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Saturday
Last Saturday, fifteen brave souls ventured out into the impending threat of the snowstorm to join us at our house for some gaming. In addition to the Jones family, no less brave for not having to venture into the storm, were Dan Korn and Rachel Silber, Dave and Noreen Fair, Bill, Stephanie, Jason and Alex Ruvinsky, and Scott Percival. The remainder (children) of the Korn, Fair and Ruvinsky families also attended, mostly occupying themselves by playing X-Box and running about with lightsabers.
We started a bit after 1PM and ended around 5AM. Carol made excellent tacos for dinner and won three games out of the seven she played, including both games of Railroad Tycoon! The Fairs managed to escape at 5:30AM even though nearly 10 inches of snow had fallen while Alex and Jason couldn’t get their car out of the parking spot and so had to crash on our couches until later on Sunday.
Thanks to everyone for coming. It was a good time.
Bob
The tote board is below (winner listed in bold):
| The Bottle Imp | Bob, Carol, Dave | Bob: Played only one round out of three before others arrived. Great trick-taking game with a lot of strategy. Especially good for three. |
| Poison | Rachel S, Noreen, Dan, Carol, Bob, Dave | |
| Railroad Tycoon | Carol 52, Bob 50, Dave 42, Noreen 37, Dan 33, Rachel S 32 | |
| Acquire | Carol $33,600, Bob $30,200, Dan $22,900, Noreen $22,300, Dave $17,500, Rachel S $14,100 | Bob: We haven’t played Acquire in a long time (9/18/04). Very few mergers meant that most players were cash poor for most of the game. |
| Die Sieben Siegel | Alex, Jason, Scott | |
| 6 Nimmt | Alex 17, Bill 31, Scott 37, Stephanie 39, Dave 58, Noreen 67 | |
| San Juan | Bob 28, Alex 24, Dave 22 | Bob: The card game of Puerto Rico features a lot of choices and plays very quickly. One of my favorite card games. Alex put more cards in the Chapel than I’ve ever seen in one game. |
| Through the Desert | Dave 79, Scott 77, Alex 75, Noreen 48 | |
| Attila | Dan 97, Carol 95, Jason 91, Bob 86 | |
| Streetcar | Jason, Bill, Stephanie, Carol, Noreen | Bob: Clearly a game in which you must pay attention to detail. A couple of sloppy mistakes (by her and others) caused some difficulties for Carol. |
| The Bottle Imp | Alex 148, Dave 90, Bob 63 | |
| Railroad Tycoon | Carol 64, Jason 51, Dave 47, Alex 45, Bob 44, Noreen 43 |
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