Tonight we looked at (but didn't play) Tigris and Euphrates, and played a couple of rounds of Fluxx.

Tigris And Euphrates looks like an interesting strategy game, but by the time we had gone through the rules and familiarized ourselves with the board and game elements, we decided that we wouldn't be able to get through a game in a reasonable amount of time.

Attendees: Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, and Rachel and Jim “Blaise” Trigg.

Tonight we sat quietly and ate our dinners, then rested.

Attendees: Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer.

Tonight we played a 4-player game of Ticket to Ride: USA 1910, using the Big Cities variant, and a 6-player game of Power Grid using the USA map.

• Blaise won Ticket to Ride, followed closely by Sallie and Fuzz, with Craig trailing.
• Dave won Power Grid, having exhausted the rest of us.

Note to self: In the future, do NOT start 6-player games of Power Grid at 10:00pm -- the game was hard fought and brutal.

Attendees: Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, Rachel and Jim “Blaise” Trigg, Sallie, Dave and Tony Montuori, Dana Leader, and John McMahon.

Tonight we played a 5-player game of Mutiny!, and a 2-player game of Power Grid on the Central European map.

• Blaise won Mutiny!
• Craig won Power Grid.

This was the first time for us playing Mutiny!; it took a while to get the hang of it, then it got bloody. After everyone else went home, Dave and Craig played a hard-fought game of Power Grid, but beyond a certain point, the end result was inevitable -- Dave could have forced an additional turn, but it wouldn't have mattered.

Attendees: Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, Sallie, Dave and Tony Montuori, Rachel and Jim "Blaise" Trigg.