2017.08.17: Terra Mystfied

5-Players: W, G, Z, J & K
Location: J
Choice: W
Game: Terra Mystica

Game 1:

Player	Points
W	128
G	127
Z	111
J	89
K	83

Final Tally:

• W was declared this week's winner!

Sugar Shack 2017

6-Players: Z, J, G, K, W & M
Location: Kevin's Cabin
Choice: Consensus

Friday Night

Game 1:

Game = Terra Mystica Tournament Round One Game One

Player	Points
Z	122
J	118
M	111

Game = Terra Mystica Tournament Round One Game Two

Player	Points
G	120
W	118
K	115

Game = Terra Mystica Tournament Round Two Game One

Player	Points
Z	148
G	142
M	88

Game = Terra Mystica Tournament Round Two Game Two

Player	Points
K	136
J	111
W	105

Saturday


Game = Conquest of the Empire

Player	Points
M	165
G	160
K	145
J	140
Z	110
W	80

Game = Scythe

Player	Points
K	68
G	66
W	56
J	50
Z	48
M	25

Sunday

Game = Terra Mystica Tournament, Final Round, Gold Table

Player	Points
G	139
Z	119
K	102

Game 8:

Game = Terra Mystica Tournament, Final Round, Silver Table

Player	Points
W	106
M	98
J	81

Final Tally:

• G was declared this year's winner!

Game Notes:

• Both Si and Sc were missing from this year's festivities #Sad
• W ate the most #StoveSausage and also drank the most brandy 
• W slept in the master suite this year
• M slept on sofa cushions downstairs after getting snored and gassed out of his bedroom
• No snowstorm this year so we were able to drive right to the door 
• Thanks to Laurie for the hospitality again this year
• Toasts were made to Kevin's ghost. Roll high my friend.
• TM tournament was a successful format that we might try again next year with a different game
• Conquest of the Empire was chosen as this year's BIG game and we could barely fit it on the cabin's long wooden picnic-style table
• M won this year's big game
• K created gamer stats just for the cottage weekend
• M created his own counter stats
• G and W stayed on and played more games

Music:

too many: to list (music all weekend)

2016.09.22 Terra Mystified

 

4-Players: Z, K, W & G
Game: Terra Mystica + Fire & Ice expansion

Location: W

Choice: Z

Game One:

Player	Points	Starting Race
Z	109	Auren
G	101	Acolytes
K	97	Giants
W	90	Engineers

Final Tally:

• Z was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:




Music Notes:

Joe Russo's Almost Dead: Live Bootleg (Recorded 2016-08-26 @ Lock'n Festival)
 Tracks: Shakedown > China > Rider
The Rolling Stones: Brussels Affair (Recorded 1973)
Seu Jorge: The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions (2005)
The Kinks: Something Else (1967)
 



https://xkcd.com/174/

2016-07-13 The Keeng Returns 2

4-Players: K, W, G & Z
Game: Terra Mystica: Fire & Ice Expansion
Location: K
Choice:  Si


Game One:


Player	Points	Starting Race	Faction Bid
K	117	Halflings	0
Z	116	Chaos Magicians	8
G	112	Alchemists	3
W	100	Dragon Lords	7




Board at game end

Final Tally:

• K was declared this week's winner!

Cult Track at game end

Game Notes:

• Bid for factions at start for the first time
• Si bailed at last minute because of jet lag

Music Notes:

Medeski, Martin, Scofied & Wood: Live at Terminal 5, New York (Bootleg - Recorded 2014-12-11)
Eric Clapton: Time Pieces, Vol. 2, Live in the Seventies (1983)

 

2016.07.07 The Fires and the Ices

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


Game One:


Player	Points	Starting Race
Z	130	Yeti
W	109	Acolytes
G	109	Riverwalkers



Board at Game End

Final Tally:

• Z was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

• Not quite a random start as we ensured that all players were able to play one of the new races.

Music Notes:

Jerry Garia & Merl Saunders: Garcia Live Vol 6 (2016, Recorded 1973)

Six Organs of Admittance: Sun Awakens (2006)
Johnny "Guitar" Watson: The Best of the Funk Years (2006)
 

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)

 

2016.06.09 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)





2016.05.19 This Auren That

5-Players: W, G, Si, Z & K

Find yourself a city

Game: Terra Mystica
Location: K
Choice: Z


Game One:


Player	Points
G	104
W	101
Si	96
Z	76
K	49

Final Tally:

• G was declared this week's winner!

board at game end

Game Notes:

Player	Race
G	Auren
W	Swarmlings
Si	Darklings
Z	Halflings
K	Dwarves

Music Notes:

Miles Davis: In Concert (Released 1973,  Recorded September 29, 1972)
Moreland & Arbuckle: Promised Land or Bust (2016)
Houndmouth: Little Neon Limelight (2015)
Pink Floyd: Heart of the Sun (bootleg, recorded San Diego, 1971)
9Lazy9: Electric Lazyland (1994)

2016.05.05 Chaos Prevails

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


Game One:


Player	Points
W	88
G	86
Si	82
J	71

Final Tally:

• W was declared this week's winner!

Board at game end

Game Notes:

Player	Race
W	Chaos Magicians
G	Dwarves
Si	Cultists
J	Darklings

Music Notes:

David Holmes: Let's Get Killed
Alan Parsons Project: I Robot
Grateful Dead: Dick's Pick's Vol 4

2016.04.14 The Thursday After

5-Players: K, Si, JT, Z, W & G
Game: Terra Mystica
Location: W
Choice: M


Game One:


Player	Points
Si	96
W	77
G	76
Z	75
M	67

Final Tally:

• Si was declared this week's winner!

board at game end

Game Notes:

Player	Race
Si	Nomads
W	Darklings
G	Giants
Z	Engineers
M	Cultists

Music Notes: 

• Grateful Dead: Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead (Recorded 1972)

A fine collection of live tracks all culled from the same tour of jolly old England in the spring of 1972.

Tracks        Cold Rain and Snow [6:02]
Greatest Story Ever Told [6:00]
Mr. Charlie [3:52]
Sugaree [7:34]
Mexicali Blues [3:31]
Big Boss Man [6:28]
Deal [5:52]
Jack Straw [5:19]
Big Railroad Blues [4:27]
Hurts Me Too [6:07]
China Cat Sunflower --> [5:06]
I Know You Rider [6:02]
Playin' In the Band [10:10]

Good Lovin' [20:00]
Ramble On Rose [6:42]
Black-Throated Wind [6:07]
Sitting On Top of the World [3:30]
Comes A Time [6:38]
Turn On Your Lovelight [13:02]
Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad [8:23]
Not Fade Away --> [4:54]
Hey Bo Diddley --> [4:30]
Not Fade Away [3:06]

Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu [5:15]
Black Peter [8:53]
Chinatown Shuffle [2:49]
Truckin' --> [10:14]
Drums --> [2:44]
The Other One --> [19:31]
El Paso --> [4:48]
The Other One --> [8:20]
Wharf Rat [10:49]
One More Saturday Night [4:57]

Uncle John's Band [7:21]
The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion) [7:35]
Dark Star [31:28]
Sugar Magnolia [7:16]
Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) [17:16]
Brokedown Palace [7:02]