Category Archives: Meeting Recaps

Meeting Recap 01/20/24

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Attendees: Matt Ackerman, Michael Eisenberg, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Alex Jordan, Dave Olson, Ben Steinwurtzel

Club Business:

2024 club officers elected:

President: Michael Eisenberg

Vice President: Alex Jordan

Secretary: Dave Olson

Treasurer: Michael Feinberg

Games Played:

Michael, Michael and Alex played Firefly. Alex won.

Matt, Jim, Dave and Ben played Mission Red Planet. Ben won.

Matt, Dave and Ben played Dice Forge. Dave Won.

Michael, Michael, Alex and Dave played Space Base. Dave won by activating the “You Win” card.

Michael, Michael, Alex and Dave played Space Base again. Michael F won.

Meeting Recap 10/7/23

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Attendees:

Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, David Landon, Karen Landon, Zoe Landon

Games Played:

Michael, David, and Karen started with 10 Days in Europe. Michael got lucky and found the only country that would complete his route for the win.

Chris, Michael, and David tried out Michael’s new copy of Expeditions. Michael got lucky with some early card draw and synergy for a good start and ended up winning with 75 points, but Chris was right behind at 69.

Chris, Michael, David, and Karen played Illiterati and managed the coop win.

Chris, Michael, David, and Zoe moved on to The Quacks of Quedlinberg where Zoe got out to an early lead and no one could catch her. She won with 83 points followed by Michael at 70.

Chris, David, and Karen finished up with another round of Illiterati.

Meeting Recap 4/15/23

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Attendees:

Richard Bliss, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Chris Gronau

Games Played:

Richard, Chris, Michael, and Chris played Endless Winter: Paleoamericans. Michael won with 97 points to Richard’s 89.

Chris, Michael, and Chris played Wingspan, with Chris C running away with the game at 109 points, followed by Chris G at 83.

Meeting Recap 2/18/23

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Several games of Space Base was played by Jeramee, Jim, Brandon, and Matt, winners unknown.

A game of Mission Red Planet was played by Jim, Dan, and Matt S. with Jim as the winner.

A game of Starcraft was played by Jeramee, Dave, Brandon, and Megan with Brandon as the winner.

A game of Firefly was played by Joe, Matt A., Alex, Michael, and Gerald with Gerald as the winner.  The amount of times Michael brought the alliance down on himself and Alex at the same time through bad rolling made for amusingly high levels of disbelief!

Meeting Recap 1/21/23

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There was a very good turnout for the January 3rd Saturday Game Day:

Splendor: Megan Sell, Brandon Sell, James Halloran (Winner), Mathew Skelton

Between Two Castles (Practice Game, No Winner): Michael Eisenberg, Stuart Morse, Robb Blazey, Chris Gronau, Richard Bliss

Power Grid: Dan Carey, Robb Blazey, Stuart More, Richard Bliss (Winner, powered 17 cities)

Terraforming Mars: Megan Sell (53), Chris Gronau (62), Michael Feinberg (73, Winner)

Ark Nova: Richard Bliss, Michael Feinberg (Winner), Chris Gronau, Mathew Skelton

WarParty: Michael Eisenberg/Jim Halloran vs Alex Jordan/Dave Olson.  Michael got crushed, Jim/Michael conceded the victory to Alex/Dave

Terraforming Mars – Ares Expedition: Matt Ackerman (Winner), Brandon Sell, Mathew Skelton, Chris Cregan

Splendor: Dan Carey, Richard Bliss, Stuart More (Short game, no winner)

Dinosaur Island: Matt (124), Dan Carey (67), Chris Gronau (131, Winner), Stuart More (126)

Splendor: Michael Eisenberg, Alex Jordan, Jim Halloran, Dave Olson.  Alex won game 1, Michael games 2 & 3.

Meeting Recap 1/7/23

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Attendees:

Richard Bliss, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Brandan James, Dave Landon, Alex Wright, Josh, Tavian

Games Played:

Richard, Michael, Dave and Alex started with Living Forest. It looked like Dave was set up to win, but the other players blocked him and next turn Alex set up an unbeatable situation.

Richard, Michael, Alex, and Tavian played Ark Nova, where Richard just barely edged out Michael 22 to 17

Chris, Brandan, Dave, and Josh played Great Wall. Chris crushed everyone else, with Brandan coming in second.

Meeting Recap 12/3/22

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Attendees:

Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Amanda James, Brandan James, Dave Landon, Karen Landon, and Zoe Landon

Games Played:

Brandan, Michael, Dave, and Karen started with Thurn and Taxis where Dave just inched out Karen for the win 26 to 24.

Chris, Brandan, Michael, and Dave played the Gates of Silverwood manor scenario of Mansions of Madness, 2nd edition. They were quite close to winning the scenario, but at the end with all four investigators both insane and wounded, Chris sacrificed Dave with a spell for an individual victory.

Chris, Michael, Amanda, Brandan, Dave, Karen, and Zoe finished up with a game of Mysterium with Dave as the ghost. Unfortunately they weren’t able to guess the final mystery.

Meeting Recap 11/5/22

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Attendees:

Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Amanda James, Brandan James, Dave Landon, Karen Landon, Zoe Landon, Cormac Power, Gerald Power

Games Played:

Michael, Dave, and Karen started with Metro, with Dave winning

Chris, Michael, Brandan, Dave, and Zoe played Castles of Mad King Ludwig. Michael had the best castle at 157 points, followed by Chris at 142.

Dave, Cormac, and Gerald played Starfarers of Catan, with Dave again winning

Chris, Michael, Amanda, and Brandan played Dinosaur World. Michael’s park was the most popular with 68 points, followed by Brandan at 60.

Dave, Cormac, and Gerald played a close game of Istanbul where Dave got to 5 rubies one turn ahead of either Cormac or Gerald.

Meeting Recap 10/01/22

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Attendees:

Richard Bliss, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Dave Landon, Dave Olson

Games Played:

Richard, Michael, Dave and Dave played Canvas.  Final Scores: Michael – 46, Dave L. – 29, Richard – 28, Dave O – 19

Richard, Chris, Michael, Dave and Dave played Castles of Mad King Ludwig.  Final Scores: Dave O – 142, Richard – 130, Dave L – 129, Chris – 108, Michael – 106.

Richard, Chris, Michael, Dave and Dave played Foundations of Rome.  Final Scores: Chris – 125, Michael – 106, Dave L – 81, Richard – 79, Dave O – 73.