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12/29/2021 3:03:22 PM
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No new years eve gaming this year
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I hope everyone had and continues to have a great holiday season! And I hope you found a board game or three under the tree come Christmas!
Personally, I came away with a copy of Praga and my own copy of Lost Ruins of Arnak!
Due to a combination of the uncertain COVID situation, a couple people expressing concern about F2F gaming and my schedule, I'm not hosting NYE gaming this year. Hopefully the situation will settle down soon!
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1/8/2022 1:52:15 AM
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2nd Saturday of January gaming? - cancelled
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I forgot to actually verify that there is no face to face gaming for the 2nd saturday.
If you are interested in a online game or two, check into the discord at 1!
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1/20/2022 2:45:46 PM
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fourth saturday of January - online only
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Edit - we will be doing online gaming! I hope everyone can make it, I will look for folks on the discord at 1pm.
How do people feel about gaming this weekend? it sounds like the covid numbers are still pretty high:
Arlington County, Virginia Covid Case Tracker - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
So I imagine we are probably not doing Face to face gaming, but I figure I'd see what people think.
If not F2F, are you up for some online gaming? I can go a little later than last time, if people are interested in that.
edited by JohnKerr on 1/22/2022
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1/22/2022 9:32:52 AM
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fourth saturday of January - online only
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we will be doing online gaming! I hope everyone can make it, I will look for folks on the discord at 1pm.
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2/9/2022 12:55:18 PM
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2nd Saturday of February, 2/12.. F2F or Virtual?
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This Saturday is the 2nd saturday and would normally be a game day.
How are people feeling about the risk at this point? I was thinking the number were looking better, and they are, but:
Arlington County, Virginia Covid Case Tracker - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Claims that we are still pretty high risk. What do people think?
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2/11/2022 1:43:37 PM
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2nd Saturday of February, 2/12.. F2F or Virtual?
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Ok, it sounds like we are on for tomorrow, starting at 1pm.
Masks are optional, but I might wear one. If the weather lends itself to it, I'll have a sliding door open to increase air flow.
I have the Dune expansion, Ixians & tleilaxu house expansion to try and Chris might be able to bring his copy of the Ruins of Arnak expansion.
ABG link: 2nd Saturday of February, 2/12.. F2F or Virtual? - General - Arlington Board Gamers
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2/22/2022 6:53:42 PM
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Fourth saturday gaming, 2/25
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Last game day was a relaxed return to gaming after our covid hiatus. We played a couple older games, starting with five for Vegas Showdown, always a favorite. I don't have the details handy, but it was a game with a lot of limited bidding rounds, due to expensive choices and/or no-bid tokens. It was looking like we were going to quickly deplete one of the building stacks, but then it evened out and the game went long.
This was the last game we will have with Chris for a while, as he took off after that and is moving to Richmond. While hopefully after he gets settled in he'll make the trip up to join us, until then we'll miss his always positive attitude and cheerful willingness to play almost any game, Formula De aside.
Next we played Wingspan with both the european and oceania expansions (thanks to Jeff). The expansions added new birds and a wildcard food type, as well as some new types of cards. Added some diversity, but didn't make any fundamental changes to the game play.
Who is interested in gaming 2/26?
New acquires that I could try to learn beforehand are On Mars, the Martian colonization game, Pax Pamir (2nd edition), the tableau builder set in Afghanistan and the real expansion to Dune: Imperium, Risk of Ix, I still have Imperium: classics on my list of like to learns, as well.
Let me know if you can make it and if there is a particular game that will draw you out!
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2/25/2022 12:31:28 PM
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Fourth saturday gaming, 2/25
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It sounds like we have Mike (possibly with a guest), Marvin, Larry, Scott and myself. (Late additions are welcome of course)
Potential games include Furnace and Pipeline.
See everyone tomorrow!
Most of this was decided via an email chain, which anyone is welcome to receive on request, but ether mode of communication (email or here) is fine with me.
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2/27/2022 11:14:09 PM
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Fourth saturday gaming, 2/25
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The 4th Saturday of February came with a great game day!
We had 8 folks, Me, Mike, Rick, Cheryl, Larry, Scott, Marvin and Tiffany. Tiffany is new to ABG and an enthusiastic newcomer to many of our games. We started with a quick game of Tsuro. I managed to slam into a wall fairly quickly and Tiffany not long after. Rick stealthily maneuvered to last the longest, followed by Cheryl, Larry and Mike.
Then we broke into two groups. Hansa Tuetonica is a favorite and seemed like a nice middle weight to follow up Tsuro, so Mike, Tiffany, Marvin and I launched into that. We play the newer map with the co-located action and bag tech. This instance of the game was a bit of an odd one, as the battle for more actions lasted longer than normal, to the point where the game was close to over once it settled down. There was very little focus on the bonus disks and I don't think a single person increased their key tech (increasing the value of each kontor in the largest network). In the end, some captured towns near the techs netting me a slow trickle of points that put me over 20 to trigger the endgame and led to the victory. I had 41, Mike 35, Tiffany 23 and Marvin 18.
Meanwhile, the other table was playing Bonfire, a popular new(ish) Feld. Apparently Scott was so busy doing cool things that he also ran away with it. I'm not sure of the details, except that Larry wasn't certain he was actually playing the same game that Scott was. Scott 93, Cheryl 66, Rick 51 and Larry 29.
Back on the other table, we followed up HT with some real estate wheeling and dealing with For Sale. A fairly early bidding war had me spending most of my money on a 27, but a quirk of the cards made that not be as painful as it might of been. And the relatively low value average I ended at was compensated for by some wild swings of the checks that let me tie for 2nd, losing the tiebreaker to Tiffany. Marvin was the most astute of investors, making the best use of this properties. Marvin: 63, Tiffany: 58.3, John: 58.2 and Mike 45.
While bonfire finished up we had another quick game of Tsuro, with Mike victoriously sliding around with several tiles of game to spare by the end: Mike 1st, Tiffany 2nd, John 3rd and Marvin 4th.
Mike graciously dropped Marvin and Tiffany off at the metro and rejoined us. Rick and Cheryl were a little black eyed and blue from their bonfire game, so only had one game left in them, but perhaps a little coffee would perk them up. We chose an old time Rosenberg favorite, Bohnanza, the bean trading game. The trading was fast and furious, but the interest in a 3rd bean field ran chili, with not a single one sold. The game ended up very tight, with Cheryl and I tied for first and Cheryl taking it, leaving me simultaneously green with envy and red in the face, it stinks. Cheryl: 13.4, John: 13.3, Rick 11.4, Mike 11.3, Scott 11.0 and Larry 10. A 2 way tie for 1st and a 3 way tie for 2nd, soy close!
Rick and Cheryl left us, leaving four to close with a game of Anno 1800. We decided to house rule that the people were in unlimited supply, as the limits just seemed like an un-fun game situation. We only had one bonus action, the one that lets you purchase an extra action for 3 navigation and 3 trade tokens. We seemed to quickly exhaust the low level people cards and we did hit the limit on red guys and have to bring in more mid game. Everyone was happily cranking along making their people happy, when suddenly Larry decided to end the game. A mildly strange situation happened where everyone seemed to have a stockpile of extra actions, so the last turn was actually many turns and the scores ended up tight, but Larry's unpopular decision to end the game won it for him! Larry:134, John: 131, Mike: 130 and Scott: 120.
Thanks everyone for the games and company, hope to see you again in 2 weeks.
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3/11/2022 7:48:39 AM
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3/12 - 2nd saturday gaming
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Sounds like tomorrow is going to be a wintery day, a fine day to spend indoor playing boardgames!
Who is interested? We will start at 1pm and I can go as late as people want.
What would you like to play? No new acquisitions since last time, but I'm up for anything!
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3/12/2022 7:42:28 AM
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3/12 - 2nd saturday gaming
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Marvin is out for today and Mike and Scott are interested but waiting to see on the weather conditions.
I’ll try to get a feel for local conditions around noon and update. Everyone is welcome, but stay safe today!
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3/12/2022 12:41:35 PM
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3/12 - 2nd saturday gaming
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Things look pretty good here, roads are clear and its not coming down. Keep yourself safe, but come on by if you're up for it!
So far:
Yes: mike
Maybe scott
Nope: Ben, larry, jeff, marvin, chris
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3/21/2022 2:27:45 PM
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3/21 Fourth Saturday of March - Cancelled
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That's right, another 4th saturday approaches and that means.... gaming!
Last game day, we got in a couple games of Dune: Imperium and then switched to Anno: 1800. Dune was met with middling reviews from Mike and Scott, but neither seemed unwilling to play again. I still enjoyed it and look forward to trying the expansion at some point (but no rush). Anno was fun, as always... Mike used a strategy where he attracted as many folks to his town as possible and ignored the happiness of most of them, but those he made happy were very influential. It worked for him in the end and he won.
Who is planning to come by this saturday and what would you like to play?
Larry is planning on being there and is bringing a couple guests, so come put on our best ABG face!
I also emailed this out... if you would like to get an email invitation (or stop getting them), let me know.
edited by JohnKerr on 3/24/2022
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3/24/2022 11:57:41 AM
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3/21 Fourth Saturday of March - Cancelled
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So far Scott, Ayne and George had rsvped (thanks!), but:
Hey, folks, I'm getting hit with the onset of spring (I think) and having a lot of trouble with congestion. If history serves, it's going to get worse before it gets better. I don't think it's anything contagious, but I'd rather err on the side of caution than risk exposing someone, especially during these extra cautious times.
It seems prudent to go ahead and cancel gaming for Saturday... my apologies to Scott and the two new guests (who had rsvped) and everyone else who would have made it, but hopefully you'll be up for the 2nd saturday gaming!
My apologies again and hope to see everyone the 9th of April!
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4/6/2022 5:47:02 PM
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April 9 - 2nd saturday gaming?
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I think there is a fair amount of conflict this weekend as far as gaming, who is around and looking for gaming?
Normal 1pm start time... no particular end time. Let me know if you are thinking of coming by!
Any games you are interested in?
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4/8/2022 6:44:43 PM
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April 9 - 2nd saturday gaming?
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Current status as far as I know it: Marvin and Scott getting there at close to the start. Jeff might join us at 3pm.
Not sure what we are playing, but looking forward to it!
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4/9/2022 11:04:34 AM
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April 9 - 2nd saturday gaming?
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Sounds like Ed will join us, possibly with Marco Polo II and Crown of Emara. MPII is a good evolution on the original, I've played it on BGA a few times. Keeps a lot of the mechanics of the original, while feeling like a pretty different games.
If Jeff makes it, he's contemplating bringing Beyond the Sun, which I've also played online a few times... good tech tree space themed game.
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4/22/2022 12:28:39 PM
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4th Saturday gaming?
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Who is interested in some 4th saturday gaming tomorrow, april 23rd?
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4/23/2022 10:06:59 AM
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4th Saturday gaming?
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Right now it sounds like we'll have Sheila, who's bringing Marvin, Scott and maybe Rick. It might be an early night, as most will depart around dinner time.
Sounds great and see you soon (and anyone else that wants to join in!)
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5/13/2022 10:14:28 AM
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May 14 - gaming cancelled
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Sorry for the late notice, but due to family health events, I need to cancel gaming tomorrow.
If anyone wants to host elsewhere, in person or online, I’d be vicariously happy to hear about it!
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