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Meeting Recap 07/20/24

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Attendees: Matt Ackerman, Michael Eisenberg, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Scott Harris, Alex Jordan, Dave Olson, Matt Skelton, Tyler Saunders

Games Played:

Jim (USA) and Dave (USSR) played Twilight Struggle. The USA was victorious.

Michael E, Alex and Matt S played Firefly.

Matt A, Michael F, Scott and Tyler played Last Light. Tyler won.

Matt A, Michael F, Scott and Tyler played Alien Frontiers. Tyler won. Matt won.

Michael E, Jim, Alex, Dave and Matt S played Shadows over Camelot. Matt was the traitor and won the game by placing the 12th catapult.

Michael E, Michael F, Jim, Alex, Dave and Tyler played a couple of games of Bang! Outlaws won both games.

Meeting Recap 2/4/17

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Games played

One Night Ultimate Werewolf Daybreak: Jeremy, Karen, Ben, Jim, Dave L and Alex.  Jeremy won.

One Night Ultimate Werewolf Daybreak: Jeremy, Jim,  Karen, Ben, Brandon and Alex.  Jim, Alex and Brandon won.

A Feast For Odin: Brandon, Alex and Dave G.  Brandon won.

Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Karen, Dave L, Ben and Amanda.  Karen won.

Twilight Struggle: Jim and Jeremy.  Jim won.

7 Wonders: Jim, Earie, Dave l, Karen, Amanda, Brandon and Alex.  Brandon won.

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 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

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BEBGC Meeting Recap 04/02/16

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Attendees

Matt Ackerman, Matt Bozzonetti, Dan Carey, Chris Cregan, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Dave Landon, Karen Landon, Dave Olson, Jay Olson, Ben Samuelson, Jeramee Scherer

Games Played

Matt A., Michael, Jim and Dave L. played The Grizzled and won.

Matt B. and Jeramee (rebels) took on Dave O. and Jay (empire) in Star Wars: Rebellion. The game had several ups and downs for both sides. In the end the empire was able to capture Mon Mothma and interrogate her to learn the location of the rebel base (Dantooine), but unfortunately they did not have any units within striking distance to attack and destroy the base before the game ended. Rebels win!!

Matt A., Michael, Dave L. and Ben played Viticulture. Ben was the most successful wine maker, sneaking in a big wine order at the end to with 29 points over Michael’s 23.

Dane, Chris, Jim and Karen played The Castles of Mad King Ludwig. Chris won with 95 points, followed by Jim with 80, Karen with 72 and Dan with 70.

Chris, Dan, Jim and Karen played K2. Chris won (with 20 points) due to both of his climbers reaching the peak and surviving. Jim ended the game with 17 points, Karen had 13, and Dan had 11 points.

Dan (USA) and Jim (USSR) played Twilight Struggle. Dan won in round 10 with an auto-victory.

Chris, Michael and Ben played Leaving Earth. Michael got off to an early start with the first man into space, but then Ben seemed set for a clear win with series of slow space probes out to the Moon, Mars, and Ceres. Chris snuck in and made it to Mars before Ben, stealing those points and allowing Michael to win by getting the first man to the moon.

Matt B., Dave L., Dave O., Jay and Jeramee played Betrayal at House on the Hill. Dave L was the traitor who shrunk everyone to the size of a mouse and then set cats loose in the house to chase everyone down. The other explorers found a toy airplane and tried to fly out the window, but the cats were able to swat the airplane out of the air and eat up the explorers. The traitor won.

Club Business

None

BEBGC Meeting Recap 02/06/16

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Attendees

Sam Chew, Michael Feinberg, Jim Halloran, Scott Harris, David Landon, Karen Landon, Alex Jordan, Ben Samuelson, Jeramee Scherer, Byron Varin, Theresa Varin, Alex Wright, Elaine Wright, Phillip, Nicholaus, and Marney.

Games Played

Jim, Scott, David, Byron and Phillip started with Small World where Jim was victorious.

They then moved on to Bang! where Scott and Phillips shared a law victory.

Michael, Ben, and Alex W taught Alex J Caverna and Alex W finally broke Michael’s winning streak with an animal and ore storage heavy strategy, finishing with a commanding 106 points over Michael’s 89.

Jim, Scott, Phillip, and Marney played four games of Tsuro in various combinations, with Scott winning the first three and Jim coming back to win a final one on challenge against him.

Karen, Theresa, Elaine, and Nicholaus played a close game of Guillotine with Elaine and Theresa tying with 25 points and Karen one behind at 24.

Sam, Jeramee, Theresa, Elaine, and Nicholaus played Puerto Rico which was also extremely close – Jeramee, Elaine, and Theresa all tied with 36 points plus Sam with 35. Jeramee was victorious in the tie breaker of most goods and doubloons.

Jim and Ben faced off in Twilight Struggle, where Ben rewrote history with a Russian cold war victory.

Scott, Jeramee, Theresa, and Phillip played Rampage with yet another close game when Jeramee edged Scott out 51 to 50.

Sam, Michael, Alex J, Karen, and Byron played 7 Wonders with the Leaders expansion. Michael’s heavy investment in science gave him the win with 79 points, with Alex in second with 71.

The group came back together for a round of the Resistance where David, Theresa, and Nick were victorious as the spies over the loyal Michael, Karen, Jeramee, Byron, and Phillip.

Michael, David, Karen, and Jeramee finished up with the Castles of Mad King Ludwig. Michael won with 98 points, with Jeramee in second with 93, while Karen who had been trailing most of the game made an impressive sweep of the end game favors and almost caught up with 91. 

BEBGC Meeting Recap 12/19/15

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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.

BEWC Meeting Recap 3/7/15

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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

BEWC Meeting Recap 2/7/15

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Attendees

Chris Cregan, Anthony Eaton, Michael Feinberg, Frank and Robbie Fulton, Jim Halloran, Scott Harris, Brandan James, Dave Landon, Karen Landon, Dave Olson, Jeramee Scherer, Alex Wright

Games Played

Love Letter played by Dave O, Dave L, Jim, Karen with Jim emerging the victor.

Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Alex 105, Dave L 125, Scott 104, Mike 129

King of New York played by Jerame, Chris, Jim, Dave O. Jim won

Twilight Struggle Roberta & Frank America saved to world from communism

XCOM: The Board Game, Brandan, Jereme, Chris, Dave O and the human team beat the aliens.

Smash up, Anthony, Karen and Jim played, Karen won.

Lords of Waterdeep. Micheal 124, Jeramee 111, Anthony 107, Jim 104

Smash up, Micheal , Jim, Anthony, Jeramee. Anthony won

Game of Thrones with Feast of Crows expansion. Scotts Baratheons won against Brandan, Chris and David L.

Five Tribes Micheal 166, Jim 179, Anthony 161

A 7 player game of 7 Wonders with the new expansion and David L won with 57 points