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Hypermind BoardGamers Meta-List
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Chris Norwood
United States
Graham
North Carolina
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This is just a Meta-Geeklist to serve as a central link to all the continuing Geeklist-Logs (Glogs) chronicling the many adventures of the Hypermind Boardgamers.
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Posted Fri Jul 6, 2007 7:28 pm
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Chris Norwood
United States
Graham
North Carolina
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This is where it all started. From that lonely January evening when I felt my gaming world falling apart, you can witness the birth of this new gaming group and our growth through our first first two and a half months. It's a good place to show you where we've come from and who has been involved from the beginning.
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Chris Norwood
United States
Graham
North Carolina
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Game of the Month! - Tigris & Euphrates
(Check out my final review for this great game!)
Games played: Tigris & Euphrates, Bang!, Shogun, Taluva, Betrayal at House on the Hill, Munchkin Bites!, Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition, The Princes of Florence, Puerto Rico, Vegas Showdown, Blokus 3D, The Settlers of Catan, RoboRally, and a prototype of Ascendancy designed by Nigel Buckle.
Highlights: Start of the Game of the Month! program, playtesting of Ascendancy, and my first game ever of Puerto Rico!
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Edited Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:10 am
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Chris Norwood
United States
Graham
North Carolina
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Game of the Month! - The Princes of Florence
(Check out my Game of the Month Review!)
Games played: The Princes of Florence, PitchCar, Struggle for Rome, Taluva, Star Wars: Episode 1 - Clash of the Lightsabers, Tumblin-Dice, To Court the King, Amun-Re, China, The Pillars of the Earth, Tier auf Tier, For Sale, Mission: Red Planet, Terra Nova, and Tichu .
Highlights: My favorite game was the Game of the Month! I (and several others in the Hypermind Boardgamers) had our first exposure to such classics as El Grande, Tichu, and China. Plus, we witnessed the bliss of pure and innocent monkey love in our first games of Tier auf Tier.
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Edited Thu Aug 2, 2007 8:05 pm
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Chris Norwood
United States
Graham
North Carolina
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Game of the Month! - Taluva
(Check out my Review of Taluva)
Games played: Taluva, Colosseum, High Society, Industria, Pentago, Terra Nova, Mykerinos, To Court the King, Warrior Knights, Antike, Struggle of Empires, Ca$h 'n Gun$, Notre Dame, Arkadia, Tikal, Liar's Dice, Lord of the Rings - The Duel, Citadels, and Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition .
Highlights: We were able to play several of the new "hot" games such as Notre Dame, Arkadia, and Ca$h 'n Gun$, as well as some really great older games like Antike and Struggle of Empires (which has shot into my top 3 of all time!) Plus, the galaxy was made safe from the deplorable singing of Balemaster Britt!
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Edited Thu Aug 2, 2007 8:08 pm
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Chris Norwood
United States
Graham
North Carolina
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Game of the Month! - Citadels
(Check out my Review of Citadels!)
Games played: Citadels, Hive, Arkadia, The Settlers of Catan, Tsuro, Taluva, Liar's Dice, Ca$h 'n Gun$, Struggle of Empires, Warrior Knights, Lifeboats, Wings of War - Famous Aces, Citadels: The Dark City Expansion, Mykerinos, Memoir '44, China, Cosmic Encounter, Tigris & Euphrates, Tier auf Tier, Diamant, Shadows over Camelot, Ticket to Ride, Pick Picknic, Pollyanna, Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition, and another playtest of Nigel Buckle's Ascendancy.
Highlights: Well, there were lots of fake comas induced by slow play, we failed to play our Game of the Month! one evening, and we found out that Carol actually exists. Hegemon Alton "the Terrible" was finally dethroned in Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition. And we had our first experiences with eating poop and making sparks.
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Edited Mon Oct 8, 2007 7:44 pm
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Chris Norwood
United States
Graham
North Carolina
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Game of the Month! - Ra
(Check out my Review of Ra as well as my Game of the Month Review Update for it.)
Games played: Ra, Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition, On the Underground, Warrior Knights, Tigris & Euphrates, Cartagena, Liar's Dice, Cranium Hoopla, Arkadia, BattleLore, Star Wars Miniatures, Zooloretto, and Wits & Wagers.
Highlights: Princes Leia staged a hold-up in our TI3 game, John headed back to law school, we dabbled with using a couple of party games as fillers and closers (woo-hoo!), Chip's copy of The Downfall of Pompeii wins the "Always a Bridesmaid/Jr High Dance Wallflower" award, and Pam revealed that she has a serious gambling problem (losing over 75 chips in the last turn of Wits & Wagers).
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Edited Mon Oct 8, 2007 7:46 pm
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Chris Norwood
United States
Graham
North Carolina
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Game of the Month! - The Ticket to Ride series!
(Check out my Review of the Ticket to Ride Series!)
Games played: Ticket to Ride, Ticket to Ride: Europe, Ticket to Ride: Märklin Edition, Ticket to Ride: USA 1910, Hansa, Shadows over Camelot, The Downfall of Pompeii, BattleLore, Vegas Showdown, Ingenious, Blokus, The Omega Virus, Antike, and Cartagena.
Highlights: The end of an era... finally playing the long-ignored The Downfall of Pompeii. Plus we had an electronic "blast from the past" with my flea market rescue of The Omega Virus. All that, plus overall I tended to be the "King of Suck" all month long.
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Edited Wed Nov 7, 2007 4:34 pm
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Chris Norwood
United States
Graham
North Carolina
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Game of the Month! - Betrayal at House on the Hill
(Check out my Review of Betrayal at House on the Hill!)
Games played: Betrayal at House on the Hill, Gloom, Yspahan, Dragon's Gold, China, Blokus, Nexus Ops, Tier auf Tier, Wits & Wagers, Wicked Witches Way, 1313 Dead End Drive, Taluva, Ra, On the Underground, Unspeakable Words, The Red Dragon Inn, Fury of Dracula, Give Me the Brain!, Easter Island and Zombie Fluxx.
Highlights: The unholy (and uncalled for) zombie horde led by Chip the Zombie Lord! Dracula mopping the floor with all sorts of hunters in both Fury of Dracula and Betrayal at House on the Hill. And several threats to our sanity, including lots of ZOMMMMMMBIEEEEES!
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Edited Wed Nov 7, 2007 4:32 pm
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Chris Norwood
United States
Graham
North Carolina
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Game of the Month! - Arkadia
Games played (so far): Arkadia, Easter Island, Lifeboat, Winner's Circle, Zooloretto, Torres, High School Drama!, PitchCar, Guillotine, Kill Doctor Lucky, Zombies!!!,Colossal Arena, Khet: The Laser Game, Ticket to Ride: Switzerland, The Settlers of Catan, Shadows over Camelot, Shadows over Camelot: A Company of Knights, Cube Farm, Ra, and Tiki Mountain!.
Highlights: Chip reveals his inner "lovable dork"; a night of murder, mayhem, and terrible car-flicking accidents; intestinal distress and annoying Tiki natives, and finally... the Return of Alton!!!
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Edited Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:58 am
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Chris Norwood
United States
Graham
North Carolina
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Game of the Month! - The Pillars of the Earth
Games played: The Pillars of the Earth, Thebes, 1960: The Making of the President, Cartagena, For Sale, Guillotine, Cold War: CIA vs. KGB, Fairy Tale, Cutthroat Caverns, Cave Troll, Set, Hula Hippos, Kingdoms, Felix: The Cat in the Sack, Khronos, Arkadia, and Kung Fu Fighting.
Highlights: 1960 and Thebes for the first time in the same night... what else do you want???!!! (Oh, and Denise-a Claus came to visit!)
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Edited Tue Jan 8, 2008 1:45 am
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Chris Norwood
United States
Graham
North Carolina
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Game of the Month! - Zooloretto
Games played: Zooloretto, Kingdoms, Khet: The Laser Game, Race for the Galaxy, Taluva, Memoir '44, Easter Island, Citadels, Tumblin-Dice, Mr. Jack, Yspahan, Café International, Felix: The Cat in the Sack, Alhambra, The Settlers of Catan, In the Year of the Dragon, Tier auf Tier, Carolus Magnus, Blue Moon City, El Grande, Thebes, Modern Art, Age of Gods, Il Principe, and Ca$h 'n Gun$.
Highlights: The John vs. GamerChris 1-on-1, two-player deathmatch! Surprising fun from Age of Gods! Our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!
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Edited Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:33 am
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Chris Norwood
United States
Graham
North Carolina
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Here is the list of our Top 25 highest-rated games from 2007.
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Chris Norwood
United States
Graham
North Carolina
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Game of the Month! - Power Grid for February, The Settlers of Catan for March
Games played: Power Grid, Race for the Galaxy, Age of Gods, Slide 5, Hnefatafl, Lost Worlds, The Princes of Florence, Knights of Charlemagne, Kung Fu Fighting, Mission: Red Planet, Bull in a China Shop, Pandemic, Power Grid - France/Italy, If Wishes Were Fishes, For Sale, Ca$h 'n Gun$, YINSH, Infernal Contraption, Last Night on Earth: The Zombie Game, Tier auf Tier, The Settlers of Catan, Kingsburg, Yspahan, Puerto Rico, Patrician, Catan: Cities & Knights, Cuba, and Ave Caesar.
Highlights: New favorites, Age of Gods and Race for the Galaxy, a move to the new Hypermind, and a near-death experience!
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Edited Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:00 pm
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Chris Norwood
United States
Graham
North Carolina
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This is the second of the One-Year-in-Review Geeklists, this time about which games we played the most in 2007!
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Chris Norwood
United States
Graham
North Carolina
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Game of the Month! - Cuba
Games played: Cuba, Race for the Galaxy, Blue Moon City, The Downfall of Pompeii, Ticket to Ride, For Sale, Taluva, Fairy Tale, Primordial Soup, Through the Desert, Thurn and Taxis, To Court the King, The Red Dragon Inn, Betrayal at House on the Hill, Pandemic, Lexogon One, Poison, Blink .
Highlights: With me occupied by my new baby, Chris serves as guest host! Speaking of sweet little Samantha, she, Gwen and I made our return to Game Night on the last week of the month!
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Edited Mon Jun 9, 2008 9:09 pm
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Chris Norwood
United States
Graham
North Carolina
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Game of the Month! - China
Games played: China, Key Harvest, Masons, Race for the Galaxy, The Red Dragon Inn, Betrayal at House on the Hill, Vegas Showdown, Web of Power, For Sale, Apples to Apples, King of Siam, Age of Gods, Café International, Giro Galoppo, Blue Moon City, Zombies!!! Second Edition, Tsuro, To Court the King, Battle Masters, Kingsburg, Galaxy Trucker, Kung Fu Fighting, Ra, Cartagena, Zooloretto, Carcassonne, Entdecker: Exploring New Horizons, Pandemic, Taluva, Bobbin' Bumblebee, Citadels, and RoboRally.
Highlights: One fussy baby (and I don't mean Mark)!
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Lots of new faces!!!
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Edited Mon Jun 9, 2008 9:07 pm
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Chris Norwood
United States
Graham
North Carolina
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Game of the Month! - Pandemic
Games played: Pandemic, Race for the Galaxy, King of Siam, Reef Encounter, To Court the King, wordXchange, For Sale, 10 Days in the USA, The Settlers of Catan, Fairy Tale, Ca$h 'n Gun$, Werewolves of Miller's Hollow, Race for the Galaxy, Cutthroat Caverns, Elfenland, Wench, Touché, Khet: The Laser Game, Kingdoms, Blue Moon City, Perikles, King's Blood, Through the Desert, Ticket to Ride: The Card Game, Struggle of Empires, Make 'n' Break, Ra, In the Shadow of the Emperor, Tower of Babel, Caylus Magna Carta, Liar's Dice, MixUp, and Colossal Arena.
Highlights: Many worlds are sacrificed to the hungry Pandemic gods, a scourge of werewolves infested the village, and there was a threat of spontaneous human combustion.
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Edited Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:38 am
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Chris Norwood
United States
Graham
North Carolina
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Game of the Month! - Wits & Wagers
Games played: Wits & Wagers, MixUp, Ra, Carcassonne, Werewolves of Miller's Hollow, Race for the Galaxy, GiftTRAP, The Settlers of Catan, Toledo, Caylus Magna Carta, Easter Island, Star Munchkin, Kung Fu Fighting, Mordred, Cluzzle, To Court the King, Time's Up!, Descent: Journeys in the Dark, For Sale, Balderdash, Mystery of the Abbey, Unspeakable Words, Blokus 3D, Aquaretto, Cranium Hoopla, Arch Rival, Shadows over Camelot, Primordial Soup, MixUp, Give Me the Brain!, Shadows over Camelot: Merlin's Company, Giro Galoppo, PitchCar, and Im Reich der Jadegöttin.
Highlights: It's PARTY TIME!
We also took our first Descent into the dark and learned what it was like to be in Merlin's Company.
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Edited Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:26 pm
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Chris Norwood
United States
Graham
North Carolina
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Game of the Month! - Carcassonne
Games played: Carcassonne, Race for the Galaxy, Colossal Arena, Kablamo, Tsuro, Alhambra, Agricola, Thurn and Taxis, Ticket to Ride, Citadels, To Court the King, Catz, Ratz & Batz, Blood Bowl - Third Edition, The Ark of the Covenant, Tigris & Euphrates, Yspahan, Ra, Descent: Journeys in the Dark, Arkham Horror, and Blokus 3D.
Highlights: Frickin' Agricola!!!
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Edited Thu Nov 6, 2008 1:30 pm
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Chris Norwood
United States
Graham
North Carolina
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Game of the Month! - Age of Gods
Games played (so far): Age of Gods, Race for the Galaxy, Race for the Galaxy: The Gathering Storm, Ticket to Ride, Im Reich der Wüstensöhne, Give Me the Brain!, Andromeda, Witch's Brew, Blood Bowl - Third Edition, Infernal Contraption, Wicked Witches Way, Stone Age, Cave Troll, Dominion, Tribune: Primus Inter Pares, Castle Keep, Jamaica, A Touch of Evil Supernatural Game...
Highlights: Come and make some!
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Edited Wed Nov 19, 2008 6:49 pm
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Posted Fri Jul 6, 2007 7:08 pm
