Tonight we played Ca$h 'n Gun$, Ticket to Ride: USA 1910, and Race for the Galaxy.

• Blaise won Ca$h 'n Gun$ with 100, followed by Craig (95), Dave (90), Brian (75), and Richard (died).
• Blaise won Ca$h 'n Gun$ with 105, followed by Craig (100), Dave (100), Richard (60), and Brian (40).
• Richard won Ca$h 'n Gun$ with 175, followed by Brian (125), Blaise (65), Dave (died), and Craig (died).
• John won Ticket to Ride: USA 1910 with 121, followed by Sallie (109), Shaune (91), Rachel (87), and Tony (76).
• Craig won Race for the Galaxy with 48, followed by Shaune (43), John (43), Richard (41), and Dave (25).

Attendees:  Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, Rachel and Jim "Blaise" Trigg, Sallie, Dave, and Tony Montuori, Shaune Lee, Richard Butler, Brian Carpenter, and John "Fuzzface" McMahon.

Tonight we played Button Concentration and Dominion.

• Chris bested Rachel, Carrie, and Shaune at Button Concentration.
• Craig won Dominion with 46, followed by John (30), Jim (25), and Dave (18).
• John won Dominion with 26, followed by Shaune (21), Tony (20), and Chris (17).

Attendees:  Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, Rachel and Jim "Blaise" Trigg, Dave and Tony Montuori, Shaune Lee, Chris Hom, and John "Fuzzface" McMahon.

Tonight we played Spy Trackdown, Dominion, Race for the Galaxy.

• Tony won Spy Trackdown with John, Shaune, and Sallie.
• Brian won Dominion with 38, followed by Craig (33), and Chris (26).
• Chris won Dominion with 36, followed by Brian (26), Craig (22), and Tim (18).
• Tim won Dominion with 36, followed by Brian (30), Chris (18), and Craig (12).
• Richard won Race for the Galaxy with 37, followed by Dave (34), and Jamie/Tim (18).
• Shaune won Race for the Galaxy with 48, followed by Tony (38), and Richard (16).

Attendees:  Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, Sallie, Dave, and Tony Montuori, Shaune and Tim Lee, Richard Butler, Jamie Reese, Brian Carpenter, Kris Trader, Chris Hom, and John "Fuzzface" McMahon.

Saturday afternoon, Carrie drew my attention to a local Craig's List posting, advertising a copy of Axis & Allies for a mere $12.  I contacted the seller and confirmed that it was a second edition set (1986 printing), so I hustled over and picked it up.  The set is in good condition (missing a single Russian control token, and someone had carefully marked the board's territories with PBeM identifiers), so I'm pleased with the price.  We'll have to break it in some time soon ...

On our way home, Carrie and I decided to have dinner in Chantilly, and swung past Game Parlor, where I was stunned to find both Dominion and Race for the Galaxy: The Gathering Storm, sitting on the shelves, waiting to be bought ... but not so stunned that I didn't immediately scoop them up.

Brian Carpenter brought Race for the Galaxy: The Gathering Storm by Ludus a couple of weeks ago (and left his Lockheed jacket), so I'm not going to talk about it, other than to mention that I read through the solitaire rules, and they look interesting.

Dominion is the hottest new game from Rio Grande, and currently ranked 30th 23rd at Board Game Geek.  You can also play it on Brett Spiel Welt.  You start with a deck of 10 cards (7 copper, and 3 VPs).  Each turn you can play 1 (maybe more) actions from your hand, buy 1 (maybe more) cards from the supply, discard what's left of your hand, and then draw back up to 5 cards.  Every time your deck runs out of cards, you reshuffle your discard pile and complete your draw.  The goal is to purchase a balanced mix of money, action, and victory cards such that you have the most victory points at game end (either you run out of province cards in the supply, or you run out of 3 types of card in the supply).

What makes it interesting is that while you only play with 10 types of action cards in any given game, there are 25 types of action cards to choose from.  What makes it hard is that you're not allowed to review the cards in your deck or discard pile.

I'm looking forward to playing this at Ludus...

Tonight we played Monty Python Fluxx, On the Underground, Settlers of Catan, and Race for the Galaxy.

• Carrie won Monty Python Fluxx against Sallie, Jim, Rachel, Richard, and John.
• Shaune won Settlers of Catan with 10, followed by Sallie (8), Tim (6), and Jim (5).
• Richard and Dave tied for the win On the Underground with 36, followed by John (33), Tony (29), and Chris (26).
• Chris won Race for the Galaxy with 45, beating Craig (42) and Richard (35).

Attendees: Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, Sallie, Dave, and Tony Montuori, Rachel and Jim "Blaise" Trigg, Shaune and Tim Lee, Chris Hom, Richard Butler, and John "Fuzzface" McMahon.