2018.01.04 Happy New Year

6-Players: J, G, K, Z, W & F
Location: K
Choice: G
Game: Lords of Waterdeep, Undermountain and Skullduggery

Game 1:

Player	Points
J	170
G	138
K	123
Z	115
W	112
F	92

Final Tally:

• J was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

• Happy New Year

Music:

Phish: Madison Square Garden, New Year's (Dec 31, 2017)

2012.12.22 The Pre-Xmas Rush

5-Players: K, W, J, M & G

Game: Lords of Waterdeep & Undermountain expansion 

Location: K
Choice: J

Umm... pass?

Game One:

Player	Points
K	129
J	115
G	114
M	105
W	101

Final Tally:

• K was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

• G’s last hurrah
• M temporarily departed mid-game to comb his hair and do some wood-working
• K was handed the game with an easily achieved 40-point quest that every other play passed up on taking
• We misplayed the Ambassador.  Per a BGG discussion thread: “…once placed, Ambassador counts as an opponent's Agent for all players.”.  This basically only screwed over M for one move in the last round, as he was told he couldn’t do one move that he actually should have been able to do.
• Xmas gaming was discussed.  Regular Thursday night next week (29th).  Xmas gaming on Monday 2 Jan (5pm start with dinner).  Both to be hosted by K.
• M indicated that he might like to give Tzolk’in a spin…see what I did there J

Music Notes:

Max Webster: Diamonds, Diamonds (1970)

The Rolling Stones: Between the Buttons (1967)

MMW: Last Chance to Dance Trance (1999)

Fat Jon: Human Erotica (2001)

2016.08.11 Back to the Water

6-Players: W, Si, K, Z, J & G
Game: Lords of Waterdeep with Undermountain & Skullport expansions

Location: Si

Choice: G 

Game One:

Player	Points
Z	131
G	102
K	93
Si	92
W	85
J	85

Final Tally:

• Z was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

• Wooly won the tie breaker
  



Z's Powerful Quest

Music Notes:


Oz noy: Twisted Blues Vol 2 (2014)
Temples: Sun Structures (2014)
Pink Floyd: Ummagumma (1969) side one
Atlantis jazz ensemble:  Atlantis jazz ensemble (2016)
Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)

2016.07.28 Lords of Waterd’oh!

 

3-Players: K, Si, W
Game: Lords of Waterdeep + Undermountain expansion

Location: K

Choice: K

Game One:

Game Over

Player	Points
Si	222
Z	214
K	213

Final Tally:

• Si was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

• The Lord card Z had is probably not as awful as he made it out to be.
• The Quest card Z had is probably not as unbeatable as K made it out to be.
• K misread his Lord card, leaving him at the end of the game with a measly 12 Lord card points despite completing 13 quests (d’oh!).
• 4^th player on the night was baby B, who was held by K for two thirds of the game.

Music Notes:

Dave Matthews Band (random compilation by K)

Stone Temple Pilots (Core)
Core is the debut album by American rock band  Stone Temple Pilots, released on September 29, 1992 through  Atlantic Records. The album, which peaked at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and #3 on the Billboard 200, was certified 8x  platinum by the RIAA on December 18, 2001, making it the band's best-selling album.

Xavier Rudd (To Let)
To Let is the debut album from Australian roots musician Xavier Rudd. It was released in 2002.

Stars (Set Yourself on Fire)
Set Yourself on Fire is the third album by Canadian indie rock band  Stars. It was released on September 14, 2004 on the  Arts & Crafts International record label in Canada and the United Kingdom, and on March 8, 2005 in the United States.  The album's most notable single was "Ageless Beauty", the band's breakthrough hit in Canada. "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead" has also garnered significant play in the United States. It was featured on the soundtrack of The O.C.  On November 17, 2009, "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead" was featured on Fox network's  So You Think You Can Dance,  season 6. Former show contestant and current choreographer  Travis Wall chose it as the track for his piece danced by Ellenore Scott and Ryan Di Lello.  In 2005 Set Yourself on Fire was a  Juno Award nominee for Alternative Album of the Year. It lost to the album Let It Die by Feist, who is an occasional band-mate of Stars' Amy Millan, Torquil Campbell, and  Evan Cranley in the indie rock band  Broken Social Scene.  The novelist Ibi Kaslik is quoted on the jacket of the album.

 

 

 

2016.07.21 Push Me Into Watershallow Before I Get Too Waterdeep

3-Players: K, Si, W
Game: Lords of Waterdeep with Undermountain expansion

Location: K

Choice: Si



Game One:

Player	Points
W	207
Si	190
K	177

Final Tally:

• W was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

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Music Notes:


Pet Shop Boys: Very, (1993)

Per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_(Pet_Shop_Boys_album) :
Very is the fifth studio album by English electronic duo Pet Shop Boys. It was released in September 1993, nearly two and a half years after the duo's previous studio album, Behaviour, and the compilation album Discography: The Complete Singles Collection. Very exhibits one of many turning points the Pet Shop Boys would make to their music, shifting from the subdued electronic pop of Behaviour to richly-instrumented dance arrangements. The content and lyrics led to Very being called their "coming-out" album, since it was during this time that Neil Tennant had publicly discussed his long-rumoured homosexuality.

Very has sold more than five million copies worldwide, and contains five UK singles.


Rolling Stones: 40 Licks (Greatest Hits), Disc 1 & 2

2016.05.26 Wooly Finishes Off

6-Players: W, G, Si, Z, J & K

1st place

Game: Lords of Waterdeep + Undermountain expansion
Location: J
Choice: J


Game One:


Player	Points
K	213
G	153
W	147
Si	142
J	136
Z	128

2nd place

Final Tally:

• K was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

• So many building built in this game!

Music Notes:

Grateful Dead: Dick's Picks Vol 10 (Recorded Dec 29, 1977)
   Selections only: I Know You Rider, Eyes of the World > St Stephen
Phish: Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House (Recorded Hallowe'en 2014)
Gabin: Gabin (2002)
Jestofunk: Love in a Black Dimension (1995)
Jerry Garcia Band: After Midnight (Recorded Feb 28, 1980)
   We had time for only one track: Eleanor Rigby

2015-08-06 Dorks of Waterdeep

4 Players: W, J, G, K
Game: Lords of Waterdeep + Undermountain Expansion

Location: W

Choice: J

Game One:

K (121 pts), G (113 pts), J (111 pts) & W (101 pts)

Final Tally:

• K was declared the winner

Notes:

• Chatty and Thinky were both missed

Music:

 

Wooly's iTunes random mix. Included: Jethro Tull, Black Sabbath, Medeski, Martin and Wood and the Allman Brothers Band Unplugged (1992)