Thursday, 4 August 2016

2016.08.04 Shogun? More Like No Gun!

End of Year One
 
 
 
Love the Tower!
5-Players: G, W, K, Z & Si
Game: Shogun
Location: W
Choice: W
 
Game 0.5:

PlayerPoints
G20
W18
K17
Z16
Si15

Final Tally:
  • nobody was declared this week's winner!
Game Notes:
  • Half game only
  • Followed by demo of new quick game

Pandemic: Contagion


Music Notes:

Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders: Garcia Live Vol 6 (Recorded 1973, Released 2016)
Sun Ra Arkestra: Greatest Hits (2000)


Thursday, 28 July 2016

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

PlayerPoints
Si222
Z214
K213


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!).
  • 4th 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.
 
 
 

Thursday, 21 July 2016

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:


PlayerPoints
W207
Si190
K177


Final Tally:
  • W was declared this week's winner!
Game Notes:

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




Wednesday, 13 July 2016

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:



PlayerPoints Starting Race Faction Bid
K117Halflings 0
Z116Chaos Magicians 8
G 112Alchemists 3
W100 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)


 

Thursday, 7 July 2016

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:


PlayerPoints Starting Race
Z130Yeti
W109 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)
 

Thursday, 30 June 2016

2016.06.30 Scoreless

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


Game One:


PlayerPointsStarting 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)
 

Thursday, 23 June 2016

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:


PlayerPoints
G14
J9
W8



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)