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BEBGC Meeting Recap 09/03/16

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Attendees

Eray Aksit, Gui Askit, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Scott Harris, Dave Landon, Karen Landon, Alex Wright

Games Played

Michael, Jim, Scott, Dave, Karen, and Alex started off with Star Trek Panic. After completing three missions and the Enterprise near destruction, they decided to call it quits.

Eray and Jim played Twilight Struggle where history repeated itself and Jim’s Americans won the cold war.

Chris, Michael, and Scott concentrated just on the space race in Leaving Earth. Michael picked up most of the early points, but Chris was first to the moon and back with samples, giving him a commanding 14 point victory.

Gui, Dave, Karen, and Alex played Castles of Mad King Ludwig. Karen was behind most of the game but during end game scoring dominated the bonus to win with 101 points over Dave with 93 and Alex just behind at 92.

Gui, Scott, Karen, and Alex played three rounds of Speed Scrabble, which Alex dominated, though Karen came quite close to unseating him in the final game.

Gui, Chris, Michael, Scott, Dave, and Karen came back together for a game of 7 Wonders with the Leaders expansion. Dave won with 62 points, followed by Gui with 32 and then Chris and Scott tied with 52.

Chris, Michael, Jim, Scott, Dave, and Karen played three rounds of Coup, where Chris won the first, Jim the second, and Scott the third.

Chris, Michael, Dave, and Karen finished up with a second game of Castles of Mad King Ludwig. Michael was able to align his castle with all of the bonus tiles and achieved a 124 point victory with Dave in second at 100.

BEBGC Meeting Recap 08/20/16

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Attendees

Chris Cregan, Robert Gohl, Jim Halloran, Andrew Leung, Dave Olson, Ben Samuelson

Games Played

Robert, Jim, Dave and Ben played Cuisine a la Card. Ben was the top chef with 17 points, followed by Jim with 14, Dave with 8 and Robert with 3.

Chris, Jim, Dave and Ben played Xia: Legends of a Drift System. Chris was the most successful drifter.

Robert and Alex played Pandemic and lost.

Having lost pandemic, Robert and Alex upped the difficulty level and played Pandemic again, but were once again unsuccessful.

Chris, Robert, Jim, Andrew and Dave played Coup nine times. Dave won 3X, Robert and Chris each won 2X, and Alex and Jim each won once.

Chris, Alex and Dave played BetaBotz, and Chris ran away with the win.

Club Business

None

BEBGC Meeting Recap 07/02/16

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Attendees

Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Brandan James, Dave Landon, Karen Landon, Dave Olson, Kerri Olson, Ben Samuelson, Alex Wright

Games Played

Ben, Karen, Jim and Michael played Primordial Soup. Ben won with 47 points, followed by Karen with 41, Jim with 31 and Michael with 29.

Dave o. and Chris played Jarl: The Vikings Tile-Laying Game. It was a hard fought match, but Dave pulled off the win capturing Chris’ Jarl.

Dave L. (USSR) and Alex (USA) played Twilight Struggle. USSR went out to an early lead, but USA was able to bounce back and win the cold war.

Michael, Ben and Karen played Five Tribes. Michael won with 186 points, followed by Ben with 165 and Karen with 153.

Chris (Agent) went up against Jim, Kerri and Dave O. in Specter Ops. Chris was spotted several times sneaking around, and the hunters had him down to one HP, but Kerri was unveiled as a traitor in cahoots with the agent, and was able to distract the hunters and aid the agent back to safety for the win.

Jim, Brandan, Dave O., Kerri, Dave L., Chris, Michael and Ben played The Resistance: Avalon. Jim, Brandan and Dave O. were successful as the agents of evil and were able to sabotage three missions.

Jim, Brandan, Dave O., Kerri, Dave L., Chris, Michael and Ben played The Resistance: Avalon. This time the knights were successful in completing three of their missions, but Chris, Brandan and Dave O. were able to steal the win as the agents of evil when assassin Dave O. was able to assassinate Merlin (Michael).

Chris, Michael, Jim, Brandon, Dave L., and Kerri played a round of Coup where Chris was the best liar. Karen took over for Dave L. for the second round and won. Dave L. swapped back in and Jim left for the final round where Kerri was victorious.

Chris, Michael, Brandon, and Kerri finished off with a hand of Exploding Kittens with Brandon being the last person unexploded.

Club Business

None

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.

BEWC Meeting Recap 01/17/15

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Attendees: Chris Cregan, Anthony Eaton, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Alex Jordan, Dave Olson, Jeramee Scherer and Matt Walker

Games Played

1) Jim, Matt, Jeramee and Dave started with a game of Defenders of the Realm.  The group was not successful in defending the realm.

2) Alex, Michael and Chris played the King of all Londinium story of Firefly with the Blue Sun and Pirates and Bounty Hunters Expansions. Michael won.

3) Jim, Matt, Jeramee and Dave took another run at Defenders of the Realm.  Dave had to leave before the conclusion, but Tony took over for him.  The defenders were once again unsuccessful.

4) Jim, Michael, Chris, Jeramee, Tony and Matt played 7 games of Coup. Michael won 4, Jim 1, Jeremy 1, and Matt 1

Club Business

New officers were elected for 2015…

President: Chris Cregan

Vice President: Jim Halloran

Secretary: Dave Olson

Treasurer: Michael Feinberg

The club also voted to purchase King of New York and Level 7: Omega Protocol for the collection.