2016.06.30 Scoreless

3-Players: Se, G & Z
Game: Terra Mystica: Fire & Ice Expansion
Location: G
Choice:  Consensus


Game One:


Player	Points	Starting Race
Z		Swarmlings
G		Dragonlords
Se		Nomads




The New Races

Final Tally:

• Z was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

• First play through of Fire & Ice expansion.
• First appearance of Se @ game night.

Music Notes:

The Faces: A Nod is as Good as a Wink to a Blind Horse (1971)

 

2016.06.23 Settling Some Unfinished Business

3-Players: W, G & J
Game: Settlers of Catan: Traders & Barbarians
Location: W (upstairs)
Choice:  Consensus


Game One:


Player	Points
G	14
J	9
W	8

Final Tally:

• G was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

• There was no lake in the 3-4 player version of this game. This lack of lake was felt.

Music Notes:

CBC Radio: Tonic (June 23, 2016)

Chris Joss: Sticks (2009)
 

2016.06.16 There Can Be Only One (Loser)

6-Players: W, G, Si, J, M & Z
Game: Settlers of Catan: Traders & Barbarians
Location: Si
Choice:  G


Game One:


Player	Points
Z	7
Si	7
G	7
J	7
M	7
W	5

Final Tally:

• W was declared this week's non-winner!

Game Notes:

• Game called on time

Music Notes:

John Coltrane: Transcendence (1961)
The classic quartet, live in Europe.

Betty Davis: Betty Davis (1973)
Briefly married to Miles Davis in the late sixties. Miles apparently said that she was "too wild." this album is her first and arguably best. She was a sexy funk queen, for sure.

2016.06.09 K Awesome Magicians

4-Players: W, G, Si & Z
Game: Terra Mystica
Location: W
Choice: W


Game One:


Player	Points	Starting Race
Z	109	Chaos Magicians
Si	104	Dwarves
G	99	Auren
W	77	Halflings

Final Tally:

• Z was declared this week's winner!
• K was absent for the best reason of all - baby time!

 

board at end

Game Notes:

• Z wins two weeks in a row

Music Notes:

Roy Harper: Flat, Baroque and Berserk (1970)

Charles Mingus: Oh Yeah (1962)

Max Webster: Diamonds, Diamonds (1981)





2016.06.02 Si chooses, Si loses

5-Players: W, G, Si, Z & K
Game: Imperial
Location: W
Choice: Si


Game One:


Player	Points
Z	131
G	128
W	108
K	105
Si	79

Final Tally:

• Z was declared this week's winner!

Country scores at the end of game

Game Notes:

• Starting influence was decided by bidding
• First time Z didn't start in control of Austria
• Russia was the first country to get to Credit x 5 and end the game
• Si and W were both able to name another song by Procol Harem besides Lighter Shade of Pale but nobody could name a band member

Music Notes:

Sly and the Family Stone: There's a Riot Goin On (1971)
Gov't Mule: Dub Side of the Mule (2015, Recorded New Year's 2006)
  Featuring some groovy cover tunes (including She Said, She said and Tomorrow Never Knows from the Beatles and Lighter Shade of Pale by Procol Harem and also featuring special guests Gordie Johnson from Big Sugar and Toots Hibbert from Toots and the Maytals.