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= Seattle Cosmic Game Night, Saturday, 17 April 2004 = == Trading and Traveling at Ben's == Present were ["Ben Sklar"] (host); ["Ryan Eyer"] and ["Emily Miller"]; ["Nathan Feuerborn"]; ["Timothy Higgins"]; ["John Reiher"]; Dave Wadkins and Jenny Wadkins; ["Jason Kirschten"]; ["Jay Lorch"] and ["Michelle Teague"]; ["Steve Dupree"] and ["Nat Dupree"]; ["David Adams"] and kids; ["Marty Hale-Evans"] and ["Ron Hale-Evans"], for a total of 16 people, not including kids. --["Ron Hale-Evans"] === Starship Catan === '''Game:''' ["Starship Catan"] [[BR]] '''Location:''' ?[[BR]] '''Time:''' 17:00-18:15[[BR]] '''Winner:''' ["Ben Sklar"][[BR]] '''Prize:''' ?[[BR]] Scores | '''PLAYER''' | '''SCORE''' | | Ben Sklar | 10 | | John Reiher | 6 | What happened during this game? Comments from the players? --["Ron Hale-Evans"] === Ticket to Ride === '''Game:''' ["Ticket to Ride"] [[BR]] '''Location:''' dining room[[BR]] '''Time:''' 17:15-18:20[[BR]] '''Winner:''' Emily[[BR]] '''Prize:''' ?[[BR]] Scores | '''PLAYER''' | '''SCORE''' | | Emily | 125 | | Ryan | 113 | | Jay Lorch | 103 | | Steve Dupree | 88 | What happened during this game? Comments from the players? --["Ron Hale-Evans"] I zig-zagged around the east coast, and ended up being one train short for connecting to Portland. Even if I had made it, Emily got 6 Tickets and made them all, crushing the rest of us. --["Steve Dupree"] === Puerto Rico === '''Game:''' ["Puerto Rico"] [[BR]] '''Players:''' ["Nat Dupree"], ["Jay Lorch"], Dave, Jenny[[BR]] '''Location:''' living room[[BR]] '''Time:''' 18:15-19:20[[BR]] '''Winner:''' ["Nat Dupree"][[BR]] '''Prize:''' ?[[BR]] What happened during this game? Comments from the players? --["Ron Hale-Evans"] === Industrial Waste === '''Game:''' ["Industrial Waste"] [[BR]] '''Location:''' ?[[BR]] '''Time:''' 18:30-19:15[[BR]] '''Winner:''' ["Jason Kirschten"][[BR]] '''Prize:''' ?[[BR]] Scores | '''PLAYER''' | '''SCORE''' | | Jason Kirschten | 42 + more cash | | Ben Sklar | 42 | | John Reiher | 40 | | Jay Lorch | 35 | What happened during this game? Comments from the players? --["Ron Hale-Evans"] === Oasis === '''Game:''' ["Oasis"] [[BR]] '''Location:''' dining room[[BR]] '''Time:''' 18:30-19:20[[BR]] '''Winner:''' ["Steve Dupree"][[BR]] '''Prize:''' ?[[BR]] Scores | '''PLAYER''' | '''SCORE''' | | Steve Dupree | 117 | | Emily | 78 | | Ryan | 71 | | Tim Higgins | 62 | | Nathan Feuerborn | 52 | I won, but I'm still not sure I like this game too much. Part of the reason I won was that once or twice, even though I was the 5th to choose I got to pick up a camel multiplier. There's too much randomness in this game for me, in the way things play out during choosing and also in the fact that some cards can be vastly better than other cards - even if you turn over 3 cards trying to get the #1 player's attention, you could end up throwing away a bunch of cards for nothing if you don't get lucky. In the other games I played where I lost, I kept getting stuck yo-yoing between 4th and 5th place, which is quite frustrating. --["Steve Dupree"] I had a secret agenda this game and that what to get into last place. The other players my not have realized that this game what such a sucess for me in that sense...ok i am full of it and i really have much to learn on this game. I think i need to be more agressive getting the first place more often and snagging the "extra cards card" when i can to remain strong. --["Nathan Feuerborn"] === Amun Re === '''Game:''' ["Amun Re"][[BR]] '''Location:''' living room[[BR]] '''Time:''' 19:20ish-???[[BR]] '''Winner:''' ["Nat Dupree"][[BR]] '''Prize:''' ?[[BR]] Scores | '''PLAYER''' | '''SCORE''' | | Nat Dupree | 41 | | Dave | 36 | | Jenny | 34 | | Steve Dupree | 31 | | Michelle Teague | 28 | What happened during this game? Comments from the players? --["Ron Hale-Evans"] === Sarcophagus (piecepack) === '''Game:''' ["Sarcophagus"] (["piecepack"])[[BR]] '''Location:''' hallway[[BR]] '''Time:''' 19:20-20:35[[BR]] '''Winner:''' ["Ron Hale-Evans"][[BR]] '''Prize:''' ["Brawl"] deck[[BR]] Scores | '''PLAYER''' | '''SCORE''' | | Ron Hale-Evans | 26 | | Nathan Feuerborn | 24 | What happened during this game? Comments from the players? --["Ron Hale-Evans"] === La Citta === '''Game:''' ["La Citta"] [[BR]] '''Location:''' dining room[[BR]] '''Time:''' 19:30ish-21:00ish[[BR]] '''Winner:''' ["Marty Hale-Evans"][[BR]] '''Prize:''' ?[[BR]] Scores | '''PLAYER''' | '''SCORE''' | | Marty Hale-Evans | 33 | | Tim Higgins | ??? | | Dave Adams | ??? | I haven't played La Citta with three players in quite a long time, so I didn't remember whether it was as good as with four players, but I was pleasantly surprised. It plays pretty well, especially if everyone has some idea what they're doing. In any case, I managed to avoid the drastic mistake I made a few weeks ago that caused my game to collapse midway through, resulting in the lowest score recorded by this club, -2. I feel this win restores my La Citta ascendancy, or at least respectability, although Dave and Tim seem to keep finding ways to undermine my victory and Mer insists that she would have beaten me if only she'd been there. To which I can only reply: shoulda coulda woulda, and the numbers speak for themselves, so nyeh. :-> --["Marty Hale-Evans"] === Puerto Rico === '''Game:''' ["Puerto Rico"] [[BR]] '''Location:''' ?[[BR]] '''Time:''' 19:30-20:15[[BR]] '''Winner:''' ["John Reiher"][[BR]] '''Prize:''' little monster guy[[BR]] Scores | '''PLAYER''' | '''SCORE''' | | John Reiher | 46 | | Jay Lorch | 45 | | Ben Sklar | 42 | What happened during this game? Comments from the players? --["Ron Hale-Evans"] === IceTraders (Icehouse) === '''Game:''' IceTraders (["Icehouse"]) [[BR]] '''Location:''' dining room[[BR]] '''Time:''' 21:00-21:30[[BR]] '''Winner:''' Emily[[BR]] '''Prize:''' declined[[BR]] Scores | '''PLAYER''' | '''ALIGNMENT''' | | '''Emily''' | '''Evil''' | | Ryan | Evil | | ''Jason Kirschten'' | ''Good'' | | ''Ron Hale-Evans'' | ''Good'' | What happened during this game? Comments from the players? --["Ron Hale-Evans"] === Acquire === '''Game:''' ["Acquire"] [[BR]] '''Location:''' dining room[[BR]] '''Time:''' 21:00-22:15[[BR]] '''Winner:''' ["David Adams"][[BR]] '''Prize:''' ?[[BR]] Scores | '''PLAYER''' | '''SCORE''' | | Dave Adams | $34,800 | | Nathan Feuerborn | $34,300 | | Jay Lorch | $31,100 | | Tim Higgins | $31,000 | | Marty Hale-Evans | $26,500 | This game was my first of Acquire and I really need to play some more! I want to thank all those who played with me and help me to learn it and being cool about my newbie questions and mistakes. --["Nathan Feuerborn"] Always a pleasure to teach a classic, Nathan! The newbie questions and mistakes are much easier to be cool about than being so roundly trounced. :-P Then again, this has never been one of my best games, and I guess it's a testimony to either the greatness of the game or the greatness of my suckerdom that I keep playing it. In any case, I'm glad you had a good time, and I'd be happy to let you beat me again sometime. --["Marty Hale-Evans"] === Expedition === '''Game:''' ["Expedition"] [[BR]] '''Players:''' ["Ben Sklar"], ["John Reiher"], ["Steve Dupree"], Natalie (Dave Adams's kid)[[BR]] '''Location:''' dining room[[BR]] '''Time:''' 22:05-23:20[[BR]] '''Winner:''' Steve Dupree[[BR]] '''Prize:''' ?[[BR]] Scores | '''PLAYER''' | '''SCORE''' | | Steve Dupree | 19 | | Ben Sklar | 15 | | Natalie | 7 | | John Reiher | -1 | What happened during this game? Comments from the players? --["Ron Hale-Evans"] Ben pulled a sneaky move where he pointed an expedition in such a way that it had no choice but to move through one of his spots. (I tried to do the same thing the next day in a 3-player game, moving not just one but two of the three expeditions to a similar setup, but the other players absolutely refused to finish it for me). Coupons flew about like crazed card-sized molecules under heat. At one point, I had 6 coupons and everyone else had zero. The flexibility this gave me, coupled with the extra experience I had at the game, was enough to win. --["Steve Dupree"] === Ticket to Ride === '''Game:''' ["Ticket to Ride"] [[BR]] '''Location:''' dining room[[BR]] '''Time:''' 22:20-00:10[[BR]] '''Winner:''' ["Nathan Feuerborn"][[BR]] '''Prize:''' ?[[BR]] Scores | '''PLAYER''' | '''SCORE''' | | Nathan Feuerborn | 140 | | Ron Hale-Evans | 122 | | Marty Hale-Evans | 118 | | Dave Adams | 86 | | Tim Higgins | 72 | My first game of TtR and i was graced by having 8 tickets which I managed to connect. I think that I will try to get many tickets next time too! Thanks for the game all --["Nathan Feuerborn"] Still trying to decide whether I like this game or not. I think I do, and I'd be willing to give it another try. It did seem a little slow to me, but that may have been the lateness of the hour or the fact that Ron's attention kept drifting and halting play. ;-> Also, I have to figure out the whole thing of balancing getting more tickets to score with and possibly drawing horrible and impossible tickets late in the game that torpedo the score you've worked on. --["Marty Hale-Evans"] I increasingly believe that the key strategy of this game is drawing good tickets. In all the games I've played, the player who draws 5 or 6 tickets that work together and connects all of them is the player that wins. There's still plenty other stuff to the game, for instance claiming key segments before someone else does etc. But they don't call it "Ticket to Ride" for nothing. Perhaps, as our play matures for this game for us as a group, blocking moves will become more prevalent? --["Steve Dupree"] === Queen's Necklace === '''Game:''' Queen's Necklace [[BR]] '''Players:''' ["Nat Dupree"], Ryan, Emily[[BR]] '''Location:''' living room[[BR]] '''Time:''' 10:30-11:30[[BR]] '''Winner:''' Emily[[BR]] '''Prize:''' ?[[BR]] Scores | '''PLAYER''' | '''SCORE''' | | Emily | 160 | | Nat | 140 | | Ryan | 30 | What happened during this game? Comments from the players? --["Ron Hale-Evans"] === Medici === '''Game:''' Medici [[BR]] '''Players:''' ["Ben Sklar"], ["Steve Dupree"], ["Nat Dupree"], ["John Reiher"], Ryan, Emily[[BR]] '''Location:''' living room[[BR]] '''Time:''' 11:30-12:30[[BR]] '''Winner:''' Steve D[[BR]] '''Prize:''' ?[[BR]] Scores | '''PLAYER''' | '''SCORE''' | | Steve | 129 | | Nat | 96 | | Ryan | 93 | | Emily | unkown (4th or 5th) | | Ben | unkown (4th or 5th) | | John R | 72 | What happened during this game? Comments from the players? --["Ron Hale-Evans"] The bidding was pretty crazy in this game. During the last round I got the gold and a 5 card for 1 point (because I was turning and I was the only one with 2 open spots left), although even if I hadn't gotten so outrageously lucky on that particular lot I was far enough ahead to win. --["Steve Dupree"] == Afterword == Remember, Seattle Cosmic Game Night occurs every weekend, in one of a number of Seattle-area locations. Come play for fun and FABULOUS PRIZES from the PrizeBag! [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
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