2018.03.15 Asterix City

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

Final Scores

Game: Wizards

Game 1:

Player	Points
K	32
J	29
Z	25
G	22
W	20

Final Tally:

• K was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

• 1st time playing for Z
• new freshly manufactured board, pieces and cards
• some rule changes likely
• some recurring spell effects were deemed too powerful or not working out as intended. suggestion is to replace symbol with lightning bolt (one-time, instant effect)
• scoring changes announced pre-game: one pt for each 2 gold cubes, one pt for each other cube or player piece, 5/3/1 pts for 1st/2nd/3rd place in red cubes (bailey victories) and again in purple cubes (labyrinth exploration)

Game board on last turn

Music:

Black Sabbath: The Wizard (1970)
John Scofield: Country for Old Men (2017)
Burning Spear: Reggae by the River (Recorded 1997.08.03)
Jerry Garcia Band: Garcia Live Vol 10 (Recorded 1990.05.20)

2018.03.08: Suddenly Drafty

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

Game 1:

Player	Points
Z	98
G	83
K	81
W	72

Final Tally:

• Z was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

• House Rule - Corporation Card draft - Every player starts with two corp cards and chooses to pass one or two.
• also drafting each round including the starting ten

Music:

Various Artists: Studio One Rockers (2001)
Various Artists: Studio One Roots (2001)
Grateful Dead: Improv Vol 1 (Recorded 1973-1974)
T-Rex: Electric Warrior (1971)

2018.03.01: Pa-Dee-O-Lanterns

6-Players: M, J, K, W, G & Z
Location: Z
Choice: M
Game: Citadels

Game 1:

Player	Points
M	33
J	32
K	28
W	24
G	20
Z	11

Game 2:

Game = 7 Wonders

Player	Points
M	62
K	56
G	52
J	48
Z	48
W	46

Final Tally:

• M was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

• J wins tiebreaker in game 2 (coins)
• Merits of soul funk pop jazz were debated
• Z complained about getting boned too often
• G complained about getting boned nearly as often
• K complained about J not following his advice
• J complained about how hard it was to remember to use his card each round
• W complained at the mere mention of reggae
• M complained about actually having to listen to rikki dont lose that number

Music:

Steely Dan: The Royal Scam plus RDLTN from Pretzel Logic (1976 and 1974)
Various Artists: Look Into the Flower Trip On Psychedelic Grooves With Blue Note (2002)
Various Artists: The Best Funky Jazz of the 70s (2014)

2018.02.22: Power (Puff) Grid

4-Players: K, Z, J & W
Location: UNKNOWN
Choice: J
Game: Power Grid

Game 1:

Player	Points
K	15
Z	15
J	14
W	12

Final Tally:

• K was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

• K wins tiebreaker for cash on hand
• W took the West Coast
• Texas and New England were out of play with 4 players
• K took Chicago and had the most options at the end
• Fun game but suggest that next time we play we should use the stock market expansion
• Apparently Franz Ferdinand was also listened to but failed to make the music notes

Music:

Foals: What Went Down (2015)
Various Artists: Spotify based on Foals (2018)

2018.02.15: Cuts Like A Scythe

5-Players: K, Z, W, G & M
Location: K
Choice: Z
Game: Scythe plus Invaders From Afar expansion

new factions: Albion and Togawa

Game 1:

Player	Points
K	76
Z	72
W	61
G	56
M	39

Final Tally:

• K was declared this week's winner!

Music:

Jethro Tull: Living With The Past (Recorded 2001, Released 2002)
Will Bernard: Party Hats (2007)
Burning Spear: Burning Spear at Studio One (1974)

2018.02.08 Hello Hellas

4-Players: Z, W, G & K
Location: K
Choice: G
Game: Terraforming Mars plus Hellas expansion

Game 1:

Player	Points
Z	67
W	67
G	66
K	62

Final Tally:

• Z was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

• Z won tiebreaker with more money at end of game
• K got 2 milestones and 2 awards but still finished last
• W inadvertantly handed the game to Z by building a greenery next to Z instead K who seemed to be winning

Music:

Kyoto Jazz Massive: Spirit of the Sun (2002)
The Gladiators: Trenchtown Mix Up (1976)
Johnny Clarke: Rockers Time Now (2003)

2018.02.01 The Space He Vacated

5-Players: Z, K, J, G & W
Location: K
Choice: W
Game: Viticulture plus Tuscany

Game 1:

Player	Points
Z	31
K	28
J	22
G	18
W	14

Final Tally:

• Z was declared this week's winner!

Game Notes:

• Z played an orange structure card without actually using the action space
• Then W did the same
• So...
• We "decided" that everyone gets to play one orange card without playing the action once each during the game
• obviously the player most advantaged by this decision was the player who used htis effect earliest in the game thus giving themsleves more opportunities to take advantage of the structure more often
• G was the last player to use this special cheater move
• that is a g-d asterix

Music:

Bill Evans Trio: Sunday Night at the Village Vanguard (1961)
Booker T and the MGs: Green Onions (1962)
Black Uhuru: Black Sounds of Freedom (1981)
Various Artists: Day of the Dead (2016)