Meeting Recap 8/5/17

Attendees

Eray Askit, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Mark Fritschen, Scott Harris, Brandan James, Dave Landon, Karen Landon, Selwyn Lane, Josh Licthi, and Ben Samuelson

Games Played

Eray, Chris, Dave, Karen, and Scott started with Sheriff of Notingham, where Josh was the most devious smuggler with 186 points over Dave’s second place 177.

Michael, Scott, Selwyn, and Ben played Five Tribes with Ben winning at 135 points and Michael just behind at 131.

Eray, Chris, Mark, Dave, and Josh played two games of Trans Europa, the second with the Vexation expansion. Josh won the first, just ahead of Mark, while Chris dominated the second game, winning in two perfect rounds.

Chris, Michael, Mark, Selwyn and Ben moved on to a close game of Caverna. Mark was victorious at 83 points, followed by Ben at 80, and Michael at 77.

Eray, Brandan, Dave, and Josh attempted to save the world in XCOM: The Board Game, but were handily defeated by the aliens.

Eray, Brandan, Dave, and Karen played The Castles of Mad King Ludwig, where Eray’s joy in winning through a tiebreaker were dashed when it was realized that bonus points for exhausted tiles hadn’t been included, putting Karen over the top 88 to 84.

Chris, Mark, Brandan, and Dave finished up with Galaxy Trucker with Dave dominating for the win at 82 points.

BEBGC Meeting Recap 08/06/2016

Attendees

Phil Davenport, McKenna Davenport, Aaron, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Scott Harris, Brandan James, Alex Jordan, Dave Landon, Ben Samuelson, Alex Wright

Games Played

Alex J, Dave, Ben, and Alex W started off with Sheriff of Nottingham, where Alex W was the best smuggler, amassing 169 points over Dave with 153 and Alex J just behind at 151.

Michael, Jim, and Scott tried Dragonwood. Scott captured the first dragon, but Michael was able to capture the second putting him over the with 24 points to Scott’s 21.

Michael, Jim, and Scott played one hand of Red7 that Michael won.

Brandan, Ben, and Alex W played Caylus, where Ben won with 86 points and Alex in second with 79.

Phil, McKenna, Aaron, and Alex J played the Switzerland map of Ticket to Ride, with McKenna winning.

Michael, Jim, Scott, and Dave tried out Star Trek Panic. With only three missions completed and two thirds of the enterprise destroyed, they admitted defeat.

Dave, Ben, and Alex W played two rounds of Dominion, with Alex dominating the first game and Dave the second.

Brandan taught Michael, Jim, and Alex J XCOM: The Board Game, where they were badly defeated. Dave replaced Brandan as Central Officer for a second round that went much better for the people of earth.

Dave, Ben, and Alex W finished with Caverna.

BEBGC Meeting Recap 05/07/16

Attendees

Eray Aksit, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Scott Harris, Brandan James, Dave Landon, Karen Landon, Dave Olson, Jay Olson, Ben Samuelson, Byron Varin, Nicholas Varin, Alex Wright

Games Played

Eray, Dave L., Alex, Byron and Nicholas played Ra. Eray won with 42 points, followed by Dave with 40 and Alex with 39.

Michael, Ben, Karen, Scott and Chris played The Grizzled and won!

Red Team Jim, Chris, Byron, Karen and Scott went up against Blue team Alex, Michael, Nicholas, Dave O. and Brandan in three rounds of Codenames. The red team won two of the three games. Or maybe it was the other way around.

Jay (USA), Ben (East), Eray (South), and Dave L. (West) played Fortress America. It was a hard fought battle, but in the end the USA fell and the Eastern invaders (Ben) were the ultimate victors.

Michael, Byron, Nicholas and Brandan played Ticket to Ride with the UK map. Final scores: Michael – 85, Byron – 73, Nicholas – 68, Brandan – 60.

Jim, Chris, Scott and Dave O. played Andromeda. Final scores: Jim – 56, Chris – 54, Scott – 38, Dave O. – 26.

Jim, Nicholas and Dave O. played Smash-up. Final Scores: Dave O. – 14, Jim – 12, Nicholas – 10.

Michael and Chris played 2 games of Star Realms, winning one each.

Karen, Brandan and Byron played Sheriff of Nottingham, and Karen was the winner.

Brandan, Jay, Chris and Dave O. played XCOM: The Boardgame. They were able to band together and repel the alien invasion.

Karen, Michael, Dave L. and Eray played Castles of Mad King Ludwig. Final scores: Karen – 122, Michael – 102, Dave L. – 92, Eray – 81.

Club Business

None

BEBGC Meeting Recap 12/05/15

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 3/7/15

Attendees

Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Dave Landon, Karen Landon, Ken MacArthur, Dave Olson, Alex Wright

Games Played

Michael, Alex, Karen, Dave O. and Ken played Sherriff of Nottingham.  Final scores: Michael 138, Alex 173, Karen 192 Winner!, Dave O. 92, Ken 173

Dave L, Chris and Jim played Castles of Mad King Ludwig.  Final scores: David 126 Winner, Chris 101, Jim 67

Chris, Dave L. and Jim played Sherriff of Nottingham.  Final scores: Chris 141 Winner, David 139, Jim 135

Chris, Dave L. and Jim played Sherriff of Nottingham.  Final scores: Chris 117 Winner, David 95, Jim 79

Alex and Jim played Twilight Struggle.  Jim won as the Soviets

Alex and Jim played Twilight Struggle.  Alex tricked Jim into blowing up the world for the win

 Ken, Karen, Dave O, Alex and Michael played Puerto Rico.  Final scores: Ken 39 Winner, Karen 31, Dave O. 30, Alex 29, Michael 28