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BEBGC Meeting Recap 02/20/16

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Attendees: Matt Ackerman, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Ed McGran, Neil Meyer, Dave Olson, Gary Pearson, Ben Samuelson, Kirill Sapunov, Jeramee Scherer, Byron Varin, Theresa Varin, Phillip, Nicholaus

Games Played

Ed (Dracula), Ben (Lord Godalming), Phillip (Dr. John Seward), Jeramee (Van Helsing), and Dave (Mina Harker) played Fury of Dracula. The hunters had Dracula on the run from eastern Europe to Spain and back to eastern Europe. In the end Van Helsing had him cornered and under attack, but he Dracula was able to survive and escape, winning the game!

Kirill, Michael, Chris, Byron, Nicholas and Theresa played King of New York. After a hard fought game, Chris was crowned King!

Matt played Hostage Negotiator, but he was unable to successfully complete the scenario.

Neil, Matt, Theresa and Nicholas played Ascending Empires. Matt won with the largest empire.

Michael, Chris, Byron and Kirill played Kings of Air and Steam. King of Air and Steam Chris won with 146, Michael was just behind at 137, then Kirill at 128 and Byron at 118.

Gary, Kirill, Michael, Chris and Byron played Bohnanza. Chris rounded out his triple crown performance and was crowned king of the bean farmers.

Byron, Gary, Theresa and Nicholas played Ca$h ‘n Guns (second edition). Byron was the winner.

Jeramee, Dave, Phillip and Ed played Defenders of the Realm. The realm was successfully defended!

Michael, Ben, Chris and Kirill played Concordia. Ben handily won with 149, Chris and Michael were tied with 127 and Kirill had 99.

Club Business:

The club voted to purchase Dead of Winter and Xia: Legends of a Drift System, and Ed McGran offered to donate a copy of Forbidden Stars in exchange for 2 years of club dues.

BEBGC Meeting Recap 02/06/16

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Attendees

Sam Chew, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Scott Harris, David Landon, Karen Landon, Alex Jordan, Ben Samuelson, Jeramee Scherer, Byron Varin, Theresa Varin, Alex Wright, Elaine Wright, Phillip, Nicholaus, and Marney.

Games Played

Jim, Scott, David, Byron and Phillip started with Small World where Jim was victorious.

They then moved on to Bang! where Scott and Phillips shared a law victory.

Michael, Ben, and Alex W taught Alex J Caverna and Alex W finally broke Michael’s winning streak with an animal and ore storage heavy strategy, finishing with a commanding 106 points over Michael’s 89.

Jim, Scott, Phillip, and Marney played four games of Tsuro in various combinations, with Scott winning the first three and Jim coming back to win a final one on challenge against him.

Karen, Theresa, Elaine, and Nicholaus played a close game of Guillotine with Elaine and Theresa tying with 25 points and Karen one behind at 24.

Sam, Jeramee, Theresa, Elaine, and Nicholaus played Puerto Rico which was also extremely close – Jeramee, Elaine, and Theresa all tied with 36 points plus Sam with 35. Jeramee was victorious in the tie breaker of most goods and doubloons.

Jim and Ben faced off in Twilight Struggle, where Ben rewrote history with a Russian cold war victory.

Scott, Jeramee, Theresa, and Phillip played Rampage with yet another close game when Jeramee edged Scott out 51 to 50.

Sam, Michael, Alex J, Karen, and Byron played 7 Wonders with the Leaders expansion. Michael’s heavy investment in science gave him the win with 79 points, with Alex in second with 71.

The group came back together for a round of the Resistance where David, Theresa, and Nick were victorious as the spies over the loyal Michael, Karen, Jeramee, Byron, and Phillip.

Michael, David, Karen, and Jeramee finished up with the Castles of Mad King Ludwig. Michael won with 98 points, with Jeramee in second with 93, while Karen who had been trailing most of the game made an impressive sweep of the end game favors and almost caught up with 91.