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Saturday
Last Saturday we held our annual Christmas Game-a-thon at Bob’s Mom’s house in Elkhart, Indiana. Big thanks to Beth for hosting us. Also thanks to Paul Czarnota for bringing pizza from Ann Arbor and Blue Moon ice cream. Attendance was higher than usual which made for a large group. Attending were: Bob Jones, Carol Jones, Rachel Jones, Beth Jones (Bob’s mom), Trenton Jones (Bob’s nephew), Jeff Spencer, Zoe Spencer, Marc Ammerlaan, Paul Czarnota, Andy/Drew Kidder. Paul Seegers and his girlfriend, Camla, stopped by as well as Mike and Jane Murphy and their triplets (!), Robert, Christopher and Elizabeth. At the last minute, Erik Light became unable to attend. We started at approximately 1:00PM on Saturday and the last game ended at about 7:30AM on Sunday. Whew! Most of the time there were two games playing simultaneously.
Below is the list of games we played as well as who won and a few comments.
A great time was had. Thanks to everyone who attended. We hope to see you at Babycon X in May.
Bob
PS - Over the day, Weebl and Bob were discussed often. Check them out here. There are 26 episodes for your enjoyment.
PPS - My goal for January is to get out the Babycon 9 report. Watch for it!
| Tote Board | ||
| Harry Potter Gnome Toss | Rachel | Cute little real time game, somewhat like Brawl but more chaotic. |
| Dragonland | Andy/Drew | |
| Web of Power | Bob | Very close game. |
| Drakon | Rachel | Light, tile-laying game with adventurers moving through a dungeon. As Jeff described it, “Like Dungeonquest, only fun!” |
| Harry Potter Gnome Toss | Zoe | |
| Harry Potter Gnome Toss | Carol | |
| San Marco | Marc | Good game and lots of fun but pretty much a blowout for Marc. |
| Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation | Trenton | |
| Pizarro & Co. | Jeff | First time for this bidding game. Plays quick and fun. Have to play a few times to really get the strategy. |
| Acquire | Zoe | Zoe scored over $60,000 in a high scoring game. |
| Royal Turf | Paul | Light, fun horse race game. After three races, Paul won with $2350 to Bob’s $2300! Marc was way ahead going into the last race but a concerted effort to slow down his horses cost him the win. With the blind betting option which we’ll play next time, ganging up on the leader will be less of an issue. |
| Kingdoms | Carol | |
| Carcassonne: Hunters & Gatherers | Marc | Notice that Marc tends to win games with the letter sequence “arc” in the title? Hmm. |
| Dia de los Muertos | Beth and Bob (team play) | |
| Puerto Rico | Jeff | |
| Epic Duels | Marc (the Emperor), Jeff (Darth Maul), and Paul (Darth Vader) beat Bob (Mace Windu), Rachel (Anakin), and Zoe (Yoda). | Great game! But Darth Maul slaughtered Mace Windu very quickly. BMF indeed! |
| Pisa | Marc | Note: Never, never, start a complicated trick-taking game at 6:30 AM. |
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