoqQ6LftsdSg3dnuvkQ2JXhVvnsHtOfbhOk5IQvjuGfECZC8ZvXF4r2smpeIm9eIMruLeSSgT9qd6jLtSjS_Qd1Rwb8g/s320/tsuro02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296100227020102194" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZdD0EW5H42HqKomZ4RkTZSo7QyXPd1x2TmBPs1Ir6NXGTImHEooJRk3dljMrnMxvFYKUrCRbQ9sVO95NNtfRBKUcJ-Bo-sx86is4KtMiAgfl816Sjb1HCk7o8p0NKDuHCohL2ng/s1600-h/tsuro01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZdD0EW5H42HqKomZ4RkTZSo7QyXPd1x2TmBPs1Ir6NXGTImHEooJRk3dljMrnMxvFYKUrCRbQ9sVO95NNtfRBKUcJ-Bo-sx86is4KtMiAgfl816Sjb1HCk7o8p0NKDuHCohL2ng/s320/tsuro01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296100218310575586" /></a><br /><br /><br />Well, if there's no snow, we'll all gather on Wednesday!Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917408073074208078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19252033.post-68121472912150875362009-01-23T16:21:00.005-05:002009-01-23T16:38:07.198-05:00And another semester begins...We're back! The first game club meeting for Wednesday, January 21 went swimmingly.<br /><br />We had new people, classic games, good times.<br /><br />Here's how it went...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrivTGKObEQ6G2LdxiAzVbZklc5et42glmad5p6hFhx2sKZDMLGoNBRxLyFLZkszyXzmOzDUBSYmu4HHMoAApz3d5iw77TEo8FX5SGVL0GLhWBizekdt-J0rrcazG87qez58guWg/s1600-h/The+Players.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 75px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrivTGKObEQ6G2LdxiAzVbZklc5et42glmad5p6hFhx2sKZDMLGoNBRxLyFLZkszyXzmOzDUBSYmu4HHMoAApz3d5iw77TEo8FX5SGVL0GLhWBizekdt-J0rrcazG87qez58guWg/s320/The+Players.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294604560516985426" /></a><br clear="left"><ul><li>Abe<li>Alicia<li>Brian2<li>Cathy Willms<li>Chris<li>Crystal<li>Dallas<li>Eden<li>Fenwick<li>Jon2<li>Kayla<li>Liz<li>Patrick<li>Paul<br /></ul><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIdDXe8tuJMddaEbzoIpJExYDponfQQx3A3BREdcLSPzcfaOwgSArxm0oUF0fLWDWRoUl6UJgcQOD0k2l0fztFewjZIWwnysjz24lP7F6juUC9f4hhYDKtE0uZt8VWfnUW3sfy7A/s1600-h/The+Games.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 75px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIdDXe8tuJMddaEbzoIpJExYDponfQQx3A3BREdcLSPzcfaOwgSArxm0oUF0fLWDWRoUl6UJgcQOD0k2l0fztFewjZIWwnysjz24lP7F6juUC9f4hhYDKtE0uZt8VWfnUW3sfy7A/s320/The+Games.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294604584844777586" /></a><br clear="left"><ul><br /><li>Gang of Four<br /><li>Quiddler<br /><li>Rage<br /><li>Tsuro<br /><li>Zeus on the Loose<br /><li>Zombie Fluxx<br /></ul><br /><br />(I'm pretty sure there were other, uncredited games played. But we're just getting back into the swing of things...)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5cgzB8LdskRsEqFArvy63-3wmDT66YZFIyPA7qNG_HAC9zigsLhJoss2TVaN3ugNXPVwH4VDZQI_9hxjw6h1PG_TO0vRIVuYSSqhq3kF_yUSMNau3zrrNh3Ij0exvWK3aHma7gQ/s1600-h/the+pictures.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 75px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5cgzB8LdskRsEqFArvy63-3wmDT66YZFIyPA7qNG_HAC9zigsLhJoss2TVaN3ugNXPVwH4VDZQI_9hxjw6h1PG_TO0vRIVuYSSqhq3kF_yUSMNau3zrrNh3Ij0exvWK3aHma7gQ/s320/the+pictures.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294604584387400290" /></a><br clear="left">My camera and I were away from the club meeting for most of it, so I only got a coupla pictures. Here they go...<br /><br />Zeus was on the Loose...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRmT5jszX5EOjVG3TzrG_FqGURouKuTjXB9la279OFEj289s7jbkpQiJ9XgN3EOzrAlNPE7_-NXj4EgKXhyphenhyphenwpmpbWemFy5gzZrnsSsn5ELiro8i64uPUuaxT9-bSNZF69s2Rz_fg/s1600-h/zeus.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRmT5jszX5EOjVG3TzrG_FqGURouKuTjXB9la279OFEj289s7jbkpQiJ9XgN3EOzrAlNPE7_-NXj4EgKXhyphenhyphenwpmpbWemFy5gzZrnsSsn5ELiro8i64uPUuaxT9-bSNZF69s2Rz_fg/s320/zeus.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294606295230129458" /></a><br clear="left"><br /><br />And here's a couple Tsuro shots...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZM70AGljcWvSiQnAqK3-POX-1786NqrAy-ASBLPxYqpcnQytJrY5ZPHREZgjadsS4ChoQfbGOrsUSK_DIJ9tTVbQcI31rB7uQpq4gDrpMim5yd7mRiEdZbuiNuY7Al7z7u7JSw/s1600-h/tsuro.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZM70AGljcWvSiQnAqK3-POX-1786NqrAy-ASBLPxYqpcnQytJrY5ZPHREZgjadsS4ChoQfbGOrsUSK_DIJ9tTVbQcI31rB7uQpq4gDrpMim5yd7mRiEdZbuiNuY7Al7z7u7JSw/s320/tsuro.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294606293623643602" /></a><br clear="left"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadaeG-bZbnGcdDFCwsp_7cdXso9XTkXo6eshLkmQNiApOTWN3KwmNGkEQ5iKI8JkOrL7MPt-ceyqh9tuujtF1rT0vQy3yVPM6MKDu28gVUE1eZOeEvKZba8GlphSIG7zqy2Ylpw/s1600-h/tsuro2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 253px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadaeG-bZbnGcdDFCwsp_7cdXso9XTkXo6eshLkmQNiApOTWN3KwmNGkEQ5iKI8JkOrL7MPt-ceyqh9tuujtF1rT0vQy3yVPM6MKDu28gVUE1eZOeEvKZba8GlphSIG7zqy2Ylpw/s320/tsuro2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294606290724125794" /></a><br clear="left"><br /><br /><hr><br /><br />Next meeting... Monday, January 26! Be there...Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917408073074208078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19252033.post-42265153373374059082008-12-17T13:12:00.020-05:002008-12-17T13:39:02.227-05:00end of year wrap up.OK, OK, OK. I haven't posted in FOREVER. Not sure how to catch up, except by just posting the SEVENTY DIFFERENT games we've played in the past six weeks.<br /><br />I took horribly zoomed in, cropped, and distorted pictures of the boxes. On purpose. It's arty, OK? Like it.<br /><br /><p align="center"><br /><br />Bull in a China Shop<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEMn2Oh0bxzUrmcXovD06_P21DF3-veW6nWM09SrpVr3tXL7fC6T99gTutasNVUPQ_MM7BDUAEy6DSEUpMUAF1Hbh3hqGVG7ERHiA8AbZmBksof-Kqy85Ecf3p3TKf_-zKfP1Z/s1600-h/05-bull+china.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEMn2Oh0bxzUrmcXovD06_P21DF3-veW6nWM09SrpVr3tXL7fC6T99gTutasNVUPQ_MM7BDUAEy6DSEUpMUAF1Hbh3hqGVG7ERHiA8AbZmBksof-Kqy85Ecf3p3TKf_-zKfP1Z/s320/05-bull+china.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280824236410586594" /></a><br /><br />Boggle<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjb0YHsCIAVjrU2d0uozgJ284YS8MoxspyoX7tRYO4VOHZyPvNsKBdExNfdkHYCJWAl-pv5SNsh_FXl4KRyV-GmM7yj77duOn7_gwRjD257gRkCXBW7SmrxpOKWUNOGjwBshhv/s1600-h/04-boggle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjb0YHsCIAVjrU2d0uozgJ284YS8MoxspyoX7tRYO4VOHZyPvNsKBdExNfdkHYCJWAl-pv5SNsh_FXl4KRyV-GmM7yj77duOn7_gwRjD257gRkCXBW7SmrxpOKWUNOGjwBshhv/s320/04-boggle.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280824229059012610" /></a><br /><br />Betrayal at House on the Hill<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJIzHuvDBTKE8JSNRwDOEHJIoaBF0xyfnd5hkp-dY-AUqgJeTvx_M6KR6rmUH4F0Fl_ZSoEQlYinKtSQcIv3qfs3_qQrjMhK8CydX0KC5NTVIZXo-AFV__R4UbKNnd2dr6lvn7/s1600-h/03-betrayal.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJIzHuvDBTKE8JSNRwDOEHJIoaBF0xyfnd5hkp-dY-AUqgJeTvx_M6KR6rmUH4F0Fl_ZSoEQlYinKtSQcIv3qfs3_qQrjMhK8CydX0KC5NTVIZXo-AFV__R4UbKNnd2dr6lvn7/s320/03-betrayal.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280824225160058610" /></a><br /><br />Ave Caesar<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFygMKrqLhRNaqYIcAnCwujlvgnfdPOpT2-QHrsozWypxSZ3Dcq1eWa5yLiFI0RgKMaLLCem3jTgQzUfgLsbRigtRLSeMssICaGkly3YN4ZgsHtNu7LghEcdMLVxCqFHaKGw2/s1600-h/02-ave+caesar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFygMKrqLhRNaqYIcAnCwujlvgnfdPOpT2-QHrsozWypxSZ3Dcq1eWa5yLiFI0RgKMaLLCem3jTgQzUfgLsbRigtRLSeMssICaGkly3YN4ZgsHtNu7LghEcdMLVxCqFHaKGw2/s320/02-ave+caesar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280824227075170994" /></a><br /><br />The aMAZEing Labyrinth<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQu-GvN6UebMYi-0cqdgHw6z9vOilmyzyvUqQbrb4TVDJzZZEHN1gCVUUjG_JcRMcyBJEobNZwWiXWkyjgVThNUk8P8zAexa1R6c1ZULn_cjZs1tPBQtmeImjJDXMbLEe4kPld/s1600-h/01-labyrinth.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQu-GvN6UebMYi-0cqdgHw6z9vOilmyzyvUqQbrb4TVDJzZZEHN1gCVUUjG_JcRMcyBJEobNZwWiXWkyjgVThNUk8P8zAexa1R6c1ZULn_cjZs1tPBQtmeImjJDXMbLEe4kPld/s320/01-labyrinth.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280824220079787410" /></a><br /><br />Coda<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMClTF3hl2MQDoSqoRhpGR9mADGolin0R-WqORjyB309zw97KDmnLTnB6x3Pgz_3U3K18jGU2fvuaEDhRSjsMjdfEOwOQ8rkrIjfKoz0MwWOBuIwAjfOlSl8OvvF1STmJJRPz/s1600-h/10-coda.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMClTF3hl2MQDoSqoRhpGR9mADGolin0R-WqORjyB309zw97KDmnLTnB6x3Pgz_3U3K18jGU2fvuaEDhRSjsMjdfEOwOQ8rkrIjfKoz0MwWOBuIwAjfOlSl8OvvF1STmJJRPz/s320/10-coda.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280824684176750802" /></a><br /><br />Citadels<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSD2cLHiixkM33FBNPbNCm7s9C_0FwMygZMRYq7hEmLzUKsXVJPrDrWGR8jQhnV1kW_PqtAuYNkw-40PS8_RgFDTZr6-W4LX5w3rlqlxMfW5mzO3j2msaqKw8VK_uBwtmv80S3/s1600-h/09-citadels.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSD2cLHiixkM33FBNPbNCm7s9C_0FwMygZMRYq7hEmLzUKsXVJPrDrWGR8jQhnV1kW_PqtAuYNkw-40PS8_RgFDTZr6-W4LX5w3rlqlxMfW5mzO3j2msaqKw8VK_uBwtmv80S3/s320/09-citadels.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280824682831301778" /></a><br /><br />Catz, Ratz, and Batz<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaDyrLhfxsAdHm8kDTjTG3FQXJZjI3Y7ytMkk7Y3UjBFmenM0d-6BIuhAT9dR3NRKPBdDJ7OqCWOcWG6_svCY3kDHWTf6SCbRDikK-bdVx8qoYYmbgCuNQHvYsubWpRzw3WtJ/s1600-h/08-catz+ratz+batz.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaDyrLhfxsAdHm8kDTjTG3FQXJZjI3Y7ytMkk7Y3UjBFmenM0d-6BIuhAT9dR3NRKPBdDJ7OqCWOcWG6_svCY3kDHWTf6SCbRDikK-bdVx8qoYYmbgCuNQHvYsubWpRzw3WtJ/s320/08-catz+ratz+batz.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280824676048531762" /></a><br /><br />Can't Stop<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1wx0GJrqN7Vnifz8_qfSMCOppajn4oTKpH1_VnNzmU7D2-PT5LKZomV0dgFqMJeqZLrBZkkHFgv0rrui4YkPVOCrIjFoXe986zl93VG1LhPnQn4vu80T5NumaxSFBzJsYW-d/s1600-h/07-cant+stop.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1wx0GJrqN7Vnifz8_qfSMCOppajn4oTKpH1_VnNzmU7D2-PT5LKZomV0dgFqMJeqZLrBZkkHFgv0rrui4YkPVOCrIjFoXe986zl93VG1LhPnQn4vu80T5NumaxSFBzJsYW-d/s320/07-cant+stop.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280824677589745442" /></a><br /><br />Ca$h 'n Gun$<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuePV0ZSmmK2Ytphdf-28EsFagempL1iRXDCBBzmMRIY4h42_f5EbTDZujctQV3Ist0rWBPzk4ENSl_lo-9fvDTe0b1VHwOLhBTHwqVmhQhPFF-HGJz4hgc_kdDYV2nH8Q6nS0/s1600-h/06-cash+guns.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuePV0ZSmmK2Ytphdf-28EsFagempL1iRXDCBBzmMRIY4h42_f5EbTDZujctQV3Ist0rWBPzk4ENSl_lo-9fvDTe0b1VHwOLhBTHwqVmhQhPFF-HGJz4hgc_kdDYV2nH8Q6nS0/s320/06-cash+guns.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280824666719254466" /></a><br /><br />Cribbage<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnJGIH8nLqj93EpE4ZAkHPx6twgObyJFRScdT-5ZL64ij0z-njjqcWg2EEyWuQabAaN_kujeVligziKF5DJxjYZcnQzomLx4bQfxKP8PLwEvB6fgoL8Fd-tz2hmNAypyOWXhI8/s1600-h/15-cribbage.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnJGIH8nLqj93EpE4ZAkHPx6twgObyJFRScdT-5ZL64ij0z-njjqcWg2EEyWuQabAaN_kujeVligziKF5DJxjYZcnQzomLx4bQfxKP8PLwEvB6fgoL8Fd-tz2hmNAypyOWXhI8/s320/15-cribbage.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280825117568285570" /></a><br /><br />Whoonu<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-KQ-if0cZO1kNg-AV1CwxUC2XSBrZtpBc78I_T6USaJbhwkCtho2IzaafiQgKBeIXIR2T3z0RjKBVskTgIo7ao8hqc634YDFrNxPIjhZ1Wp_rng1ZOYoPmNPZZWnCwLEoLn-d/s1600-h/14-whoonu.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-KQ-if0cZO1kNg-AV1CwxUC2XSBrZtpBc78I_T6USaJbhwkCtho2IzaafiQgKBeIXIR2T3z0RjKBVskTgIo7ao8hqc634YDFrNxPIjhZ1Wp_rng1ZOYoPmNPZZWnCwLEoLn-d/s320/14-whoonu.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280825114924969138" /></a><br /><br />Super Showdown<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsFaNRESa2pqUVqS4rdafix8pJb8NSoEAvCVSUO-8duIaZbUkazheuoOaAHvvIE5Sjimr7WiuFcHV4I8l_skvLvadAvVg42tKXBKiAy6rKxc3N4zcjGgD7astITIl10LBjofEl/s1600-h/13-super+show.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsFaNRESa2pqUVqS4rdafix8pJb8NSoEAvCVSUO-8duIaZbUkazheuoOaAHvvIE5Sjimr7WiuFcHV4I8l_skvLvadAvVg42tKXBKiAy6rKxc3N4zcjGgD7astITIl10LBjofEl/s320/13-super+show.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280825109303198178" /></a><br /><br />Cowabunga<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpAGW1MS0gYDSrPBqEMJsRYxh8XIII5opcKUq7r5Kv0TDRHTUWUv-7CrtVRRRk8VR-F4MCuMIshFNG1W7G7jHFufScdwg_sWVKpqaGcDdJt-BfhSDhqQthJF57V4ykhwn2F97X/s1600-h/12-cowabunga.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpAGW1MS0gYDSrPBqEMJsRYxh8XIII5opcKUq7r5Kv0TDRHTUWUv-7CrtVRRRk8VR-F4MCuMIshFNG1W7G7jHFufScdwg_sWVKpqaGcDdJt-BfhSDhqQthJF57V4ykhwn2F97X/s320/12-cowabunga.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280825107454485330" /></a><br /><br />Continuo<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1d12O3KIG7ZJi0Zmy0E2rMeWgmuaPs6OpftywXaq6HBaAW9snN_Yx8ek06MCA77ajPCV5j1-5AbSMc3GuO7nbP57gIcB0cjho6RipOM_DOP9rRiq7ymaS9nYtfJyhzmcf41Dv/s1600-h/11-continuo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1d12O3KIG7ZJi0Zmy0E2rMeWgmuaPs6OpftywXaq6HBaAW9snN_Yx8ek06MCA77ajPCV5j1-5AbSMc3GuO7nbP57gIcB0cjho6RipOM_DOP9rRiq7ymaS9nYtfJyhzmcf41Dv/s320/11-continuo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280825100353341250" /></a><br /><br />Farkel<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJOlHnoH2QLyiigACRjMTXMSdgDa9N_Rv39Vuw94B7coxxm3388BVlc0HkkxoLto6e2aFk2Qn1hPsX5f8zKi1eS1hzU5alhtnMDgxrbexnXJEj1iqKrNyuxa0y4PHrw4BsiMh/s1600-h/20-farkel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJOlHnoH2QLyiigACRjMTXMSdgDa9N_Rv39Vuw94B7coxxm3388BVlc0HkkxoLto6e2aFk2Qn1hPsX5f8zKi1eS1hzU5alhtnMDgxrbexnXJEj1iqKrNyuxa0y4PHrw4BsiMh/s320/20-farkel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280825666803330098" /></a><br /><br />Elk Fest<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTQVW9K_P3iSA5hyphenhyphen5zwmiB1AVd9onhZRJfAgNVSBYzdH_CdMqzOXBqFgtTmPobPRnXTNgylhKXGAPrmgb6e525tOEWoiCQWweUed1JkfOX9IEuWPNomTr0FMHTID6jZtJKYea/s1600-h/19-elk+fest.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTQVW9K_P3iSA5hyphenhyphen5zwmiB1AVd9onhZRJfAgNVSBYzdH_CdMqzOXBqFgtTmPobPRnXTNgylhKXGAPrmgb6e525tOEWoiCQWweUed1JkfOX9IEuWPNomTr0FMHTID6jZtJKYea/s320/19-elk+fest.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280825660055962674" /></a><br /><br />Dicey<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5volVOsK6yBOnzyehF3IgsqP9R8Tg6evjF20tJE9wYt422tddYkZRsLCz1GCS4OvDxVa1gpRKfD7BqgLdYXk06WWN8QzioOtdNDCRRfJkhYLyrjORsPjDmUMub6yYYSitqwat/s1600-h/18-dicey.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5volVOsK6yBOnzyehF3IgsqP9R8Tg6evjF20tJE9wYt422tddYkZRsLCz1GCS4OvDxVa1gpRKfD7BqgLdYXk06WWN8QzioOtdNDCRRfJkhYLyrjORsPjDmUMub6yYYSitqwat/s320/18-dicey.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280825654426175666" /></a><br /><br />David & Goliath<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgroj6oJzRvwLYmik_UqjMpxVNFBM4I9mLwupXd9UJVltsYtDB6vcYeZWdkqWC2D0_OV75VmuZyfPy07y5sDngGxskJv5kMxoq5e9zMJAbcD3k0dKyRPrP8rRWRh4J57anfxkpO/s1600-h/17-david+goliath.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgroj6oJzRvwLYmik_UqjMpxVNFBM4I9mLwupXd9UJVltsYtDB6vcYeZWdkqWC2D0_OV75VmuZyfPy07y5sDngGxskJv5kMxoq5e9zMJAbcD3k0dKyRPrP8rRWRh4J57anfxkpO/s320/17-david+goliath.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280825653895500306" /></a><br /><br />Cthulhu Rising<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW84rQy_fjedX4c9jcuY_Z2jYl1vMbGH06Fbw1y785AFdQfMp2tql0TAUongFfkzjVwIsAQZbd4RB-DCLK2_DPhPx0KwJjkQneOqScxvvoPLFlnsTxjC2w-vxCqNkLgsvhiQHb/s1600-h/16-cthulhu.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW84rQy_fjedX4c9jcuY_Z2jYl1vMbGH06Fbw1y785AFdQfMp2tql0TAUongFfkzjVwIsAQZbd4RB-DCLK2_DPhPx0KwJjkQneOqScxvvoPLFlnsTxjC2w-vxCqNkLgsvhiQHb/s320/16-cthulhu.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280825647873652898" /></a><br /><br />Gang of Four<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1ArvwYdMG7EYzA0SRYiWUPLlX9yoqRDAfYJ-K4nk3iRWSGV2kElRinb0u8ShUoFQWJsqff-4VWFscw52Oo6wK5eyqTdcHqevdlj6cwR6oIzxfsHNfZc7vhlEi6CYM9iXHN6v/s1600-h/25-gang+4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1ArvwYdMG7EYzA0SRYiWUPLlX9yoqRDAfYJ-K4nk3iRWSGV2kElRinb0u8ShUoFQWJsqff-4VWFscw52Oo6wK5eyqTdcHqevdlj6cwR6oIzxfsHNfZc7vhlEi6CYM9iXHN6v/s320/25-gang+4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280826067343399650" /></a><br /><br />Frog Juice<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivcsE3kMAoyc9YcfPxz2kTnCNS5FUZ1Pym2JbdhIefvBPIDuFZElnJMce0fYctw-8nOTmpqJCRKJj3uOT6GeU3RAVf9rd1sHaXNksd3-f8v7X6mxdtuxHMgZbltKVUFZCOe0Xy/s1600-h/24-frog+juice.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivcsE3kMAoyc9YcfPxz2kTnCNS5FUZ1Pym2JbdhIefvBPIDuFZElnJMce0fYctw-8nOTmpqJCRKJj3uOT6GeU3RAVf9rd1sHaXNksd3-f8v7X6mxdtuxHMgZbltKVUFZCOe0Xy/s320/24-frog+juice.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280826058606588994" /></a><br /><br />Five Crowns<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTTKq5S9ye50s9Mb9BfUVho84dKROBXNWZjIpCDLu7KlUReK0OVXaCrk3MtMFEX18gIpFUjUTVvklDDfNgP_SS2TMFSs19Isjl2AhqEkenmxueZjOBZ8i562TKktDuXQNVtqK/s1600-h/23-five+crowns.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTTKq5S9ye50s9Mb9BfUVho84dKROBXNWZjIpCDLu7KlUReK0OVXaCrk3MtMFEX18gIpFUjUTVvklDDfNgP_SS2TMFSs19Isjl2AhqEkenmxueZjOBZ8i562TKktDuXQNVtqK/s320/23-five+crowns.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280826059635964418" /></a><br /><br />Fist of Dragonstones<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyWMOFMG-Bp1U3pNxvedAiEuX77T282NIM1zq1kdAr5Ycrlor5v65LIHObyULoF_T1_OMFqH1nyvec648Ix7blM5waCOvdKdxo-JSRq0ZdbnWRzT4TRGXh-JkIAoUeafFgboU/s1600-h/22-fist+drag.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyWMOFMG-Bp1U3pNxvedAiEuX77T282NIM1zq1kdAr5Ycrlor5v65LIHObyULoF_T1_OMFqH1nyvec648Ix7blM5waCOvdKdxo-JSRq0ZdbnWRzT4TRGXh-JkIAoUeafFgboU/s320/22-fist+drag.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280826051166877650" /></a><br /><br />Figaro<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVSP1eqdaAB6zkPguzq9x-3_trpV_84NOHmQ3t109vYpcS2oAuyKk40EyJgOgf2cQMfr5s5xx2e8YRcdNYkOCksulqCS6wtAapyN6ausX1ow33spBERz9WAMZzilRDMBOxggz/s1600-h/21-figaro.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVSP1eqdaAB6zkPguzq9x-3_trpV_84NOHmQ3t109vYpcS2oAuyKk40EyJgOgf2cQMfr5s5xx2e8YRcdNYkOCksulqCS6wtAapyN6ausX1ow33spBERz9WAMZzilRDMBOxggz/s320/21-figaro.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280826047175149026" /></a><br /><br />Guillotine<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7edvnyDzcNyHttgNrMZH2YmJTf97uH7U3NHC1dMwSheaTaQDnlPd_5A4C9Eft0eKJSPgBwiEKtDgNWwFNYHRVMGGWrAyY_ctYw4lwpEaN59Zt7HG59eqw5ITH6qDo1yvTyiIC/s1600-h/30-guillotine.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7edvnyDzcNyHttgNrMZH2YmJTf97uH7U3NHC1dMwSheaTaQDnlPd_5A4C9Eft0eKJSPgBwiEKtDgNWwFNYHRVMGGWrAyY_ctYw4lwpEaN59Zt7HG59eqw5ITH6qDo1yvTyiIC/s320/30-guillotine.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280826607861605938" /></a><br /><br />Great Wall of China<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4hLG4f0-oVcWkiPI1UiT92YOARoiENiBfkc09r7lTsZLXZ3VTSfpHQIhuuz0yzZqz5dW_jHO_sIZmu6GSC_dvC-G6CSDMA01YuN37-zwO1ChMwmx6kCqNnXW84ekj-6Y5Mme/s1600-h/29-great+wall.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4hLG4f0-oVcWkiPI1UiT92YOARoiENiBfkc09r7lTsZLXZ3VTSfpHQIhuuz0yzZqz5dW_jHO_sIZmu6GSC_dvC-G6CSDMA01YuN37-zwO1ChMwmx6kCqNnXW84ekj-6Y5Mme/s320/29-great+wall.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280826602078414050" /></a><br /><br />Graverobbers from Outer Space<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbAmjm8HM6uMw3HwqbZeG9CiS6Drnsdlf88CzXLSr8-Op3jziqJzJ853Ew2CSBLkOFNAU8X0tp-639eedJiXSu9Nk-qa3GSrw4Sg1iFCpNSI2tCNiG-Fw7zjycbGlo5DWoGldu/s1600-h/28-graverobbers.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbAmjm8HM6uMw3HwqbZeG9CiS6Drnsdlf88CzXLSr8-Op3jziqJzJ853Ew2CSBLkOFNAU8X0tp-639eedJiXSu9Nk-qa3GSrw4Sg1iFCpNSI2tCNiG-Fw7zjycbGlo5DWoGldu/s320/28-graverobbers.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280826595946642146" /></a><br /><br />Give Me the Brain<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRog2pvNVBWwoEq1NQ2vzP4-klqPuEs7kE1f0D3fBVFdsPmoiVH4Fej-FiECDmp-8k_linFPQsQo3-yX-GcRqFHYeGiBM0PAoZ2sfYxMSUkcHls6W1ClOeAhkez_by-ish84kZ/s1600-h/27-give+me+brain.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRog2pvNVBWwoEq1NQ2vzP4-klqPuEs7kE1f0D3fBVFdsPmoiVH4Fej-FiECDmp-8k_linFPQsQo3-yX-GcRqFHYeGiBM0PAoZ2sfYxMSUkcHls6W1ClOeAhkez_by-ish84kZ/s320/27-give+me+brain.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280826593227928978" /></a><br /><br />Gemblo<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAmO_TcQOnnOK7uG0LdqTkPZJ2SJeZ9hNwXD9YqiRXIimkGOdyoesTjq3LfJNSvTH8YDK-I3TB9uxPqhfwzKWT5GaiIJ2AMRiK8XXdX7xjjCC6msflRSFNoan2i0qs3syhlAfh/s1600-h/26-gemblo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAmO_TcQOnnOK7uG0LdqTkPZJ2SJeZ9hNwXD9YqiRXIimkGOdyoesTjq3LfJNSvTH8YDK-I3TB9uxPqhfwzKWT5GaiIJ2AMRiK8XXdX7xjjCC6msflRSFNoan2i0qs3syhlAfh/s320/26-gemblo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280826586699513378" /></a><br /><br />Infinity<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVrPZxKYp_f24pZX56r7Pv9VEbJgUjklISFebt56tvG01g_PACLb4RYHFwF_C4exY5apzStVj8WnUzhqoA-egD4SFpBcUiXWl3_xZ8ILualCBto3OG_3jXDopvJeY1eJDoA7UR/s1600-h/35-infinity.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVrPZxKYp_f24pZX56r7Pv9VEbJgUjklISFebt56tvG01g_PACLb4RYHFwF_C4exY5apzStVj8WnUzhqoA-egD4SFpBcUiXWl3_xZ8ILualCBto3OG_3jXDopvJeY1eJDoA7UR/s320/35-infinity.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280827062262844450" /></a><br /><br />Incan Gold<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXCjbkuyQXnTdf2AkcjCF8xVQ09KBQX6AHxAPbyLlltyOqkS8oogSYI4nqI1Tb7ql5c5NgqqQnppZGs49YPHcfZ7fpbmOf8RuyK4xHl2LG9p0kSRa0I-4JgjHzIsjFCOscuKK/s1600-h/34-incangold.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXCjbkuyQXnTdf2AkcjCF8xVQ09KBQX6AHxAPbyLlltyOqkS8oogSYI4nqI1Tb7ql5c5NgqqQnppZGs49YPHcfZ7fpbmOf8RuyK4xHl2LG9p0kSRa0I-4JgjHzIsjFCOscuKK/s320/34-incangold.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280827057351489410" /></a><br /><br />Ido<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1t4gD4xliAJrAXmRiwlkD6KV2AjOk98DZjOWMJJdfzLtMIpkOgs-8hWQgvapZxTkFG-bVKuiMz0fw4g1pPKHVZXZtFGg_xJiMK3fYDCnhyphenhyphenfGmIjzgWZOHiSHwAUTj5KGMRP77/s1600-h/33-ido.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1t4gD4xliAJrAXmRiwlkD6KV2AjOk98DZjOWMJJdfzLtMIpkOgs-8hWQgvapZxTkFG-bVKuiMz0fw4g1pPKHVZXZtFGg_xJiMK3fYDCnhyphenhyphenfGmIjzgWZOHiSHwAUTj5KGMRP77/s320/33-ido.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280827050861830770" /></a><br /><br />Hey! That's MY Fish!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAhTuA-iQaLqy3VKW9s5mkhrhlzqOH7nhv2uLmlcZi-BXeaYdssL3n0miRlCRiqN5WXxtJRCh51eGwdI0Zrc2dWnq0gbSp1dutNg-62a41pgNAW0PBC87aRjYpzlV1J8aiQCo3/s1600-h/32-hey+fish.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAhTuA-iQaLqy3VKW9s5mkhrhlzqOH7nhv2uLmlcZi-BXeaYdssL3n0miRlCRiqN5WXxtJRCh51eGwdI0Zrc2dWnq0gbSp1dutNg-62a41pgNAW0PBC87aRjYpzlV1J8aiQCo3/s320/32-hey+fish.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280827047722246818" /></a><br /><br />HamsterRolle<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31mjshnN4iH04UlyHWPn195WSz1mfXd_NpXqlcInVY-Rd4rqljRmh2HbS5OozTzXKKI_mHISK2CdBzhOlV8uctgQmd2YezOuKrP7m_ZqijILUxRbRly0mOXl-HCjqbGWvUXaM/s1600-h/31-hamsterroll.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31mjshnN4iH04UlyHWPn195WSz1mfXd_NpXqlcInVY-Rd4rqljRmh2HbS5OozTzXKKI_mHISK2CdBzhOlV8uctgQmd2YezOuKrP7m_ZqijILUxRbRly0mOXl-HCjqbGWvUXaM/s320/31-hamsterroll.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280827041367352498" /></a><br /><br />King's Gate<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRbJEZ5xjWRdT4D35jYNbf_OwRFtBCa9yn2gAleVyPSi5vwmvRjZaX38UdSnqCPZ_pEZXCEOIjLj-rGNFvXF4qu9tGnoz686ubAngxc9cDFUX2DhQ_12u3br2fsEj7SKx6Rl3G/s1600-h/40-kings+gate.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRbJEZ5xjWRdT4D35jYNbf_OwRFtBCa9yn2gAleVyPSi5vwmvRjZaX38UdSnqCPZ_pEZXCEOIjLj-rGNFvXF4qu9tGnoz686ubAngxc9cDFUX2DhQ_12u3br2fsEj7SKx6Rl3G/s320/40-kings+gate.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280827684895881522" /></a><br /><br />Kings Cribbage<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTh18CsAsmipo42inuOobxuQFHqXYG9iLnuD7JTnwpwzuqSZyY1v1_8Ehrz59gvC76Uoi4ANxxfo6BPXWzY-A2rhdK9GAuF8DNCgGLAXFPjpkBdijpC_NwR79Ly2xGwQokLafw/s1600-h/39-kings+cribbage.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTh18CsAsmipo42inuOobxuQFHqXYG9iLnuD7JTnwpwzuqSZyY1v1_8Ehrz59gvC76Uoi4ANxxfo6BPXWzY-A2rhdK9GAuF8DNCgGLAXFPjpkBdijpC_NwR79Ly2xGwQokLafw/s320/39-kings+cribbage.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280827678264677490" /></a><br /><br />King of the Beasts<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPW487WffXO9J9RkjjSLyrG90h8q_q3eFw2geckNOOU_ok9N_tjLTVd8utb9eSCROmc3gdQesmPTvViIViQneywu-cr7AM4pc73ckFIC_peNSq0z3idUsX97fJwxmQ8x2pX1e/s1600-h/38-king+beasts.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPW487WffXO9J9RkjjSLyrG90h8q_q3eFw2geckNOOU_ok9N_tjLTVd8utb9eSCROmc3gdQesmPTvViIViQneywu-cr7AM4pc73ckFIC_peNSq0z3idUsX97fJwxmQ8x2pX1e/s320/38-king+beasts.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280827669958125858" /></a><br /><br />Kill Dr. Lucky<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-OwxLjMhMKfqtRGsPoyGEPD_UeKcRS952uz0edBdLmaB0OxHm2cQ9U8RS8yt1vMLvm8UqftlJjVLHM3yBVBgzZ1KG6c3AqQpJhyjKmZFuya1XhJY8jbXrMlN81-OUpjVHCmi/s1600-h/37-kill+dr+lucky.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-OwxLjMhMKfqtRGsPoyGEPD_UeKcRS952uz0edBdLmaB0OxHm2cQ9U8RS8yt1vMLvm8UqftlJjVLHM3yBVBgzZ1KG6c3AqQpJhyjKmZFuya1XhJY8jbXrMlN81-OUpjVHCmi/s320/37-kill+dr+lucky.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280827670473931010" /></a><br /><br />Ka-Ching!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7PBlJZIH1QJZckriwkHDDVq7ixBjoYisvfeSw9Z8iTUiioIXFVFLa1ZaDP5X40FnyJO5nJMorjf7JSdH7lwTGoFFgPAt7LRyj1dQFLr14DQ6V5jcd0FbPU4oHni003pB_Kfd/s1600-h/36-ka+ching.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7PBlJZIH1QJZckriwkHDDVq7ixBjoYisvfeSw9Z8iTUiioIXFVFLa1ZaDP5X40FnyJO5nJMorjf7JSdH7lwTGoFFgPAt7LRyj1dQFLr14DQ6V5jcd0FbPU4oHni003pB_Kfd/s320/36-ka+ching.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280827667954367298" /></a><br /><br />Monsters Menace America<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD12oSH7ZzwvxVD0dKRbIhr1i4qIxUR_2C3MEtKp3OPBSYfFsy7Jsbu1vfZGhCnREDzyTnQv1cTH7dSJwlNXFKR88wXYW0EiaclRz3j9I2zKG6982Hmg91l-2x9s-BK_WznEWU/s1600-h/45-monsters+menace.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD12oSH7ZzwvxVD0dKRbIhr1i4qIxUR_2C3MEtKp3OPBSYfFsy7Jsbu1vfZGhCnREDzyTnQv1cTH7dSJwlNXFKR88wXYW0EiaclRz3j9I2zKG6982Hmg91l-2x9s-BK_WznEWU/s320/45-monsters+menace.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280828130901654130" /></a><br /><br />Metro<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHy3DzHy5pU63py3H3cvNDgu_fEUgcUqIG4NZsJk-gPUz35mZVz6xVHNgAdsoPMePMyrfh9KBm23AaLz3k4mSSInv2jCXFsVP9dBtBTO9B-gW0dzV6c21a1Y-VdHo0HE8JJ6Td/s1600-h/44-metro.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHy3DzHy5pU63py3H3cvNDgu_fEUgcUqIG4NZsJk-gPUz35mZVz6xVHNgAdsoPMePMyrfh9KBm23AaLz3k4mSSInv2jCXFsVP9dBtBTO9B-gW0dzV6c21a1Y-VdHo0HE8JJ6Td/s320/44-metro.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280828124178121186" /></a><br /><br />Mall of Horror<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGpLwjuOK5zcnxlnnSnoQzj5S50Js7NFtgoFt91Wl29dwgroLmuYMo2PPJy-ypx5uA0W9ZXxqO2OfWsV-Hf3cUD-MGHRUZJAG07mfubRN_VznLuWgus9vQcN_C0tsQ329bkH6/s1600-h/43-mall+horror.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjdApUU1zNRwCQd7UHHomVKeqGxqCLVFSC59BimA9PGtxziGs15tcaxKHc1PrRL0ValtNeybCtcx4npDo9TUv3YZEHzBwwJblnESDLBgxn9MaNyeLSUFnJsnsld0wtYHX3S8M/s320/41-lost+cities.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280828120740430882" /></a><br /><br />Pig Pile<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAhaKEPwEsMHSsm4EOVKrKIH7HbPJMLvWigFFtTjQk1I6H6Nd2EbFJKGj4d07EGScV_BIHzAiL2ac6NSYyF19h4BSKiCSUbaWu0dfpL6yT3bG6cb_A_JxWwE5iAiLpo4Cp326G/s1600-h/50-pig+pile.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAhaKEPwEsMHSsm4EOVKrKIH7HbPJMLvWigFFtTjQk1I6H6Nd2EbFJKGj4d07EGScV_BIHzAiL2ac6NSYyF19h4BSKiCSUbaWu0dfpL6yT3bG6cb_A_JxWwE5iAiLpo4Cp326G/s320/50-pig+pile.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280828481807125282" /></a><br /><br />Pepper<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpC3cp-oaCP7kDNxp8DjUYi65U5cN_CRuHJB5RQc0VRpUJvcMMTOyfzaw-LU0_-xso8GxmbAI8mog8hb3Yc2aYEvjErQXlNgDpK5eRuJM8Dx8rxzPsRYP8FSTVFImkVWpIPtUh/s1600-h/49-pepper.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpC3cp-oaCP7kDNxp8DjUYi65U5cN_CRuHJB5RQc0VRpUJvcMMTOyfzaw-LU0_-xso8GxmbAI8mog8hb3Yc2aYEvjErQXlNgDpK5eRuJM8Dx8rxzPsRYP8FSTVFImkVWpIPtUh/s320/49-pepper.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280828477325705186" /></a><br /><br />Pecking Order<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHXzwpO_OemVeKh9t3GeSp-2HvD6dO2WZ2nc4xQP9hPYGVg9FV9HTW42aUaAE4eVlbA5TUKSEeYIoAqXtx_wk_6lTS6fd3RgRT0gaN3lGPtN-Rhm-knfs1VF4-SeZ4pChRItv/s1600-h/48-pecking+order.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHXzwpO_OemVeKh9t3GeSp-2HvD6dO2WZ2nc4xQP9hPYGVg9FV9HTW42aUaAE4eVlbA5TUKSEeYIoAqXtx_wk_6lTS6fd3RgRT0gaN3lGPtN-Rhm-knfs1VF4-SeZ4pChRItv/s320/48-pecking+order.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280828464163743234" /></a><br /><br />Oodles of Doodles<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnCDPIxXocwRurWVVqwIGxkb_IA1Hx-4SpZoj8DzrNM0LDlo9J81maTsaevWwtMlOL8M5NG1wJGPSB6ha_0rdP_5ahX_MbK8W8aK4hv3wYWwjDBY19JWQYpgWAs9St1Z7ZRQ1A/s1600-h/47-oodles+of+doodles.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnCDPIxXocwRurWVVqwIGxkb_IA1Hx-4SpZoj8DzrNM0LDlo9J81maTsaevWwtMlOL8M5NG1wJGPSB6ha_0rdP_5ahX_MbK8W8aK4hv3wYWwjDBY19JWQYpgWAs9St1Z7ZRQ1A/s320/47-oodles+of+doodles.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280828460557325426" /></a><br /><br />Monty Python Fluxx<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgahmEw2nZk7jofqbIHV81RbvsGlOWXSfEvjjHULKeUzpNaXofCajV3xiNTizNfw1ggirRwo0XVNebkn5xz_JAorPOuNQzCeQUv91WPZ0ftQJDuckBqJQ3yD4uw8LmICbJcApgZ/s1600-h/46-monty+python+fluxx.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgahmEw2nZk7jofqbIHV81RbvsGlOWXSfEvjjHULKeUzpNaXofCajV3xiNTizNfw1ggirRwo0XVNebkn5xz_JAorPOuNQzCeQUv91WPZ0ftQJDuckBqJQ3yD4uw8LmICbJcApgZ/s320/46-monty+python+fluxx.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280828456966158466" /></a><br /><br />Rummikub<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4sAWTX4K23w2JUPaK6lBf5S2ybrCXhWdoop1_RaCUct6kFYTOq9B8kKptSBa0F9eVxAGwIr-q2Y53esuk4yL0QbXvqF2n3Dli5XLQmss-l9EocoK0c7PRgtNIKMSeai0nlV9/s1600-h/55-rummikub.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4sAWTX4K23w2JUPaK6lBf5S2ybrCXhWdoop1_RaCUct6kFYTOq9B8kKptSBa0F9eVxAGwIr-q2Y53esuk4yL0QbXvqF2n3Dli5XLQmss-l9EocoK0c7PRgtNIKMSeai0nlV9/s320/55-rummikub.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280828845398504722" /></a><br /><br />Beat the Buzzard<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4jPM9fV7VjLiLqVmls5hXhJZ0qIcS6Wf_G6tFbELIDb9PUTHnZCroST-T3bL3-riw9QpnKX8VaLf9HuWAIz9X4XCvjp1Tfe23SPAWJLSfbYbdfNC7tS1b6iYN9Ov6r9R9kIr/s1600-h/54-beat+buzzard.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4jPM9fV7VjLiLqVmls5hXhJZ0qIcS6Wf_G6tFbELIDb9PUTHnZCroST-T3bL3-riw9QpnKX8VaLf9HuWAIz9X4XCvjp1Tfe23SPAWJLSfbYbdfNC7tS1b6iYN9Ov6r9R9kIr/s320/54-beat+buzzard.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280828843940643138" /></a><br /><br />Rage<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuddVHJUjSWmwCTi93qB_9S9Rx4IR80EFRHYdeO2WdPN2FCEmTrkPnrucsdxtCn8D4GjI3jGZzdAdKRIjDk6MQmF5RZ99zlgRXfSJLW-sj3Ww01xkAsh7St4O1BrMRnWyCnxsv/s1600-h/53-rage.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7BoybN_LLNgAonTeZgaueLh8xq_npHEF5UqLxZMrENxy6DRW3JmmDrmk0OjEd8bgK8LWupDdNXixZuXkDkmLywQ6iPGJK7UWos7o4sP9KRHlTh0e5Wui2LLoddJfCMIvBLvS/s320/51-quiddler.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280828834284480802" /></a><br /><br />Spacebeans<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZFXqx1UQ00j7G3BZefXBhc8ZFhf_V9Nc_8YG5j3RMJbaCoe8jl0eOdqRZFBhAyHBjKDeWigU-mrCpbhYfsercSoozfFzkqKKjVvL8OZ-ROgUcSvLGuL8Jp47NVCADjONoaJBn5w/s1600-h/60-spacebeans.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZFXqx1UQ00j7G3BZefXBhc8ZFhf_V9Nc_8YG5j3RMJbaCoe8jl0eOdqRZFBhAyHBjKDeWigU-mrCpbhYfsercSoozfFzkqKKjVvL8OZ-ROgUcSvLGuL8Jp47NVCADjONoaJBn5w/s320/60-spacebeans.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280829148090554114" /></a><br /><br />Snorta<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAfONainkj08ao8zbcCdbo6JQ3Hx4OLCFLPKvzyJwYyPqDoHxbocqciQV6yu92s1ptyKw-9rt-zpmWQ8qdzC0DhNHY1NMnDw2uRwxTNd8CMhH9cd2HO90M-J10Dlq-KIQHw7KG/s1600-h/59-snorta.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAfONainkj08ao8zbcCdbo6JQ3Hx4OLCFLPKvzyJwYyPqDoHxbocqciQV6yu92s1ptyKw-9rt-zpmWQ8qdzC0DhNHY1NMnDw2uRwxTNd8CMhH9cd2HO90M-J10Dlq-KIQHw7KG/s320/59-snorta.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280829146001121986" /></a><br /><br />Slush Fund<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6vwqwNlUqzkH-OC6XYsh3vyhlSQpoodSZJ98Crj7ukU3MqQ4yBu1HmaP8qWqh_faEK-fURjGLvvDFtyOywha1SW5jDzyEFom6uXsb9AQE3B6WSE2sUVXGYUAL4H5ZloW6KEntA/s1600-h/58.-slushjpg.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6vwqwNlUqzkH-OC6XYsh3vyhlSQpoodSZJ98Crj7ukU3MqQ4yBu1HmaP8qWqh_faEK-fURjGLvvDFtyOywha1SW5jDzyEFom6uXsb9AQE3B6WSE2sUVXGYUAL4H5ZloW6KEntA/s320/58.-slushjpg.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280829140582843362" /></a><br /><br />Engel & Bengel<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaK-Ahne_768IWqT35tBXp2W7fC491namShlsU7Nludzf8Bc_aNx9LfGgLfgHbghRDwEvt-_rIlUwzyhXdnu31xnAkHIYpAoWPwMLdAhlO8naY78etcWhQBjNHMqJqjJ9JVfeTQ/s1600-h/57-engel+bengel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaK-Ahne_768IWqT35tBXp2W7fC491namShlsU7Nludzf8Bc_aNx9LfGgLfgHbghRDwEvt-_rIlUwzyhXdnu31xnAkHIYpAoWPwMLdAhlO8naY78etcWhQBjNHMqJqjJ9JVfeTQ/s320/57-engel+bengel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280829136818124626" /></a><br /><br />Samurai<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHn8hCGiyf_Oa_OzeQIYWjO-Crojklnk2hb04ZvzDQUV6JCcksq40m81aCH7VfkhfJVkN4MIIwGkLEnh04FpQKAyJcRsBM1bz-9HvF5gNdn_fM3k83HLkiwck_GvJxZLokinrV/s1600-h/56-samurai.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHn8hCGiyf_Oa_OzeQIYWjO-Crojklnk2hb04ZvzDQUV6JCcksq40m81aCH7VfkhfJVkN4MIIwGkLEnh04FpQKAyJcRsBM1bz-9HvF5gNdn_fM3k83HLkiwck_GvJxZLokinrV/s320/56-samurai.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280829135245660978" /></a><br /><br />Thingamajig<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbQ-xPdDzDRItYuWrCFIZAP7QeFT22Y-kmkKs-Hr1L6g9XpGoVF1p1TGmwHnQ2iILwY7ZyjAiVmyHtwJ1NMMMhZVCReXNWtNr4erYgtIrpg9c4m5T9Tp_7rLrO8QTlWu7l1J_dQ/s1600-h/65-thingamajig.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbb7ArQIqUevNV7e7C2iCuUtohAAV83aQ12QLywQ0tmjEgrBtWJxtBUHKNwAGrbug8BOC3uYQtgUWOzLnpGFAEeanMRzCHKAF_zjjiDNlxBJ7cjwVezPipQ3JqySwWhWc4uZniSA/s320/63-tayu.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280829644023593762" /></a><br /><br />Stone Soup<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8ajfiUTVjF5kFcgYAJm3WpSnn0JFuow9ENuNfSMlxPEllY1DC9lQQm7QeNOm1r76z2qR14X16djwnR0aMsnnk0OQNr40Hs46Y82VWWPXg248DYG_t9d_MxU-SSikFWd1lPQkHQ/s1600-h/62-stonesoup.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8ajfiUTVjF5kFcgYAJm3WpSnn0JFuow9ENuNfSMlxPEllY1DC9lQQm7QeNOm1r76z2qR14X16djwnR0aMsnnk0OQNr40Hs46Y82VWWPXg248DYG_t9d_MxU-SSikFWd1lPQkHQ/s320/62-stonesoup.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280829642234648050" /></a><br /><br />Spite & Malice<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zWNLOB257wLcGJoYG632ApoIpC4VIOC3-la4bcEPDI8F14ebYmG-6PZJ-0KmMcP8lVIvURVtFWSJE8EomNcyQc1-E2RuWYW2APfsPtE62DNqhvf-qBVE44yGCiKC_OB1W5xczQ/s1600-h/61-spitemalice.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zWNLOB257wLcGJoYG632ApoIpC4VIOC3-la4bcEPDI8F14ebYmG-6PZJ-0KmMcP8lVIvURVtFWSJE8EomNcyQc1-E2RuWYW2APfsPtE62DNqhvf-qBVE44yGCiKC_OB1W5xczQ/s320/61-spitemalice.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280829638481486082" /></a><br /><br />Zombie Fluxx<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwTs2gJjdpthN_iYBWfrPxEpLnTCYOxhuvacc6_13IiSY3Ol44OkEG38oH-0-EtPA5NOS4nre36hMIZ3UVsAkkct5-7Db1pgEED4xCfCrebCC_ymOGO7jLZ7SDHlA8CXl46nnlrg/s1600-h/70-zombiefluxx.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwTs2gJjdpthN_iYBWfrPxEpLnTCYOxhuvacc6_13IiSY3Ol44OkEG38oH-0-EtPA5NOS4nre36hMIZ3UVsAkkct5-7Db1pgEED4xCfCrebCC_ymOGO7jLZ7SDHlA8CXl46nnlrg/s320/70-zombiefluxx.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280830097429399954" /></a><br /><br />Zeus on the Loose<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EhoJhVOqLoPUdV4nPdMSlkk4XEojCvKapxjzekvbphYyCRmNAB-f2UZ1eb7pSDY0-TUxbKMvvuHfXHNL_DWOcjIoYoZRJAj6oFPaPgiPnRnXTP7po7P-vmW9mzHh2JfmAr_iBA/s1600-h/69-zeus.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EhoJhVOqLoPUdV4nPdMSlkk4XEojCvKapxjzekvbphYyCRmNAB-f2UZ1eb7pSDY0-TUxbKMvvuHfXHNL_DWOcjIoYoZRJAj6oFPaPgiPnRnXTP7po7P-vmW9mzHh2JfmAr_iBA/s320/69-zeus.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280830094827729938" /></a><br /><br />Zertz<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHOO8if2tj8UbTsH9ra7JBTjT4PcMxk0pbp57RXHm0VcixrQwUT6QzDwLwl5GZGGfqJbY8c5R_mp3xEnHVJvURxDQvcEP0Y3D_Az8VlHJF4Bz8rAL1bp5Lw-ug6CWzRdGfnwuOLw/s1600-h/68-zertz.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHOO8if2tj8UbTsH9ra7JBTjT4PcMxk0pbp57RXHm0VcixrQwUT6QzDwLwl5GZGGfqJbY8c5R_mp3xEnHVJvURxDQvcEP0Y3D_Az8VlHJF4Bz8rAL1bp5Lw-ug6CWzRdGfnwuOLw/s320/68-zertz.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280830093256805650" /></a><br /><br />Wordsearch<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8JvAqPL2k6AUxYdUlgflwjCbUM7dGGQN8SzdkEAnodgUsTtzO88DatgoLapo75CZDfatsSaABTMMTMnivOtTMJrhoi1EIBwdrp9P6KeXTjaiOL6TUHDS6LcsOex63ojQtQ3dMrA/s1600-h/67-wordsearch.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9uKRPBbDGPMsT7YQr1U6sKdId1w_tsi6tbtP8aT0tCB9X6Z0cK8aml6XizsbuhuDI89QDjETcyFL6hg6qFzyPdpHJXkVx-9FsOU9FlMtllk0yatZc0rC3jGwtUxgjta3Mj5kg/s320/redAndBlue.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257854565770768482" /></a><br /><br />And we played games! Here's the who and the what...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSSEEhHN4qabHR7I6jDMmC7SdZDLVZEm8GGE4U10lKIDAODNA-oUVm5oeiXFnXSuaPwWZoWZ-TmROOjRSpIocSMn4hUMLhE_uvypF5jazVeLc9DM24N0OWCSVVqcEewmkD-_O0/s1600-h/The+Players.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSSEEhHN4qabHR7I6jDMmC7SdZDLVZEm8GGE4U10lKIDAODNA-oUVm5oeiXFnXSuaPwWZoWZ-TmROOjRSpIocSMn4hUMLhE_uvypF5jazVeLc9DM24N0OWCSVVqcEewmkD-_O0/s320/The+Players.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257854754897867394" /></a><br /><ul><br /><li>Ashlei<br /><li>Ashley<br /><li>Brian1<br /><li>Brian2<br /><li>Can't Stop<br /><li>Cengiz<br /><li>Clavus<br /><li>Crystal<br /><li>Dan<br /><li>Eden<br /><li>Fenwick<br /><li>Harper-Dylan<br /><li>Joe<br /><li>Kaitlyn<br /><li>Krysta<br /><li>May<br /><li>Paul<br /><li>Peter<br /><li>Phil<br /><li>Tyler<br /><li>Victoria<br /></ul><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNbGrQO82jGXLixEkzzZ6auXYrDo_3dNbzrwbpb79gbGQ7uCFxzItZ1nmQmdCjhJ7eU_6aPe80TU5_WoUl66SS9J82RjD-zn6VvBebRvo-IwFpu2622ndo8FN0Fxc-635gYn2v/s1600-h/The+Games.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNbGrQO82jGXLixEkzzZ6auXYrDo_3dNbzrwbpb79gbGQ7uCFxzItZ1nmQmdCjhJ7eU_6aPe80TU5_WoUl66SS9J82RjD-zn6VvBebRvo-IwFpu2622ndo8FN0Fxc-635gYn2v/s320/The+Games.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257854756428274514" /></a><br /><ul><br /><li>8 1/2<ul><li>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, <strong>Cengiz wins</strong>!</ul><br /><li>Incan Gold<ul><li>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 <strong>Brian1 wins</strong>!<li>Eden pinched hit for Brian1, and a second round was played. Both Fenwick and Calus ended up with nothing! With 28 gems this time, <strong>Dan wins</strong>!</ul><br /><li>King's Gate<ul><li>This is one of Reiner Knizia's surround-to-win games. I like it quite a bit. It's <em>sort of</em> 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, <strong>Clavus wins</strong>!</ul><br /><li>Lotus<ul><li>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, <strong>Dan wins</strong>!</ul><br /><li>Mission: Red Planet<ul><li>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...</ul><br /><li>Quiddler<ul><li>QUIDDLER? At Game Club? Oh, yeah. Victoria, May, Kaitlyn, and Peter played. It was Pete's first game, so of course, with 233 points, <strong>Peter wins</strong>!<li>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, <strong>Julia wins</strong>!</ul><br /><li>Rage<ul><li>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, <strong>Ashley wins</strong>!</ul><br /><li>Swoggle<ul><li>Two rounds were played between Crystal, Tyler, Joe, and Cengiz. In round 1, with 104 points, <strong>Joe wins</strong>!<li>In round 2, with 137 points, <strong>Cengiz wins</strong>!</ul><br /><li>Ta Yu<ul><li>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, <strong>Can't-Stop/Brian2 wins</strong>!</ul><br /></ul><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWnyxSMvkNfJu5WXcDLeziIMS1Pg15z-qmDQV2APK8I6ZQPL5hDhr-PWNl5boTz03dgL5TZpZdkv6FfY2b4GZx3jX7RngYeqMLTkXlhygkc6MAFuwTiPVnSTJ6aAdMT5JF9klV/s1600-h/the+pictures.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWnyxSMvkNfJu5WXcDLeziIMS1Pg15z-qmDQV2APK8I6ZQPL5hDhr-PWNl5boTz03dgL5TZpZdkv6FfY2b4GZx3jX7RngYeqMLTkXlhygkc6MAFuwTiPVnSTJ6aAdMT5JF9klV/s320/the+pictures.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257874768809995890" /></a><br /><h2>8 1/2</h2><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybxc7nUDyLKpykHjx_c1KTyl9aebz_ke2stR5KoDNGcreQwUKpYm10xgDawWTiShEOGmilmXt2Iv5WrNNzzSkquX6HjVcchR3rOEtlclcn2_iq-LswiDgoIDSxTm5vR5H86bN/s1600-h/8+and+a+half01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybxc7nUDyLKpykHjx_c1KTyl9aebz_ke2stR5KoDNGcreQwUKpYm10xgDawWTiShEOGmilmXt2Iv5WrNNzzSkquX6HjVcchR3rOEtlclcn2_iq-LswiDgoIDSxTm5vR5H86bN/s320/8+and+a+half01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257869782528228994" /></a><br /><br /><h2>Incan Gold</h2><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-BUeRv-Sqp0BBFiDoPMpgQJCppkTNjbE0-hAnO4Xhelh-FGIJ3xkx_vlIheuaDPJZUUjq1cw_ARb9Nh86R-MU8rihgb6Ogceq-s3HBEBT4Tvkh1yX_Tlf5_ZxBsMrP8Z8aoa/s1600-h/incan+gold01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-BUeRv-Sqp0BBFiDoPMpgQJCppkTNjbE0-hAnO4Xhelh-FGIJ3xkx_vlIheuaDPJZUUjq1cw_ARb9Nh86R-MU8rihgb6Ogceq-s3HBEBT4Tvkh1yX_Tlf5_ZxBsMrP8Z8aoa/s320/incan+gold01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257869915918365074" /></a><br /><br /><h2>King's Gate</h2><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7pfK315mp0_gHHHR32rqx1PJ5hyphenhyphenTr-B9AOZPM3E4S7ZmONvHrtvu30XYNmVwfLbt3Kuz-lDO1H_qlKatAnlLAzTo_X-GV99jgnL9sTVg2QPTWCr-7vnS1AYXm5Xehp433Hhf/s1600-h/kingsGate01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7pfK315mp0_gHHHR32rqx1PJ5hyphenhyphenTr-B9AOZPM3E4S7ZmONvHrtvu30XYNmVwfLbt3Kuz-lDO1H_qlKatAnlLAzTo_X-GV99jgnL9sTVg2QPTWCr-7vnS1AYXm5Xehp433Hhf/s320/kingsGate01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257870049813275346" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhje1eAPzY-hsH82zCu4qJQGKhexXmlvTUIWnBbzTvUE0fiF34ECwRpO0Uf9KYpQJDz9sWJYy8HDSt1h134IJTNHE1Hh_IaSu09XJUFxrE-AzJJlGtLmWvrO58IO_jYaKr5s2NG/s1600-h/kingsGate02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhje1eAPzY-hsH82zCu4qJQGKhexXmlvTUIWnBbzTvUE0fiF34ECwRpO0Uf9KYpQJDz9sWJYy8HDSt1h134IJTNHE1Hh_IaSu09XJUFxrE-AzJJlGtLmWvrO58IO_jYaKr5s2NG/s320/kingsGate02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257870052512493922" /></a><br /><br /><h2>Lotus</h2><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVHRQHMM3adWz4FdRVSQTr-Tdi85Tm0jODfCQVXIJk098YdlCA0V5gpifY9DN8Tw5vN7SQf2pEaKzCX7W-9kt20Jx9bFfR9692ON9gfAhqutNUQzk7kUoOc_kvjxN20_774pkG/s1600-h/lotus01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVHRQHMM3adWz4FdRVSQTr-Tdi85Tm0jODfCQVXIJk098YdlCA0V5gpifY9DN8Tw5vN7SQf2pEaKzCX7W-9kt20Jx9bFfR9692ON9gfAhqutNUQzk7kUoOc_kvjxN20_774pkG/s320/lotus01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257870209690372962" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBo7ypnchyphenhyphencPadaA8uSw6KxMtOiIiv0g7DIvYysVRXhdWz88AiZrAFxbXYRYwZJ2xypxeG6QfWWhUUfrMvwQRAkMSme4j5GOKw7DbQrsZb4Dv9qmQzvV8BX8RRbhQD01t9C1DQ/s1600-h/lotus02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBo7ypnchyphenhyphencPadaA8uSw6KxMtOiIiv0g7DIvYysVRXhdWz88AiZrAFxbXYRYwZJ2xypxeG6QfWWhUUfrMvwQRAkMSme4j5GOKw7DbQrsZb4Dv9qmQzvV8BX8RRbhQD01t9C1DQ/s320/lotus02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257870219423291122" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCRcrh_-p9ka74wPZVbwciJ7H-2r-ewLg-3ay7TGGcSc7FVGdIMTiGR2E48lK8degLYklgWWp8JIY_N4tTWsRmdBpalwDifVOjJLu6Sziv7w1Udo9xp-2nHfttxf_puSkWHS5/s1600-h/lotus03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCRcrh_-p9ka74wPZVbwciJ7H-2r-ewLg-3ay7TGGcSc7FVGdIMTiGR2E48lK8degLYklgWWp8JIY_N4tTWsRmdBpalwDifVOjJLu6Sziv7w1Udo9xp-2nHfttxf_puSkWHS5/s320/lotus03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257870222797748498" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedaHUAcANOqw_kDddLqQ73gBkC2MBryIjjp9pI-NO22wIvntaxApbGjWGcC8H1BeJuaDWetb16yJiJeQvX0kqlWxrTk4zfWlwh7dAC3Rp2KhzjuBwhDs3TwmJ-8Y7-M-872zt/s1600-h/lotus04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedaHUAcANOqw_kDddLqQ73gBkC2MBryIjjp9pI-NO22wIvntaxApbGjWGcC8H1BeJuaDWetb16yJiJeQvX0kqlWxrTk4zfWlwh7dAC3Rp2KhzjuBwhDs3TwmJ-8Y7-M-872zt/s320/lotus04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257870367116104146" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7dSpNx7bvlifNCF1tuA_m0TdjMuO6ybdh8iqk_raCJPRy4tBHvhsQhXViyAZxcIeuhbESIEaDHfvAaEs4AElUeBaratSJBOfbkBzj-BMztCLfZH9Iwt3oK7dnqhnjbs24QaRP/s1600-h/lotus05.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7dSpNx7bvlifNCF1tuA_m0TdjMuO6ybdh8iqk_raCJPRy4tBHvhsQhXViyAZxcIeuhbESIEaDHfvAaEs4AElUeBaratSJBOfbkBzj-BMztCLfZH9Iwt3oK7dnqhnjbs24QaRP/s320/lotus05.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257870366227510354" /></a><br /><br /><h2>Mission: Red Planet</h2><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb3m24BsmtkT1ix_LXC1ru5pubWHXYkQ9AcKH_6GtVMgEeFj9xL2xVUfe41vdEGYiufT7c8HeWpA6w7TP-ezTFFNEAPECZzVL_t9gHduwjNA9Z_NpIPqQ6OUhr4NRhGsrJwxfd/s1600-h/redPlanet01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb3m24BsmtkT1ix_LXC1ru5pubWHXYkQ9AcKH_6GtVMgEeFj9xL2xVUfe41vdEGYiufT7c8HeWpA6w7TP-ezTFFNEAPECZzVL_t9gHduwjNA9Z_NpIPqQ6OUhr4NRhGsrJwxfd/s320/redPlanet01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257870478294543538" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcL8Rhbdff6bY8PWB4W1ZeMisBc3dzO5vG_2JjsF8_pg7gAEsah1Qx8zwJgw8yNGXndoY_Fr6F-Y5cx6hUGNNte3YO7cuXSutz-XaMxe3PW0XbxSuGI3DV_n35YPX6nIEAWsaP/s1600-h/redPlanet02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcL8Rhbdff6bY8PWB4W1ZeMisBc3dzO5vG_2JjsF8_pg7gAEsah1Qx8zwJgw8yNGXndoY_Fr6F-Y5cx6hUGNNte3YO7cuXSutz-XaMxe3PW0XbxSuGI3DV_n35YPX6nIEAWsaP/s320/redPlanet02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257870477693982786" /></a><br /><br /><h2>Ta Yu</h2><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTmvjKDKbPzEjXphzIoQMxBAN0nbHTPsipAxHOcB0rAhfJcEqT9_Otx7M8GlLNxvV54au84FMTRffQFTPlenhrejMw6iYLKDS1KT_xKL4NV09Du3R4Gw4iUBfTAFMPGTcDT-PC/s1600-h/tayu01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTmvjKDKbPzEjXphzIoQMxBAN0nbHTPsipAxHOcB0rAhfJcEqT9_Otx7M8GlLNxvV54au84FMTRffQFTPlenhrejMw6iYLKDS1KT_xKL4NV09Du3R4Gw4iUBfTAFMPGTcDT-PC/s320/tayu01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257870707119768946" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS-X91EFk5hwmWbrsVlyIw4iBiYd_wW_H-MYPSOaSXRKnf7oqUFg4kzAVNc-aVyyKYfVmmSVxqChwRhCMy3Z4YAWW_dXPqiZmP8KnYsnSTLWpOAkm35vn724NvlhYheK_nYGZI/s1600-h/tayu02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS-X91EFk5hwmWbrsVlyIw4iBiYd_wW_H-MYPSOaSXRKnf7oqUFg4kzAVNc-aVyyKYfVmmSVxqChwRhCMy3Z4YAWW_dXPqiZmP8KnYsnSTLWpOAkm35vn724NvlhYheK_nYGZI/s320/tayu02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257870709881764834" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpxmplSxbpiPOumlIk3VSKm2zUW2IskqNQ4_EsAK1_Sj1r6g9guFotLicbwnQUuZWqIOwWw020Od1bBGQZpXpZTkTFUo3CWPR6fl8yGdDWJeFcJVpOX9kCwAIHpyvglLejQQc/s1600-h/tayu03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpxmplSxbpiPOumlIk3VSKm2zUW2IskqNQ4_EsAK1_Sj1r6g9guFotLicbwnQUuZWqIOwWw020Od1bBGQZpXpZTkTFUo3CWPR6fl8yGdDWJeFcJVpOX9kCwAIHpyvglLejQQc/s320/tayu03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257870710696003986" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jarMkiG4OhUWjy5FKGQz_Dwee42i7aWZOKhEYsbfhXOIOGiuvfSayZdFGVZNHspqPPrmLodQH3JV7-vPg8pizsOLe391WcXnil3SyYVjV3g4Licqpo2IyOVpKLQSTaeiArhv/s1600-h/tayu04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jarMkiG4OhUWjy5FKGQz_Dwee42i7aWZOKhEYsbfhXOIOGiuvfSayZdFGVZNHspqPPrmLodQH3JV7-vPg8pizsOLe391WcXnil3SyYVjV3g4Licqpo2IyOVpKLQSTaeiArhv/s320/tayu04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257870713651094962" /></a><br /><br />We'll be back next week with more games...Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917408073074208078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19252033.post-44068252315463350482008-10-16T16:37:00.001-04:002008-10-16T16:39:04.434-04:00Mmm. Cool and delicious...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz2CEov1jwpFhdQSvyuYaiQocwoQ_VusgRNe1FpgzdIKym5jOSjDqJOBsNxiaYmjxfU0uNgJf-fP4cxc5KsogGa8-uW2X7veAxjMyzkyCDLjLXICg3XflC7kwRQoTSV5GN7517/s1600-h/can.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz2CEov1jwpFhdQSvyuYaiQocwoQ_VusgRNe1FpgzdIKym5jOSjDqJOBsNxiaYmjxfU0uNgJf-fP4cxc5KsogGa8-uW2X7veAxjMyzkyCDLjLXICg3XflC7kwRQoTSV5GN7517/s320/can.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257853861842561634" /></a><br /><br />Try it now! You won't regret it...<br /><br />(...and you can even <a href="http://www.says-it.com/can/">make your own</a>!)Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917408073074208078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19252033.post-61239766008663392362008-10-14T12:09:00.006-04:002008-10-15T12:11:50.458-04:00Monday, October 13, 2008Games. We played 'em. There was a theme!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixL8twi4qYhVd918CyGAa5Skpgx2RD56ll32B_T56Mz8R1Zsfy-UnjF-FPryLGqt6cG-ZDwGoN7SCr4c51_8mMVbCTDJCHISUhTC301xxHb5nFN-UuAMsO885mwhlqjYEeNCIm/s1600-h/magic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixL8twi4qYhVd918CyGAa5Skpgx2RD56ll32B_T56Mz8R1Zsfy-UnjF-FPryLGqt6cG-ZDwGoN7SCr4c51_8mMVbCTDJCHISUhTC301xxHb5nFN-UuAMsO885mwhlqjYEeNCIm/s320/magic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257049773489881330" /></a><br /><br />Here's how it went down...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_TATogK73TjXhaqmx87cADXdzoNo-v_6IMbu7b7UjBBHjRJIdoSDWGko-7A8FduUOg3echwsaGbxNz4nDtnl40Dzo4fgNAtU62szFD-x4PaECLa0n0pSR7n65eVWciRll9uu/s1600-h/The+Players.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_TATogK73TjXhaqmx87cADXdzoNo-v_6IMbu7b7UjBBHjRJIdoSDWGko-7A8FduUOg3echwsaGbxNz4nDtnl40Dzo4fgNAtU62szFD-x4PaECLa0n0pSR7n65eVWciRll9uu/s320/The+Players.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257042581397325186" /></a><br clear="left"><ul><li>Alicia<br /><li>Ashlei<br /><li>Becky<br /><li>Brian2<br /><li>Can't-Stop<br /><li>Carlo<br /><li>Cengiz<br /><li>Clavus (Jeff)<br /><li>Eden<br /><li>Faith<br /><li>Fenwick<br /><li>Jess<br /><li>Kaitlyn<br /><li>Patrick<br /><li>Pete<br /><li>Sam<br /><li>Steven<br /></ul><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3QWiV-U4MYSO8wsCBfNOcIMMm90ECDEsGTO78Gp7TjmhA2BJA3LqOHWaKH8AYHAo6gSmeRWM08GkNcrLhs3wtegISJHsxlLnXGRyRakBs1tGrgKL5FUVblBTZZ6js3Ok-7JKj/s1600-h/The+Games.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3QWiV-U4MYSO8wsCBfNOcIMMm90ECDEsGTO78Gp7TjmhA2BJA3LqOHWaKH8AYHAo6gSmeRWM08GkNcrLhs3wtegISJHsxlLnXGRyRakBs1tGrgKL5FUVblBTZZ6js3Ok-7JKj/s320/The+Games.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257042713672829026" /></a><br clear="left"><ul><li>Boggle<ul><li>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, <strong>Everybody Else wins</strong>!</ul> <br /><li>Citadels<ul><li>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, <strong>Ashlei had most points for the win</strong>!</ul><br /><li>Farkel<ul><li>Carlo, Ashlei and Alicia played a half game of Farkel (to 5000). <strong>Ashlei had 5200 for the win</strong>!</ul><br /><li>Poison<ul><li>Pat, Sam, Faith, and a Jess/Alicia team played. They played one round, and Jess/Alicia wins!</ul><br /><li>Quiddler<ul><li>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 <em>many </em>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 -- <strong>Jess had 272 points for the win</strong>!</ul><br /><li>Tsuro<ul><li>Six players were here: Sam, Jess, Patrick, Alicia, Fenwick, and Steven... <strong>Jess was the winner in the first game</strong>. In game #2, 4 players where all against a single square at the end... <strong>Sam, Patrick, Fenwick, and Steve were there. They were all killed in a single sweep, for a 4-way tie</strong>!</ul><br /><li>Zeus on the Loose<ul><li>Five people played: Fenwick, Pat, Brian2, Steven, and Clavus. <strong>Patrick was the first to spell Z-E-U-S, for the win</strong>!</ul><br /><li>Zombie Fluxx<ul><li>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 <strong>Can't-Stop the win</strong>!</ul><br /></ul><br /><br />How 'bout some pictures...?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Kp99BHUBvt6gWrBk9F2zswCg6YDRZJc99JbG-0KaVXkZGUeB64eJOWzP88if0W3nenA5WgSPzdug6R55ojO1jXPB7UEKchGY5gyKGowLKVbyugGMUqiXRpQagk2dLg9ZarEd/s1600-h/stuckTime.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Kp99BHUBvt6gWrBk9F2zswCg6YDRZJc99JbG-0KaVXkZGUeB64eJOWzP88if0W3nenA5WgSPzdug6R55ojO1jXPB7UEKchGY5gyKGowLKVbyugGMUqiXRpQagk2dLg9ZarEd/s320/stuckTime.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257412752647386898" /></a><p align="center"><em>For some reason the clocks were all dead. It was 7:20 the whole time...</em></p><br /><h2>Citadels</h2><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZRMKSUGNJtcZFN0qlG144_FBfTYhWFKQU07wFn9OxZJb6XX8TtS-08KOLnmNhztU8HnuRKlDoB6Phfb-FyGK-Ed5fXpZITlK_XBWXAIu6ptTthV-lgQO9mvwA5mNdakDVoUl/s1600-h/citadels01-AshAngry.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZRMKSUGNJtcZFN0qlG144_FBfTYhWFKQU07wFn9OxZJb6XX8TtS-08KOLnmNhztU8HnuRKlDoB6Phfb-FyGK-Ed5fXpZITlK_XBWXAIu6ptTthV-lgQO9mvwA5mNdakDVoUl/s320/citadels01-AshAngry.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257412304915939602" /></a><p align="center"><em>She looks happy, but she's not. Ashlei just got killed or robbed by Eden for about the 5th time.</em></p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFJ2MjCDFY72DHysHPGDFxlB2JqvugvbGDixHFRx65JYvmRgpE0jzK-7aaLzPo7h9HQ2Z5xrvHTPGMD7KGMtIYoYKMTbikvO-_cjyL6Flhyphenhyphen2iXG5J7DPleqQKW2Y_PcUa5sX2F/s1600-h/citadels02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFJ2MjCDFY72DHysHPGDFxlB2JqvugvbGDixHFRx65JYvmRgpE0jzK-7aaLzPo7h9HQ2Z5xrvHTPGMD7KGMtIYoYKMTbikvO-_cjyL6Flhyphenhyphen2iXG5J7DPleqQKW2Y_PcUa5sX2F/s320/citadels02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257412303934637330" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzIsKvIivtdJmDc9LHBVMwei_JYTRM99nakQ-QHxHI1UAJc-54ZhTXPzX-_sP1pHcCiSPob_NRc1XSn7VuRYRKz0ZWXf6HEHTMCJFMdyDmEXvfxidyWwx5wuHbi5teiblEW-R/s1600-h/citadels03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzIsKvIivtdJmDc9LHBVMwei_JYTRM99nakQ-QHxHI1UAJc-54ZhTXPzX-_sP1pHcCiSPob_NRc1XSn7VuRYRKz0ZWXf6HEHTMCJFMdyDmEXvfxidyWwx5wuHbi5teiblEW-R/s320/citadels03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257412308639376962" /></a><br /><br /><h2>Tsuro</h2><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjabvkMnUVKRa5JDu_udQrk4NMvJUNn_WWhaA_Dy4vdaca89L6wi6wMZfKLzjp8BrOtiDsE54D1pAAP4v3JOSIirwDH3IKuN9pu7yWrpfIETUJtZV8zD8l9LPxYucFMxIyYPxAg/s1600-h/tsuro01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjabvkMnUVKRa5JDu_udQrk4NMvJUNn_WWhaA_Dy4vdaca89L6wi6wMZfKLzjp8BrOtiDsE54D1pAAP4v3JOSIirwDH3IKuN9pu7yWrpfIETUJtZV8zD8l9LPxYucFMxIyYPxAg/s320/tsuro01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257413057770861858" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-mE9R9VZKFbCev_M9amjwyF9W9Bbv7t_zmsEjarFYJYE4u9GJc7qlnLOycXzVej7_Krekh4l90T6rJjN6h_gtSqhG77mS8nrReVUmxTZKvWLceNvSdrqzVzHghFEqUF5KKFi/s1600-h/tsuro02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-mE9R9VZKFbCev_M9amjwyF9W9Bbv7t_zmsEjarFYJYE4u9GJc7qlnLOycXzVej7_Krekh4l90T6rJjN6h_gtSqhG77mS8nrReVUmxTZKvWLceNvSdrqzVzHghFEqUF5KKFi/s320/tsuro02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257413181213078114" /></a><br /><br /><h2>Zeus on the Loose</h2><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLBZI9Ik3wvEhS0pMfvUOSvg55mgMVNGT3kePoNpsrnkWSpfsgOTafSd8lIpG6gNJ269GXNXQsey9_zpw15Hj6S8qm3gneBlp2v_nKwXHpkEcZN6UNR_rgSei5sVDYIpzatMCl/s1600-h/zeus01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLBZI9Ik3wvEhS0pMfvUOSvg55mgMVNGT3kePoNpsrnkWSpfsgOTafSd8lIpG6gNJ269GXNXQsey9_zpw15Hj6S8qm3gneBlp2v_nKwXHpkEcZN6UNR_rgSei5sVDYIpzatMCl/s320/zeus01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257413390930280514" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2UHLq1IliR2UZH1wva7oIoEc5MmKt6ZanH9VquTT1OEKDAWRtNZTLYDBcUw9ko8M9XYGouIt7C-VFRR23mb-HHP996r6v8Gk6PeSU5jH64dApHnRma6tr5RbdW4Sj39VKfTsr/s1600-h/zeus02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2UHLq1IliR2UZH1wva7oIoEc5MmKt6ZanH9VquTT1OEKDAWRtNZTLYDBcUw9ko8M9XYGouIt7C-VFRR23mb-HHP996r6v8Gk6PeSU5jH64dApHnRma6tr5RbdW4Sj39VKfTsr/s320/zeus02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257413395877225522" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyMD7D-iwE9dNo3gyoM8heC_SujLHxzfyejgnDf-wQ4cDgjZhx3HLoMMyxAFuL1bvMB9kji8oQKdSBHTtLm_zyEMNbuIpzAu1UGsrilFc2lJHvPORTJf_1mBjhqxJttgUcGd_U/s1600-h/zeus03-scoresheet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyMD7D-iwE9dNo3gyoM8heC_SujLHxzfyejgnDf-wQ4cDgjZhx3HLoMMyxAFuL1bvMB9kji8oQKdSBHTtLm_zyEMNbuIpzAu1UGsrilFc2lJHvPORTJf_1mBjhqxJttgUcGd_U/s320/zeus03-scoresheet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257413402408185426" /></a><p align="center"><em>Jess made the scoresheet extra fancy.</em></p><br /><br /><h2>Zombie Fluxx</h2><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvpbXvAtKlzLtI89XiBdyTnkHE9aiGBN2NWy5PnBJy1m0cXeKK232YgAuq6WJqW_fi0AVINinVhwFRp3oLfrYehIqgVF7kAgjGpeYLTLDqM0uHjZ1OZrS1vKHeCO8ZDjjiujK/s1600-h/zombie01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvpbXvAtKlzLtI89XiBdyTnkHE9aiGBN2NWy5PnBJy1m0cXeKK232YgAuq6WJqW_fi0AVINinVhwFRp3oLfrYehIqgVF7kAgjGpeYLTLDqM0uHjZ1OZrS1vKHeCO8ZDjjiujK/s320/zombie01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257413742034166706" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh38LeSSlYOXeQh5iatTfWAiwvnmwnIQXn3atZUYKsS7Lq94ifff9hF7Z0v2ctbswsAMmqonuiK7Ris7cPd7BXfwRpggppVVBmUHSMyJdp1r1x-rKhScaArjglfmnqAAyGW8Kba/s1600-h/zombie02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh38LeSSlYOXeQh5iatTfWAiwvnmwnIQXn3atZUYKsS7Lq94ifff9hF7Z0v2ctbswsAMmqonuiK7Ris7cPd7BXfwRpggppVVBmUHSMyJdp1r1x-rKhScaArjglfmnqAAyGW8Kba/s320/zombie02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257413750543426210" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-nCxw_abHi_dzJWJMFZTU5ARWqrQ9qowQyLogBFn_H410NuifCbqqwbqGv5VvbSHfAbdeaduLpNNP7NSpfM1flE1_wDntVww1z0nVwXhDcEmk1KinIxzeP9FbYFmNb89iH8D9/s1600-h/zombie03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-nCxw_abHi_dzJWJMFZTU5ARWqrQ9qowQyLogBFn_H410NuifCbqqwbqGv5VvbSHfAbdeaduLpNNP7NSpfM1flE1_wDntVww1z0nVwXhDcEmk1KinIxzeP9FbYFmNb89iH8D9/s320/zombie03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257413750317159138" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-mVPCaXt0pxnKpXVC5npLABURPEUkQ4pyMIFIoQb476xp2DkFmidyca53hM-HI4DIptLmGaYG3vBUm4e0MWNzSsv1VGM8rpAN7nteiI7JjUF4C53_9n-XGVgmh0DbhyHXy9o/s1600-h/zombie04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-mVPCaXt0pxnKpXVC5npLABURPEUkQ4pyMIFIoQb476xp2DkFmidyca53hM-HI4DIptLmGaYG3vBUm4e0MWNzSsv1VGM8rpAN7nteiI7JjUF4C53_9n-XGVgmh0DbhyHXy9o/s320/zombie04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257413755534903090" /></a><br /><br />More games Wednesday...Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917408073074208078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19252033.post-46799608981630490202008-10-09T16:54:00.005-04:002008-10-09T17:39:11.413-04:00Wednesday, October 8, 2008Brian2 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...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVS6Z5Hcz-Wxl2WvZEPrtMz8yDXwsuKXVrVnkLPbSz7Zij3noSo7TjxYaKNbaSulH-FWTfdD0BkVwwO9Hc4D3X1oQPYMybl4vgbX1aZO3nnlNwTHdc9_2oNZoy9HZ1IOP7Z37O/s1600-h/jobs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVS6Z5Hcz-Wxl2WvZEPrtMz8yDXwsuKXVrVnkLPbSz7Zij3noSo7TjxYaKNbaSulH-FWTfdD0BkVwwO9Hc4D3X1oQPYMybl4vgbX1aZO3nnlNwTHdc9_2oNZoy9HZ1IOP7Z37O/s320/jobs.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255260661625319154" /></a><br /><br />We played a buncha games! Here's the list...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJXk_pn74D4aiZSthp61tXiOhFVu7m8rY9zVwDNRJ4ddYMH2cmGM0O8-U3XJpVHd1Y3ilZDOV3GT1HICHosUIstRN5jVsgVRC5zaGUMpeuAmnD_uJ4YQHGcJj56xOgLMPLFNoc/s1600-h/The+Players.jpg"><img align="left" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:left;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJXk_pn74D4aiZSthp61tXiOhFVu7m8rY9zVwDNRJ4ddYMH2cmGM0O8-U3XJpVHd1Y3ilZDOV3GT1HICHosUIstRN5jVsgVRC5zaGUMpeuAmnD_uJ4YQHGcJj56xOgLMPLFNoc/s320/The+Players.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255261148910454978" /></a><br clear="left"><ul><li>Alex<br /><li>Ashlei<br /><li>Ashley<br /><li>Brad<br /><li>Brian<br /><li>Brian2<br /><li>C.T. (that's Caleb...)<br /><li>Cathy Willms<br /><li>Cengiz<br /><li>Dan<br /><li>Fenwick<br /><li>Harper-Dylan<br /><li>Jeff<br /><li>Jess<br /><li>Kerry<br /><li>Krysta<br /><li>May<br /><li>Pat<br /><li>Phil<br /><li>Sara<br /><li>Tyler<br /></ul><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59dOazJDcfEpDCCtMZnbxvsD8O-zkQQ-3Xn4I8Y3dDHjCARHsmB9ld5OozbT2J1qRH0x_-h9vjiApr1rWE9fE1NkLcs_8r6X7rvjlVST9cX2PjXk3veywpZforX5jWDbXGSbk/s1600-h/The+Games.jpg"><img align="left" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:left;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59dOazJDcfEpDCCtMZnbxvsD8O-zkQQ-3Xn4I8Y3dDHjCARHsmB9ld5OozbT2J1qRH0x_-h9vjiApr1rWE9fE1NkLcs_8r6X7rvjlVST9cX2PjXk3veywpZforX5jWDbXGSbk/s320/The+Games.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255261286035733282" /></a><br clear="left"><ul><li>Boggle<ul><li>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 <strong>everyone was a winner!</strong></ul><br /><li>Citadels<ul><li>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. <strong>Dan wins!</strong></ul><br /><li>First of DragonstOnes<ul><li>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! <strong>Ashley wins!</strong></ul><br /><li>Gang of Four<ul><li>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. <strong>Fenwick wins.</strong></ul><br /><li>Incan Gold<ul><li>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 <strong>Fenwick wins!</strong><li>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, <strong>Fenwick wins!</strong></ul><br /><li>King of the Beasts<ul><li>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. <strong>Sara wins!</strong></ul><br /><li>Quiddler<ul><li>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. <strong>Pat wins!</strong><li>Brian2, Fenwick, and Sara played a game of Quiddler later. <strong>Fenwick wins </strong>(though was one point away from breaking the elusive 300...)!</ul><br /><li>Slush Fund<ul><li>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. <strong>Fenwick managed to outbribe two of the remaining politicians for the win!</strong></ul><br /></ul><br /><br />More games Monday!!<br /><br />(I believe the theme will be magical...)Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917408073074208078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19252033.post-79358807486250745492008-10-07T15:59:00.016-04:002008-10-07T18:05:51.215-04:00Monday, October 6, 2008The theme, as decided by Ashley, our Trumpeteer...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzjTr8YjaMCIDMf0jTSYj04wLHK4lX5y-X1KFFuHSPZI3ktZEmbMmnWOJhELnpDD6uxG04GrxaYf4eM_4wu7_FznpmO_s75JGOXOYBlq8KIwazpTyw9awEaAEvBtjfl1gHIzH4/s1600-h/shapes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzjTr8YjaMCIDMf0jTSYj04wLHK4lX5y-X1KFFuHSPZI3ktZEmbMmnWOJhELnpDD6uxG04GrxaYf4eM_4wu7_FznpmO_s75JGOXOYBlq8KIwazpTyw9awEaAEvBtjfl1gHIzH4/s320/shapes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254504707819354754" /></a><br /><br />And many games were played.<br /><br />Let's see who played, and what got played...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEW-GRtkFlSxYKkRPp4pmJ5pd2btrHTHNu82qvZfkzIDMCdVzHYTcy_i_ef4Y3YIwZKa_dTTwpes25dR18ra7NBhISiDLo6gcuAeQrvjztMzhdWlCMicXZcYkVYshUJ5aceTRJ/s1600-h/The+Players.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEW-GRtkFlSxYKkRPp4pmJ5pd2btrHTHNu82qvZfkzIDMCdVzHYTcy_i_ef4Y3YIwZKa_dTTwpes25dR18ra7NBhISiDLo6gcuAeQrvjztMzhdWlCMicXZcYkVYshUJ5aceTRJ/s320/The+Players.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254504974761956866" /></a><br clear="left"><ul><li>Ashlei<br /><li>Ashley<br /><li>Brian2<br /><li>Can't-Stop<br /><li>Cassy<br /><li>Crystal<br /><li>Dan<br /><li>Eden<br /><li>Fenwick<br /><li>Harper-Dylan<br /><li>Jeff (Clavus <-- new nickname!)<br /><li>Jess<br /><li>Joe<br /><li>Joe, a different one<br /><li>Krysta<br /><li>Liz<br /><li>May<br /><li>Mitesh<br /><li>Nolan<br /><li>Patrick<br /><li>Sam<br /><li>Steven<br /></ul><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7CQg9w2oVWd5vQBpcQ9dL7hgHUhBP7x3XSanqX82JhRBhbMREbSC8id2y1yYYgTnMqzzX621GQU6e2H-zn6bSko8S2aJNna13Cc8unXUxEAJEDs3xF9AUA18X5f4irjHhRXP/s1600-h/The+Games.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7CQg9w2oVWd5vQBpcQ9dL7hgHUhBP7x3XSanqX82JhRBhbMREbSC8id2y1yYYgTnMqzzX621GQU6e2H-zn6bSko8S2aJNna13Cc8unXUxEAJEDs3xF9AUA18X5f4irjHhRXP/s320/The+Games.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254505073938285682" /></a><br clear="left"><ul><li>Blockhead<ul><li>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 <strong>we shall deem Brian2 the winner</strong>!</ul><br /><li>Blokus<ul><li>Steven and Ashley played a game of 2-player Blokus. Steven had -8, and <strong>Ashley had -5 for the win</strong>!<li>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. <strong>Fenwick won game 1. Nolan won games 2 and 3.</strong></ul><br /><li>Cloodle<ul><li>A five player game... Eden, Ashley, Sam, Jess, Fenwick. Cloodle is a co-op game... we all race against the clock! We played twice -- <strong>we lost the first one, and won the second</strong>.</ul><br /><li>Hamsterolle<ul><li>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 <strong>allow Steven to easily place his last piece for the win</strong>.<li>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...</ul><br /><li>Mix-Up<ul><li>This is a nice, quick, Connect-4-on-crack kind of game. Brian2 and Fenwick played a couple games. <strong>Fenwick won them both</strong>...<li>Then, Crystal and Harper-Dylan played! <strong>Harper-Dylan won them both...</strong></ul><br /><li>Oodles of Doodles<ul><li>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...</ul><br /><li>Quiddler<ul><li>A 5-player game... The scores, in order from lowest to highest: Fenwick (221), Sam (237), Eden (244), Krysta (256), with <strong>Ashlei winning with a very respectable 321 </strong>(100 points in front of Fenwick, please notice)!<li>A second, very short, game of Quiddler was played. The 5 players included Can't-Stop, Joe, May, Mitesh, and Dan. <strong>Dan won by a point</strong>!<li>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), <strong>Jess won with 272</strong>!</ul><br /><li>Sculptorades<ul><li>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), <strong>we're not sure if we won game 1. But we certainly won games 2 and 3!</strong></ul><br /><li>Ta Yu<ul><li>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. <strong>Steven got 7 and 7 to give him 49 for the win!</strong></ul><br /><li>Thumb Wrestling<ul><li>Just adding this to see if anyone is paying attention... Mitesh and Ashley thumb wrestled. <strong>Mitesh won</strong>. (Of course, his hand could palm a wok -- he was at a distinct advantage...)</ul><br /><li>Traverse<ul><li>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. <strong>Mitesh for the win</strong>!</ul><br /><li>Tsuro<ul><li>A 6-player game... [Eden, Krysta, Sam, Jess, Ashley, Fenwick]. <strong>Ashley wins!</strong><li>Another game was played with J... (it was just written as "J"... don't know who that is!), Crystal, Ashley, Steven, and Liz. <strong>Liz and Ashley ended with a stalemate</strong>!</ul><br /></ul><br /><br />And now, the picture gallery for this week!!<br /><br /><h2>Blockhead</h2><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQv9rQ03W-C40U8XV8xaej1Q_SIzIiqNygGMYYQyNnEmvC3A0xNRoKfMRLA6Tu29n0050cbLmXxpZahYGZOosRqf6Jj1U4TUSHHsQddoQijTCkK8TRy7TmHjRtkHpMLbx9kxr/s1600-h/blockhead01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQv9rQ03W-C40U8XV8xaej1Q_SIzIiqNygGMYYQyNnEmvC3A0xNRoKfMRLA6Tu29n0050cbLmXxpZahYGZOosRqf6Jj1U4TUSHHsQddoQijTCkK8TRy7TmHjRtkHpMLbx9kxr/s320/blockhead01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254529726377492098" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirvT6v_soXiHHkDZrII851UJgcBo2PZl3gHx8YNUKz1AursCzmC5sRzEHDEhkbPVARS4vEHvkbc6VowHvXfxxfDmTbWpSHfNC4XR0wkC9gLd5WOQrREwKTDZWvjDYKqGUKqL2/s1600-h/blockhead02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirvT6v_soXiHHkDZrII851UJgcBo2PZl3gHx8YNUKz1AursCzmC5sRzEHDEhkbPVARS4vEHvkbc6VowHvXfxxfDmTbWpSHfNC4XR0wkC9gLd5WOQrREwKTDZWvjDYKqGUKqL2/s320/blockhead02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254529727177590514" /></a><br /><br /><h2>Blokus</h2><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wJg7tXLIXzQos_Bez-BCPJxIr2e6eZYcj6m9ZaYodb6vhGRCGAF9ajvPGolmBlL2zJDzv-vJKxSOMLMEoODhtIc5qSo9PiHYEyHBCuR1sxgXAkNZoj3sYt4x9dhPwezzTWJl/s1600-h/blokus01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wJg7tXLIXzQos_Bez-BCPJxIr2e6eZYcj6m9ZaYodb6vhGRCGAF9ajvPGolmBlL2zJDzv-vJKxSOMLMEoODhtIc5qSo9PiHYEyHBCuR1sxgXAkNZoj3sYt4x9dhPwezzTWJl/s320/blokus01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254529929314447986" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW1zIuuFVe-qmt27nhmegfhePcLvXE8SEyhO5xsdEhZQoffxLsWR-z-14TRkZPY_4YViDMyOwdLfLwlYUbrjlTu55DyR_TTU8-iWIFlhS_Zhwq0S_eG7sxs7-QTy9MUv0SFSds/s1600-h/blokus02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW1zIuuFVe-qmt27nhmegfhePcLvXE8SEyhO5xsdEhZQoffxLsWR-z-14TRkZPY_4YViDMyOwdLfLwlYUbrjlTu55DyR_TTU8-iWIFlhS_Zhwq0S_eG7sxs7-QTy9MUv0SFSds/s320/blokus02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254529934335732242" /></a><br /><br /><h2>Oodles of Doodles</h2><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAuKtW95p42ru94nCpkiSCdAnKsGiW08OdlwDiugIsSFLRiHFgOwXKHy5ySyHLxcZKB-m80wyMeI98y_ash3ljUUUAKl0ZBv-rdyJeLB4pDpRxDVKZzOlXQIExz-gzAxmGTDCQ/s1600-h/oodleDoodle01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAuKtW95p42ru94nCpkiSCdAnKsGiW08OdlwDiugIsSFLRiHFgOwXKHy5ySyHLxcZKB-m80wyMeI98y_ash3ljUUUAKl0ZBv-rdyJeLB4pDpRxDVKZzOlXQIExz-gzAxmGTDCQ/s320/oodleDoodle01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254530100483126258" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMzNQPHMNkYU8FafSlQE3TIRL0qKiew0GRH7W90IlIFPlVjGaidFdoLFMsTneX6M4TKWoXV1xXwJz6MrnoLs3ao9UDaGUqAHqR4PQqcm2pdI7758e8XuF9Yxfevrvz8x7Kq-8k/s1600-h/oodleDoodle03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMzNQPHMNkYU8FafSlQE3TIRL0qKiew0GRH7W90IlIFPlVjGaidFdoLFMsTneX6M4TKWoXV1xXwJz6MrnoLs3ao9UDaGUqAHqR4PQqcm2pdI7758e8XuF9Yxfevrvz8x7Kq-8k/s320/oodleDoodle03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254530103694941538" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUdvWeP_6SeYaciiYrGy2iDsPbBBnxeKIhmBGEOfEZBfDO6hu4od58SdvI4Nxi2HSWWYAvNLe1nEvWGuDBqehYXJs2-TwEXK3m4zdaBXAQwFMOMzL25PJlBFrVl53gYm4gape/s1600-h/oodleDoodle02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUdvWeP_6SeYaciiYrGy2iDsPbBBnxeKIhmBGEOfEZBfDO6hu4od58SdvI4Nxi2HSWWYAvNLe1nEvWGuDBqehYXJs2-TwEXK3m4zdaBXAQwFMOMzL25PJlBFrVl53gYm4gape/s320/oodleDoodle02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254530100356411778" /></a><p align="center"><em>(editor's note: what IS that!?)</em></p><br /><br /><h2>Quiddler: a couple notable results...</h2><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobed0J4UGC4KR-MQYDejDWQEoeM57hq1wZqNY_C2fBPbG5ZCz_fqj3-Fvw1iQs0NLMtpTwA7aqrX_w_7ejLITqqsS8BUKrNlJEJ8Rz4ACqHnXgKWyKtf-uQnUhlT2L8374KlU/s1600-h/quiddler01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobed0J4UGC4KR-MQYDejDWQEoeM57hq1wZqNY_C2fBPbG5ZCz_fqj3-Fvw1iQs0NLMtpTwA7aqrX_w_7ejLITqqsS8BUKrNlJEJ8Rz4ACqHnXgKWyKtf-uQnUhlT2L8374KlU/s320/quiddler01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254530818544245714" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXtxBE1m6IkDSWHCO7ULyW1zkSabo-hDOKvZKur_qzHSO7nUtrRcz9fCJd7WvOhkaiCgxe9ThmCP7GVFg6MCDCmWlUlPtLB6JeWn-78D8dr4KvL6lAVqg5dGr4uJkeORtjTqFN/s1600-h/quiddler02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXtxBE1m6IkDSWHCO7ULyW1zkSabo-hDOKvZKur_qzHSO7nUtrRcz9fCJd7WvOhkaiCgxe9ThmCP7GVFg6MCDCmWlUlPtLB6JeWn-78D8dr4KvL6lAVqg5dGr4uJkeORtjTqFN/s320/quiddler02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254530828846119010" /></a><br /><br /><h2>Sculptorades</h2><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBWD8JOl6ARhwNTj8o8s1kDWbAfgVBBNU22v1OATPGVWrmL0GJCJJgv8iHOa28wCkP6-imcVC6GFjN8CMC878-hntxztPwcuQfMAmTlKLlKRSO4rFjmyLxFveHMj-230GwCUq/s1600-h/sculpty01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBWD8JOl6ARhwNTj8o8s1kDWbAfgVBBNU22v1OATPGVWrmL0GJCJJgv8iHOa28wCkP6-imcVC6GFjN8CMC878-hntxztPwcuQfMAmTlKLlKRSO4rFjmyLxFveHMj-230GwCUq/s320/sculpty01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254531397105337090" /></a><p align="center"><em>OK, OK, not much going on here...</em></p><br /><br /><h2>The beauty that is Ta Yu!</h2><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje55ZBC2b_ke8Nooq9sxqClUcJgAcRJ2LJ6NzWCyiCx1SutxNC5lUQIaJilpgIxw8oTIB6RFTt5p-oqfHbNh6k5hyphenhyphentkliLxt8dpDydVfU_hyphenhyphen_YmweKebAiA8najgUfapl7mXTd/s1600-h/tayu02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje55ZBC2b_ke8Nooq9sxqClUcJgAcRJ2LJ6NzWCyiCx1SutxNC5lUQIaJilpgIxw8oTIB6RFTt5p-oqfHbNh6k5hyphenhyphentkliLxt8dpDydVfU_hyphenhyphen_YmweKebAiA8najgUfapl7mXTd/s320/tayu02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254532030829223186" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZxSaNMlhUIzV7tBsei3iSAUasAbMV4lrNjWPK5-1J7KIJjyLMMbtHIhIleYaIlPjR0demNhsVjBduPQoqnh-Mxu5xaWAu1Bs0yOdjWdv_s9klbpy_SSsG5x3HU_UEKRxeHSVc/s1600-h/tayu03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZxSaNMlhUIzV7tBsei3iSAUasAbMV4lrNjWPK5-1J7KIJjyLMMbtHIhIleYaIlPjR0demNhsVjBduPQoqnh-Mxu5xaWAu1Bs0yOdjWdv_s9klbpy_SSsG5x3HU_UEKRxeHSVc/s320/tayu03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254532035250638178" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIRn9Jo6bdPE4mDC9VytYYXw3tnO3rgXIxT62Xl772TvMFRlkhsPmoHfg-E98b6jhf56uQp7nF0EJMEy77piJ8XBZpIsIAKiGKoM3JSorki9olbARu0i1GphKSoxbflHoXvuZb/s1600-h/tayu04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIRn9Jo6bdPE4mDC9VytYYXw3tnO3rgXIxT62Xl772TvMFRlkhsPmoHfg-E98b6jhf56uQp7nF0EJMEy77piJ8XBZpIsIAKiGKoM3JSorki9olbARu0i1GphKSoxbflHoXvuZb/s320/tayu04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254532035484923298" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbstehMWhwHaH7d4XRiYKQpWvkav8glRzr3cIcllji6zPuxMmc-m9irx8Y7usckcxhynvM1jlr5PMtZiQOiuJklCxLSdcl7cl1DDh-MKYNLoLKtL8WWBj-6rkL3FmkfzhiwvPo/s1600-h/tayu01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbstehMWhwHaH7d4XRiYKQpWvkav8glRzr3cIcllji6zPuxMmc-m9irx8Y7usckcxhynvM1jlr5PMtZiQOiuJklCxLSdcl7cl1DDh-MKYNLoLKtL8WWBj-6rkL3FmkfzhiwvPo/s320/tayu01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254531797269671394" /></a><br /><br /><h2>Thumb Wrestling. (YES! Thumb Wrestling!)</h2><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEw00aoNxfBgYHLLfZOurPUki9i7HQ7juucOT5eIXxlG0n5NsWKMijOooNUv2MKj_PwUBJ2Ldfx2zVnQ-30wATKPfsmhShACJCSIjQ8SiDmYYRRVEMAW5oTWQ-IuCFvlfjZAm/s1600-h/thumbs01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEw00aoNxfBgYHLLfZOurPUki9i7HQ7juucOT5eIXxlG0n5NsWKMijOooNUv2MKj_PwUBJ2Ldfx2zVnQ-30wATKPfsmhShACJCSIjQ8SiDmYYRRVEMAW5oTWQ-IuCFvlfjZAm/s320/thumbs01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254532438544883170" /></a><br /><br /><h2>Traverse</h2><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOyYh0DY03X00Ily21fI86844uO0NE8ealQAUerhTE7UnpL0yl1yzDWiHGjX09aRW6sEiYe5bUdvQCZi1sPZe8xDsrmNByoDG7TCeNO7Y2-p2bGGNcu0VZCr8ffQm0iTDnJIu/s1600-h/traverse01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOyYh0DY03X00Ily21fI86844uO0NE8ealQAUerhTE7UnpL0yl1yzDWiHGjX09aRW6sEiYe5bUdvQCZi1sPZe8xDsrmNByoDG7TCeNO7Y2-p2bGGNcu0VZCr8ffQm0iTDnJIu/s320/traverse01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254534337991116354" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwFw0-U2PnC9vNoW8thGSiAzXELAoXuApJEEgC6i9g2rbIR-m8UydV1YTsg29h1RlULHP7hGmzDRT2k9ptQyMvk4yq6q4SPAUuu_lyLQjPzieMmmaj-gdVuV79r_zP1Mr37QC/s1600-h/traverse02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwFw0-U2PnC9vNoW8thGSiAzXELAoXuApJEEgC6i9g2rbIR-m8UydV1YTsg29h1RlULHP7hGmzDRT2k9ptQyMvk4yq6q4SPAUuu_lyLQjPzieMmmaj-gdVuV79r_zP1Mr37QC/s320/traverse02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254534339333487714" /></a><br /><br /><h2>Tsuro</h2><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoB6OzC_Wm_WJe-Z7niMObh5gcFVqrWBM4CaIl2vNzRCLDq72f266BZUSPd09q5UklYlw-i-s-47nI9g0BrTLohyphenhyphenYAOz16eVdQu15Ahs6wbdsAqWMEOI-kSUV8xqEMsl7Gjf3n/s1600-h/tsuro.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoB6OzC_Wm_WJe-Z7niMObh5gcFVqrWBM4CaIl2vNzRCLDq72f266BZUSPd09q5UklYlw-i-s-47nI9g0BrTLohyphenhyphenYAOz16eVdQu15Ahs6wbdsAqWMEOI-kSUV8xqEMsl7Gjf3n/s320/tsuro.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254535445209399858" /></a><br /><br /><h2>Villa Paletti</h2><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDQtIhUtRL_0VCG5jab-LA1j683qylpqV31spL4axog8Q3TMnodMe_o4pTyNqLovHqT5qEsBUtHW4t9jaOiHx0CKdij56abgL8_OubnnxQ_H9lKImE7GgLqyGO5PIS8qG6Q5Z/s1600-h/villa01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDQtIhUtRL_0VCG5jab-LA1j683qylpqV31spL4axog8Q3TMnodMe_o4pTyNqLovHqT5qEsBUtHW4t9jaOiHx0CKdij56abgL8_OubnnxQ_H9lKImE7GgLqyGO5PIS8qG6Q5Z/s320/villa01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254535578094361058" /></a><br /><br /><h2>CCF brought us leftover pizzas!!</h2><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsNuAFRYV9Eatqpz8Un9K2K1514D4MFQHrSOFF_Mui3gfBzhwNYonQJSNJbxHfYG4jxNf5RP00zJCh_1XiZfFms6ezsLoh3viLNBKPvAloCsTIdqOPdnWgCvTMw2WMjLCNQH4u/s1600-h/pizza01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsNuAFRYV9Eatqpz8Un9K2K1514D4MFQHrSOFF_Mui3gfBzhwNYonQJSNJbxHfYG4jxNf5RP00zJCh_1XiZfFms6ezsLoh3viLNBKPvAloCsTIdqOPdnWgCvTMw2WMjLCNQH4u/s320/pizza01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254535707749587314" /></a><p align="center"><em>(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.)</em></p><br /><br />More on Wednesday!Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917408073074208078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19252033.post-18917332419303413562008-10-02T11:45:00.022-04:002008-10-02T16:32:07.051-04:00Wednesday, Oct 1stAnother theme day...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKao-7OahmvPYUbhoejtR4heq0o0g8ZV6dTZ1RqNb0G4aPB9GKtoUoAm4JbSSGMg4JNV4gQmSSQdtpmPe69-KmkiPFXxjr8TixK1-kiNK1qGtNBBt7CcsYcDRnUEu1yFK9wnm/s1600-h/asia.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKao-7OahmvPYUbhoejtR4heq0o0g8ZV6dTZ1RqNb0G4aPB9GKtoUoAm4JbSSGMg4JNV4gQmSSQdtpmPe69-KmkiPFXxjr8TixK1-kiNK1qGtNBBt7CcsYcDRnUEu1yFK9wnm/s320/asia.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252583455338916562" /></a><br /><br />I wasn't sure if we could find enough games for that theme... but we had 25 that fit in EASILY (If you're interested: Alhambra, Bridges of Shangri-La, Bull in a China Shop <em>(Hey. It's got "china" right in the name...)</em>, Chang Cheng, China, Dragon Parade, Dragons of Kir, Gang of Four, Gemblo, Great Wall of China, Honor of the Samurai, Ido, Lotus, Maharaja, Mesopotamia, Ming Dynasty, Oriente, Oshi, Samurai, Ta Yu, Through the Desert, Tichu, Trampel-Fanten, Tsuro, Ur), and we found a few others that were kind of stretch, that we threw in anyway. And, there was Quiddler.<br /><br />Let's get right down to who was there, and what they did!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLs8OXrpJKDXdi6Wol_qE94OsZDNp66FNLAEYcbnM2tUe4er1Tz-q3Z-aWGwPvUbctQWNGK9wJbThOw9v_o9N2RikgHT7CRJqpsSt6vO2OYEk3cI4bhvThu76rOvKeG2CIHtk5/s1600-h/The+Players.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLs8OXrpJKDXdi6Wol_qE94OsZDNp66FNLAEYcbnM2tUe4er1Tz-q3Z-aWGwPvUbctQWNGK9wJbThOw9v_o9N2RikgHT7CRJqpsSt6vO2OYEk3cI4bhvThu76rOvKeG2CIHtk5/s320/The+Players.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252584098402932162" /></a><br clear="left"><ul><li>Ashley, Trumpeteer (n)<br /><li>Brad2 (v)<br /><li>Brian1, V-P, aka "Thing" (n)<br /><li>Brian2, Overlord (n)<br /><li>Can't-Stop (n)<br /><li>Cengiz, Vizier (p)<br /><li>Chris (unspecified affiliation, assuming "v")<br /><li>Crystal (n)<br /><li>Dan (n)<br /><li>Fenwick (p)<br /><li>Jess ("bunny" <-- not sure how this was allowed. I guess because we know a bunny vs. pirate or ninja = victim. Total victim.) <br /><li>Joe (p)<br /><li>Jon2 (n)<br /><li>Liz (p)<br /><li>May (p)<br /><li>Mitesh (p)<br /><li>Sara (v)<br /><li>Victoria (n)<br /></ul><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELq_EXm-Yy87XsHq3hd_FA0gGuZ5BnlBrtbCZUyage1QYfSMkt37PG4tQPU1isOlTIQyeOuM4nWZKrjWApBmkrFv0VdhffCOXEpb0RrqYndUa0-zyn01IHqSGde1oSgnMzcgl/s1600-h/The+Games.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELq_EXm-Yy87XsHq3hd_FA0gGuZ5BnlBrtbCZUyage1QYfSMkt37PG4tQPU1isOlTIQyeOuM4nWZKrjWApBmkrFv0VdhffCOXEpb0RrqYndUa0-zyn01IHqSGde1oSgnMzcgl/s320/The+Games.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252585977453203378" /></a><br clear="left"><ul><li>Bull in a China Shop<ul><li>As I said above, in case you didn't notice I will repeat here: the word "China" is right in the title! It fits the theme, dangit. I really like this game -- mainly a card game, few choices, every one painful, and everything done affects everyone else. It's quite popular among much of Game Club. Five of us played: Ashley, Liz, BrianThing, Cengiz, Fenwick. BrianThing actually ended up with NO China at the end of one round, causing him to have quite a low score. Liz and Cengiz were much better of, tieing for second-to-last. Ashley was next, but <strong>Fenwick won the game with 86 points.</strong></ul><br /><li>Dragon Parade<ul><li>This is a little gem of a game. There's lots of luck, and lots of pain, as you watch your best-laid-plans get trampled by everyone else. It's basically a tug-of-war, and trying to outthink your opponenets' tugging. Four people played: Cengiz, Victoria, Joe, and Brian2. It was close, <strong>only a 4-point spread between the last place score and the winner, who turned out to be Brian2!</strong></ul><br /><li>Gang of Four<ul><li>Trumpeted as "The #1 Card Game in Asia!" (not sure if that's true), we couldn't have an Asia-day without Gang of Four. It is in my top 20 fave games for sure, probably in the top 10. Fenwick, Cengiz, Liz, and Brian2 got down to business. Liz actually won the first FIVE hands in a row, making her look like the clear favorite. Fenwick took over the top spot, and then Cengiz had a few, too. After Cengiz managed to skunk Liz with all 16 of her cards, the game was ended. Liz ended up in last, and then Brian2, Cengiz, with <strong>Fenwick coming out on top with only 40 pts.</strong></ul><br /><li>Gemblo<ul><li>One of the more beautiful games I own. It is imported from Korea, in case you were wondering the Asai tie-in. Two full games were played. The first, was a five-player game, playing with the ralaxed rule set. 5 players on the big board is actually kind of roomy, and with the friendly rules, we were almost all able to get all our bits on the board. Crystal was unable, but the other 4 playing: <strong>Ashley, Liz, Brian and Fenwick had a 4-way tie for the win</strong>.<br /><li>Ashley, May, Brian and Chris later played a 4-player version. You play on a smaller part of the board making 4-players a much greater challenge. In this game, <strong>Ashley wins alone, with only 8 gems remaining</strong>!</ul><br /><li>Honor of the Samurai<ul><li>Four peopled hopped on this game: Can't-Stop, Mitesh, Dan, and Brian2. This game can go on for a while, and it's tough to remember all the minutiae if you don't play it regularly. After about 25 minutes of explanation, the game got underway. Can't Stop immediately declared himself a target, and was killed by Brian2. Who was soon after killed by <strong>Mitesh, who declared himself Shogun, and was never unseated for the win!</strong></ul><br /><li>Ido<ul><li>Another beauty of a game -- it's like playing a 3-d, shifting, Mondrian painting. It doesn't get pulled out enough for me. We had a 4-player game (the ONLY way to play, in my opinion...) with Brian2, Liz, Cengiz, and Fenwick. It was a tight game, with everyone getting one off the board pretty quickly. By Brian2 emplyed the very smart strategy of "get as much on the board as possible for maximum power of movement". And <strong>with a proud "Huzzah!" (I swear he said it) Brian2 moved his fourth piece off for the win.</strong></ul><br /><li>Ming Dynasty<ul><li>This is a new one to Game Club. The rules seemed rather daunting, and after a rough start of playing incorrectly, we got the hang of it. The game only last 6 turns, only scoring on the even ones. You each play as a "prince" moving through the countryside, and settling folks in districts. If you dominate a district, you can move into a city, and earn points and tokens (sets of which get traded for points). There are Cloisters where you can claim a few points (but are at risk of being ousted by someone else), and elements of trail-building (a la Elfenland, which I love), as well. It's a well-built game with a variety of strategic elements. I'd love to be able to try this one again soon. Four of us played: Mitesh, Brian2, Dan, and Fenwick. The game actually lasted about an hour and 40 minutes. If we run it again soon, I'm sure we can pound it out in about an hour. Brian2 cashed in some serious sets early on, and had a huge lead, lapping a couple of us on the scoring track. The rest of us struggled to unseat him, killing as many of his Monks as possible. Fenwick got close, but <strong>Brian2 managed to keep a TWO POINT LEAD for the win.</strong></ul><br /><li>Quiddler<ul><li>Two games of Quiddler were played (not surprising... it's the one game that comes to EVERY Game Club meeting.) First game had Brian2, Sara, Ashley, Brian, and Victoria. <strong>Brian2 won with a fairly decent margin.</strong><li>The other game had Chris, Brian, Ashley, Jon2, Brad2, and May. In this one, <strong>Jon2 just barely eked out the win</strong> by three points!</ul><br /><li>Tsuro<ul><li>We actually played three games of this back-to-back. It goes quick, and we had some new folks. GREAT gateway game: easy to learn, quick to play, lots can play. We had Crystal, Liz, May, Jess, Fenwick, Ashley, and Brian1. I can sum up the three games quickly: <strong>Brian1 WON THREE TIMES.</strong></ul><br /></ul><br /><br />And now this week's image gallery!<br /><br /><h2>BULL IN A CHINA SHOP</h2><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyvLfqZf_Lugdh2oeZjVPGnk51kkRuiwpfImbsIYQnVc5nuggPtDAOSiEYmfEPd-NQCZSHTb40qxIlXXRszPDPrTUok2kO7pFD9Q1kZuLTN0R8tssMiWWsAk9UUv2F2uyPTuAY/s1600-h/bullChina01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyvLfqZf_Lugdh2oeZjVPGnk51kkRuiwpfImbsIYQnVc5nuggPtDAOSiEYmfEPd-NQCZSHTb40qxIlXXRszPDPrTUok2kO7pFD9Q1kZuLTN0R8tssMiWWsAk9UUv2F2uyPTuAY/s320/bullChina01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252603390403159746" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivNiXjzl79vnE1aDplRPs0jF3jvNXsEOTvhwwxJ3T8j6gUcBm0Zpm5qKKzayRd5pSG6iZIQ2xPzIVVs7DF9TvKPW51nVHRGsqG8TQD8Zwbl17JcTc10sFPFCDPYH9HJcDsgxV0/s1600-h/bullChina02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivNiXjzl79vnE1aDplRPs0jF3jvNXsEOTvhwwxJ3T8j6gUcBm0Zpm5qKKzayRd5pSG6iZIQ2xPzIVVs7DF9TvKPW51nVHRGsqG8TQD8Zwbl17JcTc10sFPFCDPYH9HJcDsgxV0/s320/bullChina02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252603567159721890" /></a><br /><br /><h2>GANG OF FOUR</h2><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxQK5uXBKMZ3adjyFTQ6mHgloXfiVlq-GsBMiQ9fYa2mBYhD_wJ30CDXCXDs2VakLrOME-lIh_XGQPzvh1Uk_A4t4drsRmXx51xFgXQfkiXNVUPiObgh_3Wsrd17jp0Vy96Uo9/s1600-h/gang401.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxQK5uXBKMZ3adjyFTQ6mHgloXfiVlq-GsBMiQ9fYa2mBYhD_wJ30CDXCXDs2VakLrOME-lIh_XGQPzvh1Uk_A4t4drsRmXx51xFgXQfkiXNVUPiObgh_3Wsrd17jp0Vy96Uo9/s320/gang401.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252603882234833922" /></a><br /><br /><h2>GEMBLO - Lookit the pretty!</h2><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZugaAjktKoATiiw80xJF1ByUlbMXzWHrjob2nUA3YVoW9vmD7MnG3Z1zzl5ZfMoLQtpufpLD9rEtRA_5RBqk192qDXuPSVsj8qSKE8sDVOpL0_850fW1VtzWlRzN3ABAhAay/s1600-h/gemblo01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZugaAjktKoATiiw80xJF1ByUlbMXzWHrjob2nUA3YVoW9vmD7MnG3Z1zzl5ZfMoLQtpufpLD9rEtRA_5RBqk192qDXuPSVsj8qSKE8sDVOpL0_850fW1VtzWlRzN3ABAhAay/s320/gemblo01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252604024953333314" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4FqP4YVo5ayK9mWMZUQ6jcUiuB8fFxPxLElNtKqDnY82ANAp3O9kX3VOW35p-vIVdLBic1or-uOcZDSMPqMhEM6XlqtlwfxXSDeLCYHOlhSVHUG3VcDUUmyqlherhZhsHSFiM/s1600-h/gemblo02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4FqP4YVo5ayK9mWMZUQ6jcUiuB8fFxPxLElNtKqDnY82ANAp3O9kX3VOW35p-vIVdLBic1or-uOcZDSMPqMhEM6XlqtlwfxXSDeLCYHOlhSVHUG3VcDUUmyqlherhZhsHSFiM/s320/gemblo02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252604216208404146" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTz_8UwRAW2yH3IdL4knwJF7s-turVyBMG2eaov-PCrGlMXyyxmfNoQfHOvABwGoEPm9PRwepGm_PMzx1HP7tFgnfiTMUVtt2N_D-yGMtTsbyH0kN422HVbP9M5B4NbTHZGCpI/s1600-h/gemblo03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTz_8UwRAW2yH3IdL4knwJF7s-turVyBMG2eaov-PCrGlMXyyxmfNoQfHOvABwGoEPm9PRwepGm_PMzx1HP7tFgnfiTMUVtt2N_D-yGMtTsbyH0kN422HVbP9M5B4NbTHZGCpI/s320/gemblo03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252604309459063842" /></a><br /><br /><h2>HONOR OF THE SAMURAI</h2><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQL4_sji_NgL3MdXTfVjYR7IZNI5PICi4dDOoO4peyT-5QLjub4Z47ZXwnMnUSTVvH1ug-Tm5IscMdBaebmi0H2Z2zhX5vI7Kh5zw0SYpwTxFDQ0_4NABigXeVB_shE1_r-8c/s1600-h/honorSamurai01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQL4_sji_NgL3MdXTfVjYR7IZNI5PICi4dDOoO4peyT-5QLjub4Z47ZXwnMnUSTVvH1ug-Tm5IscMdBaebmi0H2Z2zhX5vI7Kh5zw0SYpwTxFDQ0_4NABigXeVB_shE1_r-8c/s320/honorSamurai01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252604408091032370" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgskjCLKdY41UKCvcImR-vqOjycSmUl2xId3WeGkMu-inLYgc5UKh36t9ofClwReJeL1NCGi8z72SxGzJxFzDoaREcdqnJFud9QTmrxqu4jLj3JVjSRHQpl2Xu1GMBc0fJgknm6/s1600-h/honorSamurai02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgskjCLKdY41UKCvcImR-vqOjycSmUl2xId3WeGkMu-inLYgc5UKh36t9ofClwReJeL1NCGi8z72SxGzJxFzDoaREcdqnJFud9QTmrxqu4jLj3JVjSRHQpl2Xu1GMBc0fJgknm6/s320/honorSamurai02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252604696095851730" /></a><br /><br /><h2>IDO - more pretty...</h2><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFP3CkJRAcHI5ogBshlRronbx4GvGLbpC-c7IP70EdFohqXzL3UPKe-BCFoleQPe3bFn02JThLna9Sd9BhJVwBr-6dNuFZEGhJ9f5c9swxChEPR_4NjDq_asuJ6iTlbuif7O1/s1600-h/ido01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFP3CkJRAcHI5ogBshlRronbx4GvGLbpC-c7IP70EdFohqXzL3UPKe-BCFoleQPe3bFn02JThLna9Sd9BhJVwBr-6dNuFZEGhJ9f5c9swxChEPR_4NjDq_asuJ6iTlbuif7O1/s320/ido01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252604799334220178" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZoX_6ynHI5ikdQ8126o5LXI3oamUerI2ZBGp5nQRiILM62U-KVX8ByKFXNfCc8101ouLvhvVmTCyltGVbOvW5vTbHdETzVyLqt0ybnX9bfdS_4PB-gnK9hQrYRSxqMuCbRXK/s1600-h/ido02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZoX_6ynHI5ikdQ8126o5LXI3oamUerI2ZBGp5nQRiILM62U-KVX8ByKFXNfCc8101ouLvhvVmTCyltGVbOvW5vTbHdETzVyLqt0ybnX9bfdS_4PB-gnK9hQrYRSxqMuCbRXK/s320/ido02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252604942625158274" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheaVbYKOCauG-9gnHDqdjhkUI5EI74SI_-_e7voX6INDDNp_9s4-9FGo8CLOzx6X_ldMGNGbGCbro58L0gZ1GoL0eNNTniOz0UnwCtX8NFTBbWxs-A9iScORC3_u1tLZUwDWPs/s1600-h/ido03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheaVbYKOCauG-9gnHDqdjhkUI5EI74SI_-_e7voX6INDDNp_9s4-9FGo8CLOzx6X_ldMGNGbGCbro58L0gZ1GoL0eNNTniOz0UnwCtX8NFTBbWxs-A9iScORC3_u1tLZUwDWPs/s320/ido03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252605025338216978" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU5XQzGazxDu8btOB7F_oJqvJ04HSZ7szqQ4n6vi6ntTXc3n4GI7SyC6T3dXSDKyzdq82L_W_rVaOXLSUNDEjU68UHZJxp_UC8G9ItWl6ISG4bRVbD_ZCTp915VcMpEV90rQA1/s1600-h/ido04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU5XQzGazxDu8btOB7F_oJqvJ04HSZ7szqQ4n6vi6ntTXc3n4GI7SyC6T3dXSDKyzdq82L_W_rVaOXLSUNDEjU68UHZJxp_UC8G9ItWl6ISG4bRVbD_ZCTp915VcMpEV90rQA1/s320/ido04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252605102820232546" /></a><br /><br /><h2>MING DYNASTY</h2><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBgtidJPO-MLHVPLwpd9LkzyNCSYMoaWOyradTx5BzJNZf-eDnoWGh1vM4utzSpnM2mHfNKAt4COu36QmFRo__NhCNTlGwd7w2neXDx-hiOYW9MrD-bKXsb9bm4xaD9ZyrrE9-/s1600-h/mingDyn01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBgtidJPO-MLHVPLwpd9LkzyNCSYMoaWOyradTx5BzJNZf-eDnoWGh1vM4utzSpnM2mHfNKAt4COu36QmFRo__NhCNTlGwd7w2neXDx-hiOYW9MrD-bKXsb9bm4xaD9ZyrrE9-/s320/mingDyn01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252605274731373906" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9O2S-bgCro0iwyo4lor06IgKCeicCojzwIlCMaAb9a4AjBdr4Mdes3h-4RQPwWR7m_GqQwX_sQQ5VFTDpO_dEFDN8otg9LRwo0LsOBR2XwlkD1dztQ7H6eKRCX8OYxiSB0sK/s1600-h/mingDyn02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9O2S-bgCro0iwyo4lor06IgKCeicCojzwIlCMaAb9a4AjBdr4Mdes3h-4RQPwWR7m_GqQwX_sQQ5VFTDpO_dEFDN8otg9LRwo0LsOBR2XwlkD1dztQ7H6eKRCX8OYxiSB0sK/s320/mingDyn02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252605375284782082" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEU1xYxTF0uv1r8h1pTyf0qUX2MuU8Bv3jo9gqJdHOhrKU-d5Ugq5e4xFJvmKv_dzlhxPRs6Rsym1nTqeeHPY3XBaMRR8NbTswdzqzSC-2k1LG4FuGoUmVL6mbpKguRw1jBcn_/s1600-h/mingDyn03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEU1xYxTF0uv1r8h1pTyf0qUX2MuU8Bv3jo9gqJdHOhrKU-d5Ugq5e4xFJvmKv_dzlhxPRs6Rsym1nTqeeHPY3XBaMRR8NbTswdzqzSC-2k1LG4FuGoUmVL6mbpKguRw1jBcn_/s320/mingDyn03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252605451159867282" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Nmo2rem9GKMJ8kFoKdF3m-Ol1xhl29RVyouzdDUFqKyXl2lkezXTHVkocyKmBiLUVS3rpvmj45aNm-AD0-Fgr4XTsJty7eqfGluDH44fWRu056H5XhCC_yAcxilBKXgjTNIo/s1600-h/mingDyn04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Nmo2rem9GKMJ8kFoKdF3m-Ol1xhl29RVyouzdDUFqKyXl2lkezXTHVkocyKmBiLUVS3rpvmj45aNm-AD0-Fgr4XTsJty7eqfGluDH44fWRu056H5XhCC_yAcxilBKXgjTNIo/s320/mingDyn04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252605562706984642" /></a><br /><br /><h2>TSURO</h2><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXn178ByNJI7YcA-x0KkzIIa-MYMbA4sKA_xkUF-7lmCF19UizUROCPtBdGyk4nC-NxDge__dkaa22nqsC0wG4YMTty-CB1UOz6gDYrc-Zsxc6F5n5pgssYZxQLwRyBb3qiEw-/s1600-h/tsuro01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXn178ByNJI7YcA-x0KkzIIa-MYMbA4sKA_xkUF-7lmCF19UizUROCPtBdGyk4nC-NxDge__dkaa22nqsC0wG4YMTty-CB1UOz6gDYrc-Zsxc6F5n5pgssYZxQLwRyBb3qiEw-/s320/tsuro01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252605645566432274" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYOndG9QpFsxRPnmGf7oMNMrgjjdS12UMz63cugYUXGHRMeT7Ocu1FkdX1pQOQ-sRjwBVys3J2cFmosHLort9L1xZhNT-BZzVg6QNrzommBIXR4Lu1Cgn0S5l2l46RtusYIjXb/s1600-h/tsuro02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYOndG9QpFsxRPnmGf7oMNMrgjjdS12UMz63cugYUXGHRMeT7Ocu1FkdX1pQOQ-sRjwBVys3J2cFmosHLort9L1xZhNT-BZzVg6QNrzommBIXR4Lu1Cgn0S5l2l46RtusYIjXb/s320/tsuro02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252605742680853538" /></a><br /><br /><h2>And here's some peoples playing!</h2><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1kteOPHUQaHIAKjsGosvMf4KK7CpwXUOWaSaamLdoQ5W91nGF6VAX0reF5CksSRLNOlcC5wG5jtpAwT6vGZ8T3wjBEqlRNJw6d3U9oAy4Iw6rHF__RIHVwa7uHxMzhLOAI0G/s1600-h/people01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1kteOPHUQaHIAKjsGosvMf4KK7CpwXUOWaSaamLdoQ5W91nGF6VAX0reF5CksSRLNOlcC5wG5jtpAwT6vGZ8T3wjBEqlRNJw6d3U9oAy4Iw6rHF__RIHVwa7uHxMzhLOAI0G/s320/people01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252605827478019138" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6gSKUU4ta7B7u2kdCVk6DWQiNLqVYWDmBIxbcwPcqIr_OA2PJTx64OXKk_cNeuPdbfyBqm29qplng3hGss0WasGPkXkNzsuorOqgjuqXH2DnCOYz-TWnKPaIR_cwEGpfgrzd/s1600-h/people02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6gSKUU4ta7B7u2kdCVk6DWQiNLqVYWDmBIxbcwPcqIr_OA2PJTx64OXKk_cNeuPdbfyBqm29qplng3hGss0WasGPkXkNzsuorOqgjuqXH2DnCOYz-TWnKPaIR_cwEGpfgrzd/s320/people02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252605934908251730" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2UMVfZJFz4UXZCucwIAfq3W8nQDDu76Gluv6b3S4Kz0m50q44DQlu4IFTv0Iz8ClXso9tZQC9Ob1zbxSXXVRiCTpbaiIxm-pchcvb2LD4PHbAL355QGXY2JbwpHfed_tNUnxp/s1600-h/people03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2UMVfZJFz4UXZCucwIAfq3W8nQDDu76Gluv6b3S4Kz0m50q44DQlu4IFTv0Iz8ClXso9tZQC9Ob1zbxSXXVRiCTpbaiIxm-pchcvb2LD4PHbAL355QGXY2JbwpHfed_tNUnxp/s320/people03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252606001406678642" /></a><br /><br />See y'alls Monday!Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917408073074208078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19252033.post-25676907286280215052008-09-30T12:29:00.013-04:002008-09-30T13:25:31.673-04:00Monday, September 29, 2008We had a theme -- I have to give credit to Brad and Ashlei for the idea. It was not mine...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNgm7VFFoMNQzZsfirVrAyAULPuYzxkvytdY7HjQPOPlOWxlSCJFPjZc_A88YToKfeX-PIL1z2ydRWd8o0sDBFCJ5S6fGuwpX8UpzxOUWff_Qg7JiRoYexNQZ0g4FAzdaLxqU/s1600-h/maps.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNgm7VFFoMNQzZsfirVrAyAULPuYzxkvytdY7HjQPOPlOWxlSCJFPjZc_A88YToKfeX-PIL1z2ydRWd8o0sDBFCJ5S6fGuwpX8UpzxOUWff_Qg7JiRoYexNQZ0g4FAzdaLxqU/s320/maps.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251852616375401746" /></a><br /><br />And we played games in this theme. Let's see who played, and what we played...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGA85mtymPxtbNrd-Jnt5xjGrleXlEWvWEVErPiRkZQZkH0I-8Sb-XmT88FhCxcdVo7l3bwsEss9iEb5QIt86UaUg9yiayKJ8uxKSYFs6GUKJEe3cbO3LkHKB22TXGpHSHuLa/s1600-h/The+Players.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGA85mtymPxtbNrd-Jnt5xjGrleXlEWvWEVErPiRkZQZkH0I-8Sb-XmT88FhCxcdVo7l3bwsEss9iEb5QIt86UaUg9yiayKJ8uxKSYFs6GUKJEe3cbO3LkHKB22TXGpHSHuLa/s320/The+Players.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251852861070849346" /></a><br clear="left"><ul><li>Alex (n)<br /><li>Ashley, Trumpeteer (n)<br /><li>Becky (p)<br /><li>Brad, Strategist (n)<br /><li>Brian2, Overlord (n)<br /><li>Cassy, Mascot (p)<br /><li>Fenwick (p)<br /><li>Gordon (?)<br /><li>Jess (bunny!? <-- that's what it said on the score sheet)<br /><li>Joe, Magus (p)<br /><li>Justin (n)<br /><li>Sandy (v)<br /><li>Sean (p)<br /><li>Steven (p)<br /></ul><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgdKghvNipBX617M3cgXbd6mep-ray7flO8FX3QBf5Ybx48wlFFCv05fyLXfwPncde-QKol7Uv0qOWwCIatvu7t7rdKEae7Wsx8YFSDUIccWFykxx8gO3qb42Yn6aHuGvPSLY0/s1600-h/The+Games.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgdKghvNipBX617M3cgXbd6mep-ray7flO8FX3QBf5Ybx48wlFFCv05fyLXfwPncde-QKol7Uv0qOWwCIatvu7t7rdKEae7Wsx8YFSDUIccWFykxx8gO3qb42Yn6aHuGvPSLY0/s320/The+Games.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251854273956031954" /></a><br clear="left"><ul><br /><li>Ten Days in Europe<ul><li>Classic route building game. Fenwick ended up winning, spending most of his time in easternmost Europe.</ul><br /><li>Diceland<ul><li>My favorite wargame. I never win, but I like it for some reason. Sean and Fenwick played a quick game. Sean eliminated Fenwick (me!) from the board, and had 2 remaining armies (dice) FTW.</ul><br /><li>Nexus Ops<ul><li>We played a three player game with Sean, Brad, and Fenwick. Brad ended up winning with 10 points (Fenwick had 6, Sean had 4). Fenwick was VERY close to winning, controlling the Monolith, and a "Death From Above" card worth 4 points, which would have been implemented. But alas, it was too late...</ul><br /><li>Portobello Market<ul><li>This is a *NEW* game club entry! It's definitely a pretty game, great bits. It's simple, but the decisions can be tough. Fenwick claimed a lot of points early, but after that, it went downhill quick. It looked like Gordon had won, but then we noticed an area of the board we hadn't scored! Brian ended up winning by ONE point. (Fenwick had an epic loss of 69 points...)</ul><br /><li>Quiddler<ul><li>Steven demolished Cassy, Alex and Jess! He had 298 points, next behind him was 212, and it just went down from there...<li>The game got pulled out again a little later. Sean won that game with, oddly enough, also 298 points. (Fenwick was close behind with 294. Sandy had to leave in the middle and go to class.)</ul><br /><li>Ticket to Ride<ul><li>Five new T2R players dragged this one out. They perused the rules and got going. Not sure they played exactly correctly, but whatever way they played seemed consistent. Joe ended up winning the game by ONE point. And, according to the score sheet comments, "He didn't even try or pay attention the entire game!!!"</ul><br /></ul><br /><br />May was at another table teaching people to play "standard" card games like Palace and B.S. So other games and players were happening, but we didn't write it down -- it was pretty informal.<br /><br />And there's a few pictures!<br /><p align="center">10 Days in Europe. A classic.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54-08stoyv9EgmG3AnSmV6rbyf92_YE5os1_gLbcUJRiiWk34GxWdhzg03zT1zGHm2l3lje9zRNadwMP9nR6vMLCfw5TS_7tUL9gy9bMir1_91KKX7483nBZA4keKXcaaQEoV/s1600-h/10days01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54-08stoyv9EgmG3AnSmV6rbyf92_YE5os1_gLbcUJRiiWk34GxWdhzg03zT1zGHm2l3lje9zRNadwMP9nR6vMLCfw5TS_7tUL9gy9bMir1_91KKX7483nBZA4keKXcaaQEoV/s320/10days01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251862790009933298" /></a><br /><br /><p align="center">Diceland. Battling Dice. Slightly strategic, slightly luck. All cool.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIfQI3Tq087T2Key6k-cYJ4iPgOIAxPDlm7iz3QjGWVguJoIlIlMMJ2hqXiI_K4bArTFy50tLT4YEsbNzFtx25gn9oDlbmdrOZMhNgGwSpHvFJzlO_vEpCTlLCogtog67pSEb/s1600-h/diceland01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIfQI3Tq087T2Key6k-cYJ4iPgOIAxPDlm7iz3QjGWVguJoIlIlMMJ2hqXiI_K4bArTFy50tLT4YEsbNzFtx25gn9oDlbmdrOZMhNgGwSpHvFJzlO_vEpCTlLCogtog67pSEb/s320/diceland01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251863611516026034" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2MWOSeqcnzFXMFfmH6otdWkh0nkjZscNyfaRZZ7x3gn4QbGi7Gh3JRbf4Yd87pYnn7DcCPky4UH-0xpU6wRSIiIR6_SCKqCCVT8qt-UQneDFq42cfheO2IP1BgJoh2-kqgMUF/s1600-h/diceland02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2MWOSeqcnzFXMFfmH6otdWkh0nkjZscNyfaRZZ7x3gn4QbGi7Gh3JRbf4Yd87pYnn7DcCPky4UH-0xpU6wRSIiIR6_SCKqCCVT8qt-UQneDFq42cfheO2IP1BgJoh2-kqgMUF/s320/diceland02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251864072707303106" /></a><br /><br /><p align="center">Nexus Ops is one of the most gorgeous games around. And there's battling aliens!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUavEDerlYM69yvkNKXB4Ym9dxwNtbYTW8kp2-fjLwNPBrDv_U-B9DdllhdQMs5Sp0vBC5HRBH-0_rZWBYC-LrvD0cvFPhGZqCFoBFYPahgFkoYpz392EMvasN_1x6jMM6H63C/s1600-h/nexusOps01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUavEDerlYM69yvkNKXB4Ym9dxwNtbYTW8kp2-fjLwNPBrDv_U-B9DdllhdQMs5Sp0vBC5HRBH-0_rZWBYC-LrvD0cvFPhGZqCFoBFYPahgFkoYpz392EMvasN_1x6jMM6H63C/s320/nexusOps01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251864377669967234" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuEIl_H5gDgz791AjIBnN506mz5lEKpV1U_lPdFZ5Z3XtbYbGM6nb3Zp-rBTVigA3Rz-GBLbM7HOwqk0rp526ri0hhTccag0A07cuuvOz8BqOUtATPl1wPNkX8wI3lotF4lS96/s1600-h/nexusOps02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuEIl_H5gDgz791AjIBnN506mz5lEKpV1U_lPdFZ5Z3XtbYbGM6nb3Zp-rBTVigA3Rz-GBLbM7HOwqk0rp526ri0hhTccag0A07cuuvOz8BqOUtATPl1wPNkX8wI3lotF4lS96/s320/nexusOps02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251865528000764786" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7Y7eWr_m7ZvsAPff9qyxF3HpstoJnAsrhbypeS2BdVaKyLdBGtxGE_CsyA0tDOJQgu0FtHosxw9XmWZQqpB7ngbjLAlH5ewBRmfuj_tQvcSOb2dLpa7URaQsswr8rGFCA7cT/s1600-h/nexusOps03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7Y7eWr_m7ZvsAPff9qyxF3HpstoJnAsrhbypeS2BdVaKyLdBGtxGE_CsyA0tDOJQgu0FtHosxw9XmWZQqpB7ngbjLAlH5ewBRmfuj_tQvcSOb2dLpa7URaQsswr8rGFCA7cT/s320/nexusOps03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251865652120372546" /></a><br /><br /><p align="center">Portobello Market is a new one to Game Club. Nice bits, easy to play, quick to learn, quick to play. I think this'll come out again...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIOpPE_32SL-wZm-tQxT1KJuzFrdIBGeHQgGFB2B75UXGmjYlZiaEv5Jr6AGUbF3DeD-aZC-tFeAbfrbGAdVgbvTM_8yIqdFBjyfp8Vq0iErwk9izp_fIoX_1Gsb80uyWMPHtp/s1600-h/portobello01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIOpPE_32SL-wZm-tQxT1KJuzFrdIBGeHQgGFB2B75UXGmjYlZiaEv5Jr6AGUbF3DeD-aZC-tFeAbfrbGAdVgbvTM_8yIqdFBjyfp8Vq0iErwk9izp_fIoX_1Gsb80uyWMPHtp/s320/portobello01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251865749543180770" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvu3CikoQ9ljDGamsC6D8Q1uq-_ps1CEH3qLJCWnJQUhlJaaf_vz4niaunVkJdJqZ-yQGyif-csecqLs7_P0Nsm9Py5RF_uqlPP5Tv4iXBa_s2KOdjuQso9dWY1HwZsLhcgMXy/s1600-h/portobello03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvu3CikoQ9ljDGamsC6D8Q1uq-_ps1CEH3qLJCWnJQUhlJaaf_vz4niaunVkJdJqZ-yQGyif-csecqLs7_P0Nsm9Py5RF_uqlPP5Tv4iXBa_s2KOdjuQso9dWY1HwZsLhcgMXy/s320/portobello03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251866222164662722" /></a><br /><br /><p align="center">And here's Brian2's hand...</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9ylw_D1RLebhDxxk8nezWU0MSyXm5Mjvh7GEiHHt_15UHK3kTdJoUkJUiS4gvcsYYZ3AWccWwtvowXNy0mYjsqgPBSyx1CNPhxYCwnt6uuReYaJY1Uvk8NbCZKS2WjxUzem6/s1600-h/portobello02-b2s+hand.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9ylw_D1RLebhDxxk8nezWU0MSyXm5Mjvh7GEiHHt_15UHK3kTdJoUkJUiS4gvcsYYZ3AWccWwtvowXNy0mYjsqgPBSyx1CNPhxYCwnt6uuReYaJY1Uvk8NbCZKS2WjxUzem6/s320/portobello02-b2s+hand.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251866112166287778" /></a>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917408073074208078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19252033.post-19379415773344492232008-09-26T13:54:00.005-04:002008-10-02T16:34:21.831-04:00Wednesday, Sept. 24We played games! Again, I'll just review the players and games... I was actually away from the game day for a little while, so I didn't get to play as much as I would have liked. We didn't even really make up a theme. I was needing portability, so the unannounced theme was "Games that Come in Smallish Boxes."<br />Anyhoo, here's the data:<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiE5AreH8fUUdECwkQJZdgpS8qJIlbmgakZsbTmrDXvcsjOkbdFydiHQhY8_XwMGTd1w1XHtYgqk2sy_xt2XLV5wsHNrk-5WoYoj9BAHvWJE43bw9lBx2O1OYQ7n5AMb3VEMtA/s1600-h/The+Players.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiE5AreH8fUUdECwkQJZdgpS8qJIlbmgakZsbTmrDXvcsjOkbdFydiHQhY8_XwMGTd1w1XHtYgqk2sy_xt2XLV5wsHNrk-5WoYoj9BAHvWJE43bw9lBx2O1OYQ7n5AMb3VEMtA/s320/The+Players.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250409047231961618" /></a><br clear="left"><ul><li>Ashlei (p)<br /><li>Ashley (n)<br /><li>Brian2 (n)<br /><li>Can't Stop (n)<br /><li>Cengiz (p)<br /><li>Dan (p)<br /><li>Fenwick (p)<br /><li>Gordon (n)<br /><li>Jeff (n)<br /><li>Jess (v)<br /><li>Joe (p)<br /><li>Krysta (p)<br /><li>May (p)<br /><li>Phil (v)<br /><li>Sean (p)<br /><li>Steven (p)<br /></ul><br /><br />AND, instead of <em>just</em> a list, this time I'll add a few details. At the very least, the winner...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIax2AnecmZypY3Hb6nUyW6u52DBoZy78GL6T4pVCYo7KHWtuHfukvL0YaRv01c9svOv7VvBAqtCf6QnLsvL-kcald29yJWq8dHTncLw-d4ZvlarQj4uVCSFqm353w4KVKyXMu/s1600-h/The+Games.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIax2AnecmZypY3Hb6nUyW6u52DBoZy78GL6T4pVCYo7KHWtuHfukvL0YaRv01c9svOv7VvBAqtCf6QnLsvL-kcald29yJWq8dHTncLw-d4ZvlarQj4uVCSFqm353w4KVKyXMu/s320/The+Games.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250409286733180978" /></a><br clear="left"><ul><li><strong>Continuo</strong><br /><ul><li>Ashley won this 5-player game of Continuo with 155 points.<br /><li>Later, Can't Stop and Sean played... Can't Stop won with 369.</ul><br /><li><strong>Farkel </strong><br /><ul><li>Steven wins with 10,100 after May's long reign as leader! <em>[EDITOR'S NOTE: May?? Winning Farkel??? REALLY????]</em></ul><br /><li><strong>Man Bites Dog</strong><br /><ul><li>A couple of games of this were played... Joe won one with 930 points. <li>Gordon won a later game of it with 1045.</ul><br /><li><strong>Quiddler</strong><br /><ul><li>Classic. There haven't been many Game Club meetings without Quiddler. Brian2 won with a respectable score of 284 (especially respectable amidst a 5 player game!).</ul><br /><li><strong>Stone Soup</strong><br /><ul><li>This is a new one to Game Club. It is basically a variety of a 'standard' card deck game called (abbreviated) B.S. (sometimes called "Cheat" or "I Doubt It"). We had a lot of fun with it, though we probably played with too many people. We played two rounds: Phil won one, Jeff the other.</ul> <br /><li><strong>Treehouse</strong><br /><ul><li>Treehouse... portable, pretty, simple. Sean and Can't Stop played 4 games. Sean won the first. Can't Stop won the rest.</ul><br /><li><strong>Zombie Fluxx</strong><br /><ul><li>This was meant to be like a 10 minute filler game to get the club started. It turned into like an 8 player drag fest. At one point (with a set of rules Draw 5, No Card Bonus, Play All) Phil played his whole hand, got a "Trade Hands" card, and played somebody else's hand, got a "Take Another Turn" to do it all over again. There were some other cards that let him play extra stuff, too. He ended up playing for about 10 minutes BY HIMSELF. I swear he almost played through the entire deck. It was crazy. Joe ended up winning with the "Food for Thought" goal.</ul><br /></ul><br /><br />Another good day!<br /><br />More games on Monday...Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917408073074208078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19252033.post-9665304480442697282008-09-23T18:32:00.002-04:002008-09-23T18:54:14.940-04:00Chonkeys. Oh, yeah. Chonkeys.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjqypSlJd6vzfUxOXv3MN6zE9fIppaGJPXcexpiHr01WBYEtdGU71k21K3oLF0n8pek8EIqMOc_IZah2-PbNNjE2Gll2JIFya7hpOxlJLvGJF28l-Ukjlw3Mva3D8kPvxNGDd0/s1600-h/chonkeys.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjqypSlJd6vzfUxOXv3MN6zE9fIppaGJPXcexpiHr01WBYEtdGU71k21K3oLF0n8pek8EIqMOc_IZah2-PbNNjE2Gll2JIFya7hpOxlJLvGJF28l-Ukjlw3Mva3D8kPvxNGDd0/s320/chonkeys.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249348615578230530" /></a><br />Before we begin... a word from our sponsor.<br /><br />Today's Game Club extravaganza was brought to you by Chonkeys™!<br /><br />Do you crave a delicious, nutritious snack? Do you enjoy the flavor of cheese? Presenting... CHONKEYS™, a taste sensation unlike any you've ever imagined! It tastes like cheese, because it IS cheese.<br /><br />We all love cheese, but it comes in those unwieldy "bars" or "blocks" or even "wheels". What a hassle! OR they "grate" it into little tiny strips, that are too small to eat comfortably. Well, we've taken a variety of delicious cheeses, and miraculously cut them into small, bite-sized pieces. Chonkeys™ are born!<br /><br />Eat them with crackers. Eat them without crackers. The possibilities are nearly endless, with Chonkeys™!<br /><br />That's right, Chonkeys™, an official sponsor of the CCM Strategic Gaming Club.<br /><br /><br /><br />Monday, September 22 was a good day for games. "Why?" you ask? "Were the games EXCEPTIONALLY good?" No. I mean they were fine, but we had a HUGE tray of cheese nearby to nom on. MMMmmm. Cheese. There were some grapes and delicious crackers, too. It was sheer decadence! (At least for us easily impressed members of game club.)<br /><br />We did have people play, play we did. I'm going to make a quick post again of just the players and games, to make sure we keep the blog up to date as much as possible.<br /><br />THE PLAYERS (there were 20!)<br /><ul><br /><li>Alicia<br /><li>Ashlei<br /><li>Brad<br /><li>Brian2<br /><li>Cassy<br /><li>Cathy Willms<br /><li>Cengiz<br /><li>Chris<br /><li>Dylan<br /><li>Eden<br /><li>Fenwick<br /><li>Harper-Dylan<br /><li>Jen<br /><li>Jess<br /><li>Joe<br /><li>Justin<br /><li>Krysta<br /><li>Paul<br /><li>Pete<br /><li>TJ<br /></ul><br /><br />THE GAMES<br /><ul><br /><li>Blink (which we played, very dangerously, with 3 people for a bit!)<br /><li>Continuo<br /><li>For Sale<br /><li>Great Dalmuti<br /><li>Hey! That's MY Fish!<br /><li>Incan Gold<br /><li>Intrigue<br /><li>Oodles of Doodles (which we just sort of played for fun at the end of the day...)<br /><li>Quiddler<br /><li>Quo Vadis?<br /><li>Speed Scrabble (a Scrabble variant introduced to us by Paul!)<br /><li>Wise & Otherwise<br /><li>Zeus on the Loose<br /></ul><br /><br />Fun was had. Cheese was 'et. We play more on Wed, Sept. 24.<br /><br /><em>(Once again, today's Blogisode was brought to you by Chonkeys™ brand cheese snacks. Remember, when it's got to be little cubes of cheese, it's GOT to be Chonkeys™. Be sure to try our new "little triangles" shape!)</em>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917408073074208078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19252033.post-82334391158713608662008-09-19T17:05:00.002-04:002008-09-22T11:49:40.348-04:00Two week lump dump.Hey all! We've been playing like crazy the past couple weeks. I've let the blog drift by the wayside, and I don't have time to do as detailed a report as normal. But I did want to put down AT THE VERY LEAST, the games we've played and the people who played them over the past 4 game sessions. Here goes...<br /><br />The Players...<br /><ul><li>AJ (?)<br /><li>Alex (n)<br /><li>Alicia (n)<br /><li>Ashlei (p)<br /><li>Ashley (n)<br /><li>Becky (p)<br /><li>Brad (n)<br /><li>Brian (n)<br /><li>Brian2 (n)<br /><li>Caleb (v)<br /><li>Can't-Stop (n)<br /><li>Carlo (n)<br /><li>Cengiz (p)<br /><li>Chris (p)<br /><li>Dan (n)<br /><li>Dylan (p)<br /><li>Eli (n)<br /><li>Fenwick (p)<br /><li>Harper-Dylan (p)<br /><li>Heather (v)<br /><li>Jay (p)<br /><li>Jeff (p)<br /><li>Jess (v)<br /><li>Joe (p)<br /><li>Krysta (p)<br /><li>Maxine (p)<br /><li>May (p)<br /><li>Patrick (p)<br /><li>Pete (p)<br /><li>Phil (v)<br /><li>Ryan (p)<br /><li>Sam (n)<br /><li>Sandy (v)<br /><li>Sean (p)<br /><li>Sergio (n)<br /><li>Steven (p)<br /><li>Victoria (n)<br /></ul><br /><br />OK, that's 37 PEOPLE. THIRTY SEVEN! Not too shabby...<br /><br /><br />And now... the Games people played...<br /><ul><br /><li>Bull in a China Shop<br /><li>Citadels (3x)<br /><li>Cityscape<br /><li>Elk Fest<br /><li>Farkel<br /><li>Flea Circus<br /><li>For Sale<br /><li>Give me the Brain<br /><li>Go<br /><li>Great Dalmuti<br /><li>Igloo Pop<br /><li>Incan Gold<br /><li>King of the Beasts (3x)<br /><li>Lascaux<br /><li>Lost Cities<br /><li>Mall of Horror<br /><li>Man Bites Dog<br /><li>Pit<br /><li>Quiddler (6x)<br /><li>Rage<br /><li>Samurai<br /><li>San Juan<br /><li>Shear Panic<br /><li>Spacebeans<br /><li>Super Showdown<br /><li>Transamerica<br /><li>Treehouse<br /><li>Zombie Fluxx<br /></ul><br /><br />And, if you count each game session, included repeated games, that comes out to 37 games, too! Amazing. Same as the number of players. And average of one game per player. COINCIDENCE?!?! Well, yeah. Of course it is.<br /><br />And here's some pictures for your viewing pleasure...<br /><br /><em>WE HAVE A NEW SCORESHEET! I like it. Well, that's not saying much, I made it...</em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrs7Yfrd5Fmq9IetbMrMbKklJx-dUb3JZj-r60wZPyLBz4eKtplqUgA_Tavpysx5_8JTda-6pBGYsCUXygP0Y6qplP6qYMUpY-1d6rqrQFPyfH_qKHYHGl09k_h4fiErHAsOn/s1600-h/scoreSheet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrs7Yfrd5Fmq9IetbMrMbKklJx-dUb3JZj-r60wZPyLBz4eKtplqUgA_Tavpysx5_8JTda-6pBGYsCUXygP0Y6qplP6qYMUpY-1d6rqrQFPyfH_qKHYHGl09k_h4fiErHAsOn/s320/scoreSheet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247836597433179122" /></a><br /><br /><em>We had some themes...</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZ3pL1zqKStR9A4gnRe9wJqV631OwFrupcuNzGZX1lHOISY7FU5n2WptSIpjo7hmhSJPHN0cp4T9PvRlGW2PVpti_FrVaUSENyQqZpV-Cd4GBTfF0iL9gZbnH6JvVMM_RHmZb/s1600-h/where+we+live.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZ3pL1zqKStR9A4gnRe9wJqV631OwFrupcuNzGZX1lHOISY7FU5n2WptSIpjo7hmhSJPHN0cp4T9PvRlGW2PVpti_FrVaUSENyQqZpV-Cd4GBTfF0iL9gZbnH6JvVMM_RHmZb/s320/where+we+live.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247838269100501762" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETfTxInhHeoWQ3U9ju0cdNxX3sRRy3Mjvh-eFetjN4Zx7QsLWrlx_DkVdqN03tVv4yLbXdVFZYJQ_8VKHpLwJFktFLJ9JpcQFVxwS7Svq_cI5oPPvvo0pB33d7LOcjPgUSeUn/s1600-h/auction+et+al.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETfTxInhHeoWQ3U9ju0cdNxX3sRRy3Mjvh-eFetjN4Zx7QsLWrlx_DkVdqN03tVv4yLbXdVFZYJQ_8VKHpLwJFktFLJ9JpcQFVxwS7Svq_cI5oPPvvo0pB33d7LOcjPgUSeUn/s320/auction+et+al.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247838548446911026" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKFfUt_NvuI6akflodGI_yyB57dpRrngMvNz81BVJTnMEITCWybiwZs8kDkvOPnjPeNFwlIdP5HpyXDLFFWh4Udxs5GprF-GUO2kZu7CTN2wrQlA4TbyTLvh8OIxdBqqf4O77/s1600-h/meeple+power.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKFfUt_NvuI6akflodGI_yyB57dpRrngMvNz81BVJTnMEITCWybiwZs8kDkvOPnjPeNFwlIdP5HpyXDLFFWh4Udxs5GprF-GUO2kZu7CTN2wrQlA4TbyTLvh8OIxdBqqf4O77/s320/meeple+power.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247838670416670258" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HheQuBeId7SXKoSvedbwCHYu3vwqL2FqIKAxQSTdJgOkM3pF6FF-9VSnRXYuEVXMtrwPuXqNgSB_06cg9SMpyaSOYpr0S6To0UwJOVUhsFxkjhPUoa8cteC5mAD5MVW96s_R/s1600-h/constitution.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HheQuBeId7SXKoSvedbwCHYu3vwqL2FqIKAxQSTdJgOkM3pF6FF-9VSnRXYuEVXMtrwPuXqNgSB_06cg9SMpyaSOYpr0S6To0UwJOVUhsFxkjhPUoa8cteC5mAD5MVW96s_R/s320/constitution.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247838801735893762" /></a><br />(That was supposed to say "CONSTITUTION DAY". I can't spell.)<br /><br /><br /><em>The game Aquarius. Look at all the colors, man. The colors. Whoa.</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsVb8O9ICkwBgtxtwvpd3I7NExm3nSxHnCcDfwLaoYgJAx3w8-pOpGrDhXTpBOyySTFCpPvdIVyQtDPK24pfuRtPoVkaZYUZXa__sS2oGs-bfzeeBjzGITHZy_uLOMIXnKqsB/s1600-h/aquarius001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsVb8O9ICkwBgtxtwvpd3I7NExm3nSxHnCcDfwLaoYgJAx3w8-pOpGrDhXTpBOyySTFCpPvdIVyQtDPK24pfuRtPoVkaZYUZXa__sS2oGs-bfzeeBjzGITHZy_uLOMIXnKqsB/s320/aquarius001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247827897739619602" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9V_bMGZ6-Pa0lpGWppyHdsHY0MqgOCN8PnorZpGfEArR_tsQReb2vrsleV9JvijdWZhhYOkZ1ey05Yk19_Zf-AS9PaVBAH00Oaa6kHW6OhN05HULYBwYcpMyZ_pxu9Kq9wRl/s1600-h/aquarius002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9V_bMGZ6-Pa0lpGWppyHdsHY0MqgOCN8PnorZpGfEArR_tsQReb2vrsleV9JvijdWZhhYOkZ1ey05Yk19_Zf-AS9PaVBAH00Oaa6kHW6OhN05HULYBwYcpMyZ_pxu9Kq9wRl/s320/aquarius002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247828289749752914" /></a><br /><br /><em>Brian2 had a blinky reflector to represent his ever-beating heart. Aw. (the camera makes the room look much darker than it was!)</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_ZV6ml_HUvcWAJE5hMjXnU_4B5uDshNrq-btYA1o-zgWo-wWMiX8gkrcWXjxPIPJAUxsid0kJNpFFQXCYd5hciD8LoHr3ZDbbDsEou_f-qUHmh-VYq9EakMpFqnxYiKxzBsd/s1600-h/brian2heartlight.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_ZV6ml_HUvcWAJE5hMjXnU_4B5uDshNrq-btYA1o-zgWo-wWMiX8gkrcWXjxPIPJAUxsid0kJNpFFQXCYd5hciD8LoHr3ZDbbDsEou_f-qUHmh-VYq9EakMpFqnxYiKxzBsd/s320/brian2heartlight.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247828673499952018" /></a><br /><br /><em>Sam tried them on his eyes. Buggy.</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW9OAgXpHAdiPZsKfivlHvdIfRT0E3AsQetDL2UcoWcbtQ3538Hzk4Ey7ocKAtloC8E36SqrbFDbNg32_UvlpSviQgXSKJUmRtrAP3LPrcYQOZaqdsOe69xWwj6qxeypNx7C3v/s1600-h/bugeyedSam2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW9OAgXpHAdiPZsKfivlHvdIfRT0E3AsQetDL2UcoWcbtQ3538Hzk4Ey7ocKAtloC8E36SqrbFDbNg32_UvlpSviQgXSKJUmRtrAP3LPrcYQOZaqdsOe69xWwj6qxeypNx7C3v/s320/bugeyedSam2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247829066156268290" /></a><br /><br /><em>Citadels has become quite popular...</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHKSGI-P7ygVMAFXIKyrvX6kFuVr6_obnDyFGS_vn_SSAtV-y9BgD1_m2kVrxCkLapuxD-otRZtiHtO_8r1the25paTc4nMjULZb0fZ8CUHp_1FpgVSlTn5x4x2TaS9I-AUsuE/s1600-h/citadels2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHKSGI-P7ygVMAFXIKyrvX6kFuVr6_obnDyFGS_vn_SSAtV-y9BgD1_m2kVrxCkLapuxD-otRZtiHtO_8r1the25paTc4nMjULZb0fZ8CUHp_1FpgVSlTn5x4x2TaS9I-AUsuE/s320/citadels2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247829406802466274" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowAGIik8Br06ajP35y5OWufPfb7un_-CcNeMwqnYqzaLejKEfUPGKFK44esjXvx3qgCSM5uR-xZHiVge_vYGv68B-TK9NFUO3B0g-U6yLTtiZy8RZljNLlSbineWtMfce2wWJ/s1600-h/citadels1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowAGIik8Br06ajP35y5OWufPfb7un_-CcNeMwqnYqzaLejKEfUPGKFK44esjXvx3qgCSM5uR-xZHiVge_vYGv68B-TK9NFUO3B0g-U6yLTtiZy8RZljNLlSbineWtMfce2wWJ/s320/citadels1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247829257892221010" /></a><br /><br /><em>Dylan introduced Ashlei to Go...</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy9oxnUqpfiLutTEYKrmKHo3XPZ5ICgSx1js1hld6LFP8HSbUlIq1D7OzaojCqZkeYcn2yqXR5XYp-UWqDxtF99ZcYOSKwMimKZhMDTH5f2_YvFeOdopkh3Ls9pGPjJLRg6KK7/s1600-h/go001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy9oxnUqpfiLutTEYKrmKHo3XPZ5ICgSx1js1hld6LFP8HSbUlIq1D7OzaojCqZkeYcn2yqXR5XYp-UWqDxtF99ZcYOSKwMimKZhMDTH5f2_YvFeOdopkh3Ls9pGPjJLRg6KK7/s320/go001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247829572045213554" /></a><br /><br /><em>Harper-Dylan DESTROYED us in Igloo Pop.</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGxPKwAV4SskZz_iaUasr3UpRZlgQwg8f_LZfcoPsBtDsvTXWj8gWH35ep_aJTnHJ2Bg49Xu8W6qEi1Qoz0K-lFnt8VkSoDBUMDQ_t7VNCkdoE04uXBLXsDkV91MvCO3Aa3XKM/s1600-h/iglooPop01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGxPKwAV4SskZz_iaUasr3UpRZlgQwg8f_LZfcoPsBtDsvTXWj8gWH35ep_aJTnHJ2Bg49Xu8W6qEi1Qoz0K-lFnt8VkSoDBUMDQ_t7VNCkdoE04uXBLXsDkV91MvCO3Aa3XKM/s320/iglooPop01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247829730903118450" /></a><br /><br /><em>Krysta and Ashlei worked on their Rubik's Cube solving skills. And they have those skills, let me assure you. Nothing near setting world records, but they can kick that cube's butt.</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYkMIftxtolldSSmtX6OlzFvNhyphenhyphenfkyykkBVCSyfHo-P3qdfUiFBqoJD7vSmN0dYdqhXhhrjqNWX5Jt518S4tigD6ZhMQO4PfWCxadTmpdbzcVKcqDxEsRqtXfl_gucVsuH0fec/s1600-h/krystaAndAshRubiking.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYkMIftxtolldSSmtX6OlzFvNhyphenhyphenfkyykkBVCSyfHo-P3qdfUiFBqoJD7vSmN0dYdqhXhhrjqNWX5Jt518S4tigD6ZhMQO4PfWCxadTmpdbzcVKcqDxEsRqtXfl_gucVsuH0fec/s320/krystaAndAshRubiking.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247829938066086306" /></a><br /><br /><em>One of my all-time favorite bidding games: Lascaux. Cool art, awesome bits (get a bowl, trust me), painful decisions, lots of frustration and laughter.</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwyPfiaOC2NZPEVEA7scLSouRyBG-Zkg1btaewIJFU6lpYjgsclk6dFATdlUTGgLAxWmFhz1INyZcbtAzmQb6-UaqQReGNb-mnp3_FDKxycGki1XEhKL-EJA1dJBX6bsw1CC9/s1600-h/lascaux.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwyPfiaOC2NZPEVEA7scLSouRyBG-Zkg1btaewIJFU6lpYjgsclk6dFATdlUTGgLAxWmFhz1INyZcbtAzmQb6-UaqQReGNb-mnp3_FDKxycGki1XEhKL-EJA1dJBX6bsw1CC9/s320/lascaux.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247830258990712130" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBaz0BwLT9BW43OJJEfu1XY9JaT13rMwg1hyphenhyphenT7ymL-UW9i4wlVKZlFgz1DWbwoVa6LD8F2ydURjZs5H9Lj6FVsrObJEvXnjXwa_5iLjnFvsTy5JJb0XqZsHzkBmM8blZTi87fO/s1600-h/lascaux2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBaz0BwLT9BW43OJJEfu1XY9JaT13rMwg1hyphenhyphenT7ymL-UW9i4wlVKZlFgz1DWbwoVa6LD8F2ydURjZs5H9Lj6FVsrObJEvXnjXwa_5iLjnFvsTy5JJb0XqZsHzkBmM8blZTi87fO/s320/lascaux2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247830508437385762" /></a><br /><br /><em>Mall of Horror! Why are they all holding their voting discs and smiling...??</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8gM-EWMarqjlCez3PlBDIXEZTyFnD81ZJvQZZAGpwngrlm84i0K6P-wnoKoFY-EYsqIqOhinDbyHnLIZHg1yJ960gtqiZ2UQozM5rYZLRX7Sycuuckg6oFSHSL8UOpJeJdf9/s1600-h/mallHorror01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8gM-EWMarqjlCez3PlBDIXEZTyFnD81ZJvQZZAGpwngrlm84i0K6P-wnoKoFY-EYsqIqOhinDbyHnLIZHg1yJ960gtqiZ2UQozM5rYZLRX7Sycuuckg6oFSHSL8UOpJeJdf9/s320/mallHorror01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247830645832697970" /></a><br /><br /><em>...oh, I see. I'm pretty sure the yellow player (I'm pretty sure it was Jeff) was thrown to the zombies after this vote. Looks like he even voted for HIMSELF.</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEginwQLT0sDGcEVtQPsCu3pOqVq-aLcaB1EmkMsDuTPASB-3zSlTNonqHnQfuTxWIGciBHgGbytjE3CzxNhklAfnqYgIJ9cb9uqT2wu732B5hMl4vHnPztvYA_xFnh_IbErLjhx/s1600-h/mallHorror03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEginwQLT0sDGcEVtQPsCu3pOqVq-aLcaB1EmkMsDuTPASB-3zSlTNonqHnQfuTxWIGciBHgGbytjE3CzxNhklAfnqYgIJ9cb9uqT2wu732B5hMl4vHnPztvYA_xFnh_IbErLjhx/s320/mallHorror03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247831074664093058" /></a><br /><br /><em>Zombies win this room.</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0nwKehlFQXpHdgRwnRdYsQ62eAfqctmpD6kzvFvPWvXw-_h0lCIWzHe_JEhANjVue9EXhrULxY9GNErVA_f3HMitLc7NG_99e-BYROpbAQFevp_BPqEI7-kfGUmkKp92aPxxn/s1600-h/mallHorror02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0nwKehlFQXpHdgRwnRdYsQ62eAfqctmpD6kzvFvPWvXw-_h0lCIWzHe_JEhANjVue9EXhrULxY9GNErVA_f3HMitLc7NG_99e-BYROpbAQFevp_BPqEI7-kfGUmkKp92aPxxn/s320/mallHorror02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247830898612394786" /></a><br /><br /><em>Ah, the random terms and phrases that come out of Quiddler...</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9jnna84VdL11U3bsmahoGuz_mFqYrV_owINOxtpbhZ-ftGEpIjShDfU8abQ9sFiC-XqrCfbPm6DH7mmfaEMyLHw16OvPvkKrE9Xm_6L1m-Ry8QJ8dO6g4x-dg_nhN_PmiQGr/s1600-h/quiddler001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9jnna84VdL11U3bsmahoGuz_mFqYrV_owINOxtpbhZ-ftGEpIjShDfU8abQ9sFiC-XqrCfbPm6DH7mmfaEMyLHw16OvPvkKrE9Xm_6L1m-Ry8QJ8dO6g4x-dg_nhN_PmiQGr/s320/quiddler001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247831430896740770" /></a><br /><br /><em>Treehouse always makes for interesting arty photos with its pretty plastic bits...</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHARv1Rmvj3hqCvoiZTpu3BPisBadnkHWkLtnEEeMaaBGZHglA3Do14iAyEP3qUZjq_b1_xmopnCTFBNj1Shuy-0tdvgy24qUWowJG-M38lyfomoTLdjvOyRvOgqlpK5e1hdo/s1600-h/treehouse1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHARv1Rmvj3hqCvoiZTpu3BPisBadnkHWkLtnEEeMaaBGZHglA3Do14iAyEP3qUZjq_b1_xmopnCTFBNj1Shuy-0tdvgy24qUWowJG-M38lyfomoTLdjvOyRvOgqlpK5e1hdo/s320/treehouse1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247831620264455378" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGyZ5gVr3ODnE6hkHArjqMGwW4DCPvBi4yf6iztXh8Xg0TheNxjPdhoxjI9SSUZzNNoTbr6eKXHolbahurn5SuKh3aHMpZgWagcZwlvbHqaEM6zw9b43mcQ0Q-sAzeaEQFdCq/s1600-h/treehouse2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGyZ5gVr3ODnE6hkHArjqMGwW4DCPvBi4yf6iztXh8Xg0TheNxjPdhoxjI9SSUZzNNoTbr6eKXHolbahurn5SuKh3aHMpZgWagcZwlvbHqaEM6zw9b43mcQ0Q-sAzeaEQFdCq/s320/treehouse2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247831797652619378" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQo4UtbktQAVoOGmGhUBwtrNMl3GJnJQRFEp8_G6Njr79GO_ewq_1Bm3Qo0P5HJdkqKCWtzVrz11KooWFAmYq91zuZo3QsdKsdmCL6B4dlihhcaO2jE8aJKagSYG8JikkTy-vE/s1600-h/treehouse3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQo4UtbktQAVoOGmGhUBwtrNMl3GJnJQRFEp8_G6Njr79GO_ewq_1Bm3Qo0P5HJdkqKCWtzVrz11KooWFAmYq91zuZo3QsdKsdmCL6B4dlihhcaO2jE8aJKagSYG8JikkTy-vE/s320/treehouse3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247833208490004066" /></a><br /><br /><em>TransAmerica. CLASSIC.</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfVb1ZcPj4v2qeoiAFtyZzgsgdTCX4p7gsrxuciWbMEecO02uPxcBCX4-zH29Ik6rfMe9yeJActXO89ejFDii-PRsT7nZQgBI1R0AP6r1Y5Y08e8g1EKJMwrFyzgxuVRW6Sz7L/s1600-h/xAmerica001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfVb1ZcPj4v2qeoiAFtyZzgsgdTCX4p7gsrxuciWbMEecO02uPxcBCX4-zH29Ik6rfMe9yeJActXO89ejFDii-PRsT7nZQgBI1R0AP6r1Y5Y08e8g1EKJMwrFyzgxuVRW6Sz7L/s320/xAmerica001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247833345646817650" /></a>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917408073074208078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19252033.post-90619150120616195432008-09-09T17:09:00.015-04:002008-09-30T14:18:43.142-04:00Announcing the officers of 2008! [insert fanfare music here]We appointed the new officers for this semester. And here's how it is:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmto18-EOYchdG4UJWxrXFvrD3d1hIMM9IbOAA-spYvlqPr5s6a6OK4DbNvO-u99eJA40H4z3QjpyVp5kGDNvVK554wnSlZjb04hmdocO4FRO3XaCDobWc1oUbyfQosVVq5rW/s1600-h/prez.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmto18-EOYchdG4UJWxrXFvrD3d1hIMM9IbOAA-spYvlqPr5s6a6OK4DbNvO-u99eJA40H4z3QjpyVp5kGDNvVK554wnSlZjb04hmdocO4FRO3XaCDobWc1oUbyfQosVVq5rW/s320/prez.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244132253268039746" /></a>PRESIDENT: Ashlei<br clear="left"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaC6lohJezpmPwf_3QEhi0VCLgmBLzN8_BH6IRV30FDBJXidT65dmBvW-2b3EIyXfHHMhd8fAsCC7M5c0N716aZAuJ8zi6-qhDCmuKSqNc3HQTnZEDjXF3EwlEJT2290gZna5N/s1600-h/v-prez.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaC6lohJezpmPwf_3QEhi0VCLgmBLzN8_BH6IRV30FDBJXidT65dmBvW-2b3EIyXfHHMhd8fAsCC7M5c0N716aZAuJ8zi6-qhDCmuKSqNc3HQTnZEDjXF3EwlEJT2290gZna5N/s320/v-prez.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244132449293534306" /></a>VICE PRESIDENT: Brian<br clear="left"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAZ9w8Ty9jJyt-vrjYeUpzywTbObxb1xQuo98les4b2aSAHuYhhUcMIB_J5Ho5IN0BLNkz2xPBJr9F7dbz2kaeKooM8DRI3oqnwNZVrSduum5b5ZmjS_vmYlf9RkX94j4NjvD/s1600-h/treasurer.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAZ9w8Ty9jJyt-vrjYeUpzywTbObxb1xQuo98les4b2aSAHuYhhUcMIB_J5Ho5IN0BLNkz2xPBJr9F7dbz2kaeKooM8DRI3oqnwNZVrSduum5b5ZmjS_vmYlf9RkX94j4NjvD/s320/treasurer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244132898491083042" /></a>TREASURER: Krysta<br clear="left"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsUpLx9q7MfG0t4c2a5VEc4jgcEpiztG0BL8HHqvJ1ML3fETCgy0JpZk6yItfqWdy6sOusyQbYawkBUIaAwtFlTxfTQOoCGH463cnuvjp6cG0VngC0xLTZzz4HkvjaITOm4Bqi/s1600-h/blogger.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsUpLx9q7MfG0t4c2a5VEc4jgcEpiztG0BL8HHqvJ1ML3fETCgy0JpZk6yItfqWdy6sOusyQbYawkBUIaAwtFlTxfTQOoCGH463cnuvjp6cG0VngC0xLTZzz4HkvjaITOm4Bqi/s320/blogger.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244135749098685682" /></a>BLOGGER: Sam said he would help out when he could! Fenwick will probably continue to do it, too.<br clear="left"><br /><br />We have many other members of game club. Many wanted to hold offices, but were not intrigued by the standard offices held. So some new ones were created - their abilities/responsibilities will be called upon as needed...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQ4n7w5xMKbac6A_1S1777hUHKUSWzRDkI-8oSh_luX021YKfj8Rr1PXLr5MBLPgs9YNAIffXNNgUCfzcTZ0knfVW8lFNBiEt7s9-71mARwtitKPk2QH66iwn6y1N5Sj28B-2/s1600-h/overlord.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQ4n7w5xMKbac6A_1S1777hUHKUSWzRDkI-8oSh_luX021YKfj8Rr1PXLr5MBLPgs9YNAIffXNNgUCfzcTZ0knfVW8lFNBiEt7s9-71mARwtitKPk2QH66iwn6y1N5Sj28B-2/s320/overlord.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244133854335798146" /></a>OVERLORD: Brian2<br clear="left"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsbSqR6uO20ljkhp9A5Ty2d7GhyFKpJxsB0iz-3XJ5wXlOT65FCFZ_uldBW8mUt4rrCkdiaus-35DdRHvQY5ZF7NihISSux8kS0osqCAIKKW1u3HkA8nKYHFnnyp0mTITi3rR/s1600-h/secretAgent.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsbSqR6uO20ljkhp9A5Ty2d7GhyFKpJxsB0iz-3XJ5wXlOT65FCFZ_uldBW8mUt4rrCkdiaus-35DdRHvQY5ZF7NihISSux8kS0osqCAIKKW1u3HkA8nKYHFnnyp0mTITi3rR/s320/secretAgent.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244134082965566242" /></a>SECRET AGENT: Paul<br clear="left"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3C2dFSrst-MKOPWpllDV0UVI74ksC8-ljV-3TR7g8nxqsGerqBPopmIq0CW1MLtSYqd93nBPKYqA05flKHimcO8HSwg52jdzZJz6jQw6QX5IKqJ9sjQqTmH3XQ5tURCPZHbS1/s1600-h/vizier.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3C2dFSrst-MKOPWpllDV0UVI74ksC8-ljV-3TR7g8nxqsGerqBPopmIq0CW1MLtSYqd93nBPKYqA05flKHimcO8HSwg52jdzZJz6jQw6QX5IKqJ9sjQqTmH3XQ5tURCPZHbS1/s320/vizier.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244134398765208754" /></a>VIZIER: Cengiz<br clear="left"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_u71sZj7wj1eMCHu-_6zezB-XQMmdwxpFZpqutlgbp9A1BfcZJFnL4sREs0s8vxyNdcn0Bkc_olNORewjOXBlysiG4ukAwezRdeoztJ80M0vzuy0bhOKDeiXbyP2azjBBg2Cy/s1600-h/trumpeteer.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_u71sZj7wj1eMCHu-_6zezB-XQMmdwxpFZpqutlgbp9A1BfcZJFnL4sREs0s8vxyNdcn0Bkc_olNORewjOXBlysiG4ukAwezRdeoztJ80M0vzuy0bhOKDeiXbyP2azjBBg2Cy/s320/trumpeteer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244134644913366818" /></a>TRUMPETEER: Ashley<br clear="left"><br /><br />EDIT: We have a couple I forgot!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbbSX4PfG1iVmGnToezL94mhQQYwN5dr-59JAEYNKIYOF5zFb86UX6XcQi3KHhqPh_1LfBYIiq5Q4hJvyVxYNogRdTg4MFNDWyIKz7eQV60szFWxzAh6owshagqjddBCOjMQ-/s1600-h/MASCOT.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbbSX4PfG1iVmGnToezL94mhQQYwN5dr-59JAEYNKIYOF5zFb86UX6XcQi3KHhqPh_1LfBYIiq5Q4hJvyVxYNogRdTg4MFNDWyIKz7eQV60szFWxzAh6owshagqjddBCOjMQ-/s320/MASCOT.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246755147486669682" /></a>MASCOT: Cassy (she doesn't actually play, but she is often there to cheer us on...)<br clear="left"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw8TS_5-zfPzJ5IXzZ79NsNuDOmlFWrgb63xLrqzQjX8heEcwyMQJKY_7s5Ry48CZUPFtZJOLN6TweuiJk7SL94JOrFzuWWEnJ14pcpL06bIk1xE7ep3KQ_2TKPhTHryyhWR5f/s1600-h/historian.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw8TS_5-zfPzJ5IXzZ79NsNuDOmlFWrgb63xLrqzQjX8heEcwyMQJKY_7s5Ry48CZUPFtZJOLN6TweuiJk7SL94JOrFzuWWEnJ14pcpL06bIk1xE7ep3KQ_2TKPhTHryyhWR5f/s320/historian.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246756139866678002" /></a>HISTORIAN: Philip<br clear="left"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3MQbovjs2sr4iXtqOg4gBlh4jbTKV_KXsAmueQ7obf6Pnrga6Ap_-D5-XAEn6GLi3mu4ehkTOAXJbys1jg7gMxxmzV9M7wtZpOZdV_iYa7LyeGJYV0DKok_S3f2FQB9ZZCqJ/s1600-h/magus.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3MQbovjs2sr4iXtqOg4gBlh4jbTKV_KXsAmueQ7obf6Pnrga6Ap_-D5-XAEn6GLi3mu4ehkTOAXJbys1jg7gMxxmzV9M7wtZpOZdV_iYa7LyeGJYV0DKok_S3f2FQB9ZZCqJ/s320/magus.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248872949896053970" /></a>MAGUS: Joe<br clear="left"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHeizfmbdkX1NDa9L-o0x7igFHCuVhZmBUR4Q_yDcPx2QhgklpiWAGT3FPAfbglrlQX4f45U6UZeJ2XRWix4HsYVT_nHrk_xyPgCYO5N7K3CIOIFfwIobKgcd0Z-tdWXhdHxqt/s1600-h/strategist.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHeizfmbdkX1NDa9L-o0x7igFHCuVhZmBUR4Q_yDcPx2QhgklpiWAGT3FPAfbglrlQX4f45U6UZeJ2XRWix4HsYVT_nHrk_xyPgCYO5N7K3CIOIFfwIobKgcd0Z-tdWXhdHxqt/s320/strategist.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251880380991635106" /></a>STRATEGIST: Brad<br clear="left">Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917408073074208078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19252033.post-61242847070417197522008-09-04T17:06:00.007-04:002008-09-09T12:51:28.177-04:00Sept. 3. Back in a big way...<div>Hello!<br /><br />We're back. Old faces and new. Same old energy.<br /><br />Here's the attendance list with their (pirate/ninja [possibly victim] affiliation):<br /></div><br /><ul><li>Ashlei (p)</li><li>Ashley (n)</li><li>Becky (p) </li><li>Brad (p)</li><li>Brian (n)</li><li>Brian2 (n)</li><li>Can't-Stop [aka Alex] (n)</li><li>Carrie (p)</li><li>Cengiz (p)</li><li>Chris (n)</li><li>Fenwick (p)</li><li>Jess (v)</li><li>Joe M. (p)</li><li>Joe V. (p)</li><li>Krysta (p)</li><li>Paul (p)</li></ul><div></div><p>And now the overview of games...</p><div></div><ul><li>Citadels</li><li>Farkel</li><li>Quiddler</li><li>King of the Beasts</li><li>Knights</li><li>San Juan</li><li>Settler of Catan (actually <em>Simply Catan</em>. Same thing, really.)</li></ul><div></div><p></p><div></div><br /><div><br /><hr /><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><p>We had a theme day! It was "Gaming Royalty". The poster looked like this...</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244057759987443506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibh_bd7UWBfXlJRo4Tpfs9zEbbRRW0NlB-ABZys7hcg1Upl7mnTPRdhQ_yFxZEw-Do-CBPt5LH0NM98jSji-46AXRSA_jwgH5VvLRcaFjsJKYPSkU9u9LT7bk_QcZrTj9H9N7k/s320/royalty.jpg" border="0" />We never are all that strict about the theme. It's just a little guideline to help us decide on some games to bring out of the vast library.<br /><br /><br />Since I am already a day behind on reporting, I'll try to make this one quick...<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><em>Knights</em></strong></span><br /><br />Ashlei and Fenwick played a game of Knights, a sort of Yahtzee with a twist. You have a set of dice to roll to try to capture castles, win tournaments, and get special powers in the game. It plays quickly, so it seemed like a good thing to bide the first few minutes as people arrived.<br /><br />There are a few ways to win. One is to capture 4 different castles, which is what Ashlei managed to do for the win!<br /><br /><br /><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><em>King of the Beasts</em></strong></span></p><p>A very popular Game Club game involving politics and luck. It is a Rewiner Knizia, who is ever-popular in Game CLubs everywhere. We are all investing and voting for who will be the next King -- Fiery Salamanders, Manticores, Dragons, Gryphons, Krackens, and a remarkably beefy Unicorn are in the running, and the great art really helps to make this game one we play a lot.</p><br /><br /><p>Paul, Krysta, Becky, Ashlei, and Fenwick were playing. After all the intrigue, Becky managed to end up with the win!</p><br /><br /><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><em>San Juan</em></strong></span></p><p>This has become the staple of game club. It really has every game mechanic we love most: role drafting, limited resources, building, tactic adaptation due to game randomness. It's all good.</p><br /><br /><p>Ashlei, Brad, Can't-Stop, and Fenwick embarked on a mission to build up San Juan. Fenwick managed to just squeeze out the victory over Brad's very close second.</p><br /><br /><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><em>Quiddler</em></strong></span></p><p>A huge game of Quiddler ensued... Brian, Cengiz, Joe M., Brian2, Brad, Krysta, Chris, Ashley, Jess, and Joe V. got their wordsmithing muscles working.</p><br /><br /><p>I wouldn't be game club without a nice game of Quiddler. After this marathon session, Ashley managed the win!</p><br /><br /><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><em>Citadels</em></strong></span></p><p>With early observations, it looks like this may be our game of the year. Constantly requested over just two game days (remember, I'm a day behind...), I think this will remain popular throughout the semester.</p><br /><br /><p>Ashley, Brian, Joe, Brian2, and Cengiz went at it. Cengiz was the King for 94.2% of the game, but it was not enough to stop Brian, who managed to win with a respectable score of 37!</p><br /><br /><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><em>Settlers of Catan</em></strong></span></p><p>Worldwide, it's the third best selling game of ALL TIME. You are not a gamer if you haven't tried this one. You don't need to like it, you just need to know it. We all, for the most part, like it.</p><br /><br /><p>Ashlei, Brian2, Cant-Stop, and Fenwick attacked the island of Catan.</p><p>Ashlei got to the 10 victory points first! (It should be noted that she got a buttload of help from Can't Stop... and BOTH Brian2 and Fenwick were most likely one turn away from winning. It was a close one.)</p><br /><br /><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><em>Farkel</em></strong></span></p><p>Nothing gets the blood going like a nice round of Farkel. Lots of cheering and coaxing of other players to risk their hides. It's the best thing to happen to six dice.</p><br /><br /><p>We were about to head out, but decided to finish off with a semi-game of Farkel (5000) points.</p><p>Ashlei, Brad, Krysta, Brian2, Carrie, Can't-Stop, and Fenwick were playing.</p><p>Ashlei wins! (Especially helpful was the fact that she had 3150 pts in her first roll...)</p><p> </p><br /><hr><br />So it was a great first day. SIXTEEN players, some new, some old. It's good to be back. Stay tuned...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqcCZSM8jP8Zl15ZlrpK9UBAtBnPG_90BgyRfGF_Xpk3DeumdqtaV4HLytp_O6URtClSfm3ICryclWplldFnuRJqK1SBulMMkSSdIDqKu6N5LI04PZjDUu8mWDrk-YHKxFncM/s1600-h/theGroup1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqcCZSM8jP8Zl15ZlrpK9UBAtBnPG_90BgyRfGF_Xpk3DeumdqtaV4HLytp_O6URtClSfm3ICryclWplldFnuRJqK1SBulMMkSSdIDqKu6N5LI04PZjDUu8mWDrk-YHKxFncM/s320/theGroup1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244064319320667762" /></a>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917408073074208078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19252033.post-50323281598572433622008-09-02T19:33:00.003-04:002008-09-02T19:36:06.283-04:00A new blog for a new year.Whoa. The updated Blogger template editor is sickly powerful. I mean, I am used to slogging through HTML in notepad, no biggie. I usually like that way over a WYSIWYG editor. But the Blogger template editor is pretty slick. Easy to add stuff, and rearrange stuff, and make everything look purty.<br /><br />And much easier for non-HTML peoples to understand it -- making it easier to get more help on the Blog, I hope!<br /><br />Meeting #1 is tomorrow afternoon (Wed., Sept. 3) in the student center. <br /><br />Be there!Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917408073074208078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19252033.post-90203427335879915422008-08-29T18:26:00.002-04:002008-08-29T18:30:53.799-04:00Gearing up for Fall.Hey all. We've got some nice responses with our new e-mail, which is nice. Been getting some club requests as well as suggestions from outsiders for other games. AND, it seems, one of my old middle school students has tracked me down! That's pretty wild.<br /><br />Anyhoo -- keep check on things. There are some template changes coming soon, so keep an eye out for our great new look.<br /><br />Notice that the meetings for the Fall semester will be on Mondays and Wednesdays, back in our old location -- lobby of the student center. <br /><br />We are looking for officers, too! This shall certainly be discussed on Wednesday. ESPECIALLY (he, oh, so selfishly explaims) folks who want to help on this very blog.<br /><br />Cheers!Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917408073074208078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19252033.post-67263770298956388122008-06-26T13:57:00.009-04:002008-06-26T15:05:39.882-04:00Tuesday, June 24thHey there.<br /><br />We DID do some gaming on Monday, and I'm sure the info is around here somewhere, but my desk is a mess. I found Tuesday's stuff, and we played a few games, so I thought I'd post a little blurbish thing. There was only 3 of us playing. I'll try to be brief... (oh, who am I kidding, we all know I'm gonna blather on like an idiot...)<br /><br /><hr><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtg9XMAtHJtDTlZ4RGgh78-X3ZIsQi0MQ34LMkkYa6eO6Ray5TwmBa-QpKRNK4qYwtrl3sfnUaqFgcgTnPHjd9eWgJvMBIcXR1RDeJTjpn8geSkIJ4r6ahGPVlgPIGWMJs-WIB/s1600-h/pecking+order-little+round+vignette.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtg9XMAtHJtDTlZ4RGgh78-X3ZIsQi0MQ34LMkkYa6eO6Ray5TwmBa-QpKRNK4qYwtrl3sfnUaqFgcgTnPHjd9eWgJvMBIcXR1RDeJTjpn8geSkIJ4r6ahGPVlgPIGWMJs-WIB/s320/pecking+order-little+round+vignette.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216251512010272482" /></a>Brad a Fenwick played a few round of Pecking Order. It's a perfect two-player, waiting-for-other-people-to-show-up game. A round takes about 5 minutes, and you can play as little or as much as you like. The manual calls an "official" game 4 rounds. That's what we ended up playing! Brad won the first two round, Fenwick, the second two. When the scores were totalled, Brad had 118, and Fenwick had 123 for the win.<br clear="left"><br /><hr><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhC1xV2mwpnr_Hd_ojg_5cUK0UBDNE7JBK8KM8TVWx-Z1VbjjxLL8FZTXr-ngPmUNlWWcQ3F9760OaXSpPxVd8tCCBhzVvwpNRr1AZksc3okp257aACRLbotQfD8XDVKPZmqe/s1600-h/fjords-little+round+vignette.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhC1xV2mwpnr_Hd_ojg_5cUK0UBDNE7JBK8KM8TVWx-Z1VbjjxLL8FZTXr-ngPmUNlWWcQ3F9760OaXSpPxVd8tCCBhzVvwpNRr1AZksc3okp257aACRLbotQfD8XDVKPZmqe/s320/fjords-little+round+vignette.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216252176762213346" /></a>Still no one else around, so we pulled out Fjords, another 2-player one, which is strategic and fun. It's sort of somewhere between Carcassonne and China, but MUCH MUCH lighter than either. But, it has enough teeth to keep it ranked around 400th on BoardGameGeek. We only played one round (an "official" game is actually 3), and it ended with both of us placing 16 tokens. I'm going to grant Brad the win, though, because he hadn't even placed his 4th house, so he managed to cover that ground with less starting places than Fenwick. Brad wins!<br clear="left"><br /><hr><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRF3jFqkVMgRtFuDEtWzQJfovcT-Gql_yP94uKONUNEZ56gK8cVIXsgx26PnyfnLcqne1mnJ0_UQmh-OE6_yJNWhgngWHvzU4Wz64i8BzUGJIbpN6lqzdE6WZc5gx4vd5BV_nG/s1600-h/citadels-small+round+vignette.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRF3jFqkVMgRtFuDEtWzQJfovcT-Gql_yP94uKONUNEZ56gK8cVIXsgx26PnyfnLcqne1mnJ0_UQmh-OE6_yJNWhgngWHvzU4Wz64i8BzUGJIbpN6lqzdE6WZc5gx4vd5BV_nG/s320/citadels-small+round+vignette.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216261329146831922" /></a>Alex "Can't Stop" came by, so it was time to get a 3 player game going. Brad has been itching for some Citadels, so we decided to give it a go. 3-Player Citadels can be less exciting, so we decided to try it sort of as if it was a 6-player game, with each of us choosing 2 roles. Each person would still be building one set of buildings, though. Which means the game moves quite a bit quicker, building twice each round (maybe being able to build as many as FOUR in a single round, using the Architect. Theoretically the game could end in TWO turns!). It was a nifty little variant. I'd rather play with 6 actual people, but it was still fun, and still had the heart of Citadels, which is what we needed. Turned out Fenwick started as King, and remained King for the ENTIRE game. End of game: Alex triggered endgame with his 8 buildings. Brad had 19 points. Fenwick had 18 + 3 (5 different kinds of buildings bonus) = 21. Can't Stop had 25 + 4 (first to build 8 bonus) = 29. Can't Stop wins!<br clear="left"><br /><br /><hr><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1HOlT4FPQFF5bQBrBF5qWNjWPnSR3MsmgIh42eXYRWnuOfOhXL5wNqtTGtdcCPApuRDlin8tgezcIl4YDAcY_cOJEZMP0-9i0Fa6czl7EAydEzAtwM8RrO788oSCQh1dQIaN/s1600-h/san+juan-with+f+vohwinkel-+small+round+vignette.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1HOlT4FPQFF5bQBrBF5qWNjWPnSR3MsmgIh42eXYRWnuOfOhXL5wNqtTGtdcCPApuRDlin8tgezcIl4YDAcY_cOJEZMP0-9i0Fa6czl7EAydEzAtwM8RrO788oSCQh1dQIaN/s320/san+juan-with+f+vohwinkel-+small+round+vignette.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216262623572302418" /></a>We needed a similar strategy game to follow: job drafting + territory building. Of course that means we play San Juan. It's funny that San Juan has similar basic game mechanics but has a TOTALLY different vibe to it. Now, I'm guessing some of you are asking "Who's the dude in that photo you chose?" Well, I'm glas you asked. That's Franz Vohwinkel, not the game designer (you're thinking of Andreas Seyfarth), but the <em>illustrator</em> of the game. Franz is an artistic genius. He's done the art for so many amazing games, and he has a huge diversity of styles. Let's see, he's done the art for Metro, Elk Fest, Big City, Torres, Sunken City, Oasis, Amun Re, the Catans, Hera & Zues, Evergreen, Samurai (so gorgeous)... and those are just a few of his that I own. I really enjoy a game with good style -- it draws your eyes to it, makes you pull it off the shelf more often, and just lends itself to happier playing time. If Vohwinkel is involved, you know it'll be eye candy. Anyway, about the game -- it was Brad and Alex's first time playing. It doesn't take much to get into the swing of it, though... Alex had 27 victory points, Brad had 28, and Fenwick had 36 VP for the win!<br clear="left"><br /><hr><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCfDYXum0_fbSDb7WBiGxhLDHRwtq7r3Ey4Sjesp8a8iolQh8vqx9BD31qOqn14AWREV-AYKH7b54d021bqFtxRyevZTZoUwp_2k6YZi7UytwAYjLt71s__UJOpOCRK-LFYhgm/s1600-h/hornochsen-small+round+vignette.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCfDYXum0_fbSDb7WBiGxhLDHRwtq7r3Ey4Sjesp8a8iolQh8vqx9BD31qOqn14AWREV-AYKH7b54d021bqFtxRyevZTZoUwp_2k6YZi7UytwAYjLt71s__UJOpOCRK-LFYhgm/s320/hornochsen-small+round+vignette.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216265934838667426" /></a>Now onto a COMPLETELY different-styled game: Hornochsen. It's all focussed about numbers, no theme, even those there's 'horned oxen' on the cards they have nothing to do with the game. There's certainly strategy, and a lot of trying to force everyone else to take bad stuff so you don't have to. Timing is crucial; being stuck with cards at the end is almost always bad. Anyway, after two rounds, Can't Stop had an impressive showing with -188 points (yes, that is a negative sign, and it is supposed to be there). Fenwick had 46. Brad ended with 137 points, earning a mind-numbing 120 of them in a single round. Not bad for a game in which we're usually happy to just be positive...<br clear="left"><br /><hr><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFo45meVwo3H4UDRJI41uMzn1CNCAle7xCy6ZN4_Hkk6H9G3K2GAcNKfF7Jwn3Im-CILotJk61KALrWeYFMwbRTh0Vil__M8LTLFDLnNTzqJV058oWA8ohBs8u6v0nIGgXDe5/s1600-h/tetratrax-small+round+vignette.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFo45meVwo3H4UDRJI41uMzn1CNCAle7xCy6ZN4_Hkk6H9G3K2GAcNKfF7Jwn3Im-CILotJk61KALrWeYFMwbRTh0Vil__M8LTLFDLnNTzqJV058oWA8ohBs8u6v0nIGgXDe5/s320/tetratrax-small+round+vignette.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216267357232174354" /></a>Brad headed off to class, and Alex and Fenwick went to return the games to their home. Alex started fiddling with TetraTrax, and Fenwick urged him to play a few game. TetraTrax is basically a cross between Tetris and Connect 4. When you drop a piece, for each of your opponent's pieces it touches you get a point. But creating a hole gives you MINUS a point. Using all pieces gives you a 2 point bonus (neither of us managed to do that). We played 3 games. Fenwick won the first 2 by a point. Can't Stop won the last one by TWO points. I'll do the math for you: after 3 rounds we were tied. <br /><br />And we thought that would be a perfectly apt way to end a game day...Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917408073074208078noreply@blogger.com2