Elm Street Boardgaming Society: Keyflower

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Thursday, 24 March 2016

2016.03.24 Section 34 Authority Required

6-Players: Z, Si, W, J, K & G
Game: Keyflower
Location: W
Choice: G

Game One:

Player	Points
K	70
G	65
Z	63
J	56
Si	50
W	28

Final Tally:

K was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

"I love buttons!"
K volunteers for dishpig duties at the retreat
2 game mistakes made:

You cannot combine keyples from a lost bid with keyples from behind the screen
Rainbow boat power does not apply to actions (bids only)

"Just let me do my fucking turn... "

Music Notes:

Jazzfest (June 22-July 3rd) lineup announced:

Kamasi Washington: The Epic (2015)

Playing opening night of Jazzfest this year! Fantastic album. Listened to cd2.

Kinks: Kinks Size (1965)

Second US release for the English band. tracks include Tired of Waiting, All Day and All of the Night, Come on Now and Louie Louie. I still like this better than The Beatles: Help (1965) but others at the table didn't share that opinion.

Seldom Scene: 15th Anniversary Concert (1986)

Progressive Bluegrass from the eighties. Lots of great guests including Ricky Skaggs.

Jethro Tull: Benefit (1970)

Third album, between Stand Up! and Aqualung which are inarguably great albums. Gets little praise in the general rock community, probably because it was preceded and followed by massive hits. Contains so many great tracks that it's been one of my favourite for years. I am more likely to reach for this album than Aqualung or Thick when feeling the need for a Tull fix.

Thursday, 4 February 2016

2016.02.04 Better Put on your Sailing Shoes

4-Players: W, Si, J & G
Game: Keyflower
Location: W
Choice: G

Game One:

Player	Points
G	61
Si	54
W	40
J	38

Final Tally:

G was declared this week's winner.

Game Notes:

Four players seemed fast. Actually, we seemed to be in a time warp for Spring and Summer but then Fall and Winter slowed us down as we got buried in decision making, each turn taking longer and longer as we each considered our options.
Played correctly from the start vis-à-vis bidding (no maximum bid).

Music Notes:

Queen: News of the World (1977)

Their sixth album. We are the champions, my friends!

Greyboy: Freestylin (1989)

Acid-jazz DJ from California spinning some vinyl and making it funky. Disappointingly his real name is Andreas Stevens. He later joined the Greyboy Allstars mixing turntablism with live instruments (horns, organ drums) to record some great jazz groove.

The Word: The Word (2001)

Gospel. Well, technically gospel but not what you'd think. One my favourite albums the year it was released. Featuring John Medeski (from MMW), Cody and Luther Dickinson of the Mississippi All-Stars and, best of all, Robert Randolph (the pedal-steel wizard), this album packs a celebratory, heavenly punch of blues-soaked, high-stepping jazzy instrumental covers of gospel tunes like I'll Fly Away.

Lee "Scratch" Perry & the Upsetters: Super Ape (1976)

Dub dub dub. Si: "Best album of the night". J: "Possibly the best album of the night." W: "Not the best album of the night. Are you kidding?"

Thursday, 14 January 2016

2016-01-14 Wednesday Night is Keyples Night

6-Players: W, K, Si, Sc, J & G
Game: Keyflower
Location: K
Choice: Sc

Game One:

Player	Points
J	57
K	55
Sc	53
G	48
Si	45
W	41

Final Tally:

J was declared this week's winner and he basked in the glow which warmed him on what would otherwise have been a cold walk home.

Game Notes:

First game for J. Obviously, he was both well taught and a fast learner.
Fixed two mistakes from previous play through: (a) allowed movement of outbid keyples to an available action space; and (b) allowed unlimited keyple bidding (while maintaining the max of 6 keyples per action space)
The rule correction (b) was only effected after the first season

Music Notes:

Hawkwind: Warrior on the Edge of Time

Featuring the late great Lemmy of Motorhead fame. Lyrics by sci-fi/fantasy author Michael Moorcock. Notable, otherwise terrible. We skipped some spoken word drivel (that is to say: we did once Si found the correct switch on the damnable cd player K lets us use).

David Bowie: Singles 1969-1993

Greatest hits from the recently deceased man of a thousand faces. Mostly enjoyable with a few grating tracks; endured tactfully in respect for the singular achievement represented.

Disc 1

1. Space Oddity
2. Changes
3. Starman
4. Ziggy Stardust
5. Suffragette City
6. John, I'm only dancing
7. The Jean Genie
8. Drive in Saturday
9. Life on Mars?
10. Sorrow
11. Rebel Rebel
12. Rock & Roll Suicide
13. Diamond dogs
14. Knock on Wood
15. Young Americans
16. Fame
17. Golden Years
18. TVC 15
19. Sound & Vision
20. Beauty & The Beast

Disc 2

1. Heroes
2. Beauty & The Beast
3. Boys keep swinging
4. D.J.
5. Alabama song
6. Ashes to Ashes
7. Fashion
8. Scary Monsters (and super creeps)
9. Under pressure (featuring Queen)
10. Wild is the wind
11. Let's Dance
12. China Girl
13. Modern love
14. Blue Jean
15. This is not America (featuring Pat Methany)
16. Dancing in the streets (featuring Mick Jagger)
17. Absolute beginners
18. Day-in Day-out
19. Jump They Say

Tuesday, 5 January 2016

2016-01-05 This one's a keyper

6-Players: W, K, Si, Sc, M & G
Game: Keyflower
Location: W

Choice: M

Game One:

Player	Points
G	62
K	62
Sc	47
Si	42
M	40
W	21

Final Tally:

The game rules state that in the event of a tie, the two players should play again to break the tie. No winner declared, yet.

[Edit: A winner was determined in a subsequent play (Jan 09, 2016) . The winner was G.]

Game Notes:

First play through of new xmas game
Very enjoyable and playable though we stayed a bit late (midnight) just to finish. Once we know the game it's definitely going to be a playable option for schoolnights
It took some getting used to the orientation of the tiles and how to play our key-ples but we were all used to it by the time winter came around.

Music Notes: