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2018.04.12: Now That's a Big Box

4-Players: K, G, W & M
Location: K
Choice: K
Game: El Grande

Game 1:

Player	Points
K	133
G	113
W	106
M	102

Final Tally:

• K was declared this week's winner!

board at game end

Game Notes:

food plan

• 1st play with K's big box
• house rule to add Portugal accepted
• house rule to place an additional cab at start using spinner to choose was not accepted
• K was randomly chosen to start the game. He bid 13 and chose Decay of Authority as his action thus forcing all other players to send all their starting cabs back from their courts to the provinces before they even got a chance to play. A very effective move that slowed down every other player and allowed K to jump to an early lead from which the other players were never able to recover.
• house rule suggested to reshuffle opening actions if Decay appears
• cabin plans were discussed including G volunteering to interface with Laurie (JT had to bow out of cabin due to work requirements), a complete food plan, a rough schedule of games and suggestions/discussion of possible mystery games

Music:

Lonnie Liston Smith: Cosmic Funk (1974)
Rush: Live concert included as part of the Farewell to Kings 40th anniversary deluxe release (Recorded February 1978 in London, England)
Bomb the Bass: Clear (1995)

Rush 1977

2018.04.05 The Real Wildcard

4-Players: K, Z, G & Sc
Location: K
Choice: Sc
Game: Imperial 2030

Game 1:

Player	Points
K	144
Z	132
G	89
Sc	72

Final Tally:

• K was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

• managed to get the same actor to play Sc
• actor playing Sc was the real wildcard of this game

Music:

Rush: Farewell to Kings 40th Anniversary Edition (1977-2017)
Niney the Observer: Sledgehammer Dub in the Streets of Jamaica (2003)
King Tubby: Crucial Dub (1976)

2018.03.29 Imperial Power Grid Rangers

6 Players

Location K

Choice Z

Game: Power Grid plus Stock Companies expansion

Game 1:

Player	Points
M	116
K	114
Z	106
J	102
G	99
W	68

Final Tally:

M was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

First time playing with expansion

Game took longer than expected (ending after midnight)

Music:

Invisibl Skratch Piklz: 13th Floor (2016)

The Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! (1970)

The Meters: Here Comes the Meter Man (2011)

2018.03.22 Mars on the Window

5 Players

Choice G

Location K

Game: Terraforming Mars

Game 1:

Player	Points
Z	63
K	62
W	62
G	59
M	55

Final Tally:

• Z was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

• K wins tiebreaker for 2nd place (most money at game end)

 

Music:

The Byrds: 5th Dimension (1966)
DJ Q Bert: Demolition Pumpkin Squeeze Musik (1994)
Archie Shepp: Attica Blues (1972)
Led Zeppelin: How the West Was Won (Recorded June 1972)
Phish: Destroys America  (Recorded various shows in 1998)
Donald Byrd: And 125th Street, NYC  (1979)