Tonight we played Coloretto:

• Craig won at 97, followed by Carrie at 93, Dana at 90, Tony at 85, and Sallie at 83 -- a pretty close game.

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

Tonight we played Ticket To Ride: Switzerland and Ticket To Ride: Europe.

• Fuzz beat the pants off of Craig and Sallie at Ticket To Ride: Switzerland.
• Dave easily creamed Fuzz, Sallie and Craig at Ticket To Ride: Europe.

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

Tonight we played Zombie Fluxx, Fluxx, and TransAmerica.

• The Zombies won Zombie Fluxx.
• Dave won Fluxx.
• John and Craig tied in TransAmerica, followed by Sallie; Dave plunged into Puget Sound.
• Dana showed everyone her new blue rose.

Attendees: Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, Sallie, Dave and Tony Montuori, Dana Leader, and John McMahon.

Tonight we played Cities and Knights of Catan.

• Sallie won, followed by Craig, John, and Dave.  We used the Catan Event Cards instead of rolling dice, and were pleased -- the cards even out the strings of bad dice rolls that have plagued previous games.  We ignored the events themselves -- the simulated dice rolls are all the randomness we need.

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

Tonight we played On The Underground and Ticket To Ride: USA 1910.

• John won On The Underground, followed by Dave, Craig, Sallie and Tony.
• John won Ticket To Ride: USA 1910 followed by Craig, Dave, and Sallie.

Attendees: Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, Sallie, Dave and Tony Montuori, Dana Leader, and John McMahon.

Tonight we played TransAmerica and Betrayal at House on the Hill.

• John won TransAmerica, with pretty much everyone else getting wet.
• Dave betrayed everyone in Betrayal at House on the Hill; John died, but Craig, Tony, Dana, and Blaise survived to be betrayed another day.  We were all betrayed by discrepancies in the original rules, but the revised rule books worked OK.  Craig found the Underground Lake while looking for the attic.  Again.

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

Tonight we played Cities and Knights of Catan and Fluxx:

• Cities and Knights of Catan was nasty, brutish, and (not) short. The first wave of barbarians wiped out one city; the second wave took down three more. After a mind-numbing streak of black seven rolls for everyone, Craig finally won out over Dana, Sallie, and Dave.
• Dave, Carrie, Sallie, and Carrie (again) won Fluxx; Craig also played.

Attendees:  Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, Dave, Sallie, and Tony Montuori, Dana Leader, and John McMahon.

Tonight we had two tables going, so we played a lot of games:

• Domaine -- Blaise beat Dana, Craig, and Tony.
• On the Underground -- Sallie (first time) beat Fuzz, Dave, and Rachel.
• Cineplexity -- Everyone played in one of several games, and much fun was had.

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

Tonight we played two 3-player games of Ticket to Ride: USA 1910.

• For the first game, we used the Big Cities variant; Sallie won, Craig placed, and Dave got brutalized.
• For the second game, we used the 1910 variant; Dave won, Sallie took second, and Craig was last.

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

Tonight we played On the Underground and Cineplexity.

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

Tonight we played a 5-player game of Ticket to Ride: USA 1910, using the Big Cities variant, and Cineplexity.

• Ticket To Ride got brutal because everyone was getting in everyone else's way. Craig won by making all 4 of his routes, followed by Sallie, Blaise, John, and Tony.
• Cineplexity was more relaxing; Craig, the film geek, won both games. One suggestion from a BGG review is that instead of passing the directorship clockwise, it should go to whoever just won a card -- this might balance out the film geek factor. Something to try next week?

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

Tonight we played Attika and Puerto Rico.

• Blaise beat Craig 2 games to 1 at Attika.
• Dana won her first-ever game of Puerto Rico, with Craig, Tony, and John also playing.

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

Tonight we played Vegas Showdown.

• Dave won, with Tony close behind, and Craig trailing.

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

Tonight we played Vegas Showdown and TransAmerica.

• Craig won Vegas Showdown, trailed by Blaise, Sallie, and Fuzz.
• Craig won TransAmerica, followed by Dave, Sallie, and Fuzz.

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

Tonight we played On the Underground.

• Blaise easily won On The Underground, followed by John, Craig, and Tony and Rachel tied for last.

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

Today we played Attika and Vegas Showdown.

• Lee won a hard fought game of Attika against Brian and Craig.
• Craig won a close game of Vegas Showdown against Brian and Lije.

Attendees: Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, Kris Trader, Lee Braverman and his friend Gwen, and Brian Carpenter and Lije Bailey.

Tonight we played Attika.

• Craig and Blaise played two games, and split the victories, one each.

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

Most folks escape the DC area for the holiday, but with it being dab smack in the middle of the week, that isn't an option this year. With nothing else to do 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.

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.