Our second annual March Madness kicked off today with game No. 59 at Barry Johnson's home in Lake in the Hills. The game ended in Spring 1909 in a two-way...
***Â Seven players, four hand-crafted beers on tap, three private conference rooms with real-time maps of the game, and a live blog on the World Wide Web....
Regarding March 21, we'll also have chili ready when people arrive, and live English soccer on the telly. (Several matches take place at 10am, and Newcastle...
Hopefully these will start the endgame chatter for game No. 59.  Quote of the day, from John Ritz: "You know, I Googled 'bukakke' the other day, and I saw...
John, I googled it too, shortly after meeting Greg the first time. What I saw disgusted me. After three more hours of intense research, I was still disgusted. ...
As usual my play was marked by cowardice and dishonour, and at the last critical moment by idiocy. Everything went my way the whole game, most important of...
*** A spot just opened in the Guthrie's game on March 12. Who wants to play? *** *** Peter Yeargin is out and Chris Paxhia is in for the March 28 game at...
John's and Jim's summaries are accurate enough, but of course I would like to add a few things: Jim is one manipulative player. John and I had a nice...
Jim's phonographic memory is outstanding -- I don't know if that's what Thom said word for word, but it clearly could have been our conversation -- oh, except...
John's a bit harsh on himself here, he was playing England after all, and I was Germany -- it was a natural stab, and nothing to be upset about -- on the other...
It was certainly an exciting game, from the beginning. England and Turkey, and sometimes Austria, seemed to be my only friends, from the beginning. I wanted...
... Â It's not that I don't like the pats on the back, but Thom (Turkey) and Kevin (Austria) deserve the real credit for this. In my second round (and perhaps...
Turkey EOG:  I had a good time. Thanks for Barry hosting. Thanks to those who made it out, and were activated alternates.  I won't discuss other EOGs...
... Â If you think that was a book, wait till you see the PSA I'm writing about the German decision whether to bounce the Russians out of Sweden. Â Jim ... ...
This is the kind of endgame comment that gives me a bad name. Dan writes about one little misdeed of mine. He just as easily could have written this: "In...
... Â For an example of how I embellish my endgame statements, see "What Stinks? -- A Game No. 18 Report." It's message No. 754 in the Yahoo group archives,...
I went to a benefit this evening, and guess who I ran into? Kevin O'Kelly and his fiancee Katie. He wouldn't work with me there, either. :-) Â Jim I went to a...
Reminder from: ChicagoDip Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChicagoDip/cal Beware the 12th of March Thursday March 12, 2009 6:15 pm - 11:00 pm ...
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OK, now we are talking about embellishments! Jim, I totally supported your move to the open bar to aid in your takeover of a few free beers. Yes, a free beer...
What's the status for Bystander (non-diplomacy game playing) on Thursday . . . in other words, who's showing up and playing something else if a second board...
Reminder from: ChicagoDip Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChicagoDip/cal Beer, Backstabbing and Burgess! Saturday March 21, 2009 11:00 am - 11:00 pm...
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I'm in for Dan's (21st) and Guthrie's. If anyone wants to take my place at Guthrie's, that'd be fine. Forgive me if I missed a message should these games be...
*** The Guthrie's game on Thursday is full again, but we can make room for you if you want to play, so speak up. *** *** One spot remains for the game at...
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