Thursday, 26 October 2017

2017.10.26: Without a Compass




3-Players: W, Z & G
Location: W
Choice: G
Game: Navegador

Game 1:

PlayerPoints
W131
Z115
G110


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

Game Notes:
  • W closing in on M in overall stats
  • M's GR is currently at 34.0% and W's is 32.2%
  • If W were to winall games and M were to finish last in all games, it would only take two 5-player games, or three 4-player games, or four 3-player games, for W to move past M in GR%
Music:

Cannonball Adderley: Live in Chicago (Recorded: February 3, 1959)
Cannonball Adderley: Live in San Francisco (Recorded: October 18 and 20, 1959)
Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield, and Stephen Stills: Super Session (1968)

Thursday, 19 October 2017

2017.10.19: Bluegrass Until We've Had Enough


4-Players: G, W, K & Z
Location: W
Choice: W
Game: Tzolkin

Game 1:

PlayerPoints
G95
W51
K47
Z47


Game 2:

Game = Dominion Base and Adventures (Level Up deck)
PlayerPoints
G33
W27
K15
Z13



Final Tally:
  • G was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

Music:

Steve Earle and Del McCoury: The Mountain (1999)
Doc and Merle Watson: Home Sweet Home (1998)
John Hartford: Steam Powered Aeroplane (1971)
Jethro Tull: :Living in the Past (1972)

Friday, 13 October 2017

2017.10.13: Nobody Home


4-Players: G, W, Z & K
Location: W
Choice: Consensus
Game: Stone Age

Game 1:

PlayerPoints
G184
W162
Z141
K141


Game 2:

Game = Dominion Base (Size Distortion deck)

PlayerPoints
Z52
W29
K25

Final Tally:
  • G was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:
  • Maybe M was the winner because he went to three different houses?
  • Honestly, it looked like nobody was home... twice

Music:

Various: Stardust Cable Radio 70s channel Norman Greenbaum (2017)

Thursday, 5 October 2017

2017.10.05: Show Us Your Cubes


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

Game 1:

PlayerPoints
W60
K49
G47
J45
Z43


Game 2:

Game = Dominion Base and Adventures

PlayerPoints
G37
Z30
K30
W18

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

Game Notes:
  • W's hierarchy of needs
  • Quickest TfM ever played (2 hours)
  • First time playing with Elysium expansion board
  • G stole J's three plants before J even had a turn
  • Z wins tiebreaker for game 2

Music:

i think that it was cds from K's collection. not sure what anymore

Thursday, 28 September 2017

2017.09.28: It Just Takes One Wrong Move



5-Players: K, W, Z, Sc & G
Location: K
Choice: Sc
Game: Imperial 2030

Game 1:

PlayerPoints
K83
W62
Z60
Sc58
G45

Final Tally:
  • K was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:
  • Z met Sc for 1st time
  • Actor paid to play Sc did a very convincing job
  • Ended by 10:30
  • Second game pre-empted by skunk attack at G's house
  • G very upset with himself for his decision to take control of Russia

Music:

Frank Zappa: The Best Band You've Never Heard in Your Life (Recorded 1988)
The Rolling Stones: Their Satanic Majesties Request - 50th Anniversary Edition (1967, Remastered 2017)

Thursday, 21 September 2017

2017.09.21: The Actual Scores


4-Players: K, W, M & Sc
Location: W
Choice: M
Game: Caverna

Game 1:

PlayerPoints
K86
W63
M55
Sc47

Final Tally:
  • K was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

Music:

David Bowie: Greatest Hits (Unkn)
The Who: Greatest Hits (Unkn)
Queen: Greatest Hits (Unkn)

Thursday, 14 September 2017

2017.09.14: Do We Have a Blog?

5-Players: K, G, Z, J & W
Location: W
Choice: J
Game: El Grande

Game 1:

PlayerPoints
K120
G113
Z111
J94
W91

Game 2:

Game = Dominion Base and Adventures (Level Up Deck)
PlayerPoints
K35
G28
W24

Final Tally:
  • K was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:
  • Decision not to accept new members at this time

Music:

Van Morrison: Its Too Late to Stop Now Vol 4 (Recorded 1974)
Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove (1978)
Frank Zappa: Bongo Fury (Live 1975)