Category Archives: Meeting Recaps

Meeting Recap 6/6/26

Posted on by

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

Posted on by

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.

Meeting Recap 5/2/25

Posted on by

Attendees: Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Amanda James, Benjamin James, Brandan James, Dave Landon, Karen Landen, Greta Landen, Zoe Landen, Alex Wright

Michael and Dave started with Lost Cities, with Dave winning 38 to 30

Michael returned the favor in Carcassonne: The Castle, beating Dave 105 to 72.

Chris, Michael, Dave, and Alex played Shackleton Base, where Michael won with 142 points over Alex’s second place 128.

Amanda, Benjamin, Greta, and Brandan played Sheriff of Nottingham, where Brandan was the best smuggler.

Amanda, Brandan, and Karen played Burgle Bros.

Chris, Michael, Dave, and Alex played two rounds of Dominion. The first was a curse heavy but incredibly tight game where everyone ended up with 11 points except Alex close behind at 9. The second Alex figured out an optimal deck and cleaned up with 50 points to Chris’s 20 and Dave and Michael’s 16 each.

Amanda, Brandan, Karen, and Zoe finished up with Robo Rally which Karen won.

Meeting Recap 4/19/26

Posted on by

Attendees: Matt Ackerman, Michael Feinberg, Ryan Frans, Chris Gronau, Alex Jordan, Jessica Steinmann, Dave Olson, Chad Willard

Matt, Chris, Dave, and Chad attempted to save Middle Earth in Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship, but lost when they left Helms Deep undefended and a single shadow troop moved in and conquered it.

Michael, Ryan, Alex, and Jessica played Viticulture with the Bordeaux expansion, where Ryan won with 33 points, followed by Michael at 24 and Jessica just behind at 22.

Chris, Dave, and Chad gave Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship another try and this time were able to destroy the One Ring, though with only 2 hope remaining.

Michael, Ryan, Alex, and Jessica moved on to Monsters On Board, with Michael just edging out Jessica 202 to 200.

Michael, Ryan, Alex, and Jessica played two rounds of Flip 7. In the first Ryan pushed out his luck in the final round and got more than the 47 points he needed to beat Michael 236 to 229, despite Michael getting a 2x card in the final round. In the next game Alex was leading when they called it quits.

Michael, Ryan, Chris, Alex, Jessica, and Dave finished up with Bang: The Dice Game. Ryan, Jessica, and Alex won the first game as outlaws and the outlaws were again victorious in the second game for Ryan, Dave, and Jessica. 

Meeting Recap 3/21/26

Posted on by

Attendees: Richard Bliss, Michael Eisenberg, Jim Halloran, Alex Jordan, Dave Olson, Jessica Steinmann

Games Played

Richard, Michael, Jim and Dave played Rebel Princess. Jim won

Michael, Alex and Dave played Firefly. Michael won.

Richard, Jim and Jessica played Rewild: South America. Jessica won.

Richard, Jim and Jessica played Honey Buzz. Jessica won.

Richard, Jim and Jessica played Up or Down?. Jessica won.

Michael, Jim and Dave played Space Base three times. Jim won once and Dave won twice.

Alex and Jessica played Firefly.

Meeting Recap 2/21/26

Posted on by

Attendees: Matt Ackerman, Richard Bliss, Chris Cregan, Michael Eisenberg, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Alex Jordan, Jessica Steinmann, Ari Taylor

Games Played:

Richard, Chris, Michael E, Michael F, Jim, and Jessica started off with a partial game of Flip 7. When they ended Jim has 139 points over Michael F’s 137.

Richard, Chris, Michael E, Michael F, Jim, Alex, and Jessica moved on to Shadow Hunters, where Alex and Michael won as the Hunters and Jim tagged along for the victory as Agnes.

Matt, Michael E, Jim, Alex, and Ari played Defenders Of The Realm, but fell to the forces of evil. All but Matt when for a rematch and took down two of the evil generals, but then fell again.

Richard, Chris, Michael F, and Jessica played The Voynich Puzzle with Michael winning with 281 points over Chris’s 281.

Richard, Chris, Michael F, and Jessica then played Sanctuary, an Ark Nova Game where Michael again just edged out Chris 79 to 77.

Richard, Michael E, Jessica, and Ari finished up with two games of Citizens of the Spark with Richard winning the first and Jessica the second.

Chris, Michael F, Jim, and Alex closed out with two games of The Quacks of Quedlinburg, Jim managed to win both, the first with 65 points over Chris’s 42 and the second with 51 points over Alex’s 42.

Meeting Recap 2/7/26

Posted on by

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

Games Played:

Michael, Ryan, Dave, Ben and Alex started with Between Two Cities where Ryan beat Ben by the second tie breaker.

Michael, Ryan, Dave, and Ben played Galactic Cruise where Ben came from behind to lead the best cruise line with 251 points to Michael’s 232.

Richard, Chris, and Alex played Sanctuary, an Ark Nova Game with Chris winning and then Richard and Chris went for a rematch with Chris again victorious.

Chris as the forces of the dark lord defeated Richard in Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation

Chris kept up his streak winning over Karen in Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers

Chris, Michael, Ryan, and Ben played Origin Story, where Chris was again unstoppable with 45 points over Ben’s 33.

Chris, Ryan, and Karen finished up with a game of Metro.

Meeting Recap 1/17/26

Posted on by

Attendees: Chris Cregan, Michael Eisenberg, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Alex Jordan, Luciano Maffei, Jessica Steinmann, Ari Taylor

Games Played:

Chris, Michael E, Michael F, Alex, and Jessica played Bang: The Dice Game where Alex won as the renegade.

Chris, Michael E, Michael F, Jim, Alex, and Jessica played Shadow Hunters with Chris and Alex as the hunters winning.

Michael E, Jim, Alex, and Ari moved on to Lords of Waterdeep with Jim winning.

Chris, Michael F, Luciano, and Jessica played SETI where Chris had a powerful final round to defeat Michael 220 to 213.

Michael E, Jim, Alex, and Ari played two rounds of Splendor with Jim winning the first and Michael the second.

Chris, Michael F, and Jessica played The Fox Experiment. Chris won with 55 points to Jessica’s 41.

Michael E, Alex, and Ari finished up with Space Base where Michael won.

Meeting Recap 11/15/25

Posted on by

Attendees: Max Cheskin, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Brandon Garfield, Jim Halloran, Alex Jordan, Dave Olson

Games Played:

Max, Chris, Michael and Dave played Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon. Michael won.

Brandon, Jim and Alex played Eclipse. Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy. Alex won with 48 points, Jim had 42 and Brandon had 41.

Max, Chris, Michael, Brandon, Alex, and Dave played Bohnanza. Michael won.