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Solamar goes a Gathering
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Solamar goes to the Gathering of Friends (April 5-13, 2008)

Here is a report of the games I played at this years Gathering. I removed the scores, and any information about prototypes. I believe that I obfuscated the prototypes enough. Let me know if I made an error.

Please let me know if I have a name misspelled. Also let me know if you would rather not have your name listed and I can remove them.

Highlights:
- I managed to get a copy of Botts and Balls from Ann Lesnik! Woo Hoo! :meeple::meeple::meeple::meeple:
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Posted On: 2008-04-15 02:20:42
Edited On: 2008-04-15 02:14:29

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1. Stone Age [Average Rating:7.62 Overall Rank:146]
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Stone Age 4/5/2008, 6:30 PM, Length: 1:14
Interesting game. I liked it a lot.
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Roger Cox (#4)
Brian Stallings (#3)
Bobby LaBoon (#2)

Stone Age 4/11/2008
Marcia Babcock (#2)
Seanna Miller (#3)
Bruce Linsey (#1) Win
Lisbet Williams (#4)
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Posted On: 2008-04-14 16:05:36
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2. Agricola [Average Rating:8.43 Overall Rank:5]
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Agricola 4/5/2008, 8:49 PM, Length: 3:06
5 Player a bit chaotic. Tough game for first time players. BestWith:3>4>5?
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Steven Lesnik (#5)
Ann Lesnik (#3)
Julie Luxenberg (#3)
Dan Luxenberg (#1) Win

Agricola 4/7/2008, 3:52 PM, Length: 2:28
Although I like this game, I don't like the I deck at first. It is hard to keep track of all 5 players and what effects are going on. Oh, I'll take that 4 wood - But you get one of them, and someone else buys 1 for a food. Well, if I was only going to get 2 wood I would not have taken that! Perhaps the I deck would be best with fewer players.
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Mark Geary (#5)
Markus Welbourne (#3)
Zack Boatman (#2)
Jacob Davenport (#1) Win

Agricola 4/11/2008, 10:04 PM, Length: 2:25
I like the E Deck.
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Marcia Babcock (#2)
Richard Glanzer (#3)
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Posted On: 2008-04-14 16:11:19
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The manual notes that if you decide to take wood, and then someone makes you hand over some of it, you can undo your move.
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Thank you for that clarification.

All the same, the point I was trying to get across with the I deck is that it is hard to keep track of what cards affect what actions.
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Yes, that can be tricky. It's also the stated reason in the manual WHY you can undo the move.
3. Tichu [Average Rating:7.78 Overall Rank:36]
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Tichu 4/5/2008
Sterling Babcock (#1) Win
Ted Alspach (toulouse) (#1) Win
Tom Lehmann (#3)
Tom McCory (#3)

Tichu 4/6/2008
Sterling Babcock (#1) Win
Scott Simon (#1) Win
Tom Lehmann (#3)
Eric Martin (#3)

Tichu 4/9/2008
Tournament. I got very few special cards.
Sterling Babcock (#3)
Dave Jones (#3)
Corbin Nash (#1) Win
Bryan Bowe (#1) Win

Tichu 4/11/2008
Sterling Babcock (#3)
Marcia Babcock (#3)
Dave Jones (#1) Win
Travis Reynolds (#1) Win

Tichu 4/12/2008
Sterling Babcock (#3)
Jim Fairchild (#3)
Tom Lehmann (#1) Win
Jeff Goldsmith (#1) Win
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Posted On: 2008-04-14 16:13:30
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What, only 5 games? ;)
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Well, I could have easily played twice as much. Tichu was going on constantly and it was a staple after midnight. But I was wandering around trying other games as well. I would say at least 25-50 games were played, plus 20 or so games in the tournament.
4. Wabash Cannonball [Average Rating:7.45 Overall Rank:332]
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Wabash Cannonball 4/5/2008, 10:33 AM, Length: 1:10
Sterling Babcock (#5)
Jeff Anderson (#1) Win
Dan Baden (#2)
Frank Branham (#4)
Rhonda Bender (#3)
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Posted On: 2008-04-14 16:15:16
Edited on: 2008-04-15 02:01:18
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J C Lawrence
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Oh dear, 5 players? I'm sorry. 3 or 4 only...
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Yes, I should have known not to play 5. I was pretty much shut out from the beginning.
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That game is all luck.
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Ha!