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Sacramento Boardgames Meetup-Crepeville Mid-Town 7/7/09
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Davido
United States
Mather
California
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While my notes show about 2 dozen gamers throughout the evening, Mid-town Crepeville didn't seem that crowded. Still, the usual variety of games were played. For more information about gaming in Sacramento please go to: http://www.meetup.com/sacramento-boardgamers/As usual, fill in the blanks and goofs.
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Posted Wed Jul 8, 2009 3:18 pm
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Davido
United States
Mather
California
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Steph and friend started with this number tile classic. They were later joined by two others.
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Board Game: Agricola
[Average Rating:8.29 Overall Rank:1]
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Davido
United States
Mather
California
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Jason, Chris, Kevin, and two others got their farms and families on.
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Davido
United States
Mather
California
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The former numero uno got some lovin' from a threesome.
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Davido
United States
Mather
California
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My first game of the night. This was one of my more efficient games. I resisted overpaying for slots and got a good lounge/slot engine going, supplemented by a couple of basic restaurants. I was able to fill the casino slots with a couple of Sports Books. My playmat had a little bit of everything-filled casinos, restaurants, connections between the two, good cash and population and some bucks left over for a pair of VPs. Still, Don's big ticket locations and the diamonds and 3/4 diamonds carried him to the win.
Don-53
Davido-45
DK-42
Jana-38
Scott-34
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Board Game: China
[Average Rating:7.17 Overall Rank:175]
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Davido
United States
Mather
California
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My copy of China received a good, healthy workout from Conny, Jeff, Markus, and I believe John(?).
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Davido
United States
Mather
California
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Two gamers contested the control of Middle Earth.
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Davido
United States
Mather
California
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The Lord of the Rings: Confrontation duo were joined by another for a game of Stone Age.
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Davido
United States
Mather
California
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Dwayne, Karen, Greg, and 2 others built their Alhambras. According to Dwayne, this was an "everything and the kitchen sink and the oven" version with ALL of expansions 1 and 2 in play. Yowzah!
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Board Game: Pandemic
[Average Rating:7.74 Overall Rank:22]
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Davido
United States
Mather
California
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Janet, Sean M. and one other raced around the globe to fight the diseases. Karen later joined them.
What? No Cities & Knights?
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Davido
United States
Mather
California
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Not to worry, Pandemic was just an appetizer. The Pandemic crew quickly got down to serious business in Catan.
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Davido
United States
Mather
California
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The China group played Ticket to Ride.
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Davido
United States
Mather
California
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Marcus left, but the rest of the China/TTR group enjoyed some Klassic Knizia Kraziness.
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Davido
United States
Mather
California
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Shadows over Camelot was underway as I left. Karen, Dwayne, and several others attempted to save Camelot (or not, I don't know if a traitor was in play).
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Davido
United States
Mather
California
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DK knows what I like. And with my gaming few and far between, 5P El Grande will scratch most of my itches. Don was new to the game, but with 4 vets and a quick study, this promised to be a ruthlessly cutthroat contesting of Medieval Spain. The game did not disappoint in the least.
I've been trying to get better caballero management, and overall my flow was a lot better than usual. That said, I airdropped my Cabs from the castillo into a very crowded Valencia to no avail. In round 3, Scott managed to lock up a bunch of cabs and hose me w/ the mobile scoreboards.
This was sort of a Dick Dastardly (of Wacky Races fame) game for me-close second in the first round, solid lead after two, leading most of the way, only to stumble and run out of gas at the end. Still, a great play of a great, great game. Thanks one and all.
Scott: 13-48-107
Jana: 30-51-100
Davido: 29-61-94
DK: 22-52-91
Don: 31-56-90
Most of the really nasty hosage Intrigue cards didn't come out until round 3, so this was a very strategic game of placement, more so than I am used to.
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Conny A
United States
California
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Funny name for a game, but honest, this was a game that was played by Kathy and Myra.
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Posted Wed Jul 8, 2009 3:01 pm
The players in the first play were Chris, Jason, Jake, Jim, and me. Jason was first with 40 points, with Chris and Jake tied at 39. I scored 29, and Jim scored 21.
The players in the second play were Chris, Jason, Greg and me. Greg won running away with 49 points, followed by Chris with 37, me with 35, and Jason with 27.