TTR on a Sunday

Turns out I didn't have to work to day afterall, so I stopped by to game with the Donato's Sunday group.

I introduced Steve and Mark to Ticket to Ride, and Steve pulled off a suprise big win.

Game Report - Friday April 25 - Kystal Keep

I didn't catch all the names of everyone who played each game... feel free to fill in the gaps

Last Night on Earth: Garry & Jeff were the Zombie winners! (Everyone should have know Jeff was one of the zombies... his face is on the box!) Who else played? Dan, Sherm, Alf...?



Two games of Rails of Europe, the expansion for Railroad Tycoon:
Dave*, Jamie*, Sean, Russ, Charlie





Hansa: Sherm*, Joel, Garry, Alf (are we sure that Sherm isn't also a zombie?)



To Court the King: Sean*, Russ, Charlie, Dave, Jamie

HunterCon

I was able to spend most of the weekend at HunterCon. As always, I played some new games and some old favorites.

Friday:

Trias
Herds of dinosaurs outrunning Pangea...
Jim*, Tom, Hunter, Jamie

Keythedral
Hunter*, Jamie, Tom

Railroad Tycoon
Jeff*, Greg, Neil, Hunter, Jamie

Saturday:

To Court the King
Chris*, Jamie, Greg, Bruce Kevin

Struggle of Empires (abbreviated)
Dont' fall behind or you are out of it early
Hunter*, Bruce, Neil, Chris, Greg, Jamie, Jeff

Rails of Europe
Improvement on an already excellent game (Railroad Tycoon)
Jamie*, Greg, Bruce, Chris, Kevin

Carcassonne
Matt*, Bruce, Jamie, Marcus

Guillotine
Jamie*, Marcus, Matt

Sunday:

10 Days in Asia
Has no one ever played Racko as a kid?
Bruce*, Jeff, Jamie, Hunter

History of the World (incomplete)
Bruce (in a commanding lead going into the last epoch), Greg, Hunter,
Jeff, John, Jamie

Metro
Greg*, Jamie, Hunter, Lori, John

Bohnanza
Forrest*, Lori, Derek, Jamie, Greg, Hunter

Seafarers of Catan: New Shores with The Fishermen of Catan
Excellent combination. I will make sure we include Fishermen in my next game of Catan.
Jamie*, Hunter, Lori, Greg

Game Night - SiS - Thursday, April 17

Thin turnout tonight...



Yspahan: Jeff*, Dan, Jamie



1960: The Making of the President: Jamie*, Jeff

This is the third time Jeff and I have played this game, and I finally won. I was Nixon, and I defeated his Kennedy in an extremely close race, 271-268 electoral votes, because I was able to steal Texas from him at the last minute. So, much for Johnson!

Friday, April 11 @ Krystal Keep

Big turnout again tonight, and some new players! I came in late, so I'm not sure of all the games that were played, or if I have the names right. Please correct or fill in the gaps.



The only game I played tonight was Power Grid. I came in a close second, but Kim came out the winner. Congratulations, Kimberly, and good luck on your move to California. I hope you are able to find some other gamers!

On the plus side, Kim.... I won't bug you to pose for anymore photos.... :-)



Carrie won Carcassone



Russ won Downfall of Pompeii, but I think he looks more like Uncle Martin from "My Favorite Martian"... (you youngsters can Google that one...)



Amanda won Treehouse.... AGAIN!



Four winners in "Last Night on Earth"... does that mean you were...or weren't the Zombies?



Mark won To Court the King



Jeff won at Antike



Mike was the winner in Apples to Apples

Father & Son Night at SiS

Father & Son wins at Sew-In-Style tonight, along with an out-of-town visitor.

Eric, the editor of Boardgamenews.com was in town for a conference and joined us. Eric has posted his own, more detailed game report.

There were two aborted attempts at games... First we started History of the World, but then after a 7th person arrived, we switched to Win, Place & Show. However, after two races, we discovered we had failed to follow several rules correctly... so we just dropped that too. Finally, we got a couple games in:


Power Grid (Benelux ed.): Steve*, Russ, Jeff, Eric, Garry, Jamie


Gisborne: Russ*, Steve, Eric, Jeff, Jamie

Nixon beats Kennedy

Tried "1960: the Making of the President" again with Jeff. This time I was Kennedy and I lost in a landslide, by nearly 100 electoral votes.