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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Attendees
Jim Halloran, Dave Olson
Games Played
Jim and Dave played Summoner Wars. Dave’s Mountain Vargath defeated Jim’s Deep Dwarves.
Jim and Dave played Summoner Wars. Dave’s Sand Goblins defeated Jim’s Benders.
Jim and Dave played Twilight Struggle. Jim won as the USA player.
Attendees
Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Alex Jordan
Games Played
Chris, Michael and Alex played Firefly.
Attendees
Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Dave Olson and Jeramee Scherer
Games Played
Michael, Jim, Dave and Jeramee played Buck Rogers: Battle for the 25th Century Game. We played some version of the base game mixed with the advanced game with some elements of the fan inspired Version 2.0 from BGG. Jim took control of Wilma Deering and set up base on Earth and the Moon. Jeramee took the role of Black Barney and owned Mars AND Mercury, with a small presence in the asteroid belt. Michael played as Buck Rogers with his forces split between Venus and the asteroids. Dave controlled Killer Kane with forces on Venus and the asteroid belt.
Wilma and Barney jumped out to early leads running unopposed on Earth/Moon for Wilma and Mars/Mercury for Barney. Kane and Buck figured out early on that they should form a non-agression pact if they were going to be able to compete with Wilma and Barney. Kane made an attempt on Mercury, but was quickly thwarted by Barney’s numerical superiority. Buck and Kane both made some inroads in the asteroid belt. Barney made an early attempt to infiltrate the Earth sattelites, but Wilma was able to repel the attempt. Barney also made a move against Buck on Venus, but was unable to capture any territories.
In the end, we did not get to finish the game since Jim (Wilma) had to leave early, but at that point Wilma was moving to take Mars from Barney, and Buck decided to back-stab his loyal partner and fellow Venusian Killer Kane. The score when the game was abandoned was Jim 14, Michael 13, Jeramee 12, Dave 3.
Michael, Jeramee and Dave played The Castles of Burgundy. Final score: Michael 93, Jeramee 68, Dave 59
Club Business
The club voted to purchase Ca$h ‘n Guns (second edition) and Specter Ops.
Attendees
Dan Carey, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Dave Olson
Games Played
Dave and Michael played Star Realms. Michael was the realm superstar.
Michael, Chris, Dan and Dave played Eclipse, Final Scores: Michael 45, Chris 42, Dan 36, Dave 19