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Finally made it to a Saturday meetup. I was surrounded by 18 other fellow gamers. While I nearly helped close the library down, I may have missed some early games-please annotate/correct as needed.

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1. Board Game: Agricola [Average Rating:8.29 Overall Rank:1]
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Numero uno got twice the love. No idea which decks/expansions were in play.
Group 1: David M + 3
Group 2: Chris, Jason, Don, +2
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2. Board Game: Cuba [Average Rating:7.36 Overall Rank:107]
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Chris, Jason, Don, and Aaron were playing Cuba as I arrived.
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3. Board Game: Power Grid - China/Korea [Average Rating:8.09 Unranked] [Average Rating:8.09 Unranked]
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This was an ambitious game. Korea map plus Power Grid - The New Power Plants Cards. Looked like Jean, Scott, Marcus, Afshin and 2 others were having a fun time of it.
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4. Board Game: Clue: The Great Museum Caper [Average Rating:6.62 Overall Rank:816]
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Mike A. introduced most of the PowerGrid crew (minus Afshin) to this 3D version of the classic deduction game.
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Well... it's not really a 3-d version of Clue, it has little to do with Clue other than the branding, but I gladly teach this every chance I get. I think it went over well as a quick filler game(which is all I ever think of it as) and for once I actually escaped as the thief with four pieces of art. The only other round of this we played ended fairly quickly with Jean being thief and being captured after grabbing one piece of art.
5. Board Game: Small World [Average Rating:7.68 Overall Rank:35]
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Finally, I get into a game. I joined Chris, Jason, Don, and Aaron in exploring and conquering Small World. I had played Vinci a couple of times, but this was my first go around with the fantasy retheming/update.

I drew first and promptly set up shop w/ the Stout Ghouls. Here are the race/abilities in order for each.

DavidO: Stout Ghouls-->Alchemist Giants-->Diplomat Wizards.
The Ghouls went to town early, and declined on turn 3. They hung around until turn 7. The Giants had a hard time taking mountains as the Flying Trolls had lairs there. The Diplomate Wizards were able to make some last turn inroads, but too little too late. I Diplomated Don's Hill Sorcerors to preserve my gains. I got seduced by the ghouls and really couldn't do as much w/ the Giants as I liked.

Chris: Wealthy Skeletons-->Merchant Amazons.
Kept a low profile and then rode the Amazons to the end.

Jason: Flying Trolls-->Fortified Ratmen. Good combos and solid play by Jason here.

Aaron: Bivouacking Orcs-->Dragonmaster Halfings-->Commando Tritons.
Aaron played a very aggressive/attacking game throughout.

Don: Forest Elves-->Hill Sorcerors. Don also played a quiet game.

Chris: 102
Jason: 83
Don: 83
Davido-59
Aaron: 63

Overall, the theme, production values and cleaned up rules make this a MAJOR improvement over Vinci, which I recall as being fiddly. Small World flowed very nicely. I dig it, and it goes on the wish/Secret Santa list.

Chris and Jason have been playing this a LOT, but were surprised and excited to hear of the expansions that are out or forthcoming.
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6. Board Game: Chaos in the Old World [Average Rating:7.93 Overall Rank:41]
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Afshin, Jim V., Aaron, and JC played this new title.
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No one in the group had played this yet. I will have to give a very big thumbs up to the rules summary prepared by UniversalHead and posted in the BGG file section for the game. Afshin had printed copies of these and they made the rulebook almost unnecessary.
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Forelle wrote:
No one in the group had played this yet. I will have to give a very big thumbs up to the rules summary prepared by UniversalHead and posted in the BGG file section for the game. Afshin had printed copies of these and they made the rulebook almost unnecessary.

JC,
thanks for your comments on this and other games. If nothing else, it helps me put a face to the name or at least BGG account :D
7. Board Game: Railroad Tycoon [Average Rating:7.77 Overall Rank:27]
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Yeah, there is a justice in this world, and we were blessed with a game of Railroad Tycoon :D I drew the Jay Gould (fewest shares) Tycoon, but still bid 11K (3 shares off the top) to get start player. I did the 1 space/1 link connection of lexington/louisville to get the first connection bonus. It took a while to get going, but I built up that southeast midwest section. I was joined by Jean and Aaron and marcus in the midwest. Scott took Southeast/east coast. david m went for the NE corridor. I did better than I usually do, but still maxed out at 5 train and got outcompeted towards the mid-game. My 7 shares were fewest and canceled out my bonus-but I did make it :D

Scott: 83
Marcus: 72
David M: 66
Jean: 62
David O: 46
Mike A.: 44

but I got to play my binky :D
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Actually, I'm the "Mike N." when I'm really "Mike A." but I said my full last name of ANino and the N's in that like to push all the other letters out of the way, so it's fully understandable. I had a good time even playing even though I've once again realized that I am terrible at this game. My strategy of "don't spend too much, and be a nice person" doesn't seem to work too well in these cut throat type games it seems.
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I hear you bro-it's tough to play every 3-4 months against those who play monthly or more. Ah well, I just slather on the chum and go swimming with the sharks :D I do so love RRT :D
8. Board Game: Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age [Average Rating:7.09 Overall Rank:211]
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Jim, Aaron, Afshin, + 1 well Rolled through the Ages :D
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9. Board Game: Battlestar Galactica [Average Rating:7.89 Overall Rank:17]
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Afshin, Aaron, + 3 played this Sacto meetup fave.
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First game I'd played with the new expansion. And the jury is still out since we didn't even make it to New Caprica. Ugly loss for the humans as we were boarded by several Cylons. Our last hope was Afshin in the Armory, but when we gave him an executive order, he revealed and it was lights out when the next crisis card activated the Cylons on the ship.
10. Board Game: Endeavor [Average Rating:7.81 Overall Rank:34]
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DavidM. really wanted to table this new title. It borrows elements from other games (e.g. Puerto Rico to name one obvious inspiration). I found the tracks and options to be fiddly and tough to wrap my head around. I got a barracks early on and enjoyed breaking out the 'boomsticks'.
Jean: 52
David M. 52
Scott: 50
DavidO: 45
Mike A. 38
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11. Board Game: Tales of the Arabian Nights [Average Rating:7.41 Overall Rank:162]
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Afshin and JC finished with this journey through the mysterious Middle East.
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This was a lot more fun than I expected. Neither of us had played before. Best moments:

I ended up imprisoned early on and spent a lot of time encountering my jailers. I finally escaped, and was deemed an outlaw. However, I was already an outlaw for rashly attacking a prince during my first encounter in the game, so, because it was my second outlaw status, I was sent back to prison. :soblue: Thankfully, Afshin waived that effect and I moved on normally.

Late in the game, Afshin encountered angry mermen at sea. They were merciful and just threw him overboard rather than kill him. Eventually, he was rescued by pirates who planned to ransom him. Unfortunately, the pirates learned he was crippled so they instead spent their time tormenting him, then they threw him overboard in a barrel and tossed stuff at him until he sunk and drowned. - boy, that sounds grim writing it, but it was a pretty enjoyable game experience.

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this game has sounded fascinating everytime I've read about it.
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Oh man, I really want to check this game out. I hope I can make it to a future meet-up soon where it's going to be played.
12. Board Game: Vegas Showdown [Average Rating:7.29 Overall Rank:128]
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We wanted to finish with something middling light and David M. and I agreed on Vegas Showdown. Scott and Jean were new, but picked it up quickly. I got locked out on slots more often than I like, so I went with the Hotel/people/VP route. It was a pretty loose game and we all got plenty of bonuses. I suck at getting 3/4 and full diamonds and that made the difference.

David M.: 70
Scott: 67
Jean: 64
Davido: 55

At least I had fun introducing Scott and Jean to this fun favorite.
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thanks for the rundown, David.
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