2015-12-17 Guildhall Level Three

4 Players: J, G, K & W
Game: Guildhall
Location: W
Choice: J


Game One:

Me, taking minutes

Player	Points
G	21
W	9
J	6
K	6

Game Two:

Player	Points
W	20
G	19
J	18
K	17

Game Notes:

• J had a great opening move:
• 1st player.
• Started with an assassin in his guildhall
• Played Weaver as 1st action: placed second assassin in guildhall
• Played Assassin as 2nd action: attacked K (2nd player) and removed two out of three starting cards from K's guildhall effectively hamstringing K before he even got a chance to play
• Discussion of xmas gaming. Some options identified:
• Option 1:
• 8-player Caverna (5 hours)
• 8-player 7 Wonders + Cities (1.5 hours)
• side by side 4-player Dominion (1 hour)
• Option 2:
• side by side 4-player Dominion (1 hour)
• side by side 4-player Stone Age (1.5 hours)
• final: El Grande or Agricola (4 hours)
• Option 3:
• Dominion tournament
• Option 4:
• Great Canadian-style tournament with drawn games side by side

Music Notes:

Moby: Play (1999)

[Notes from AllMusic commenter Rick Star] Though nominally an 'electronica' album, the songs also feature not just the soulful singing samples, but plenty of piano and guitars, even acoustic. The liberal use of these instruments complete the organic sound of the album, and often add a dramatic flourish you might expect in a film soundtrack. More importantly, it means the songs on Play are continually clothing the electronica that serves as the bones with emotion-stirring, organic sounds.

Black Sabbath: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973)

[Notes from AllMusic] With 1973's Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, heavy metal godfathers Black Sabbath made a concerted effort to prove their remaining critics wrong by raising their creative stakes and dispensing unprecedented attention to the album's production standards, arrangements, and even the cover artwork. As a result, bold new efforts like the timeless title track, "A National Acrobat," and "Killing Yourself to Live" positively glistened with a newfound level of finesse and maturity, while remaining largely faithful, aesthetically speaking, to the band's signature compositional style. In fact, their sheer songwriting excellence may even have helped to ease the transition for suspicious older fans left yearning for the rough-hewn, brute strength that had made recent triumphs like Master of Reality and Vol. 4 (really, all their previous albums) such undeniable forces of nature. But thanks to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath's nearly flawless execution, even a more adventurous experiment like the string-laden "Spiral Architect," with its tasteful background orchestration, managed to sound surprisingly natural, and in the dreamy instrumental "Fluff," Tony Iommi scored his first truly memorable solo piece. If anything, only the group's at times heavy-handed adoption of synthesizers met with inconsistent consequences, with erstwhile Yes keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman bringing only good things to the memorable "Sabbra Cadabra" (who know he was such a great boogie-woogie pianist?), while the robotically dull "Who Are You" definitely suffered from synthesizer novelty overkill. All things considered, though, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath was arguably Black Sabbath's fifth masterpiece in four years, and remains an essential item in any heavy metal collection.

Goldfrapp: Supernature (2005)

[Notes from wikipedia] Goldfrapp's third album, was released in August 2005. The album comprises pop and electronic dance music prominently featured on Black Cherry, but focuses more on subtle hooks instead of the large choruses that made up its predecessor.The band never intended to create dance music, however, previous releases were popular across nightclubs in North America and as a result, they decided to write a more dance-oriented album. Supernature débuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart and was certified platinum in the UK. As of February 2008, it has sold one million copies worldwide. The album received a Grammy Award nomination in 2007 for Best Electronic/Dance Album and "Ooh La La" was nominated for Best Dance Recording. The song was used for an iPhone 5 commercial in 2013.
"Ooh La La", the album's lead single, became Goldfrapp's first UK top five single. The song was chosen as the lead single "because it was up and in your face and carried on the theme of the glammy, discoey beat from the last album". "Ooh La La" became the first song performed by the band to feature the electric guitar and was cited as a highlight of the album by Allmusic. "Number 1" was released as the album's second single. Constructed around a synthesiser and bass arrangement, it was written about the importance of relationships. The album's third single "Ride a White Horse" was inspired by the disco era and reached number 15 in the UK. "Fly Me Away" was released as the album's fourth single, but did not perform as well as its predecessors.