Tonight we played Metro and Road Kill Rally.

• Sallie won Metro with 89, followed by Richard (65) and Craig (58).
• John/Rachel won Road Kill Rally with 280, followed by Craig (220), Brian (160), Jim (130), and Richard (80).

Attendees: Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, John "Fuzzface" McMahon, Brian Carpenter, Rachel and Jim "Blaise" Trigg, and Richard Butler.

There will be Ludus on July 5th, and it will start at 3pm!

The 2010 Brunswick Game Day is less than one month away!  Make your plans to attend and see World-Famous Cartographer Karl Musser!

Really, you want to attend.  I've been there for the last two years, and had great fun each time.

Tonight we played Monopoly Deal, Endeavor, Dominion: Seaside.

• Tony won Monopoly Deal against John, Richard, and Shaune.
• John won Monopoly Deal against Dave, Craig, Tony, and Shaune.
• Dave won Endeavor with 54, followed by Craig (41), Brian (41), and Richard (38).
• Craig won Dominion: Seaside with 16, followed by Brian (11), and Richard (7).

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

Tonight we played Rails of Europe and Monopoly Deal.

• Craig won Rails of Europe against John, Tony, and Richard.
• Craig won Monopoly Deal against John, Richard, and Shaune.
• John won Rails of Europe against Richard, Craig, and Tony.

Attendees:  Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, Richard Butler, Shaune Lee, Tony Montuori, and John "Fuzzface" McMahon.

Tonight we played Agricola,Dominion, Ticket to Ride, and Race for the Galaxy.

• Brian won Agricola with 36, followed by Richard (31), and Matt (14).
• Dave won Dominion with 37, followed by Craig (34), John (31), and Rachel (28).
• John won Ticket to Ride with 140, followed by Craig (126), and Tony (75).
• Craig won Race for the Galaxy with 38/4, followed by Richard (38/1), Matt (37), Tony (33), and John (12).

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

Tonight we played Race for the Galaxy, Roll Through the Ages, Monopoly Deal, and Power Grid.

• Jim won Race for the Galaxy with 33, followed by Rachel (30) and Brian (27).
• Brian won Race for the Galaxy with 40, followed by Jim (34), Matt (26), and Rachel (22).
• Jim won Race for the Galaxy with 39, followed by Richard (33), Brian (30), and Matt (27).
• Matt won Race for the Galaxy with 42, followed by Brian (32), and Richard (19).
• Shaune won Monopoly Deal against Craig and John.
• Craig won Monopoly Deal against Shaune and John.
• Matt won Roll Through the Ages with 30, followed by Richard (25), Tony (18), and Dave (18).
• John won Power Grid with 16/66, followed by Shaune (16/9), Dave (16/5), Craig (15), and Tony (12).

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

Theresa Ann Fajardo, February 23, 1962 – October 30, 2009

On October 30, 2009, THERESA ANN of Columbia, MD, loving mother of Heather Fawn Goddard and beloved daughter of Dorothy Fajardo (nee Browning) and the late Earl Fajardo; devoted companion of Kevin and dear niece of Ruth Setters.

Family will receive friends at the family owned and operated MCCULLY-POLYNIAK FUNERAL HOME P.A., 130 E. Fort Avenue (South Baltimore) on Tuesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. where funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 11 A.M. Interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

I've known Kevin "Jedi" Prisock for a long time (more than 20 years), and I met Theresa when Jedi brought her to her first Fantek convention (1992?)  Theresa was a kind person, who always looked for the best in people and situations, even in the face of adversity.  She will be sorely missed, by Carrie and myself, and by anyone who ever met her.

Requiescat in pace, Theresa.

Tonight we played Cineplexity, Chrononauts, Race for the Galaxy.

• Craig won Cineplexity.
• John won Chrononauts against Craig, Larry, Dave, Jim, Shaune, and Richard.
• John won Chrononauts against Larry, Dave, Jim, Shaune, and Richard.
• Dave won Race for the Galaxy with 38, followed by John (30), Richard (28), Tony (24), Craig (21), and Jim (15).
• Craig won Race for the Galaxy with 68, followed by John (58), Tony (51), Richard (42).

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

Tonight we played The Stars Are Right and Steam.

• Richard won Steam with 41, followed by Dave (33), John (29), Craig (29), and Matt (26).
• Brian won The Stars Are Right with 10, against Sallie (9).
• Craig won The Stars Are Right with 11, followed by Richard (5), and John (3).

Attendees: Craig Trader, Richard Butler, Dave and Sallie Montuori, Matt Linn, Brian Carpenter, and John "Fuzzface" McMahon.

Tonight we played The Stars Are Right, and Race for the Galaxy.

• Dave won The Stars Are Right with 10, followed by Richard (7), Craig (3), and Matt (6).
• Richard won Race for the Galaxy with 51, followed by John (39), Craig (30), Dave (28), and Matt (28).
• Craig won Race for the Galaxy with 47, followed by Dave (36), Richard (34), and John (31).

Attendees: Craig Trader, Richard Butler, Dave and Sallie Montuori, Matt Linn, and John "Fuzzface" McMahon.

Tonight we played Steam, Ticket to Ride, Fluxx, Race for the Galaxy.

• Richard won Steam with 52, followed by Brian (46), Craig (41), and John (37).
• Matt won Ticket to Ride with 128, followed by Sallie (102), Carrie (91), and Dave.
• Dave won Fluxx against Matt, Sallie, and Carrie.
• Matt won Fluxx against Dave, Sallie, and Carrie.
• Sallie won Fluxx against Dave, Matt, and Carrie.
• Carrie won Fluxx against Dave, Matt, and Sallie.
• Brian won Race for the Galaxy with 41, followed by Dave (34), Richard (31), Craig (27), and John (19).
• Richard won Race for the Galaxy with 52, followed by Craig (45), Dave (44), and John (32).

Attendees: Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, Richard Butler, Dave and Sallie Montuori, Matt Linn, Brian Carpenter, and John "Fuzzface" McMahon.

Tonight we played Power Grid: EnBW, Race for the Galaxy, and Dominion.

• Tony won Race for the Galaxy with 38, followed by Jim (37), Shaune (36), and Brian (28).
• Brian won Race for the Galaxy with 50, followed by Tony (36), and Jim (27).
• Brian won Race for the Galaxy with 47 versus Tony (35).
• Brian won Dominion with 52 versus Tony (33).
• Brian won Dominion with 42 versus Tony (21).
• Brian won Dominion with 30 versus Tony (15).
• John won Power Grid: EnBW with 16/16/$17, followed by Craig (16/16/$14), Richard (16/16/$13), and Dave (16/16/$4).  Yes, that was a very close game.

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

Tonight we played Maori.

• Dave won Maori with 45, followed by Jim (44), Sallie (33), Rachel (31), and Craig (15).
• Dave won Maori with 48, followed by Sallie (40), Shaune (37), Tony (25), and Craig (25).

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

Tonight we played RoboRally.

• Craig won RoboRally by touching 3 flags with no deaths, followed by Dave (2/0), Tony (2/1), Sallie (1/0), and Matt (1/4).  Sallie was happy to have only taken 1 point of damage with no screw-ups the entire game!

Attendees:  Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, Dave, Sallie, and Tony Montuori, Shaune Lee, Matt Linn, and Erik Kervina.

Tonight we played Steam.

• Craig won Steam with 46, followed by Dave (30), and Tony (8).

Attendees:  Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, Dave, Sallie, and Tony Montuori, Shaune Lee, and Brian Carpenter.

Carrie and I got up, packed everything out to the car, and then went to check on the Puerto Rico semi-finals along with Cathy Raymond.  Cathy didn't make the semi-finals, but Eric made the semi-finals for Monsters Menace America.  Carrie and I went to breakfast at Perkins, nicely beating the after-church rush.

We went back to the hotel to check out, reserve a room for next year, and socialize.  Carrie helped Ken "Burnsy" Burnside organize his demonstration pieces-parts while I sat down with Eric and Cathy and learned how to play Steam, which is a simplified version of Railroad Tycoon (which itself was a simplified version of Age of Steam).

Eventually we went out to Jennie's Diner for lunch with Eric and Cathy, then with a quick stop back at the hotel, drove home to Sterling.

Much like Friday, Saturday started at a sedate pace.  Carrie and I had breakfast, then I headed down to game, then Carrie went to spend the day with Beth and Diana.

• 11am, Puerto Rico (PRO), Heat 3 of 3, won (in fact a tie for first place).  This win plus the earlier one earned me a bye for the quarter finals.
• 1pm, Race for the Galaxy (RFG), Heat 3 of 4, won.
• 2pm, Race for the Galaxy (RFG), Heat 4 of 4, 2nd place.  Collectively, close, but not close enough to make the semi-finals.
• 3pm, Dominion (DOM), Heat 3 of 3, third place of 4.  Collectively, not enough to make the semi-finals.
• 4pm, Ticket to Ride (TTR), Heat 3 of 3, lost.

At this point, I went out for a quick muffin and hotch with Eric and Cathy Raymond.

• 6pm, Puerto Rico (PRO), Quarter finals, third place of 4.  I had earned a bye for this round, but chose not to take it as a favor to the GM (he needed one more player to round out the game).  This ultimately wiped me out of the competition, but I was in the mood to play, and I played well -- just not well enough.

Carrie came back, so we went out to dinner at Cracker Barrel with Eric and Cathy.  I hung out to see who would go to the Race for the Galaxy semi-finals (Cathy Raymond and Ken "Burnsy" Burnside did, Kathy Stroh and I didn't), then socialized for a while, before heading back to the room.

Friday started off more relaxed, so Carrie and I were able to get a leisurely breakfast and stroll through the dealers room before gaming commenced.

• 11am, Dominion (DOM), Heat 2 of 3, 3rd of 4?
• 2pm, RoboRally (RRY), Heat 2 of 2, 4th of 5.  Yeah, I lost, but I never died, and I had a lot of fun.  The game was set up with 2 boards and 3 flags, so that the start and flag 2 were at one side of board 1, and flags 1 and 3 were at the other side of board 2.  At one point, I was so far behind that I was just leaving flag 1 while the leader was approaching flag 3.  I deduced that he was going to take advantage of a certain conveyor belt.  I changed my program so that I met him as he left the conveyor belt, then proceeded to push him back up the conveyor belt, shooting him the whole way ... with ramming gear.  I did 8 points of damage to him, and someone else shot him in the back for one more point.  He ended the turn with all 5 registers locked ... and I finished him off the next phase with the ramming gear.
• 4pm, Puerto Rico (PRO), Heat 2 of 3, 3rd of 4.  This was a close game; I made a mistake and Mayor'd when I should have shipped (I miscalculated the value of my shipping).  I ran a factory where I was producing 3 sugar, 4 corn, and 1 indigo, feeding either the corn or the sugar to my wharf.  A lot of fun.

Carrie and I met up with Paula and Dave Matuszek for dinner at Perkins, then we taught them how to play Dominion.

• 9pm, Race for the Galaxy (RFG), Heat 1 of4, 2nd of 4.
• 10pm, Race for the Galaxy (RFG), Heat 2 of 4, 4th of 4.

Afterwards, I met up with Eric, Cathy, and Jordan, and they taught me Maori, which should be a fun game for Ludus.

Thursday's games started early (9am) and I woke up late (8:15am).  Carrie helped me rush around to get ready, and even get breakfast before gaming.

• 9am, Vegas Showdown (VSD) Heat 2 of 2, 4th of 4. I dominated in people and money, with beaucoup bucks, but just didn't have the  fame.
• 11am, Power Grid (PGD), Heat 3 of 3, 3rd of 5 on the Italy map.
• 2pm, Dominion (DOM), Heat 1 of 3, won.

Met up with Carrie and Cathy Raymond, and taught Cathy (and some kid named Max) how to play Dominion.

• 7pm, Puerto Rico (PRO), Heat 1 of 3, won.

At 9pm, Carrie and I went out to dinner at Perkins with Eric and Cathy Raymond, Ken "Burnsy" Burnsides, Ken Watanabe, and Jordan Malokowski.  Afterwards, we played a couple of 6-player games of Race for the Galaxy.