Tonight we played Fluxx and Race for the Galaxy.

• Carrie, Sallie, and Rachel played Fluxx.  Rachel won the first game, and forced Carrie to win the second game.
• Craig won Race for the Galaxy with 26 and 9 cards, followed by Blaise (26 and 2 cards), and Tony (24).
• Blaise won Race for the Galaxy with 42, followed by Craig (34) and Tony (20).
• Tony won Race for the Galaxy with 35, followed by Craig (33) and Blaise (32).
• Blaise won Race for the Galaxy with 34, followed by Craig (33).

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

Tonight we played Agricola and Race for the Galaxy.

• Lije won Agricola with 31, followed by Brian (30), Craig (27), and Dave (26).
• Brian won Race for the Galaxy with 34, followed by Craig (30), Tony (20), and Shaune (16).
• Shaune won Race for the Galaxy with 65, followed by Brian (46), Craig (44), and Tony (28).

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

Tonight we played Cineplexity and Vegas Showdown.

• Craig won the first game of Cineplexity.
• Carrie won the second game of Cineplexity.
• Shaune won Vegas Showdown with 67, followed by Craig (61), Tim (60), Blaise (56), and Tony (54).

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

Tonight we played Puerto Rico and Ticket To Ride: The Card Game.

• Tony won Puerto Rico with 58, followed by Blaise (47), Shaune (46), Craig (45), and Dave (43).
• Craig won Ticket To Ride: The Card Game with 185, followed by Dave (155).

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

Tonight we played Ticket To Ride.

• John won Ticket To Ride with 135, followed by Craig (126) and Carrie (113).
• Carrie won Ticket To Ride with 145, followed by Craig (97) and John (83).

Attendees: Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, and John "Fuzzface" McMahon.

Tonight we played Ticket To Ride and Puerto Rico.

• Craig won Ticket To Ride with 124, followed by Dave (119), Tony (85), and Shaune (76).
• Craig won Puerto Rico with 49, followed by Shaune (48), Dave (47), and Tony (30).

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

Tonight we sat around and watched Grosse Pointe Blank.

Attendees:  Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, and Dave and Sallie Montuori.

Lots of people showed up to socialize, watch movies, and play games.

Games: Pandemic, TransAmerica, Puerto Rico, Race for the Galaxy, Ticket to Ride, Take the A Train, [added] Power Grid.

Attendees: Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, Karl Musser, Rachel and Jim "Blaise" Trigg, Tony, Dave, and Sallie Montuori, Shaune Lee, Chris Aumiller, Bridget and Frank "Grayhawk" Huminski, John "Fuzzface" McMahon, India, Jamie, and Shawn (sp? last names?), and Brian Carpenter.

Tonight we played TransAmerica and Vegas Showdown.

• Jim won Vegas Showdown with 53, followed by Craig (50), John (40), Sallie (39), and Shaune (36).
• Sallie won TransAmerica with 7, followed by John (8), Dave (16), and Craig (20).  We scored this using tournament rules (one round per player, total all rounds, low score wins).

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

Most folks escape the DC area for the holiday, but with nothing else planned but sit around watching the grass grow and the mosquitoes breed, we've decided to host a one-day gaming, jewelry, and movie extravaganza. So come, play games, watch movies, make jewelry (or just see how someone else does it), relax and enjoy yourselves!
Feel free to show up anytime after Noon, and stay as long as you like.  We'll either have things to grill, or order out for pizza.

Tonight we played Puerto Rico.

• Shaune won Puerto Rico with 47, followed by Dave (42), Craig (39), and Tony (33).

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

Tonight we talked a lot and played Cineplexity.

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

Tonight we played Puerto Rico, Ricochet Robots, Pandemic, and Race for the Galaxy.

• Carrie and John played Ricochet Robots.
• Brian won Puerto Rico with 51, followed by Dave (50), Shaune (40), Tony (39), and Craig (32).
• Brian, Dave, and Shaune played Pandemic, with one loss and one win.
• Craig won Race for the Galaxy with 32 (on a tie-breaker), followed by John (32) and Tony (24).

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

Tonight we played Puerto Rico.

• Craig won Puerto Rico with 64, followed by Jim (55), Tony (52), Dave (51), and Shaune (44).  Craig was using the Frosted Flakes strategy (ship corn and sugar).  Tony and Jim had the factories, Craig and Jim had harbors and wharves.  In the next-to-last Mayor phase, there were exactly enough colonists to fill the colony ship.  The game ended due to (1) running out of colonists, and (2) running out of VP chits.

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

Tonight we played Power Grid, San Juan, and Cineplexity.

• Craig won Power Grid on the Central Europe map (powering 15 cities with $70), followed by Blaise (13/$131), Chris (13/$25), Shaune (13/$21), and Tony (13/$12).
• Tony won San Juan with 41, followed by Craig (31) and Shaune (29).
• Craig won 2 games of Cineplexity against Tony, Shaune, Liska, and Carrie.

Attendees:  Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, Rachel and Jim "Blaise" Trigg, Lisa "Liska" Niemczyk, Chris Aumiller, Shaune Lee, and Tony Montuori.

Carrie and I will be hosting Ludus on Memorial Day.  We'll be up in Philadelphia visiting Carrie's family, but we expect to get an early start back on Monday, so we hope to be ready for playing games early -- say 3:00pm.  I'll update this if plans change.

Edit:  3:00pm gaming is a GO!

Tonight we played Puerto Rico.

• Craig won the first game with 70, followed by Dave (41), John (36), and Dana (28).
• Craig won the second game with 74, followed by Carrie (59), and John (52).

Attendees: Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, Dave Willmes, Dana Leader, and John McMahon.

Tonight we played San Juan.

• Carrie won the first game with 36, followed by Craig (27) and John (23).
• Craig won the second game with 34, followed by Carrie (24) and John (20).
• Carrie won the third game with 45, followed by Craig (32) and John (22).

We all ate too much birthday cake.

Attendees: Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, and John McMahon.

Tonight we played Cineplexity and Puerto Rico.

• Craig and Blaise dominated Cineplexity, with 3 wins for Craig and 2 wins for Blaise.
• Craig won Puerto Rico with 73 points, followed by Tony (62), Dave (53), and Shaune (38). All three possible end-game conditions were met in the last round: Tony exhausted the victory points, Shaune exhausted the colonists, and Dave and Craig each filled their cities with buildings. Craig and Dave built Factories, Tony and Craig built Harbors. Dave and Craig each built two large buildings. Tony started pursuing a Factory strategy, but switched to a Corn strategy when he was shut out of buying a factory.

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

Tonight we played Unexploded Cow, Castle Merchants, San Juan, and Dead Money.

• Craig won Unexploded Cow with 2750, followed by Dave (2100), Shaune (2000), and Tony (2250).
• Craig won Castle Merchants with 19, followed by Shaune (15), Tony (15), and Dave (14).
• Craig won San Juan with 32, followed by Tony (31), Dave (31), and Shaune (25).
• We played Dead Money until Shaune gave up and let Dave win.

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