2015-09-03 Village idiots down at the Port

To sea Cap'n!

unmarked graves

4 Players: W, K, G, J

Game: Village: Port Expansion

Location: W

Choice: W

Game One:

W (66 pts), G (62 pts), J (54 pts) & K (40 pts)

 

Final Tally:

• W was declared the winner

the great book at game end
W Yellow
G White
J Red
K Blue

Notes:

• Actually two expansions as we played with the Silver and Gold Goal cards as well as the port
• All players enjoyed both expansions
• "Pink over brown" was overheard at the table
• Final Mass awarded W and extra two points. We weren't sure if we played this correctly as the rules, we felt were vague about whether at game end you have a "final mass" or not.
• Another rule that we were unsure about was if you had to stop whenever your boat passed a landing spot (no hourglass symbol) or if you could continue on your journey
• K described the concepts and game play of his in-development game, promising a prototype soon to game test

Music:

Morcheeba: Big Calm (1998)

[Notes from AllMusic.com] Realizing that trip-hop was a dead end, at least as far as hipness goes, Morcheeba expanded their sonic palette on their second album, Big Calm. Trip-hop and dance rhythms remain, but the trio has spent more time writing songs, crafting an album where pop, lounge, film soundtracks, reggae, jazz, and electronica all peacefully coexist. Consequently, Big Calm is a stylistic tour de force, evidence that Morcheeba have turned into a mature, sophisticated group with impeccable taste. Occasionally, the album can sound a little distant, as if the fusions and productions were more important than the actual songs, but the trio is so musically adept, and Skye Edwards' voice is so enchanting, that Big Calm become irresistible in its own way.

Broken Bells: ?

Grateful Dead: Dave's Picks, Vol. 13: Winterland, San Francisco, CA 2/24/74
 

[Notes from AllMusic.com]The full three-set performance from the band's February 24, 1974 date, the third of three nights at San Francisco's Winterland Arena. This date finds the band in fantastic form, using a sound system that predated their famous "wall of sound" amplifier system by just a month, and spinning their cosmic wheels through a spirited first set of rockers like "U.S. Blues," "Candyman," and "China Cat Sunflower" before relaxing into more wide-reaching territory in the second and third sets on extensive jams like "Weather Report Suite" and an incredible half-hour "Dark Star" that melts gently into "Morning Dew." The sound is exceptional on this particular set, and the vibe is more energetic and bright than usual, resulting in one of the more lively Dave's Picks to focus on the early-'70s era Dead.