• Brian won Eminent Domain with 49, followed by Craig (35).
• Tony won Eminent Domain with 12, followed by Craig (9), and Brian (5).
• Brian won Eminent Domain with 44, followed by Tony (34), and Craig (23).

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

• Tony won Innovation with 5, followed by Craig (4), and Shaune (1).
• Craig won Dominion: Cornucopia with 37, followed by Tony (27).
• Tony won Dominion: Cornucopia with 32, followed by Craig (27).
• Craig won Dominion: Cornucopia with 35, followed by Tony (28).

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

• Tony won 7 Wonders with 60 and 9 coins, Kathryn (60 and 3 coins), Craig (50), Dave (46), and Shaune (41).
• Brian won 7 Wonders with 52, followed by Craig (50), Lije (47), Dave (46 and 17 coins), Kathryn (46 and 7 coins), Shaune (33 and 13 coins), and Tony (33 and 4 coins).
• Craig won Unexploded Cow with $2450, followed by Kathryn ($2250), Shaune and Tony ($1900), and Dave ($1500).

• Craig won Days of Steam with 14, followed by Brian (12), and Tony (5).
• Craig won Puerto Rico with 63, followed by Brian (47), Tony (46), and Shaune (40).

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

• Dave won Settlers of Catan with 10, followed by Craig (7), and Tony and Sallie (6).
• Craig won Settlers of Catan with 10, followed by Tony and Sallie (9), and Dave (8).

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

• Brian won Innovation with 6 (and 7), followed by Dave (5), Tony (4), and Craig (2).
• Tony won Worm Up twice.

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

• Dave won Innovation with 6, followed by Craig (3), Brian (2), and Tony (0).
• Craig won Innovation with 5, followed by Brian and Lije (2), and Dave and Tony (1).
• Tony won Innovation with 6, followed by Brian and Lije (5), and Craig (3).

Attendees: Craig Trader, Brian and Lije Carpenter, and Tony and Dave Montuori.

• Tony won Lords of Vegas with 49, followed by Craig and Brian (32).
• Brian won Innovation with 4, followed by Dave (1), and Craig and Tony (0).
• Brian won Innovation with 4, followed by Dave, Tony and Craig (0).

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

• Dave won Innovation with 45, followed by Tony (34), and Craig (32).
• Tony won Race for the Galaxy with 64, followed by Craig (43), and Dave (34).
• Craig won Race for the Galaxy with 55, followed by Tony (47), and Dave (34).

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

• Craig won Code 777 with 3, followed by Tony (2), John (2), Brian (1), and Shaune (0).
• Brian won Puerto Rico with 51, followed by Craig (47), Shaune (46), Tony (40), and John (25).

Attendees: Craig Trader, John "FuzzFace" McMahon, Tony Montuori, Shaune Lee and Brian Carpenter.

• Dave won Betrayal at House on the Hill, despite dying, when the house blew up and killed everyone else.
• Brian won Puerto Rico with 45, followed by Tony (43), Craig (41), Dave (37), and Fuzz (34).

Attendees: Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, John "FuzzFace" McMahon, Brian Carpenter, and Dave, Sallie and Tony Montuori.

• Lije won Factory Fun with 62, followed by Tony (54), and Brian and Craig (51).
• Lije won 7 Wonders with 54, followed by Dave (49), Craig (45), Brian (44), and Tony (39).
• Dave won 7 Wonders with 52 and 9 coins, followed by Lije (52 and 4), Brian (45), Craig (35), and Tony (30).

Attendees: Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, John "FuzzFace" McMahon, Brian and Lije Carpenter, and Dave, Sallie and Tony Montuori.

• Dave won Innovation with 73, followed by Craig (39), Tony (38), and Shaune (25).
• Tony won On The Underground with 35, followed by John and Dave (33), Shaune (32), and Craig (31).
• Craig won On The Underground with 49, followed by Dave (47), Tony (46), John (42), and Shaune (31).

Attendees: Craig Trader, Shaune Lee, John "FuzzFace" McMahon, and Dave, Sallie and Tony Montuori.

• Craig won Innovation with 5, followed by Tony (4), and Shaune (0).
• Tony conceded to Brian in Glory to Rome.
• Brian won Glory to Rome with 43, followed by Tony (40).
• Brian won Glory to Rome with 15, followed by Tony (13).
• Shaune won Race for the Galaxy with 36, followed by Craig (33), Chris (32), and Dave (30).
• Craig won Race for the Galaxy with 56, followed by Shaune (51), Dave (38), and Chris (27).
• Craig won Innovation with 5, followed by Dave (2), and Shaune (0).

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

• Tony beat Craig at Cathedral, but it's uncertain by how much as we weren't keeping a very close watch on the scores.
• Brian, Lije and Tony successfully slew Craig and locked up his crazy servants, unfortunately only after John and Dave were slain, in Betrayal at House on the Hill.
• Brian won Puerto Rico with 59, followed by Tony (51), Craig (43), John (39), and Dave (37).

Attendees: Craig Trader, John "FuzzFace" McMahon, Brian and Lije Carpenter, Shaune Lee, and Dave and Tony Montuori.

• Mike won Innovation with 28, followed by Tony (27), and Craig (18).
• Dave betrayed us in Betrayal at House on the Hill, but lost when Craig, Chris and Mike successfully got Tony onto the Throne with the right stuff in his grasping little hands.
• Mike won Vegas Showdown with 53, followed by Dave (52), Tony (42), Craig (41), and Chris (32).

Attendees: Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, Mike Young, Chris Hom, and Dave, Sallie and Tony Montuori.

• Craig won Innovation with 4, followed by Dave, Tony and Chris (0).
• Dave won Innovation with 4, followed by Chris (1), and Craig and Tony (0).
• Tony won Innovation with 4, followed by Craig (1), and Dave and Chris (0).
• Chris win Innovation with 4, followed by Craig (2), and Dave and Tony (0).
• Dave won Innovation with 4, followed by Tony, Craig and Chris (0).
• Craig win Innovation with 47 points, followed by Dave, and Chris.

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

• Craig won Innovation with 6, followed by Brian (4).
• Brian won Innovation with 5, followed by Tony (1), and Craig (0).
• Tony won Innovation with 4, followed by Brian (3), Chris (1), and Craig (0).
• Tony won Innovation with 4, followed by Craig and Chris (2), and Brian (1).

Attendees: Craig Trader, Brian Carpenter, Tony Montuori, and Chris Hom.

• Craig won Tigris & Euphrates with 16, followed by Tony (13), and Brian (10).
• Brian won Innovation with 4, followed by Craig, Dave and Tony (0).
• Craig won Innovation with 4, followed by Brian (3), Dave (2), and Tony (1).

Attendees: Craig Trader, Brian Carpenter, Dave and Tony Montuori.

• Brian won Innovation with 46, followed by Craig (44), Dave (35), and Tony (25).
• Dave won Dixit against Sallie, Brian, Craig, and Tony.
• Tony won LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts against Brian, Craig, and Dave.
• Tony won Mr. Jack Pocket against Brian.

Attendees: Craig Trader, Brian Carpenter, Dave, Sallie and Tony Montuori, and John "FuzzFace" McMahon.

• Rachel won Road Kill Rally with 530, followed by Richard (190), Shaune (110), Jim (90), Tony (60), and Craig (30).

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

• 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.

• Brian won Bistro Battle with 127, followed by Craig/Dave (121), and Richard (106). Rules were haggled over, and suggestions will be submitted to the original designer.
• Craig won Innovation with 4 achievements, against Tony, Shaune, and Dave.
• Brian won Glory To Rome with a Forum Win, against Richard.
• Brian won Glory To Rome with (10), against Richard (7).

Attendees: Craig Trader, Tony and Dave Montuori, Shaune Lee, Brian Carpenter and Richard Butler.

• Craig won Power Grid: Factory Manager with 312, followed by Brian (309), Richard (243), and John (183).
• Dave won Race for the Galaxy with 44, followed by Tony (38), Jim (33), and Shaune (32).
• Brian won Tribune with 4 conditions, followed by Jim and Richard (2 conditions), and Shaune (0 conditions).
• Dave won Small World with 103, followed by Craig (101), and Tony (91).

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

• Craig won Power Grid with 14, followed by John (13), Richard (12), Jim (9), and Tony (5).
• Brian won Tribune with 4 conditions and 29 points, followed by Matt (4 conditions and 27 points), Shaune (3 conditions), and Dave (3 conditions).
• Tony won Race for the Galaxy with 40, followed by Richard (39), John (36), Brian (35), Craig (29), and Shaune (25).

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

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Brian won Race for the Galaxy with 44, followed by Craig (27), Tony (27), and Jim (16).
• Brian won Race for the Galaxy with 41, followed by Shaune (32), Craig (30), Jim (30), Dave (28), and Tony (27).
• Brian won Dominion: Intrigue with 35, followed by Dave (34), Craig (29), and Tony (11).

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

• Craig won Small World with 85, followed by Richard (71), Shaune (71), and Tony (59).
• Craig won Dominion: Intrigue with 50, followed by Richard (43), and Dave (38).

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

• 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.

• Dave won Puerto Rico with 53, followed by Craig (51), Matt (49), John (37), and Jim (32).
• Carrie won Set with 15 against Tony (10).
• Rachel and Tony tied in Competition Solitaire.

Attendees:  Craig Trader and Carrie Hafer, Dave, Sallie, and Tony Montuori, Rachel and Jim "Blaise" Trigg, Matt Linn, and John "Fuzzface" McMahon.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 12pm, Power Grid (PGD) Demo, I volunteered to run the demo so that the GM would be able to get Heat 2 started sooner.

• 1pm Power Grid (PGD) Heat 2, 5th of 5, on the USA map.  I made a critical mistake early on, and just wasn't able to recover the pace.

Carrie and I went to dinner at Perkins with Beth and Diana, a couple of Carrie's friends from college.  Afterwards, we went to our room and crashed for the night.

• 6pm, Power Grid (PGD) Heat 1, 4th place of 5, on France.

After the game, Carrie and I met up with Eric and Cathy Raymond, along with Rich Shay and went out to Perkins for dessert.  Afterwards we played Race for the Galaxy and chatted until midnight.