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BEBGC Meeting Recap 01/16/16

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Attendees

Matt Ackerman, Michael Feinberg, Lionel Galperin, Robert Gohl, Jim Halloran, Alex Jordan, Gary Pearson, Ben Samuelson, Jeramee Scherer

Club Business

2016 Officers were elected:
President: Chris Cregan
Vice President: Jim Halloran
Treasurer: Michael Feinberg
Secretary: Dave Olson

Games Played

Michael, Robert, Jim, Alex, and Ben started with Castle Panic, where they succesfully defended the castle with only two towers destroyed.

Matt, Lionel, Jim, and Jeramee played Cosmic Encounter. Jeramee’s Traders tagged along with Lionel’s Misers for the shared victory.

Michael, Robert, Alex, and Ben played the Desperadoes mission of Firefly with the Kalidasa and Pirates and Bounty Hunters expansions. Michael and Robert both suffered heavy setbacks at the hands of the reavers and it seemed like Ben had won the game when he was first over $15,000 and announced last call, but Alex swept in and sold all of the cargo and contraband he had been collecting through salvage ops and won the game with $18,800 to Ben’s $18,000.

Matt and Lionel contested their fleets in Star Wars Armada with Matt’s rebels emerging victorious.

Jim, Gary, and Jeramee ran two races of Formula D with Jim winning the first and Jeramee the second.

Lionel, Jim, and Gary played several rounds of Tsuro with Jim winning three times, Lionel and Gary one each, and one tie between Jim and Gary.

Michael, Alex, and Robert finished up with 7 Wonders, where it looked like Michael was in the lead, but Alex topped him 64 to 58 from his 36 points of science.

BEBGC Meeting Recap 12/19/15

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Attendees: Matt Ackerman, Michael Feinberg, Lionel Galperin, Jim Halloran, Dave Olson, Ben Samuelson, Byron Varin

Games Played:

Michael, Jim and Byron played Castle Panic. It was a hard fought battle, but they were able to defend the castle from the evildoers with two towers left standing.

Lionel, Ben, Michael and Byron played Fire and Axe.

Dave and Jim played Twilight Struggle.  US (Jim) won the Cold War.

Lionel, Ben, Michael, Byron and Matt played Pirate’s Cove.

Jim and Dave played Risk: Star Wars Edition.

Michael, Ben and Dave played Caverna. Michael ended up the most successful cave farmer with 85 points, followed by Ben with 73 points and Dave with 65.

BEBGC Meeting Recap 12/05/15

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Attendees: Matt Ackerman, Chris Cregan, Christian Falk, Michael Feinberg, Robbie Fulton, Frank Fulton, Jim Halloran, Dave Landon, Karen Landon, Dave Olson, Ben Samuelson, Jeramee Scherer 

Games Played: Sheriff of Nottingham, Shadows Over Camelot, Mission Red Planet, Caverna, Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game, Spyfall, Game of Thrones: Westeros Intrigue, Airlines Europe, Love Letter, Pandemic: The Cure

 

BEBGC Meeting Recap 11/21/15

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Attendees

Matt Ackerman, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Dave Olson, Ben Samuelson

Games Played

Matt and Jim played Risk: Star Wars Edition.  Matt’s rebel forces won the game by destroying the Death Star.

Michael, Dave and Ben played Suburbia.  Ben dominated, with Dave and Michael as distant second and third.

Matt and Jim played Risk: Star Wars Edition.  This time Matt’s rebels were down to their last fighter in a desperate attempt to destroy the Death Star, but it was not to be.  Jim’s Imperial forces crushed the puny rebellion.

Matt and Jim played Tiny Epic Galaxies.

Matt, Michael, Jim, Dave and Ben played Terra Mystica. Michael dominated the game, with Ben a distant second followed by Dave, Jim and Matt.

Michael (Containment Specialist), Jim (Dispatcher) and Dave (Medic) played Pandemic: The Cure. The good guys were no match for the diseases, losing to an 8th outbreak having only found a cure for one of the diseases.

Michael (Contingency Planner), Jim (Medic) and Dave (Generalist) played Pandemic: The Cure. This game was much closer to a win, with 3 of the 4 diseases cured, and a chance to cure the fourth on the final turn, but it was not to be and the 8th outbreak ended the game.

Club Business

The club voted to purchase a copy of Mission Red Planet and Castle Panic.

BEBGC Meeting Recap 11/07/15

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Attendees

Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Brandan James, Alex Jordan, Dave Landon, Karen Landon, Ben Samuelson, Tim Sanker

Games Played

Some people may have played Kingdoms.

Chris, Brandan,  Dave and Karen played Betrayal at House on the Hill.  Karen turned on the group and managed to kill everyone except Brandan before she was banished.

Chris, Brandan,  Dave and Karen played Castles of Mad King Ludwig.  Dave was the most mad-king-like and won.

Michael, Chris, Brandan and Dave played Terra Mystica and Dave stumbled his way into a solid win.

Ben, Jim, Alex and Michael played Dominion.

Next Brandan, Chris, Tim and Dave played XCOM: The Board Game and soundly trounced the aliens.

Michael, Ben, Chris and Jim played Firefly: The Game – the Harken’s Folly scenario – and Mike won.

BEBGC Meeting Recap 10/17/15

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Attendees

Michael Feinberg, Lionel Galperin, Chris Gronau, Alex Jordan, Jim Halloran, Dave Olson, Ben Samuelson

Games Played

Michael, Alex, Jim, Dave and Ben played Defenders of the Realm.  Chalk up another loss for the defenders.

Lionel and Dave played Tide of Iron.  Dave’s US forces made a successful assault on the not-that-heavily defended target zone in the intro scenario.  Lionel’s German defenders were outnumbered by the assaulting US squads and fell quickly.  This scenario may not have been overly balanced.

Michael, Alex, Jim and Ben played Civilization.  It was a long game, and Michael’s Chinese empire was ultimately victorious.

Lionel, Chris and Dave played Pirates of the Spanish Main.  Chris sunk Lionel’s and Dave’s ships, earning the title of most fearsome pirate of the high seas!

Lionel, Chris and Dave played Lords of Waterdeep with the Scoundrels of Skullport expansion.  Chris came away with another win with 191 points, Dave had 146 and Lionel ended the game with 104.

Chris and Dave played Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends.  Chris picked up his third win of the day with a commanding win.

Meeting Recap 09/19/15

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Attendees

Michael Feinberg, Ryan Frans, Jim Halloran, Dave Olson

Games Played

Michael and Dave played Eminent Domain.  Michael went for a strong produce/trade strategy and Dave went heavily military.  Michael won 37 to 35.

Michael and Dave played Eminent Domain.  This time they switched roles, Dave went for a strong produce/trade strategy and Michael went heavily military.  Michael won 45 to 36.

Ryan and Jim played Churchill.  Ryan won as Churchill with 51 points, Jim came in second as Stalin with 50, and the bot player FDR/Truman brought up the rear with 43 points.

Michael and Dave played BattleLore.  They played the first scenario, Agincourt.  Michael changed the course of history and won as the French, four flags to one, in a very quick romp.

Michael and Dave played BattleLore.  Again they played the first scenario, Agincourt, but they switched sides.  This time Michael was able to restore the historical balance, winning four flags to two.

Michael, Jim and Dave played Defenders of the Realm.  This was a rough game from turn one, and the heroes were only able to defeat one general before the game ended.

Michael, Jim and Dave played Defenders of the Realm.  This time the heroes did much better, and were able to take out three of the generals, but the countryside was overrun with minions and the land was too corrupted.  It was close to a win, but once again the heroes fell short.

Meeting Recap 09/05/15

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Attendees

Michael Feinberg, Lionel Galperin, Jim Halloran, Alex Jordan, Dave Olson, Tim Sanker

Games Played

Michael (Cheyenne), Jim (Ghost), Alex (Doc) and Dave (Django) played Colt Express.  It was a close but chaotic game throughout, but Django pulled out the win with $2000, followed by Doc with $1900, Ghost with $1300 and Cheyenne with $1000.

Michael (Doc), Jim (Cheyenne), Alex (Belle), Dave (Tuco) and Tim (Ghost) played Colt Express.  Another close one, and we actually played the movement rules correctly this time.  In the end Ghost came away with the win with $2200, followed by Doc with $2150, Belle with $2050, Cheyenne with $1500 and Tuco pulling up the rear with $1000.

Lionel (Empire) and Dave (Rebels) played Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game.  This was with the introductory quick start rules.  The rebel X-Wing was able to take out the 2 Imperial Tie fighters for the win.

Michael, Jim, Alex and Tim played Starfarers of Catan.  Michael came away with the win, with Alex close behind.

Lionel (Rebels) and Dave (Empire) played Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game.  This was played with the full rules and a 70 point build.  The rebels, with 2 X-Wing fighters led by Wedge Antilles, took on a swarm of 4 Imperial tie fighters.  Some early high accuracy shots by the Ties put the rebels at a distinct disadvantage, and in the end the numerical superiority of the ties was too much for the X-Wings to overcome.

Michael (Sir Palamedes), Lionel (Sir Galahad), Jim (Sir Pericival), Alex (Sir Bedivere), Dave (King Arthur), Tim (Sir Tristan) played Shadows Over Camelot. The knights (Bedivere and Galahad) successfully fought off the Picts and were able to complete the grail quest early (Arthur, Palamedes and Bedivere). Unfortunately, the Black Knight and the Saxons were able to successfully attack Camelot. The score was 4 white swords to 2 black. Soon after, the knights (Percival, Tristan) won the Excalibur quest making the score 6 white, 2 black.

At this time intrigue in the court saw Sir Percival accusing Sir Tristan of being a traitor. Sir Tristan proved that he was loyal, throwing suspicion on Sir Percival. Unfortunately, when the false accusation took place there was a card in play that caused 2 white swords to flip to black on the round table (4 White, 4 black). A couple of additional losses to the minor quests saw the score go to 4 white, 6 black. The Knights put a card in play allowing them to win ties, so they just needed 2 more white swords to win.  Percival revealed that he was a traitor forcing the knights to discard some cards. The Saxons were threatening another successful attack on Camelot, which would have guaranteed a loss for the loyal knights.  In the end Sir Palamedes was able to win the Lancelot’s armor quest (with a card in play giving an extra white sword), and the good guys pulled off a win with 6 white to 6 black swords.

Lionel (Rebels) and Dave (Empire) played Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game.  The rebels, with 2 X-Wing fighters piloted by Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles, took on a group of 3 Imperial Tie fighters.  This was a much tigher battle, but in the end the rebel scum were defeated to the glory of the empire!