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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 2/1/20

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Attendees

Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Brandan James, David Landon, and Alex Wright

Games Played

Chris, Michael, David, and Alex started with Burgle Bros, where they reasonably hardly got out with all of the loot.

Brandan then joined them for Dinosaur Island with all of the expansions. Chris won handily with 88 points, followed by Michael at 68.

They finished up with Mysterium, where Dave as the ghost barely got all of the players to the shared version, but they were able to correctly solve the murder.

Meeting Recap 7/6/19

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Attendees

Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, and David Landon

Games Played

Michael and David started with a game of Burgle Bros. where they fates were against them and they were easily caught after cracking only a single safe.

Chris, Michael, and David played Above and Below, where Michael’s good luck with exploration led to a handy 85 point victory with Chris just edging out David for second place at 48 points.

Chris, Michael, and David moved on to Kingdoms, where Chris won with 255 points and David in second with 236.

They finished up with Dinosaur Island with all of the Chris, Michael, and David expansion modules. Everything came together for Michael who one with 86 points, and David sneaking past Chris for second place this time, 62 to 61.

 

Meeting Recap 6/1/19

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Attendees

Aimee Clare, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Scott Harris, Brandan James, and David Landon

Games Played

Aimee, Chris, Michael, Scott, and Dave started off with a four hands of Love Letter, where Aimee was the most successful suitor, winning 2.

They then moved on two games of 7 Wonders with the Armada expansion. Michael won the first game with 75 points going heavily into both blue cards and blue ships, followed by Chris at 72. The second game had much higher scoring, with Chris winning with 89 points, largely from guilds, follow by Michael with 85.

Brandon then joined them for two rounds of Ca$h ‘n Gun$. In the first game only Chris, Michael, and Brandan survived, with Brandan having the most cash at $110,000. In the second game, Brandan was again the winner, though this time only with $70,000, followed by Dave with $65,000 while Scott and Michael had amassed $75,000 each but were killed in the final shoot out.

Chris, Michael, Scott, Brandan, and Dave tried out five player Dinosaur Island. Chris ran away with the game, ending with 131 points, but everyone else was extremely close with Dave at 99, Michael at 98, Scott at 96, and Brandan at 92.

Meeting Recap 2/16/19

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Attendees

Matt Ackerman, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Alex Jordan, Dave Olson, Ben Samuelson, Emily Snavely, Wolfie Tuk, and Aylin Tumer

Games Played

Matt, Jim, Dave, Ben, and Wolfie started with Space Base, which Jim won.

Chris, Michael, Alex, and Emily played Clank! In! Space! Alex was the first to get a treasurer but was knocked out just before we made it back to the landing bay, soon followed by Chris still in the depths of the ship. Michael and Emily both did make it to the landing bay, but were knocked out in the same turn before escaping the ship. Michael won  on points, 73 to 70, but if one less of Emily’s cubes had been drawn in the last attack, she would have gotten to an escape pod and won handily.

Matt, Jim, Dave, Ben, and Wolfie moved on to Root.  Dave won.

Chris, Alex, and Emily played Dinosaur Island where Chris built the best (least deadly?) theme park.

Chris, Wolfie, Aylin, Jim and Dave played Mission Red Planet.  Chris won.

Aylin, Dave and Jim played King of New York twice.  Dave won both times.

Meeting Recap 1/5/19

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Attendees

Eray Askit, Elliott, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Scott Harris, Brandan James, Dave Landon, Karen Landon, and Ben Samuelson

Games Played

Eray, Eliott, Chris, and Ben teamed up against Michael, Scott, Dave, and Karen in two games of Space Cadets: Dice Duel with Chris’s team winning both.

Eray, Eliott, Dave, and Karen then played Castles of Mad Kind Ludwig where Dave won.

Chris, Michael, Scott, and Ben played Dinosaur Island. Both Ben and Chris achieved 75 points, but Ben just edged out Chris for the tiebreaker with $16 left over to Chris’s $15.

Dave and Brandan won a game of Burgle Bros.

Brandan was the ghost for a team of Chris, Michael, Scott, and Dave as psychics in Mysterium, but they were unable to reconstruct the events.

Chris took over as the ghost and Karen joined the psychics for a second game of Mysterium and this time the culprit was revealed.

Meeting Recap 12/15/18

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Attendees

Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Alex Jordan, and Ben Samuelson

Games Played

Chris, Michael, Jim, Alex, and Ben started with four hands of Coup, with Chris, Michael, Alex, and Ben winning one each.

Chris, Michael, Jim, Alex, and Ben played Isle of Skye, with Jim winning at 72 points.

Chris, Michael, Jim, and Alex played Dinosaur Island where Chris won.

Chris, Michael, and Alex finished up with another game of Isle of Skye, this time with Michael winning with 70 points just ahead of Chris at 66.