2017.03.16: Growers, not Showers

4-Players: G, K, Z & W
Location: W

K's pastures

Choice: W
Game: Agricola

Game 1:

Player	Points
G	44
K	42
Z	42
W	41

Final Tally:

• G was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

• Draft setup with extra card house rule
• One too many Minor Improvements were dealt out, leading to confusion
• K wins tie breaker: not sure why
• G played Clay Worker on first turn and used it effectively (unlike Z who played Clay Worker on two previous Agricola games)
• W hated having to go first
• Kept running out of grain and food and needing to use the chits because K was hoarding both
• K hoarded starting player in later rounds to max out Broom 
• W had an fence/animals/building materials engine that looked unstoppable at mid-game
• "How in the hell did W not win?"
• Cottage weekend: April 29-30 works for most members.
• J checking with L and Z checking his lead as back up

W's animal farm

Music:

• CBC Radio 2: Tonic (March 16, 2017)
• Frank Zappa: Just Another Band from L.A. (1972) Featuring Billy the Mountain
• MMW: End of the World Party (Just in Case) (2004)

2017.03.09: Feels Tzo Good

 

3-Players: W, K & G
Location: W
Choice: K
Game: Tzolk'in with Tribes expansion

Game 1:

Player	Points
W	59
K	55
G	51

Final Tally:

• W was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

Player	Tribe
W	Itzamna
K	Ah Chuy Kak
G	Yumkaax

Music:

Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
Lettuce: Crush (2015)
Joe Russo's Almost Dead and Bob Weir: youtube stream (2016.11.12 Fox Theater, Oakland, CA)

2017.03.02: Burning 4 U

7-Players: J, W, G, M, Z, F & K
Location: K
Choice: M
Game: 7 Wonders + Cities Expansion

Game 1:

Player	Points
J	69
W	56
G	55
M	52
Z	49
F	45
K	44

Game 2:

Player	Points
K	71
Z	69
G	67
F	56
W	55
J	48
M	35

Final Tally:

Player	Points
G	122
Z	118
J	117
K	115
W	112
F	101
M	87

• G was declared this week's winner!



Game Notes:

• Some errors during the first game left some players wanting a restart
• Memorable quotes:
• M: This whole game is stupid
• Chez 106 all night
• G: A song will play and when it does u will all know the name of the band.
• Game takes as long as it takes

Music:

Jim Bryson: Somewhere we will find our place (2016)
Robert Randolph: Crush (2015)
Blue Oyster Cult: Essential Greatest Hits (2003)

2017.02.23 Not News: W Totally Needs Wood

3-Players: K, Z & W
Location: W
Choice: Consensus
Game: Agricola

Game 1:

Player	Points
K	45
Z	37
W	27

Final Tally:

• K was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

• Overheard at table: "Ya, I totally need this wood."

Music:

Kevin Yost: Smalltown Underground (1999)

2017.02.16: Isles the Bye That Builds

5-Players: G, K, J, M & W
Location: W
Choice: J
Game: Isle of Skye: From Cheiftan to King

Game 1:

Player	Points
G	58
K	55
J	51
M	42
W	38

Scores at the end of Game 1

Game 2:

Player	Points
G	64
W	52
J	47
M	44

Scores at the end of Game 2.
Notice the 5-player board; same as the first game

Final Tally:

• G was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

• For our second game, we forgot to flip the gameboard to the right side for four players. This was noticed after a round had already been played. We decided to leave it the way it was and play out the rest of the game with the board as is.

Music:

Various Artists: Mean Old Mister Shea Mix (2000-2013)

An artists rendition of Mean Old Mister Shea
when he was younger and
somewhat less mean

2017.02.09 Terraforming for Dummies



As high as it gets

5-Players: K, M, G, W & Z
Location: K
Choice: Z
Game: Terraforming Mars

Game 1:

Player	Points
K	62
M	61
G	57
W	51
Z	40

Final Tally:

• K was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

notes?

Music:

Gramatik: The Age Of Reason (2014)
Stanley Clarke: School Days (1976)
Birdy Nam Nam: Defiant Order (2011)

2017.02.02 Empire of One

5-Players: Z, W, K, J & G
Game: Mare Nostrum: Empires

Location: W

Choice: G

Final Tally:

• G was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

Music:

Miles Davis: Tribute to Jack Johnson (1971)
Augustus Pablo: King Tubby Meets Uptown Rockers (1976)

Kevin Yost: Small Town Underground vol 3 (2005)

Boogaloo Joe Jones: Right On Brother (1970)