Author Archives: boegames

BEBGC Meeting Recap 08/06/2016

Posted on by

Attendees

Phil Davenport, McKenna Davenport, Aaron, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Scott Harris, Brandan James, Alex Jordan, Dave Landon, Ben Samuelson, Alex Wright

Games Played

Alex J, Dave, Ben, and Alex W started off with Sheriff of Nottingham, where Alex W was the best smuggler, amassing 169 points over Dave with 153 and Alex J just behind at 151.

Michael, Jim, and Scott tried Dragonwood. Scott captured the first dragon, but Michael was able to capture the second putting him over the with 24 points to Scott’s 21.

Michael, Jim, and Scott played one hand of Red7 that Michael won.

Brandan, Ben, and Alex W played Caylus, where Ben won with 86 points and Alex in second with 79.

Phil, McKenna, Aaron, and Alex J played the Switzerland map of Ticket to Ride, with McKenna winning.

Michael, Jim, Scott, and Dave tried out Star Trek Panic. With only three missions completed and two thirds of the enterprise destroyed, they admitted defeat.

Dave, Ben, and Alex W played two rounds of Dominion, with Alex dominating the first game and Dave the second.

Brandan taught Michael, Jim, and Alex J XCOM: The Board Game, where they were badly defeated. Dave replaced Brandan as Central Officer for a second round that went much better for the people of earth.

Dave, Ben, and Alex W finished with Caverna.

BEBGC Meeting Recap 07/16/16

Posted on by

Attendees

Matt Ackerman, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Ryan Kuzn, Ben Samuelson, Jeramee Scherer

Games Played

Jim and Ben started off with Risk: Star Wars Edition where Jim’s imperial fleet was victorious.

Michael taught Jeramee Star Realms and then won a close game.

Michael, Jim, Ben, and Jeramee played Suburbia. Jim’s well placed commercial buildings gave him a commanding income and the victory with 100 population, ahead of Ben and Michael tied with 94.

Chris and Michael split off to play Star Wars: Rebellion with Chris having his revenge as the imperials and quickly rooting out the hidden rebel base.

Matt, Jim, Ben, and Jeramee had a close game of Power Grid which Ben won with 17 cities powered, just ahead of Jim with 16 and Jeramee with 15.

Chris, Michael, Jim, Ryan, and Ben finished up with Lords of Waterdeep and the Scoundrels of Skullport expansion. Michael’s exclusive completion of commerce quests combined with his lord pushed him to a 156 point victory with Chris in second at 131.

BEBGC Meeting Recap 07/02/16

Posted on by

Attendees

Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Brandan James, Dave Landon, Karen Landon, Dave Olson, Kerri Olson, Ben Samuelson, Alex Wright

Games Played

Ben, Karen, Jim and Michael played Primordial Soup. Ben won with 47 points, followed by Karen with 41, Jim with 31 and Michael with 29.

Dave o. and Chris played Jarl: The Vikings Tile-Laying Game. It was a hard fought match, but Dave pulled off the win capturing Chris’ Jarl.

Dave L. (USSR) and Alex (USA) played Twilight Struggle. USSR went out to an early lead, but USA was able to bounce back and win the cold war.

Michael, Ben and Karen played Five Tribes. Michael won with 186 points, followed by Ben with 165 and Karen with 153.

Chris (Agent) went up against Jim, Kerri and Dave O. in Specter Ops. Chris was spotted several times sneaking around, and the hunters had him down to one HP, but Kerri was unveiled as a traitor in cahoots with the agent, and was able to distract the hunters and aid the agent back to safety for the win.

Jim, Brandan, Dave O., Kerri, Dave L., Chris, Michael and Ben played The Resistance: Avalon. Jim, Brandan and Dave O. were successful as the agents of evil and were able to sabotage three missions.

Jim, Brandan, Dave O., Kerri, Dave L., Chris, Michael and Ben played The Resistance: Avalon. This time the knights were successful in completing three of their missions, but Chris, Brandan and Dave O. were able to steal the win as the agents of evil when assassin Dave O. was able to assassinate Merlin (Michael).

Chris, Michael, Jim, Brandon, Dave L., and Kerri played a round of Coup where Chris was the best liar. Karen took over for Dave L. for the second round and won. Dave L. swapped back in and Jim left for the final round where Kerri was victorious.

Chris, Michael, Brandon, and Kerri finished off with a hand of Exploding Kittens with Brandon being the last person unexploded.

Club Business

None

BEBGC Meeting Recap 06/18/16

Posted on by

Attendees

Matt Ackerman, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Dave Olson, Jay Olson, Jeramee Scherer

Games Played

Matt, Chris, Dave, Jay and Jeramee played Kingsburg. Final Scores: Chris won with 40 points, followed by Jeramee with 33, Matt with 32, and Dave and Jay tied at 24.

Dave (Free Peoples), Jeramee (Sauron) and Jay (Saruman) played War of the Ring. The shadow armies were spreading quickly across Middle Earth, taking over 7 points worth of cities and strongholds, and with two other strongholds under siege, but the fellowship was able to destroy the one ring at Mount Doom to win the game.

Chris and Michael played scenarios 7, 8, and 9 of BattleLore. In the first game, Michael’s Sir Hugh Calverly used a sneak attack to take the bridge and achieve victory over the forces of Chris’s Sire Arnoul. Chris had his revenge in the second game, where despite Michael’s heavy infantry running rampant through the left flank, Chris’s forces made short work of the rest of the field. In the third match, Chris got off to an early start and defeated Michael’s giant spider, but his goblinoid forces were no match for Michael’s dwarves, and more significantly the luck of the dice which had turned completely against him.

Club Business

None

BEBGC Meeting Recap 06/04/16

Posted on by

Attendees

Eray Aksit, Dan Carey, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Brandan James, Dave Landon, Karen Landon, Alex Wright, Elaine Wright

Games Played

Dave, Karen, Alex, and Elaine played Airlines Europe where Dave amassed 91 million euros over Karen’s second place 83 million.

Michael’s imperial fleet eliminated Jim’s rebellion in  Risk: Star Wars Edition.

Brandan, Michael, Karen, and Elaine played Small World. Michael’s final two rounds with the Wealthy Dwarves pushed him to victory with 100 points with Karen close behind at 92 then Elaine at 90 and Brandan at 86.

Dan and Jim faced off in Rommel at Gazala where Dan’s British forces defeated the Axis.

Eray, Chris, Dave, and Alex played Container with Alex being the best shipper with 119 points, followed by Chris with 101.

Dan and Jim experimented with a variant rule set for Buck Rodgers in the 25th Century.

Brandon, Michael, Dave, and Karen caught Chris twice in Scotland Yard.

Brandon, Chris, Michael, Jim, Dave, and Karen played several rounds of Coup with Chris winning two and Dave and Michael each one.

Brandon, Chris, Dave, and Karen finished off with Robo Rally with Dave winning.

BEBGC Meeting Recap 05/21/16

Posted on by

Attendees

Matt Ackerman, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Robert Gohl, Ed McGran, Alex Jordan, Dave Olson, Jay Olson, Ben Samuelson, Jeramee Scherer

Games Played

Alex (Sheriff), Jeramee (Deputy), Jim (Renegade), Robert (Outlaw), Ben (Outlaw) and Michael (Outlaw) played Bang! The Dice Game. The outlaws won after an Indian attack killed the sheriff.

Michael (Imperials) and Ed (Rebels) played Star Wars: Rebellion, and the empire won.

Jeramee (Imperials) and Ben (Rebels) played Star Wars: Rebellion, and the empire won.

Overlord Jim went up against heroes Alex and Robert in Castle Panic, and the heroes won.

Dave and Jay played Star Realms, and Dave won.

Robert, Ben, Matt and Alex played Firefly: The Game and Matt won.

Jim, Dave, Jay and Jeramee played Samurai Swords and Dave won.

Robert, Michael and Alex played Firefly: The Game and Robert won.

Club Business

None

BEBGC Meeting Recap 05/07/16

Posted on by

Attendees

Eray Aksit, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Scott Harris, Brandan James, Dave Landon, Karen Landon, Dave Olson, Jay Olson, Ben Samuelson, Byron Varin, Nicholas Varin, Alex Wright

Games Played

Eray, Dave L., Alex, Byron and Nicholas played Ra. Eray won with 42 points, followed by Dave with 40 and Alex with 39.

Michael, Ben, Karen, Scott and Chris played The Grizzled and won!

Red Team Jim, Chris, Byron, Karen and Scott went up against Blue team Alex, Michael, Nicholas, Dave O. and Brandan in three rounds of Codenames. The red team won two of the three games. Or maybe it was the other way around.

Jay (USA), Ben (East), Eray (South), and Dave L. (West) played Fortress America. It was a hard fought battle, but in the end the USA fell and the Eastern invaders (Ben) were the ultimate victors.

Michael, Byron, Nicholas and Brandan played Ticket to Ride with the UK map. Final scores: Michael – 85, Byron – 73, Nicholas – 68, Brandan – 60.

Jim, Chris, Scott and Dave O. played Andromeda. Final scores: Jim – 56, Chris – 54, Scott – 38, Dave O. – 26.

Jim, Nicholas and Dave O. played Smash-up. Final Scores: Dave O. – 14, Jim – 12, Nicholas – 10.

Michael and Chris played 2 games of Star Realms, winning one each.

Karen, Brandan and Byron played Sheriff of Nottingham, and Karen was the winner.

Brandan, Jay, Chris and Dave O. played XCOM: The Boardgame. They were able to band together and repel the alien invasion.

Karen, Michael, Dave L. and Eray played Castles of Mad King Ludwig. Final scores: Karen – 122, Michael – 102, Dave L. – 92, Eray – 81.

Club Business

None

BEBGC Meeting Recap 04/16/16

Posted on by

Attendees

Matt Ackerman, Bruce Clark, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Robert Gohl, Jim Halloran, Joe Lane, Sara Lane, Dave Olson, Ben Samuelson, Jeramee Scherer

Games Played

Jim and Robert played Tsuro , and Robert won.

Michael, Jim and Robert played Tsuro , and Jim won.

Jim, Robert, Michael, Joe and Sara played Castle Panic and won with 4 towers left standing.

Bruce (Rebels) and Matt (Imperials) played Star Wars: Rebellion. The Rebels won!

Jeramee (Rebels) and Jim (Imperials) played Star Wars: Rebellion. The Rebels won!

Robert, Ben and Michael played Ticket to Ride with the Pennsylvania map (Ticket to Ride Map Collection: Volume 5 – United Kingdom & Pennsylvania), and Michael won with 166 points, followed by Robert with 129 and Ben with 114.

Joe and Sara played Space Empires 4X.

Chris, Michael, Robert, Dave and Sam played Dead of Winter. The group completed the main goal, and Chris, Michael and Sam were also able to complete their secret objectives, winning the game. Dave and Robert fell short of completing their secret goals.

Club Business

None

BEBGC Meeting Recap 04/02/16

Posted on by

Attendees

Matt Ackerman, Matt Bozzonetti, Dan Carey, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Dave Landon, Karen Landon, Dave Olson, Jay Olson, Ben Samuelson, Jeramee Scherer

Games Played

Matt A., Michael, Jim and Dave L. played The Grizzled and won.

Matt B. and Jeramee (rebels) took on Dave O. and Jay (empire) in Star Wars: Rebellion. The game had several ups and downs for both sides. In the end the empire was able to capture Mon Mothma and interrogate her to learn the location of the rebel base (Dantooine), but unfortunately they did not have any units within striking distance to attack and destroy the base before the game ended. Rebels win!!

Matt A., Michael, Dave L. and Ben played Viticulture. Ben was the most successful wine maker, sneaking in a big wine order at the end to with 29 points over Michael’s 23.

Dane, Chris, Jim and Karen played The Castles of Mad King Ludwig. Chris won with 95 points, followed by Jim with 80, Karen with 72 and Dan with 70.

Chris, Dan, Jim and Karen played K2. Chris won (with 20 points) due to both of his climbers reaching the peak and surviving. Jim ended the game with 17 points, Karen had 13, and Dan had 11 points.

Dan (USA) and Jim (USSR) played Twilight Struggle. Dan won in round 10 with an auto-victory.

Chris, Michael and Ben played Leaving Earth. Michael got off to an early start with the first man into space, but then Ben seemed set for a clear win with series of slow space probes out to the Moon, Mars, and Ceres. Chris snuck in and made it to Mars before Ben, stealing those points and allowing Michael to win by getting the first man to the moon.

Matt B., Dave L., Dave O., Jay and Jeramee played Betrayal at House on the Hill. Dave L was the traitor who shrunk everyone to the size of a mouse and then set cats loose in the house to chase everyone down. The other explorers found a toy airplane and tried to fly out the window, but the cats were able to swat the airplane out of the air and eat up the explorers. The traitor won.

Club Business

None

BEBGC Meeting Recap 03/19/16

Posted on by

Attendees

Matt Ackerman, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Robert Gohl, Chris Gronau, Jim Halloran, Scott Harris, Ed McGran, Dave Olson, Kerri Olson, Ben Samuelson, Jeramee Scherer, Chad Willard, Drake Willard

Games Played

Robert, Chris G, Jim, and Dave played Pandemic. Unfortunately, the team was not able to thwart the spread of the diseases, losing to the 8th outbreak.

Scott (Empire), Michael, Chris G., Dave and Chad played Imperial Assault. The group started the Return to Hoth campaign with the first mission of the campaign. It was a close match, but the rebels were able to eke out a win.

Matt, Robert Jim and Jeramee played Defenders of the Realm. The realm was successfully defended!

Chris C and Drake played Imperial Assault in the extra-complex variable rules skirmish variant. Drake’s imperial squad was victorious.

Jim, Jeramee, Robert/Dave, Matt and Ben played Xia: Legends of a Drift System. Ben was the winner playing as a peaceful merchant, despite having his defenseless ship blown up by Jim.

Michael, Robert, Chad, Drake and Chris C. played two rounds of The Grizzled, losing the first and winning the second.

Chad and Drake played several rounds of Star Realms.

Jeramee, Robert, Jim, Chris C., Michael, Ben and Kerri played Bang! The Dice Game. The outlaws won.

Robert, Jim, Chris C., Michael, Ben and Kerri played Bang! The Dice Game.

Michael,, Robert, Jim and Kerri played 2 rounds of The Grizzled, winning both games.

Jeramee, Chris C., Ben and Dave played Specter Ops. The hunters successfully stopped the agent.

Club Business

None