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Meeting Recap 11/7/26

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Attendees: Richard Bliss, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Ryan Frans, Dave Landon, Karen Landon, Zoe Landon, Alex Wright

Chris, Ryan, Dave, and Karen started off with 10 Days in Europe where Chris completed his tour first.

Chris, Dave, and Alex played Great Wall with Chris again winning with 226 points ahead of Dave’s second place 205.

Richard, Michael, and Ryan learned Greenwood. Ryan figured it out best and his Freethinkers dominated with 102 points with Michaels’ Bird Scholars at 85.

Michael and Ryan played two rounds of Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation with each winning at their turn controlling the fellowship.

Michael, Ryan, Karen’s and Zoe played Between Two Cities with Ryan managing two have the two best cities at 60 points each for a score of 60, with Michael in second with his other city being at 57.

Chris, Michael, Ryan, Dave, and Zoe wrapped up with Obscurio with Ryan as the grimoire. The rest escaped the library despite Zoe’s best efforts as the traitor.

Meeting Recap 10/17/26

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Attendees: Richard Bliss, Chris Cregan, Michael Eisenberg, Michael Feinberg, Jason Harrison, Jim Halloran, Livi Johnson, Alex Jordan, Gerald Power, Jessica Steinmann, Ben Steinwurtzel, Chad Willard, Lupe

Michael E, Jim, Gerald, and Alex settled in for a full day of Twilight Imperium.

Richard, Chis, Michael F, Livi, and Jessica started out with Flip Toons. Chris triggered the end game, but only managed to get 40 points in the last flip, while Jessica got 42.

Richard, Livi, Jessica, and Lupe played Falling, where Jessica again one with 151 points over Richard’s second place 140.

Chris, Michael F, Jason, and Ben played Great Wall with Chris handily winning with 206 points but Michael attempting to keep up and managing 197.

Richard, Jessica, Chad, and Lupe finished up with Drillers.

Meeting Recap 10/3/26

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Attendees: Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Brandon James, Jason Harriman, Dave Landon, Elsa Landon, Karen Landon, Zoe Landon, Alex Wright, Deirdre

Chris, Michael, Jason, Dave, and Alex started off with Between Two Cities. Alex had the best worse city at 59 points over Jason and Dave who shared a 56 point city.

They then played Foundations of Rome, with Chris winning with 87 points with Dave in second at 81.

Chris, Michael, Jason, and Alex played Cover Your Kingdom, where Chris again won with 485 points this time with Michael in second at 410.

Brandon, Elsa, Karen, Zoe, and Deirdre went up against Dave in Mister X and very quickly caught him. They then moved on to Ca$h ’n Gun$.

Chris, Michael, and Alex played Raising Robots where Chris continued his winning streak with 158 points over Alex’s 113.

Meeting Recap 9/19/26

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Attendees: Chris Cregan, Nathan Deruyter, Michael Eisenberg, Michael Feinberg, Tyler Gerold, Jason Harrison, Jim Halloran, Alex Jordan, Michael Melbourne, Ben Samuelson, Matt Skelton, Jessica Steinmann, Lupe

Michael E, Jason, Jim, Michael M, and Jessica played Cthulhu Wars.

Nathan, Tyler, Alex, and Matt threw back to the Game of Life, with Tyler dominating.

Chris, Michael, Ben, and Lupe played A Feast For Odin, with Chris winning with 149 points over Michael’s 135.

Nathan, Tyler, Alex, and Matt moved on to Splendor and then attempted to save the world in 3 games of Pandemic, losing all three times.

Chris, Michael, Matt, and Jessica played Raising Robots, with Chris handily wining at 132 points.

Alex and Matt played a round of Carcassonne.

Michael E, Jason, Jim, and Alex finished up with a game of Lords of Waterdeep.

Meeting Recap 9/5/26

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Attendees: Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Dave Landon, Elsa Landon, Zoe Landon, Yaregal Tiliksew

Chris, Michael, Dave, and Zoe started with 10 Days In Europe, with Zoe winning.

They then played two rounds of Flip 7. Dave won with first round with 205, while Chris kept pushing his luck too far and ended up with 0 points. He redeemed that in the second round when Zoe was far ahead and he came from behind with a lucky x2 card to pass 200 points while Zoe was stopped at 197.

Chris, Michael, Dave, Zoe, and Yaregal played Airlines Europe with Chris just edging out Dave 76 to 73.

They then moved on to Castles of Mad King Ludwig where Dave won with 132 points over Michael’s second place 107.

Chris, Michael, Dave, and Elsa finished up with Daybreak where they managed to save the world from climate change.

Meeting Recap 8/15/26

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Attendees: Michael B, Richard Bliss, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Brandon G, Jim Halloran, Livi Johnson, Alex Jordan, Christopher K, Jessica Steinmann, Chad Willard

Chris C, Michael B, Michael F, Brandon, Jim, Livi, and Jessica started with Shadow Hunters, where Chris and Michael F won as the shadows and Livi won with them as a neutral.

Michael B, Jim, Christopher K, and Chad played Defenders of the Realm, but were overrun of the evil hordes.

Brandon, Livi, Alex, and Jessica played the coop version of Nemesis: Retaliation and managed to complete their objectives and mostly survive.

Richard, Chris, and Michael F managed to figure out Nippon: Zaibatsu with Chris being by far the best industrialist, winning with 266 points over Michael’s second place 237.

Michael B, Jim, Christopher K, and Chad played Space Base. They then finished up with a game of Splendor.

Meeting Recap 8/1/26

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Attendees: Richard Bliss, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Brandan James, Dave Landon, Javier Soto, Alex Wright

Richard and Dave started with a quick game of Gruntz that Dave won.

Richard then taught Chris, Michael, and Dave Got Five!, Michael won the first game with some irregularities in setup, and then also won the second when it was set up correctly.

Chris, Michael, and Javier played Oltréé, where they were successful in protecting the satrapy from the dragon.

Richard, Dave, and Alex played Galileo Galilei. Richard fell victim to the inquisition allowing Dave to win with 107 points over Alex’s 97.

Richard, Chris, Michael, Brandan, Dave, Javier, and Alex all moved on to Excalibur, where Alex ended up with the sword and the victory.

They then moved on to two rounds of Avalon, with the loyal knights winning both.

Richard, Chris, Michael, Brandan, Dave, and Javier finished up with Citadels. Michael was victorious with 25 points, followed by Richard at 22.

Meeting Recap 6/20/26

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Attendees: Chris Cregan, Michael Eisenberg, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Alex Jordan, Dave Olson, Chad Willard, Haley Willard

Michael E, Michael F, Jim, and Alex played Eclipse (1st edition). Michael F’s Hydran Progress was able to turn some lucky early sector draws (including a supernova) into an juggernaut of both science and production with an intimidating fleet and a relatively easy win with 60 points followed by Alex’s Rho Indi Syndicate with 47.

Chris, Dave, Chad, and Haley played Nemesis: Retaliation where things got off to a rocky start and then didn’t get much better. Haley suffocated, Chad died to the alien queen (just before suffocating) and while Dave and Chris did manage to just barely complete the objective and get to the evacuation ship, Dave then died from infection, leaving Chris’s contractor as the sole victor.

Michael E, Michael F, Jim, and Alex played Space Base, where Michael F won by hitting 40 points, but Michael E would have won on the next turn from the you win card if he managed to roll a 1 on 2d6.

Chris and Dave played three rounds of Hive, with Chris winning the first two and Dave coming back for the third.

Chris, Michael E, Michael F, Jim, Alex, and Dave finished up with a few rounds of Shadow Hunters. In the first, Dave got a solo win as Brian by taking out Michael E. In the second, the two hunters (Dave and Michael F) won, but both neutrals (Michael E and Alex) satisfied their win conditions as well. In the final gave, Alex in attempting to satisfy his neutral win condition accidentally killed both shadows in a single round, denying him the win and handing it to the hunters (Dave and Jim), as well as neutral Chris who won with them. 

Meeting Recap 6/6/26

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Attendees: Richard Bliss, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Dave Landon, Zoe Landon, Ben Steinwurtzel, Ramey

Michael and Dave started with Guillotine, with Dave being the more successful executioner with 48 points.

Richard, Chris, Michael, Dave, Ben, and Ramey played L’oaf, with Richard just edging out Chris 49 to 48 for the win.

Richard, Chris, and Michael moved on to Shackleton Base, where Michael won with 110 points.

Chris, Ben, and Ramey played a very close game of Wyrmspan, with Chris wining with 87 points over Ramey’s 85 and Ben’s 83.

Chris, Michael, Dave, Zoe, Ben, and Ramey played Between Two Cities. Michael had the best worst city at 62 points, followed by ben at 56.

Chris, Michael, and Dave finished up with Thunderstone Quest, which was also a close came with Chris winning at 38 points, followed by Michael. at 36 and Dave at 34.

Meeting Recap 5/16/26

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Attendees: Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Jessica Steinmann, Dave Olson

Michael, Jim, Jessica, and Dave started with Can’t Stop with Dave winning.

They moved on to Hot Streak, where Michael bet the most successfully at 70 points followed by Dave’s 62.

They then played two rounds of Bunny Kingdom. Michael handily one the first game at 172 points. The second game was more competitive and lower scoring, with Michael just edging out Dave to win agin 122 to 121.

They finished up with Lords of Waterdeep, where Michael managed to complete two of the 40 point quests and was again victorious with 158 points to Jessica’s second place 149.