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Meeting Recap 6/3/17

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Attendees

Eray Askit, Michael Feinberg, Brandan James, James Koch, Dave Landon, Karen Landon, Ben Samuelson, Alex Wright, and Elaine Wright

Games Played

Eray, Michael, and Karen played Thurn and Taxis, with Michael winning at 33 points.

Ben, Dave, Alex, and Elaine spent most of the morning playing A Feast for Odin. Dave ran away with the game with 143 points, Alex trailing in second at 121.

Eray, Michael, Brandan, and Karen played Airlines Europe. Brandan one at 69 points, with Eray just behind in his first game at 65.

Eray, Michael, Brandan, and Karen played two rounds of Unspeakable Words. Brandan one the first one by points and then bowed out for the second which Michael won after both Karen and Eray went insane.

Eray, Michael, Brandan, and Karen played a hand of Dominion: Intrigue that Michael one with 40 points.

Eray, Michael, Brandan, James, Dave, Ben, and Alex finished up with Citadels that Alex won in a dark horse victory with 26 points over James and Dave who were tied at 25.

BEBGC Meeting Recap 10/01/16

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Attendees

Eray Aksit, Dan Carey, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Scott Harris, Dave Landon, Karen Landon, Ben Samuelson, Alex Wright

Games Played

Chris, Michael, Dave, Karen, Ben, and Alex started out with Ca$h ‘n Gun$ where Michael was the best gangster, just edging out Karen with $85,000 in loot to her $80,000.

Everyone then tried out the club’s new copy of Captain Sonar. Ben started as the captain of the blue submarine with Scott, Dave and Karen on his crew. Michael led the yellow submarine with Chris and Alex. The first game was played with the turn-based-rules and was closely fought, but the yellow team managed to sink blue. For the second game, Eray joined the crew of the yellow submarine and Alex took his turn in the captains chair. We switched to the chaos of the real time rules and this time blue was victorious. For the final game, Dan stepped in for Dave on the blue team and Chris took his turn as yellow captain. Chris’s rapid fire commands kept blue guessing and yellow was able to find a sink them.

Eray and Dave refought history with 1960: The Making of a President, but history largely repeated itself with Dave winning the election as Kennedy with 308 votes in the electoral college.

Dan, Chris, Scott, and Ben played Kemet with Chris taking the victory with 10 points over Ben’s 9.

Michael taught Viticulture to Karen and Alex and ended up as the most successful vintner at 28 points, but Alex was close behind at 23/

Chris, Michael, Scott, Dave, and Karen finished up with Airlines Europe. Karen was by far the most successful business person, amassing 89 points with Michael in second at 68 and the rest of the table close behind.

BEBGC Meeting Recap 06/04/16

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Attendees

Eray Aksit, Dan Carey, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Brandan James, Dave Landon, Karen Landon, Alex Wright, Elaine Wright

Games Played

Dave, Karen, Alex, and Elaine played Airlines Europe where Dave amassed 91 million euros over Karen’s second place 83 million.

Michael’s imperial fleet eliminated Jim’s rebellion in  Risk: Star Wars Edition.

Brandan, Michael, Karen, and Elaine played Small World. Michael’s final two rounds with the Wealthy Dwarves pushed him to victory with 100 points with Karen close behind at 92 then Elaine at 90 and Brandan at 86.

Dan and Jim faced off in Rommel at Gazala where Dan’s British forces defeated the Axis.

Eray, Chris, Dave, and Alex played Container with Alex being the best shipper with 119 points, followed by Chris with 101.

Dan and Jim experimented with a variant rule set for Buck Rodgers in the 25th Century.

Brandon, Michael, Dave, and Karen caught Chris twice in Scotland Yard.

Brandon, Chris, Michael, Jim, Dave, and Karen played several rounds of Coup with Chris winning two and Dave and Michael each one.

Brandon, Chris, Dave, and Karen finished off with Robo Rally with Dave winning.

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

 

BEWC Meeting Recap 7/5/14

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Attendees: Dan Carey, Brandan James, Dave Landon, Karen Landon, Dave Olson, Alex Wright, Elaine Wright

Games Played

1) Dave L, Karen, Alex and Elaine played Rampage.  Elaine chomped up the most meeples, including multiple full sets, for a resounding 31 point win.  Alex caused the most damage, with a tall stack of building floors in his stash for a final score of 24 points, and Dave spent most of the game chasing blondes, also picking up 24 points.  Karen ended up with a nice pile of monster teeth and meeples for 17 points.

2) Scotland Yard detectives Brandan, Dave L, Karen, Dave O and Alex chased Elaine (Ms. X) through the streets of London.  The detectives were set up in a good position in the middle of the board, but Ms. X led them on a wily chase, using ferries pretty extensively.  She was almost able to sneak out of a trap in the southwest corner of the board, but it was not to be.  The long arm of the law was able to catch up with her, teaching the kids in the room a valuable lesson that crime does not pay.

3) Dan, Brandan and Alex spent most of the day in an epic game of Mage Knight Board Game.  They spent most of the game trying to find the cities, which did not show up until the last ~5 tiles were revealed.  That gave them time to build up their skills by picking on poor defenseless orcs and dragons.  Although the game was semi cooperative and they were able to accomplish their mutual goal of sacking the cities, Alex came out on top as the most revered mage with 225 prestige (?), followed by Brandan with 175 and Dan with 95.

4) Dave L, Karen, Dave O and Elaine played Airlines Europe.  Dave O made an early investment in White Winds out of Russia, playing 2 of the 7 available cards in the first round and confident that he could take advantage until at least the first scoring round, but then Dave L dropped 2 White Winds cards into his portfolio sharing in the benefits for most of the game.  Dave L also invested heavily in Flying is Simply Fun out of London, and was able to capitalize on that investment throughout the game.  Karen diversified significantly, giving her a strong advantage scoring on airlines for which she was the sole owner.  Elaine had a targeted approach, investing heavily in three airlines plus the Abacus airline.  In the end, Dave O was able to grab one more stock in White winds, no longer having to share majority ownership with Dave L in the last scoring round.  Final Score: Dave O – 109, Dave L – 104, Karen – 102, Elaine – 80.

5) Dave L, Dave O and Elaine played the cooperative The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.  The rich theme of Middle Earth adventure was oozing from the game, immersing the players in the rich landscape and lore.  Wait, this is a Knizia game.  We pretty much drew cards and rolled dice until we were done.  Also, since this was really just a movie tie-in it only covered the portion of the story that was covered in the first Hobbit movie.  Still, it was pretty cool.  The party of dwarves/hobbit had to make it from the Shire to the rescue by the eagles at the end of the movie.  We did pretty well, not really feeling too much danger.  We played the game at the easiest level and were able to accomplish our task with a final score of 14 points.  Once we are able to master the beginner level with a 20 point win we can move on to the next level.

6) Dave L, Karen, Dave O and Elaine played Unspeakable Words.  Not really sure what the final score was, but it did not really matter.  Dave O was the only one who did not go insane, so he won by default.

7) Dave L, Karen, Dave O and Elaine played Robo Rally.  Dave L got out to an early lead.  He was pretty far from the pack, so he was able to avoid most of the carnage.  Elaine had some bad card draws the first couple of turns, so she was lagging behind.  Dave O and Karen were following each other around most of the game, which would have been fine except that Karen had souped-up lasers that caused extra damage or allowed her to lock registers.  There was much powering down happening in this game.  In fact, every robot spent at least one turn powering down.  Some (Dave O) spent several turns powered down.  A locked U-Turn register is a fate I would not wish upon my worst enemy.  In the end, Dave L won by touching the last flag, Elaine came in second having tagged the second flag, Dave O and Karen were only able to manage getting to the first flag.

8) Dave L, Karen, Dave O and Elaine played Bananagrams.  Karen was victorious

9) Brandan, Dave L, Karen, Alex and Elaine played Bananagram in which Alex won.

BEWC Meeting Recap 5/04/2013

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Attendees: Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Chris Cregan, Michael Kelly, Dan Carey, Dave Landon, Karen Landon, Brandan James, Josh Lichti, Alex Wright, Elaine Wright, Ryan Frans, Rhonda Frans and John Boyle

Games Played

1)Ticket To Ride Switzerland.  John won with 111, followed by Michael F at 101 and Brandon with 100.

2)Medici.  Dan 161, Dave 141 and Jim 79.

3)Merchant of Venus.  Brandan 3010, Jim 2240 Chris 1770

4) King of Air and Steam.  Michael K 143, Dave L 135, Josh L 158, Dan C 135, Michael F 150 and John B 145

5) Hansa. Ryan 57 Alex 56

6) Airlines:Europe.  Karen L. 106, Ryan 92, Dave L 76 Michael K 68 Rhonda 58

7) Castles of Burgundy.  Michael F 238, Alex -225, Elaine 199, Dan 183

8) Scotland Yard.  Dave as Mr X was captured by the detectives Ryan, Michael K, Karen, and Alex.

9)Dominion: Seaside.  Jim 30, Chris 28, Michael F 26 and Dan 5 (Dan’s first game of Dominion).

10)Dominion: Hinterlands.  Michael F 38, Chris 26, Jim 19.

11)Wings of War: Dawn of War.  Dave and Michael commanding an axis team (with French support) faced off against Chris, Karen and Brandan as the Allies.  After quickly losing Michael’s plane and one of Dave’s two, Dave was able to take on all three allies plane with his one remain and won.

12)Medici.  Chris 125, Michael F 104, Karen 100, Dave 98, Brandan 94

13)Medici.  Chris 102, Michael F 105, Karen 107, Dave 107, Brandan 81

BEWC Meeting Recap 9/15/12

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Attendees: Dan Carey, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Michael Kelly, Alex Wright, and Elaine Wright.

Club Business: We voted to purchase Mage Knight.

Games Played:
1,2) Michael F and Jim started with two rounds of Tsuro, winning one each.

3) Dan and Alex spent the day playing Pursuit of Glory, about World War I in the middle east. Dan was the Allied (British/Russian) player and Alex was the Central Powers (Ottoman Turk) player. Dan launched some attacks on the Caucasus and Mesopotamia to start the game and made a little progress. Alex countered and later advanced a bit in the Caucasus. Dan’s invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula bogged down just like in real life. By 1916 Dan’s British and Indians were making some progress in Mesopotamia but the Russians were not getting anywhere in the Caucasus. Alex opened up another front in the Balkans, attacking Serbia with Germans and Bulgarians. He also advanced forces to the Suez Canal but Dan concentrated forces there to hold him back, and he later withdrew across the Sinai. Alex also had some Iranian tribes causing trouble for Dan in Persia. Due to time, the game was called at the end of 1916, as the Russian Revolution was just starting to take the Russians out of the game. Adding up the points, Dan won a victory of endurance, kind of a minor victory.

4) Chris, Michael F, Jim, and Michael K played Monsters Menace America, mostly on a lark, but ended up enjoying the game. In the first phase of the game, Michael F’s Tomanagi (basically Godzilla) had free range to terrorize the west coast, while everyone else concentrated on the eastern and central US. Chris’s Megaclaw took the brunt of the miltary’s counterattack, but despite that he went into the monster challenge round with the second most health after Michael F. Michael K’s Toxicor started off the challenge, but lost to Jim’s giant eyeball Zorb. Zorb then decided to take on Tomanagi and lost. In the final battle between Tomanagi and Megaclaw, statistically Tomanagi was stronger, but luck was on Megaclaw’s side and Chris was the last man standing.

5) Chris, Michael F, Jim, and Michael K moved on to Airlines Europe, where Chris just managed to edge out Michael F for the win 92 points to 90.

6,7,8) While waiting on lunch, Chris, Michael F, Jim, and Elaine played three more rounds of Tsuro. Jim won the first while the second came down to everyone still alive (but adjoining the same tile!) with only two tiles left. Jim was left with no choice in tile placement except a path that drove everyone off the board but Michael. In the third game, Chris and Jim isolated themselves in one corner and ended up running into each other, leaving Elaine victorious.

9) Chris, Michael F, Michael K, and Elaine played The Castles of Burgundy. Michael K used his farms to rack up an impressive 204 points, but Michael F built up a commercial empire, using yellow tiles to build 6 of the 7 warehouses and then earning 4VP for each of them, along with 3VP more for each color of goods sold using the warehouses, bringing him to 216VP and the win.

BEWC Meeting Recap 9/1/12

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Attendees: Mellissa Bassett, Dan Carey, Michael Feinberg, Linda Galperin, Lionel Galperin, Jim Halloran, Scott Harris, Brandan James, Joe Kauffman, Dave Landon, Karen Landon, Chris Leitenberger, Dave Olson, and Jeremy Swope

Club Business: None.

Games Played:
1) Once everyone straggled in, Dan, Michael, Jim, and Dave L played The Castles of Burgundy, which was new to everyone. Jim and Dan both managed to rack up impressive points from animals, but Dave’s collection of yellow victory point giving tiles pushed him to a comfortable win with 237 points to Michael’s second place 218.

2) Scott, Brandan, Chris, Dave O, and Jeremy played 7 Wonders with both the Leaders and the new Cities expansions. The 8th card in each age led to a high scoring game, with Jermey winning with 89 points.

3,4) Linda, Lionel, Scott, Brandan, Chris, Dave O, and Jeremy played two games of Tsuro. In the first game, somehow Brandan found himself knocked out on the very first turn and the game wound down to Lionel and Chris sharing victory when the last play took them both off the board. In the second Lionel was able to claim a solo victory.

5) Michael, Lionel, Scott, Dave L, and Dave O played Airlines Europe, which was also new to all of them. Dave L triumphed with 84 points, with Dave O coming in second with 75.

6) Dan, Jim, Brandan, Joe, Mellissa, and Chris played an epic game of Battlestar Galactica using both the Pegasus and Exodus expansions and the New Caprica scenario from Pegasus. It was rough going for the humans with food rapidly becoming critical. With suspicion high against Chris, he managed to steal the admiral title and choose a disastrous jump before being executed. The other cylon, Mellissa, managed to stay hidden, and between the two they easily defeated the humans on New Caprica.

7) While waiting for the game of Galactica to end, Michael, Dave L, Karen, and Zoe played Blokus. Michael was the first out, while Zoe (with a little help) held on for second place and Dave put the rest of us to shame by getting out all of his pieces.

8) Still waiting on Galactica, Michael, Dave, and Karen played Attika. Access to the temples was blocked early, so everyone turned to trying to build their full cities. Everyone had a shot, but Karen got there well ahead of the others.

9) Michael, Brandan, Dave L, Karen, and Chris finished off with Alien Frontiers with the Factions expansion. For most of the early and mid-game there was a fairly balanced build up resources and colonies, but towards the end Michael had two really lucky sets of die rolls, the first turn letting him satisfy his second agenda (for another VP) and stealing huge quantities of resources and in the second turn using those resources to land three colonies (out of the six total in the game) in that one turn. After that there was nothing to be done to keep him from landing his last colony the next turn and winning the game with 11VP.