Started with Puerto Rico with Russ, John C., Darrin, and me. The game went on smoothly and quickly. At some point Russ bought the guild hall and everyone...
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longjohn1964
Oct 14, 2003 5:47 pm
If I may offer a suggestion for future posts, I would recommend everyone take the time to delete the history ("On such and such a date, so and so wrote ...")...
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benevolent_merchant
benevolent_m...
Oct 15, 2003 5:08 pm
We all met at Game Towne and the place was locked up because we didn't get there early enough. Darrin has agreed to show up on Tues. from now on at 5:30. We...
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longjohn1964
Oct 17, 2003 5:03 pm
A total of eight people attended this meeting. I suggested we play something short that would include all of us before we split up into two groups, so we all...
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Michael L. VAN BIESBR...
mvanbies@...
Oct 17, 2003 5:14 pm
... Prior to this, while waiting for people to show up, I brought out a Cheapass freebie called `Gold Digger' with a five-minute running time. Keith, Russ,...
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Russell Barr
russmillennium
Oct 17, 2003 7:01 pm
Actually, Tim was second in Robo Rally. No one else actually finished; I would have been fourth, or third if really lucky....
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Tim McCormley
unreal_01us
Oct 17, 2003 11:15 pm
... From: "longjohn1964" <longjohn1964@...> ... Darrin won. I came in a not so distant second.... ... Actually, I came in last. It was all the fault of...
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board_game_guy
Oct 20, 2003 7:03 pm
Actually, I came in last. It was all the fault of Keith, who basically stole all my hard work. How was I supposed to know he was a robber baron? Tim Okay,...
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unreal_01us
Oct 22, 2003 3:41 pm
We had 7 people show up last night for gaming. We started out by playing 7 player bang, which started out pretty fun, but seemed to drag on too long. The...
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longjohn1964
Oct 22, 2003 6:50 pm
... I think the main reason it dragged on was most of us had to learn the rules, and some of the rules for the cards aren't written on the cards themselves....
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board_game_guy
Oct 22, 2003 7:34 pm
In "Way Out West" I was surprised by both John and Brian. John surprised me by his complete lack of regard for the law (especially in my towns). To illustrate...
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longjohn1964
Oct 23, 2003 7:21 pm
... I operated completely within the rules. What is this "complete lack of regard for the law" business? ... Those Wanted posters were completely unjust. I was...
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longjohn1964
Oct 24, 2003 6:00 pm
Five people were in attendance at 7:00 PM, and since everyone wanted to get a game started, we began with a game of Mississippi Queen while we waited for other...
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Michael L. VAN BIESBR...
mvanbies@...
Nov 4, 2003 2:42 am
Expecting 10 people, we split into two groups of five, one playing Piratenbucht. Keith helped explain that game and I showed Brian Agora while we waited for...
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Ash Patil
benevolent_m...
Nov 4, 2003 6:10 pm
... One thing that seems to be universal as well is that first turn works are considered to be a bad thing. Spending that first turn to get a jester or...
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Michael L. VAN BIESBR...
mvanbies@...
Nov 4, 2003 6:57 pm
... You can get works on almost every turn and a 3 PP bonus is worthwhile. Getting a Jester doesn't prevent doing a work on the first turn and makes it easier...
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Ash Patil
benevolent_m...
Nov 5, 2003 1:00 am
... It might be better to invest in freedoms on the first turn.. or maybe profession cards....
Yeah, number of players affects the strategy. This, along with Traders of Genoa and Puerto Rico, are games I would like to play a lot more to solidify...
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Ash Patil
benevolent_m...
Nov 5, 2003 11:27 pm
Low turnout this time. Probably because people had turned out in large numbers on Thursday. Only 4 people showed up. Myself, Mark, Darrin, and John MD. We ...
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longjohn1964
Nov 7, 2003 7:57 pm
A total of ten people showed up at this meeting for their gaming pleasure. The first six people to arrive (Michael, Julie, the two Pauls, Keith and myself)...
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Michael L. VAN BIESBR...
mvanbies@...
Nov 7, 2003 8:08 pm
After a round of 6-player TransAmerica we had four players willing to play A Game of Thrones. As we punched pieces and sorted components from Brian's new copy...
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sdhockeyboy
brian_rayban
Nov 7, 2003 10:09 pm
I guess the game felt unbalanced, because of the way I distributed the tracks. I did not pay attention to keeping the game balanced and gave too much advantage...
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Darrin
citizen_q13
Nov 7, 2003 10:44 pm
Well done, Mike. One correction: "...Additional attacks on Tyrell's ports put Tyrell at six cities at the end of turn six..." That should read "addition that...
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Michael L. VAN BIESBR...
mvanbies@...
Nov 7, 2003 10:51 pm
... Power vacuums from Lannister and Tyrell (right at the end) gave the advantage to Greyjoy as there were no other players able to interact with him. (Stark...
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Darrin
citizen_q13
Nov 7, 2003 10:54 pm
That make's sense. If you hold the Iron Throne, you have to inforce a balanced peace. A sort of "PAX BRIANICA" [snort]. Darrin PS, Here's another variant:...
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Michael L. VAN BIESBR...
mvanbies@...
Nov 7, 2003 10:59 pm
... Oops. For the Bang! summary I killed you twice, too. These things are often written fairly late at night regardless of when they are posted. I had some...
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board_game_guy
Nov 8, 2003 5:56 am
Time for me to jump in here and whine about my lack of supply. It was agonizing, it was endless, it was unjust !! Only my masterful play kept house Barethaen...
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Darrin
citizen_q13
Nov 8, 2003 9:40 pm
I suck at auctions. Part of the problem is that I don't know what value something is. When I spent 1400 on the builder, I was assuming that he'd save me 400...
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Michael L. VAN BIESBR...
mvanbies@...
Nov 8, 2003 10:28 pm
... The tricky thing about PoF is that the objective is to have PPs, not WPs or money. Being 200 ahead means that you save 1 PP (not something that I realized...
