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= Seattle Cosmic Game Night, Saturday, 17 July 2004 = == One Hot Night in Kenmore == Who came?[[BR]] ["Ben Sklar"] (host of the evening), ["John Reiher"], ["Justin Newstrum"] and his friend Ryan came early for RoboRally. Later at the usual time, ["Ryan Eyer"], ["Emily Miller"], ["Nat Dupree"], ["Steve Dupree"], ["Jay Lorch"], ["Michelle Teague"], ["Ron Hale-Evans"], ["Marty Hale-Evans"], and ["Julie Strasser"] arrived. General notes.[[BR]] It was hot. Very hot. Despite the AC being on, and later the windows opened, it was hot. Game 'night' started early at 1:00 with a game of RoboRally. Later at 5:00 the usual gang started showing up and RoboRally was finished as we moved on to other games. With the usual ending time of midnight. --["Ben Sklar"] === RoboRally === '''Game:''' ["RoboRally"] [[BR]] '''Players:''' ["Ben Sklar"], ["John Reiher"], ["Justin Newstrum"] and Ryan [[BR]] '''Location:''' large table [[BR]] '''Time:''' 1:15 - 5:15 [[BR]] '''Winner:''' ["Ben Sklar"] [[BR]] '''Prize:''' none Scores | '''PLAYER''' | '''Robot''' | '''SCORE''' | | ["Ben Sklar"] | Hulk |1st place | | ["John Reiher"] | Squash | 4th place | | ["Justin Newstrum"] | Twonky | 3rd place | | Ryan | Trundle | 2nd place | We agreeed to a X pattern 5 board setup with the water board in the center. This slowwed us a lot more than we thought it would. As it was past 5:00 we agreed to end the game at the 3rd of 4 flags. Ryan took an early lead, but with my 'Recompile' option I was able to get the necessary cards to get accross the water, then pull Ryan with my tractor beam to make him drive off into a pit; thus winning me the game. --["Ben Sklar"] === Modern Art === '''Game:''' ["Modern Art"] [[BR]] '''Players:''' ["Nat Dupree"], ["Steve Dupree"], ["Ben Sklar"], ["John Reiher"], ["Justin Newstrum"] [[BR]] '''Location:''' ?[[BR]] '''Time:''' ??? - 18:00[[BR]] '''Winner:''' ["Steve Dupree"][[BR]] '''Prize:''' none[[BR]] Scores | '''PLAYER''' | '''SCORE''' | | ["Steve Dupree"] | 594 | | ["Ben Sklar"] | 443 | | ["Nat Dupree"] | 375 | | ["John Reiher"] | 337 | | ["Justin Newstrum"] | 332 | What happened during this game?[[BR]] 1st time playing this game for Justin and Ben[[BR]] In the first round the top selling artists were Karl Gitter, Lite Metal, and Christin P.[[BR]] In the second round the top artists were Christin P. Lite Metal, and Karl Gitter[[BR]] In the third round the top artists were Krypto, Yoko, and Lite Metal[[BR]] In the fourth round the top artists were Christin P, Krypto, and Lite Metal[[BR]] Comments from the players? --["Ben Sklar"] Mayfair finally re-released the classic Modern Art. As soon as I found out I ordered a copy. The new version comes in a smaller box, which some think is uglier than the old box. Considering the nature of the components (cards, chips, screens, and a small chart) of the game and the finite space in the universe, I am happier with smaller packaging. The components are OK quality. The price chart is a bit flimsy, and the pictures of art galleries on the screens seem grainy. However these changes allowed Mayfair to sell the game at a street price of only $17. As far as this instance of the game in question, it was pretty straightforward. Having played it probably more than the other players combined, my win isn't noteworthy. There was some naysaying later on that Lite Metal had passed his prime compared to later, more prolific artists, but amazingly his works managed to be among the top in all four rounds of the game. --["Steve Dupree"] === Amun Re === '''Game:''' ["Amun Re"] [[BR]] '''Players:''' ["Nat Dupree"], ["Steve Dupree"], ["Ben Sklar"], ["Justin Newstrum"][[BR]] '''Location:''' ?[[BR]] '''Time:''' 19:20 - 21:00[BR]] '''Winner:''' ["Ben Sklar"][[BR]] '''Prize:''' none[[BR]] Scores | '''PLAYER''' | '''SCORE''' | | ["Ben Sklar"] | 40 | | ["Nat Dupree"] | 38 (10) | | ["Justin Newstrum"] | 38 (9) | | ["Steve Dupree"], | 36 | A very close game, with Nat coming in 2nd by 1 pyramid in the tie-breaker. It was also Justin's first time playing this game.[[BR]] | | Ben | Justin | Nat | Steve| | 1st round | Kharga | Amaryna | Bernike | Damanhur | | 2nd round | Edfu | Baharia | Sawu | Abu | | 3rd round | Daklha | Memphis | Avaris | Thebes | | 1st half score | 12 | 17 | 6 | 17 | | 4th round | Sawu | Dakhla | Baharya | Bernike | | 5th round | Memphis | amarnya | Khargha | Edfu | | 6th round | Abu | Damanhur | Thebes | Avaris | Nat made a bold move in the 5th round with an opening bid of 21 on Kharga (which had 3 pyramids). Which she managed to win. Comments from the other players? --["Ben Sklar"] === Domino Dice === '''Game:''' Domino Dice [[BR]] '''Players:''' ["John Reiher"], ["Ron Hale-Evans"], ["Marty Hale-Evans"], ["Julie Strasser"][[BR]] '''Location:''' Hallway[[BR]] '''Time:''' 7:50 - 8:30[[BR]] '''Winner:''' ["Marty Hale-Evans"][[BR]] '''Prize:''' Ron [[BR]] Scores | '''PLAYER''' | '''SCORE''' | | ["Marty Hale-Evans"] | 54 | | ["John Reiher"] | 53 | | ["Ron Hale-Evans"] | 24 | | ["Julie Strasser"] | 13 | What happened during this game? Comments from the players? ----[[BR]] Well '''Domino Dice''' is an interesting variant, where you have to roll the ''domino dice'' and try to roll faces you can use to build your train. If none of the faces work, you "crap out". The first roll must have at least one double tile face up or you crap out immediately.[[BR]] So with that in mind, I was very lucky in my first rolls and got to 53 with only one crap out. Julie and Ron crapped out a lot, either in trying to make a higher score or in just their initial rolls. Marty, despite her final score, crapped out a lot, then made most of her points in the last round with a thirty something scoring set of rolls. [[BR]] --["John Reiher"] === Power Grid === '''Game:''' ["Power Grid"] [[BR]] '''Players:''' ["Ben Sklar"], ["John Reiher"], ["Steve Dupree"], ["Michelle Teague"] [[BR]] '''Location:''' ?[[BR]] '''Time:''' ??? - 24:00[[BR]] '''Winner:''' ["Steve Dupree"] [[BR]] '''Prize:''' none[[BR]] Scores | '''PLAYER''' | '''SCORE''' | | ["Steve Dupree"] | 18 | | ["Michelle Teague"] | 16 (16) | | ["Ben Sklar"] | 16 (4) | | ["John Reiher"] | 15 | I think I am finally beginning to understand this game. The two key aspects to focus on seem to be turn order and plant capacity. It is often worth givign up a few dollars in income (by not building a substation you could power) if it lets you be first in the turn order in the next round. --["Steve Dupree"] == Afterword == Remember, Seattle Cosmic Game Night occurs every weekend, in one of a number of Seattle-area locations. Come play for fun and FABULOUS PRIZES from the PrizeBag! [mailto:rwhe@ludism.org Email Ron Hale-Evans] for a full schedule and directions. If you come, please bring a snack or drink to share (cookies, chips, soda, juice, etc.) == Supporting Seattle Cosmic and Games to the Rescue == GamesToTheRescue is a philanthropic project of the [http://www.ludism.org/ Center for Ludic Synergy] and [http://www.ludism.org/scwiki/ Seattle Cosmic Game Night]. The aim of the project is to provide game equipment and a book of game rules to hospitals, for use by patients and visitors. You can support GamesToTheRescue by buying games via [http://kumquat.com/cgi-kumquat/funagain/home?;;CFLS our Funagain affiliate program], buying [http://www.cafeshops.com/seattle_cosmic,sc_2 Seattle Cosmic Gear], and in a number of other ways. See the GamesToTheRescue page for more details. ---- NewslettersFor2004 | CategoryGameNight | FrontPage

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