Meeting Recap 12/3/22

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

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

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.

Meeting Recap 6/18/22

Attendees

Chris Cregan, David Olsen, Jeramee Scherer, Matt Ackerman, Michael Eisenberg

Games Played

Dave, Jeramee, Matt, and Michael started with a quick game of Bang The Dice Game that was won by the outlaws!  After Chris arrived a game of Ankh was played that was close, Jeramee managed to edge out Matt for the victory.  Matt had to leave afterward, so Chris, Dave, Jeramee, and Michael played two games of Nidavellir.  Michael won one and Jeramee won the other.

Meeting Recap 6/4/22

Attendees

Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, David Landon, Zoe Landon, Gerald Power, Alex Wright, and Elaine Wright

Games Played

Chris, Michael, David, and Alex started with Foundations of Rome. A lucky early civic building placement generated lots of points for Michael, giving him the win with 93 points to David’s second place 83.

David, Gerald, and Alex played Clank! In! Space!. David didn’t make it out alive, leaving Alex the winner with 97 points.

Chris, Michael, and Zoe played Dinosaur World where Chris had the most successful park with 68 points over Michael’s 61.

Chris, Michael, David, Zoe, and Gerald finished up with Instabul. Chris was the first to four rubies and David also got there, but Michael edged them out to get the winning fifth ruby first.

Meeting Recap 5/21/22

Attendees

Matt Ackerman, Robb Blazey, Chris Cregan, Michael Eisenberg, Chris Gronau, Jim Halloran, Alex Jordan, Dave Olson

Games Played

Chris C, Michael, Chris G and Alex played Nemesis Lockdown.  Michael was eliminated but Chris C, Chris G and Alex ended up pulling off a win.

Blazey, Jim and Dave Defenders of the Realm.  The Orcs ended up spawning faster than the heroes could deal with them, and the good guys lost.

Jim and Dave took another run at Defenders of the Realm, but got off to a rough start and abandoned the game pretty quickly.

Jim and Dave played Star Realms.  Jim won.

Jim and Dave played Star Realms.  Dave won.

Matt, Michael, Jim and Dave played Defenders of the Realm.  Victory!!

Matt (Venom) and Dave (Captain America) played Marvel United.  Venom and Cap were not able to prevent Ultron from completing his objective and taking over the world.

Matt (Iron Man) and Dave (Hulk) played Marvel United.  This time Iron Man and Hulk were able to disrupt Ultron’s evil scheme and defeat him.

Meeting Recap 4/16/22

Attendees

Matt Ackerman, Robb Blazey, Chris Cregan, Frank Fulton, John Fulton, Alex Jordan, Dave Olson, Jeramee Scherer, Chad Willard, and Drake Willard

Games Played

Matt, Blazey, Frank, John, Alex and Dave started off with a partial game of Star Wars: Jabba’s Palace – A Love Letter Game.  We just played a few rounds while waiting for people to arrive.

Matt, Blazey, Dave and Jeramee played Terraforming Mars – Ares Expedition.  It was a close grouping at the end, but Matt came out on top.

Chris, Frank, John and Alex played Dinosaur World.  John won with the least deadly, most successful park.

Matt, Blazey, Dave and Jeramee played Tyrants of the Underdark.  Another nail biter, but this time Dave emerged victorious.

Chris, Alex, Chad and Drake played Warmachine: High Command.  The game was in progress when your intrepid reporter left for the day.

Meeting Recap 3/26/22

Attendees

Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Brandan James, David Landon, Karen Landon, Zoe Landon, Ariana Power, Gerald Power, and Alex Wright

Games Played

Chris, Michael, David, and Alex started off with a game of Nidavellir where Dave just edged out Alex 209 to 207.

David, Zoe, Ariana, and Gerald played a close game of Ticket to Ride: Europe where before the longest route bonus, Zoe had 100 points over Gerald at 97 and Dave at 96, but then she also secured the 10 points from longest route to seal the win.

Chris, Michael, and Alex taught Brandan Terraforming Mars in another close game where Michael won with 67, followed by Chris at 65, and Alex at 62.

David, Zoe, Ariana, and Gerald played Love Letter and were happy that they each won 3 rounds to their daughter’s 1 each.

Chris, Michael, Brandan, David, Zoe, and Gerald played Mysterium with Zoe controlling the ghost, unfortunately they were not able to get everyone to solve their mystery in time.

They then played a second round with Karen sitting in for David and Brandan taking over as the ghost. This time they did get everyone to solve their individual mysteries with a round to go and just barely identified the overall mystery to win.

Chris, Brandan, Karen, Zoe, and Gerald finished up with a game of Metro with Zoe winning and Brandan coming in second.

Meeting Recap 3/19/22

Attendees:

Matt Ackerman, Michael Eisenberg, Chris Gronau, Jim Halloran, Dave Olson

Games Played:

Matt, Michael, Jim and Dave Played Space Base.  Matt won

Matt, Michael, Chris, Jim and Dave played Samurai Swords.  Chris took a chance at eliminating Michael from the game to win the game, but came up short and vulnerable to a counterattack.  Michael was able to eliminate Chris for the win.

Matt, Michael, Chris, Jim and Dave played Shadows Over Camelot.  it was not looking good for the loyal knights, and the traitor (Jim) close to victory, but the loyal knights were able to pull of a win.