Meeting Recap 7/1/17

Coup was played by Jim, Mark, Selwyn and Chis

Ethnos was played by Matt, Jim, Chris, Selwyn and Mark

Eminent Domain played by Chris C, Dave and Jay

Caste Panic by Jim, Mark, Selwyn and Chris

Caste Panic with Wizards Tower by Jim, Mark, Selwyn, Chris, Dave and Jay

Cosmic Encounters, 3 games played by Jim, Mark, Selwyn, Chris, Dave, Jay and Chris C

Meeting Recap 6/17/17

Games Played

Castle Panic with the Wizards Tower expansion

Played by Jim, Alex, Mike, Chris and Mark

Cooperative Victory

Star Trek Ascendancy

Played by Matt, Mike, and Mark

Mike won

BANG! The Dice Game

Played by Jim, Selwyn, Jay, Chis, Alex, Dave and Marni

Shadow Hunters

Played by Jim, Selwyn, Jay, Chis, Alex, Dave and Marni

Chis won the 1st game, Dave won the 2nd

Coup

Played by Jim, Mark, Dave, Jay, Chris and Selwyn

Stone Age

Played by Alex, Mike and Chris

Alex won.

Legends of Andor

Played by Selwyn, Dave and Jay

New Purchases

Club voted to purchase Shadow Hunters and the Old Saloon expansion for BANG! The Dice Game.

BEBGC Meeting Recap 05/21/16

Attendees

Matt Ackerman, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Robert Gohl, Ed McGran, Alex Jordan, Dave Olson, Jay Olson, Ben Samuelson, Jeramee Scherer

Games Played

Alex (Sheriff), Jeramee (Deputy), Jim (Renegade), Robert (Outlaw), Ben (Outlaw) and Michael (Outlaw) played Bang! The Dice Game. The outlaws won after an Indian attack killed the sheriff.

Michael (Imperials) and Ed (Rebels) played Star Wars: Rebellion, and the empire won.

Jeramee (Imperials) and Ben (Rebels) played Star Wars: Rebellion, and the empire won.

Overlord Jim went up against heroes Alex and Robert in Castle Panic, and the heroes won.

Dave and Jay played Star Realms, and Dave won.

Robert, Ben, Matt and Alex played Firefly: The Game and Matt won.

Jim, Dave, Jay and Jeramee played Samurai Swords and Dave won.

Robert, Michael and Alex played Firefly: The Game and Robert won.

Club Business

None

BEBGC Meeting Recap 04/16/16

Attendees

Matt Ackerman, Bruce Clark, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Robert Gohl, Jim Halloran, Joe Lane, Sara Lane, Dave Olson, Ben Samuelson, Jeramee Scherer

Games Played

Jim and Robert played Tsuro , and Robert won.

Michael, Jim and Robert played Tsuro , and Jim won.

Jim, Robert, Michael, Joe and Sara played Castle Panic and won with 4 towers left standing.

Bruce (Rebels) and Matt (Imperials) played Star Wars: Rebellion. The Rebels won!

Jeramee (Rebels) and Jim (Imperials) played Star Wars: Rebellion. The Rebels won!

Robert, Ben and Michael played Ticket to Ride with the Pennsylvania map (Ticket to Ride Map Collection: Volume 5 – United Kingdom & Pennsylvania), and Michael won with 166 points, followed by Robert with 129 and Ben with 114.

Joe and Sara played Space Empires 4X.

Chris, Michael, Robert, Dave and Sam played Dead of Winter. The group completed the main goal, and Chris, Michael and Sam were also able to complete their secret objectives, winning the game. Dave and Robert fell short of completing their secret goals.

Club Business

None

BEBGC Meeting Recap 01/16/16

Attendees

Matt Ackerman, Michael Feinberg, Lionel Galperin, Robert Gohl, Jim Halloran, Alex Jordan, Gary Pearson, Ben Samuelson, Jeramee Scherer

Club Business

2016 Officers were elected:
President: Chris Cregan
Vice President: Jim Halloran
Treasurer: Michael Feinberg
Secretary: Dave Olson

Games Played

Michael, Robert, Jim, Alex, and Ben started with Castle Panic, where they succesfully defended the castle with only two towers destroyed.

Matt, Lionel, Jim, and Jeramee played Cosmic Encounter. Jeramee’s Traders tagged along with Lionel’s Misers for the shared victory.

Michael, Robert, Alex, and Ben played the Desperadoes mission of Firefly with the Kalidasa and Pirates and Bounty Hunters expansions. Michael and Robert both suffered heavy setbacks at the hands of the reavers and it seemed like Ben had won the game when he was first over $15,000 and announced last call, but Alex swept in and sold all of the cargo and contraband he had been collecting through salvage ops and won the game with $18,800 to Ben’s $18,000.

Matt and Lionel contested their fleets in Star Wars Armada with Matt’s rebels emerging victorious.

Jim, Gary, and Jeramee ran two races of Formula D with Jim winning the first and Jeramee the second.

Lionel, Jim, and Gary played several rounds of Tsuro with Jim winning three times, Lionel and Gary one each, and one tie between Jim and Gary.

Michael, Alex, and Robert finished up with 7 Wonders, where it looked like Michael was in the lead, but Alex topped him 64 to 58 from his 36 points of science.

BEBGC Meeting Recap 12/19/15

Attendees: Matt Ackerman, Michael Feinberg, Lionel Galperin, Jim Halloran, Dave Olson, Ben Samuelson, Byron Varin

Games Played:

Michael, Jim and Byron played Castle Panic. It was a hard fought battle, but they were able to defend the castle from the evildoers with two towers left standing.

Lionel, Ben, Michael and Byron played Fire and Axe.

Dave and Jim played Twilight Struggle.  US (Jim) won the Cold War.

Lionel, Ben, Michael, Byron and Matt played Pirate’s Cove.

Jim and Dave played Risk: Star Wars Edition.

Michael, Ben and Dave played Caverna. Michael ended up the most successful cave farmer with 85 points, followed by Ben with 73 points and Dave with 65.

BEBGC Meeting Recap 11/21/15

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.