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Game Night at Great Escape Games - Sacramento - Aug. 27, 2009
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Kevin Ellingson
United States
Sacramento
California
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I attended our newest Sacramento area game night at a local game store, Great Escape Games. The game night is still smaller that our Tuesdays at Crepeville. We had about 16 people in attendance last night. Here are the games I played and saw others playing. Please add any I might have missed, or comments about the games you played that I did list. For more information about our group, please visit the Sacramento Board Game Meetup site.
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Posted Sat Aug 29, 2009 2:15 am
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Kevin Ellingson
United States
Sacramento
California
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D.K., Nick, and Jeremy were getting ready to play this when they arrived. I seriously thought about joining them, but decided not to do to the length of the game and the fact that my son had brought a friend to game night.
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Kevin Ellingson
United States
Sacramento
California
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I opted to start my evening with this filler, partially to introduce Michael's friend, Sally, to an easy game, and partially because Marcus wanted to wait for his son to finish his homework before playing something else. John W. showed as we were pulling this out, so we ended up playing with 6.
Marcus - 50
Michael - 42
Kevin - 39
John W. - 39
Sally - 27
Phil - 20
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Kevin Ellingson
United States
Sacramento
California
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Michael, Sally, and I were joined by Will for our next game. Will and Sally were playing for the first time. Will got the King first, and Michael and Sally did not have enough dice to challnge. I could not take the king away in the roll off, giving Will the win.
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Kevin Ellingson
United States
Sacramento
California
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There was a group of 4 playing this when I arrived.
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Kevin Ellingson
United States
Sacramento
California
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Phil, Marcus, his son, and John W. played this.
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Kevin Ellingson
United States
Sacramento
California
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Michael, Sally, and I stayed with the light game theme for the night and pulled out this set collecting game.
Michael - 38
Kevin - 36
Sally - 28
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Board Game: Dominion
[Average Rating:8.05 Overall Rank:6]
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Kevin Ellingson
United States
Sacramento
California
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Next up, Josh joined Sally, Michael, and I for a game of this. I could never get my engine going. Michael and Sally collected most of the provinces.
Sally - 33
Michael - 30
Kevin - 16
Josh - 9
Josh and Michael played another game of this.
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Board Game: Attika
[Average Rating:7.16 Overall Rank:170]
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Kevin Ellingson
United States
Sacramento
California
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Phil and John W. joined me for one of my favorites to finish off the evening. I was one away from winning, but sure I would be blocked. However, neither did, giving me the win on my turn.
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Kevin Ellingson
United States
Sacramento
California
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D.W., Nick, and Jeremy finished Maters of Venice and had time for one more and opted for this game.
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Posted Sat Aug 29, 2009 2:05 am
:cheers:
Mather
California
thanks for reporting this. Overall, I would call the additional/night locale a success so far-it isn't pulling folks away from the original Tuesdays at Crepeville, and it even brings in others such as JohnW who find it tough to get into Mid-Town. I hope to check this out soon myself.
Sixteen is a decent crowd and I like the diversity of games tabled from light to heavy and in between.