Editing SeattleCosmicGameNight20040424

= Seattle Cosmic Game Night, Saturday, 24 April 2004 = == Wherein Many Regulars Are Absent, and Nobody's Taking Notes == Seattle Cosmic Game Night met again on 24 April at the house of ["David Adams"] and ["Kathy Kizer"] in Tukwila. Attendees included ["David Adams"], ["Nat Dupree"], ["Steve Dupree"], ["Ryan Eyer"] and ["Emily Miller"], ["Mark Haggerty"] with an Ecuadorian friend, ["Dave Howell"], ["Ava Jarvis"], ["Jay Lorch"], ["Alex Rockwell"], AlphaTim Schutz, and ["Ben Sklar"]. === Bohnaparte === http://rbg.grandfenwick.net/seattlecosmic/pix/20040424/IMG_1211.JPG '''Game:''' ["Bohnaparte"] (["Bohnanza"] Variant) [[BR]] '''Location:''' Dining Room[[BR]] '''Time:''' 6ish[[BR]] '''Winner:''' Steve[[BR]] '''Prize:''' ?[[BR]] Scores | '''PLAYER''' | '''SCORE''' | | Steve D | 10 | | Dave A | 8 | | Kisa G | 3? | | Nat D | 3 | Bohnaparte is a Bohnanza variant wherein the standard bean planting and the coins you earn from it aren't victory points directly; instead they are used to fuel your bitter turf war in the center of the table. One interesting aspect of the expansion is that the "lowest" value beans (Blue Beans - 20s) suddenly become very valuable, because they are your ammunition in the battles. In the end, however, I (and Nat agreed with me) wasn't particularly impressed. It seemed to me that I won partially because I had the last turn. Nat and Kisa were probably out of it, but if there had been one or two less beans on the deck and the game had ended on Kisa's turn, Dave would have won. There is also the standard problem in a territory game, i.e. the rich get richer; there is no counterbalancing method in this game. --["Steve Dupree"] === Starship Catan === http://rbg.grandfenwick.net/seattlecosmic/pix/20040424/IMG_1212.JPG '''Game:''' ["Starship Catan"] [[BR]] '''Players:''' ["Alex Rockwell"], ["Ben Sklar"][[BR]] '''Location:''' Living Room[[BR]] '''Time:''' 6-ish[[BR]] === Runaway Train === http://rbg.grandfenwick.net/seattlecosmic/pix/20040424/IMG_1213.JPG '''Game:''' ["RunAway Train"] [[BR]] '''Players:''' AlphaTim Schutz, ["Mark Haggerty"], Ecuadorian friend, ["Ryan Eyer"] and ["Emily Miller"], [[BR]] '''Location:''' Living Room[[BR]] '''Time:''' 7ish[[BR]] '''Winner:''' AlphaTim Schutz[[BR]] '''Prize:''' Much Joy[[BR]] Scores | '''PLAYER''' | '''SCORE''' | | AlphaTim | 59 | | Emily Miller | 49 | | Ryan Eyer | 45 | | Mark Haggerty | 38 | | Ecuadorian friend | 33 | This is my prototype game RunAway Train. I wanted to give it one more play-test and test out the minor changes I have made before I shipped it down to this year\x92s KublaCon Game Contest. We played the 3 game variant where you play 3 games and then at the end of the third game you add the score from you highest scoring game to your lowest scoring game and leave out the score from your middle scoring game. This is the first time playing that variant and it worked quite well. The neat thing about the three game variant is that you really don\x92t know who the winner will be until the third game is finished or at least close to the end of that game. I was able to win by scoring a real good score in the last game of 49 points. All three games where played in about 30 minutes. Emily and Ryan have played this game two other times before and commented that they like this version the best. So do I. -- AlphaTim Schutz === Puerto Rico === http://rbg.grandfenwick.net/seattlecosmic/pix/20040424/IMG_1214.JPG '''Game:''' ["Puerto Rico"] [[BR]] '''Players:''' ["Alex Rockwell"], ["Ben Sklar"][[BR]] === Tales of the Arabian Nights === http://rbg.grandfenwick.net/seattlecosmic/pix/20040424/IMG_1215.JPG '''Game:''' ["Tales of the Arabian Nights"] [[BR]] '''Players:''' ["Kisa Griffin"], ["Dave Howell"], ["Ava Jarvis"], AlphaTim Schutz [[BR]] '''Location:''' Living Room[[BR]] '''Time:''' 8:50 pm[[BR]] '''Winner:''' AlphaTim Schutz [[BR]] '''Prize:''' More Joy[[BR]] It seems like a good example of a kind of game I'm not really into, where the interesting-ness of the game comes from having lots and lots of rules. We played the "simplified" version, but I was unable to feel out what the consequences of my actions would be, so it was hard to know what to do when. Otheer players had more fun than I, I think. --["Dave Howell"] === Fluxx === http://rbg.grandfenwick.net/seattlecosmic/pix/20040424/IMG_1216.JPG '''Game:''' ["Fluxx"] [[BR]] '''Players:''' ["Ben Sklar"], ["Mark Haggerty"], Mark's friend, ???, ["David Adams"][[BR]] '''Location:''' Dining Room[[BR]] '''Time:''' 8:50 pm[[BR]] === Ticket To Ride === http://rbg.grandfenwick.net/seattlecosmic/pix/20040424/IMG_1217.JPG '''Game:''' ["Ticket to Ride"] [[BR]] '''Players:''' ["Steve Dupree"], ["Alex Rockwell"], ["Emily Miller"], ["Ryan Eyer"][[BR]] '''Location:''' Kitchen[[BR]] '''Time:''' 8:50 pm[[BR]] Once again, getting lots of tickets and making them all was the winning strategy. Also, not having enough trains to connect your cities is bad. --["Steve Dupree"] === Chess === http://rbg.grandfenwick.net/seattlecosmic/pix/20040424/IMG_1218.JPG '''Game:''' ["Chess"] [[BR]] '''Players:''' ["Mark Haggerty"], ["Alex Rockwell"][[BR]] '''Location:''' Living Room[[BR]] '''Time:''' 9:30 pm[[BR]] '''Winner:''' ?[[BR]] '''Prize:''' ?[[BR]] === Lunar Rails === http://rbg.grandfenwick.net/seattlecosmic/pix/20040424/IMG_1219.JPG '''Game:''' ["Lunar Rails"] [[BR]] '''Location:''' Dining Room[[BR]] '''Time:''' 9:30 pm - 12:30 am or so[[BR]] '''Winner:''' Dave Adams[[BR]] Scores | '''PLAYER''' | '''SCORE''' | | ["David Adams"] | 260m | | ["Ben Sklar"] | 243m | | ["Steve Dupree"] | 195m | Dave won. The end of the game was delayed by some catastrophic events. --["Steve Dupree"] === Amun-Re === http://rbg.grandfenwick.net/seattlecosmic/pix/20040424/IMG_1220.JPG '''Game:''' ["Amun-Re"] [[BR]] '''Players:''' ["Jay Lorch"], ["Nat Dupree"], ["Emily Miller"], ["Ryan Eyer"][[BR]] '''Location:''' Kitchen[[BR]] '''Time:''' 9:30 pm[[BR]] === Durnifino === http://rbg.grandfenwick.net/seattlecosmic/pix/20040424/IMG_1221.JPG '''Game:''' ["Durnifino"] [[BR]] '''Players:''' ["Jay Lorch"], ["Nat Dupree"], ["Emily Miller"][[BR]] '''Location:''' Kitchen[[BR]] '''Time:''' 10:45 pm[[BR]] === Evo === http://rbg.grandfenwick.net/seattlecosmic/pix/20040424/IMG_1222.JPG http://rbg.grandfenwick.net/seattlecosmic/pix/20040424/IMG_1223.JPG '''Game:''' ["Evo"] [[BR]] '''Players:''' ["Dave Howell"], {"Eric Yarnell"], and two others[[BR]] '''Location:''' Living Room[[BR]] '''Time:''' midnight[[BR]] Scores | '''PLAYER''' | '''SCORE''' | | Green: Dave | 35 | | Yellow| 43 | | Brown | 43 | | Blue | 48 | A typical game of Evo except that the temperature stayed cool for a freakishly long part of the game. --["Dave Howell"] == Afterword == Remember, Seattle Cosmic Game Night occurs every weekend, in one of a number of Seattle-area locations. [mailto:rwhe@ludism.org Email Ron Hale-Evans] for a full schedule and directions. If you come, please bring a snack or drink to share (cookies, chips, soda, juice, etc.) == Supporting Seattle Cosmic and Games to the Rescue == GamesToTheRescue is a philanthropic project of the [http://www.ludism.org/ Center for Ludic Synergy] and [http://www.ludism.org/scwiki/ Seattle Cosmic Game Night]. The aim of the project is to provide game equipment and a book of game rules to hospitals, for use by patients and visitors. You can support GamesToTheRescue by buying games via [http://kumquat.com/cgi-kumquat/funagain/home?;;CFLS our Funagain affiliate program], buying [http://www.cafeshops.com/seattle_cosmic,sc_2 Seattle Cosmic Gear], and in a number of other ways. See the GamesToTheRescue page for more details. ---- NewslettersFor2004 | CategoryGameNight | FrontPage ---- CategoryGameNight CategoryGameNight

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