Ralph's Game Log for December 2003 |
Minutes |
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1st |
SOC:Cities and
Knights |
Online: Played a small game of C&K this week. The robber got placed
on my 8 hex and during that time the eight rolled almost constantly. Of
course when the robber went somewhere else so did the rolls. The roll
distribution was almost normal except for the excessive number of fours.
Lloyd and Helen rode those fours to a nice lead. Helen did it by getting four
defender points while Lloyd got the green metro. I managed to build a
settlement, upgraded a city and got longest road to give me some hope. A
couple of turns later Helen snagged my longest road for the victory. |
60 |
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Helen (13), Lloyd (11), Me (6) |
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2nd |
Showmanger |
Gadget
Tree: For the past few weeks no one had brought any snacks.
This week we were flooded with cookies, pies and doughnuts. There goes my
diet! Last week Joe mentioned he was interested in playing Show Manager. So
while packing the bag o games I made sure it was in there. Joe went over the
rules. Started off with a really lousy King Lear play. Joe beat me to the
punch. He produced a good King Lear and placed it in New York. I had to
borrow from it, which knocked my play to last place, scoring no points. Got
really lucky on my next the best Wolf and Queenie but I couldn't produce a
good enough Ballet. Joe's had a first place and two second place finishes
gave him the points to win. |
60 |
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Joe (58), Me (45), Nate (34), Tin (34), Bruce (22) |
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6 Nimmt! |
Gadget
Tree: Joe and Nate were up for giving 6 Nimmt another shot;
this was Bruce's first play. First hand went to Joe so he was very happy that
he had figured the game out, it didn't last. Bruce was actually doing well as
he was the leader for most of the game. I won the last hand but Bruce gained
too many points, which gave me the win. |
45 |
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Me (37), Bruce (58), Joe (65), Nate (65), Tin (77) |
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Cronberg |
Gadget
Tree: Joe was up for playing this game again. We went over
the rules for Tin and Nate. We stressed the end condition to avoid what had
happened on Sunday. Play was a little nastier this time. The initial tiles
were positive followed by a bunch of negatives tiles. Most positive points
were quickly neutralized resulting in small scoring opportunities. People
locked into spots early to avoid being forced into negative spots. I had two
piece left when the final tile got placed but it didn't hurt since I was able
to find two spots with some positive points. The game played out a little
different than previous. |
30 |
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Joe (37), Nate (22), Tin (21), Me (14) |
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Land Unter |
Gadget
Tree: Next up was a game of Land Unter while we waited for
the other group to finish their game of Maya. By the sound of it, Chris was
not enjoying Maya. Tin did not have a good game, he managed to drown in the
first three hands. He scored three points in the final hand to avoid getting
a negative score. The final hand was a showdown between Nate and I. I had a
point lead but during the final hand it looked like I was about to lose it.
Lucky for me Nate experienced some unexpected drowning. |
45 |
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Me (11), Nate (9), Joe (3), Tin (0) |
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Bucket King |
Gadget
Tree: Starting order Mike, Me, Nate, Rolf, Jared |
20 |
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We gave Bucket King a try while Joe went to get his Great
Dalmuti game from his car. We played the game straight up, no variant. I got
hammered early but Mike ran out of the key cards and took the hits that I
normally would have had to. Mike got knocked out first, I didn't last too
long after that. |
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Rolf (7), Nate (2), Jared (1), Me (0), Mike (0) |
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Great Dalmuti |
Gadget
Tree: |
40 |
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initial starting order Joe, Nate, Rolf, Jared, Mike, Me |
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First round didn't really have any movement other than I moved
up become the Lesser Dalmuti. Mike didn't really seem to enjoy himself. We
played four hands and called it quits. Not sure if this group will play it
again. |
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3rd |
Mystery Rummy 1:
Jack the Ripper |
Lunch
Time: Went to Carl's Junior for lunch. We played three
hands of MR1. It was a close game. |
35 |
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Me (100), John (89) |
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8th |
Carcassonne
Builder & Traders |
BSW: John scored 72 points during the game, and in the final scoring
7 points for roads, 11 points for cities, 0 points for cloisters, 44 points
with farmers, as well as 10 points for goods. |
35 |
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Ralph scored 91 points during the game, and in the final scoring
2 points for roads, 3 points for cities, 8 points for cloisters, 3 points
with farmers, as well as 30 points for goods. |
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Lloyd scored 110 points during the game, and in the final
scoring 3 points for roads, 8 points for cities, 15 points for cloisters, 3
points with farmers, as well as 10 points for goods. |
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Lloyd (146), John (144), Me (137) |
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9th |
Clans |
Borders: |
30 |
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Tin (34), Nate (31), Me (29) |
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Land Unter! |
Borders: |
40 |
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Tin (11), Nate (10), Me (8), Joe (5) |
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Alhambra |
Borders: |
60 |
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Tin (84), Me (81), Dave (78), Joe (73), Nate (72) |
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High Society |
Borders: |
15 |
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Joe (12), Dave (11), Tin (8), Me (5), Nate (-) |
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Klunker |
Borders: |
40 |
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Me (13), Dave (11), Nate (11), Rolf (9), Tin (5) |
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Zirkus Flohcati |
Borders: |
10 |
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Dave (55), Me (54), Nate (54) |
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12th |
Clans |
N8: |
30 |
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Nate (51), Me (50) , Dale (37) |
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Formula De Mini |
N8: |
120 |
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Nate, Tin, Jared, Me, Dale |
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6 Nimmt! |
N8: |
30 |
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Tin (32), Me (34), Dale (36), Jared (55), Nate (79) |
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Sleuth |
N8: |
70 |
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game 1: Tin |
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Game 2: Jared |
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Capitol |
N8: |
70 |
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Nate (51), Me (36), Tin (35) |
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13th |
Can't Stop the
Turtles |
John's: |
15 |
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John 3, Me 2 |
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SOC: Cheops |
John's: |
90 |
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Me (13), Penii (8), John (8) |
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Trans America |
John's: |
30 |
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Me (10), John (7), Penii (2) |
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Puerto Rico |
John's: |
90 |
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Me (39), Joey (36), John (30), Penii (24) |
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6 Nimmt! |
John's: |
50 |
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Penni Joey (60), James (63), Me (70), John (80) |
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Carcassonne |
John's: |
60 |
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James (124), Me (122), John (116), Johnny (102), Penii (82) |
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Can't Stop the
Turtles |
John's: |
20 |
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Johnny 3, James 2, Me, John |
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Cities and
Knights |
John's: |
120 |
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John (13), Johnny (11), Penii (11), Me (9) |
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15th |
Puerto Rico |
Lunch
Time: |
60 |
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John (46), Me (42), Joey (37) |
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16th |
Clans |
N8: |
30 |
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Nate (50), Tin (44), Me (42) |
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6 Nimmt! |
John's: |
50 |
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Me (36), Anne (38), Bruce (41), Tin(66), Andy (67), Joey (73),
Nate (84) |
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Carcassonne |
John's: |
60 |
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Tin (59), Me (57), Nate (53), Andy (52), Joey (47), Bruce (34) |
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High Society |
Borders: |
30 |
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Game 1:Tin (12), Me (10), Nate (9), Andy (7), Joey (-) |
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Game 2:Joey (11), Andy (10), Nate (10), Me (9), Tin (-) |
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17th |
Puerto Rico |
Lunch
Time: |
60 |
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Me (40), John (39), Joey (36) |
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19th |
Traumfabrik |
Lunch
Time: |
60 |
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Penii (90), John (68), Me (55), Johnny (45), James (26) |
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High Society |
Borders: |
15 |
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Me (28), Joey (14), John (12), James (5), Johnny (-) |
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Trans America |
John's: |
40 |
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James (9), Joey (8), John (2), Me (1), Johnny (0) |
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Quiddler |
John's: |
75 |
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Me (244), John (214), James (204), Joey (188), Johnny (172) |
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Great
Dalmuti |
Gadget
Tree: |
40 |
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Starfarers of
Catan |
Gadget
Tree: |
180 |
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Me (15), James (13), Johnny (12), John (12), Penii (10) |
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21st |
SOC:Cities and
Knights |
Online: Full Catan scenario |
40 |
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John (20), Penii (8), Me (7) |
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SOC:Cities and
Knights |
Online: Full Catan scenario |
90 |
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John (20), Me (16), Penii (15) |
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22nd |
SOC:Cities and
Knights |
Online: |
90 |
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Lloyd (13), James (9), John (9), Me (8) |
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23rd |
Carcassonne The
Castle |
Borders: |
45 |
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Nate (116), Me (76) |
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Carcassonne |
Borders: |
60 |
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Debbie (94), Bruce (89), Me (85), Nate (76) |
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Alhambra |
Borders: |
60 |
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Me (155), Nate (133), Bruce (123) |
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6 Nimmt! |
Borders: |
50 |
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Me (22), Ann (27), Nate (29), Mike (32), Rolf (43), Bruce (64),
Tin (78) |
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6 Nimmt! |
Borders: |
50 |
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Ann (37), Mike (55), Me (56), Nate (56), Rolf (62), Tin (78) |
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29th |
Trans America |
John's: |
50 |
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John (3), Jeffery (2), Joy (0), Me (0), Penii (-1) |
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Carcassonne |
John's: |
60 |
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Johnny (101), Me (95), John (82), Jeffery (74), Joy (58) |
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6 Nimmt! |
John's: |
50 |
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John (11), Jeffery (41), Me (52), Johnny (71), Penii (74) |
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Traumfabrik |
John's: |
75 |
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Jeffery (81), Me (72), Johnny (49), John (48), Penii (34) |
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Puerto Rico |
John's: |
90 |
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John (45), Me (35), Jeffery (32), Penii (28), Johnny (23) |
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30th |
Clans |
Borders: |
45 |
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Bruce (56), Tin (49), Me (41), Nate (36) |
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Land Unter! |
Borders: |
50 |
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Me (10), Bruce (4), Nate (4), Tin (1) |
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El Grande |
Borders: |
90 |
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Joe (98), Tin (92), Bruce (92), Me (89), Nate (87) |
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High Society |
Borders: |
25 |
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Game 1: Nate (35), Me (2), Tin (-) |
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Gamw 2: Joe (13), Me (11), Nate (8), Tin (-) |
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31st |
Land Unter! |
Borders: |
50 |
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Me (6), Johnny (4), John (1) |
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6 Nimmt! |
Borders: |
50 |
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Penii (10), John (20), Me (34), Cate (46), Johnny (57), Joy (81) |
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Transamerica |
Borders: |
45 |
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Joy (7), Me (5), Johnny (5), Penii (4), Kate (2), John (0) |
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Bucket King |
Borders: |
60 |
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Johnny (9), John (6), Joy (2), Kate (2), Me (1) |
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SOC Cities and
Knights |
Borders: |
90 |
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John (15), Penii (6), Me (5) |
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6 Nimmt! |
Borders: |
100 |
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Game 1: John (47), Me (54), Bob (54), Penii (61), Kate (75) |
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Game 2: Me (34), Penii (49), Kate (62), Bob (69), John (82) |
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Rank |
Count |
Game |
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1 |
8 |
6
Nimmt |
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2 |
6 |
Carcassonne |
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3 |
6 |
High
Society |
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4 |
6 |
SOC:
Cities and Knights |
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5 |
4 |
Clans |
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6 |
4 |
Land
Unter! |
Back to Planet Ganska |
7 |
4 |
Puerto
Rico |
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8 |
4 |
Transamerica |
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9 |
2 |
Alhambra |
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10 |
2 |
Bucket
King |
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11 |
2 |
Can't
Stop the Turtles |
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12 |
2 |
Great
Dalmuti |
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13 |
2 |
Sleuth |
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14 |
2 |
Traumfabrik |
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15 |
1 |
Capitol |
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16 |
1 |
Carcassonne
The Castle * |
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17 |
1 |
Cronberg |
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18 |
1 |
El
Grande |
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19 |
1 |
Formula
De Mini |
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20 |
1 |
Klunker |
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21 |
1 |
Mystery
Rummy 1: Jack the Ripper |
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22 |
1 |
Quiddler |
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23 |
1 |
Showmanager |
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24 |
1 |
SOC:
Historical Scenarios |
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25 |
1 |
Starfarers
of Catan |
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26 |
1 |
Zirkus
Flohcati |
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66 |
Games
Total |
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* First Play |
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