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Seattle Cosmic Game Night

Newsletters / Session Reports for 2002

Our newsletters are posted publicly on the web, most with photos of the games. New ones are usually posted early in the week after each game night. The newsletters include reviews and photos of games we've played, links to buy some of the games, and more.

I apologise for the paucity of session reports in 2002.

Pix? Date Title Games Played
2002-12-28 The Last Game Night of the Last Palindromic Year of Our Natural Lives
  • Where's Bob's Hat?
  • Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation
  • Acquire
  • Facts in Five
  • Raj
  • Take It Easy
  • Alien City (piecepack)
  • Way Out West
  • Schotten-Totten (x2)
  • Pinochle
  • Spades
  • Bucket King
  2002-12-21 no newsletter yet
  • Odin's Ravens
  • Carcassonne: Hunters & Gatherers
  • Harry Potter Trivia Game
  • Ra
  • Heave Ho!
  • more...
  2002-12-14 no newsletter yet
  • Castle
  • Abenteuer Menschheit
  • ad acta
  • Puerto Rico (with new buildings)
  • Expedition
  • Heave Ho!
  • Zoff im Zoo
  • Lord of the Rings: The Search
  2002-12-06 An abbreviated game night newsletter, by Dave Adams
  • Vinci
  • Carcassonne
2002-11-30 The Longest Day
  • Simultaneous Movement contest prototype
  • Wyatt Earp
  • Perudo
  • Klunker
  • Facts in Five
  • Arkansas Bluff
  • Flying Carpet
  • Abenteuer Menschheit
  • Oh Hell
  • Torres
  • Carcassonne
  • Medici
  • Sleuth
  • Can't Stop
  • Zendo
  2002-11-23 Dune? Buggy.
  • Traders of Genoa
  • The Reef
  • Hangman
  • Klunker
  • Dune
  • Ra
  • Medici
  • Urland
  • Blokus
  2002-11-16 GAME NIGHT UNRECORDED n/a
  2002-11-09 no newsletter yet
  • Sid Meier's Civilization
  • Industrial Waste
  • Lord of the Rings (with Sauron)
  • Space Pigs
  • Pretty Pretty Princess (really)
  • TransAmerica
  • Traders of Genoa
  • Puerto Rico
  • Drunter und Drüber (x2)
  • Urland
  • Expedition
  • Modern Art
  • Through the Desert
  2002-11-01 GAME NIGHT UNRECORDED n/a
  2002-10-26 no newsletter yet
  • Auction
  • Wildlife
  • Ultima (x2)
  • Dvonn (x2)
  • Cosmic Encounter
  • Torres
  2002-10-19 GAME NIGHT UNRECORDED n/a
  2002-10-11 GAME NIGHT UNRECORDED n/a
2002-10-05 The World Is Destroyed, Twice
  • Lord of the Rings (with Sauron expansion), x2
  • Apples to Apples
  • Barbarossa
  • Scrabble Rebus
  • Puerto Rico
  • La Citta
  • Filthy Rich
  • Castle Croquetnole (piecepack and custom board)
  • Word Snake (Alpha Playing Cards)
  • Doge
  • Schotten-Totten
  2002-09-23 no newsletter yet
  • Business
  • Maloney's Inheritance
  • Scotland Yard
  • Bazaar
  2002-09-21 no newsletter yet
  • Advanced Civilization
  • Chrononauts
  • Samurai
  • TransAmerica
  • Settlers of Catan: Cities & Knights
  • Cosmic Encounter
  2002-09-14 no newsletter yet
  • Chinese Chess
  • Civilization (demo game)
  • King Arthur's Court (piecepack)
  • Top-secret piecepack contest entry
  • Pizarro & Co.
  • Taboo
  • Puerto Rico
  • Zobmondo
  • Everest (piecepack)
  • 6x6 (Alpha Playing Cards)
  2002-09-07 no newsletter yet
  • Twilight Imperium
  • Bridge
  • Taj Mahal
  • Princes of Florence
  • Expedition
  • Top-secret piecepack contest entry
  • Barbarossa
  • Titan: the Arena
  • Pueblo
  • Blokus
  2002-08-30 no newsletter yet
  • San Marco
  • Puerto Rico
  • (more?)
  2002-08-24 no newsletter yet
  • Can't Stop
  • Take It Easy
  • Snowman Meltdown (piecepack)
  • Ra
  • Cosmic Encounter
  • Top-secret piecepack contest entry
  • Medici
  • Hearts
  • Dungeon Dice
  2002-08-17 no newsletter yet
  • Taj Mahal
  • Bridge
  • Pueblo
  • Take It Easy
  • Meuterer
  • TransAmerica
  • Zendo
  • Expedition
  • Blokus
  • Who Stole Ed's Pants?
  • La Citta
  • 221B Baker Street
  • Bohnanza
  • Die Magier von Pangea
  • Can't Stop the Turtles!
2002-08-10 The Night of Maximum Entropy (and Pinochle)
  • Chrononauts
  • Entropy
  • The Princes of Florence
  • Atlantic Star
  • San Marco
  • Pinochle
  • The Lord of the Rings (Gollum variant)
  • Can't Stop
  • Who Stole Ed's Pants?
  • The Big Idea
2002-08-03 Twilight for the Jol-Nar, Morning for the Hacan
  • Twilight Imperium
  • Krieg und Frieden
  • Zendo (Icehouse)
  • 6 Nimmt!
  • Zoff im Zoo (Frank's Zoo)
  • Barbarossa
  • Entropy (Hyle 7)
  • Blokus
  • Twitch
  2002-07-26 no newsletter yet
  • Verrat!
  • Zendo (Icehouse)
  • Chain Reaction
  • Take It Easy
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Rheinlander
  • Puerto Rico
  2002-07-20 no newsletter yet
  • Talisman
  • Alien City (piecepack/Icehouse)
  • Rheinlander
  • 6 Nimmt!
  • Res Publica
  • Kings & Knights
  • Medici
  • Puerto Rico
  • Camelot (Inside Moves)
  • Mü (proper)
  • Hextres
  • Lord of the Rings (Friends & Foes)
  • Blokus
  2002-07-13 no newsletter yet
  • Dragonland
  • Edison & Co.
  • Pizarro & Co.
  • Pueblo
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Settlers of Catan (Cities & Knights)
  • Ra
  • Agora
  • Puerto Rico
  • Nur Peanuts
  • 6 Nimmt!
  2002-07-05 GAME NIGHT UNRECORDED n/a
  2002-06-29 no newsletter yet
  • Blokus
  • Groo
  • Taj Mahal
  • Ley Lines (piecepack)
  • Girl Genius
  • Wildlife Adventure
  • Zendo (Icehouse)
  2002-06-22 no newsletter yet
  • Web of Power
  • Pueblo
  • Lord of the Rings (Friends & Foes, and Gollum variant)
  • Merchants of Amsterdam
  • Cosmic Encounter
  • Puerto Rico
  • Through the Desert
  • Zoff im Zoo (Frank's Zoo)
  2002-06-14 no newsletter yet
  • Goldland
  • Monsters Ravage America
  • Gold Connection
  • Epaminondas
  • Evo
  • Igel Ärgern
  • Citadels
  • Lines of Action
  • Burn Rate
  2002-06-08 no newsletter yet
  • Cosmic Encounter
  • Carcassonne (expanded)
  2002-06-01 no newsletter yet
  • Samurai
  • Elfenland/Elfengold
  • The Traders of Genoa
  • Web of Power
  • Through the Desert
  • Burn Rate
  • Settlers of Catan (Cities & Knights)
  • Once Upon a Time
  • Vegas (Cheapass Games)
  • Pantheon
  • Dungeon Quest
  • Groo
  2002-05-24 no newsletter yet
  • Cosmic Wimpout
  • Button Men
  • Flip
  • King of the Elves
  • Quintillions
  • Cosmic Encounter
  • Tribunal (New Games in Old Rome)
  • Princes of Florence
  • Mao
2002-05-18 Spy Night (That Marked Timless Quality)
  • Heimlich & Co.
  • Conspiracy
  • Spy Alley
  • Inkognito
  • I Am Not A Number (Icehouse)
  • Tantrix
  • Puerto Rico
  • Zendo (Icehouse)
  • Quarto
  • Focus
  • Castle
  2002-05-11 no newsletter yet
  • Puerto Rico
  • Through the Desert
  • Girl Genius
  • Acquire
  • Cosmic Encounter
  • Zendo (Icehouse)
  • WizWar
  • Citadels
  • Pictionary
  • Zoff im Zoo
  • Werewolf
  2002-05-03 no newsletter yet
  • RAMbots (Icehouse)
  • GRYB
  • Formula Dé
  • Die Händler
  • Munchkin (with Unnatural Axe)
  • Web of Power
  2002-04-27 no newsletter yet
  • Entrepreneur
  • Cosmic Encounter
  • Torres
  • Paranoia Quadrants (Flying Colors)
  • Saboteur Black Hole Challenge (Flying Colors)
  2002-04-20 GAME NIGHT UNRECORDED n/a
  2002-04-12 no newsletter yet
  • Senator (New Games in Old Rome)
  • Icehouse
  • Cosmic Encounter
  • KidSprout Jumboree (piecepack)
  • Princes of Florence
  • Samurai
  2002-04-06 no newsletter yet
  • Barbarossa
  • Java
  • Aquarius (many variants)
  • Merchants of Amsterdam
  • La Citta
  • Expedition
  • "Hearts" (Truth or Dare, no kidding)
  • KidSprout Jumboree (piecepack)
  • Spades
2002-03-30 Cake, Candles, and Cosmic
  • Medieval Merchant
  • Dragon's Gold
  • Scrutineyes
  • Zendo (Icehouse)
  • Cosmic Encounter
  • Medici
  • Pictionary
  • Samurai
  • Zoff im Zoo (Frank's Zoo)
  • Sorceror's Chamber (piecepack)
  • Expedition
  • Hearts
  2002-03-22 no newsletter yet
  • Traders of Genoa
  • Attila
  2002-03-16 no newsletter yet
  • Cosmic Encounter
  • Chinatown
  • Lord of the Rings: Friends & Foes
  • Werewolf
  • Igel Ärgern
  • Zendo
  • KidSprout Jumboree (piecepack)
  • Zoff im Zoo (Frank's Zoo)
  2002-03-09 no newsletter yet
  • Titan: the Arena
  • Mexica
  • Tigris & Euphrates
  • Bin'Fa
  • WordSnake (Alpha Playing Cards)
  • eBay Talking Auction Game
  • Hydra for Two (Orion)
  • Dia de los Muertos
  • Can't Stop
  • Witch's Brew
  • Death March
  2002-03-01 no newsletter yet
  • Guillotine
  • Cosmic Encounter
  • Minos
  • Die Händler
  • Witch Trial
  2002-02-23 no newsletter yet
  • Die Händler
  • Beat the Buzzard
  • Rasonto (Das Spiel)
  • Dragon's Gold
  • Cartagena
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Coup d'Etat
  • Starfarers of Catan
  • Trax
  • Royal Turf
  • Nicht die Bohne
  2002-02-16 no newsletter yet
  • Cosmic Encounter
  • Titan: the Arena
  • Taboo
  • Web of Power
  • Monopoly, Disney Edition (no kidding)
  • Carcassonne
  • Settlers of Catan Card Game
  • Bohnanza
  • Werewolf
  • Expedition
  2002-02-08 no newsletter yet
  • Die Magier von Pangea
  • Löwenherz
  • Zoff im Zoo (Frank's Zoo)
  • Lord of the Rings (with Friends & Foes)
  • El Grande
  2002-02-02 Cheezy Cosmic Night 2001 in 2002! (no newsletter yet)
  • Cosmic Encounter: Mystery Cosmic
  • Cosmic Encounter: Bad Cheese Cosmic
  • Zoff im Zoo (Frank's Zoo)
  • Trax
  • Zoon
  • Facts in Five
  • Taj Mahal
  • Cosmic Encounter Standings for 2001 announced
  2002-01-26 Game night officially cancelled due to snow; unofficially, some people whooped it up.  
  2002-01-18 no newsletter yet
  • Vinci
  • Trax
  • Chrononauts
  • Royal Turf
  • Zendo
  • Expedition
  2002-01-12 no newsletter yet
  • Cosmic Encounter
  • Tigris & Euphrates
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Ra
  • Tutanchamun
  2002-01-05 no newsletter yet
  • Through the Desert
  • Capitol
  • Expedition
  • 6 Billion
  • Bohnanza
  • Citadels (Ohne Furcht und Adel)
  • Modern Art

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