Ralph's Game Log for December 2003    Minutes  
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  
Helen (13), Lloyd (11), Me (6)  
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  
Joe (58), Me (45), Nate (34), Tin (34), Bruce (22)  
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  
Me (37), Bruce (58), Joe (65), Nate (65), Tin (77)  
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  
Joe (37), Nate (22), Tin (21), Me (14)  
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  
Me (11), Nate (9), Joe (3), Tin (0)  
Bucket King Gadget Tree: Starting order Mike, Me, Nate, Rolf, Jared 20  
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.  
Rolf (7), Nate (2), Jared (1), Me (0), Mike (0)  
Great Dalmuti Gadget Tree: 40  
initial starting order Joe, Nate, Rolf, Jared, Mike, Me  
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.  
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  
Me (100), John (89)  
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  
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.  
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.  
   
Lloyd (146), John (144), Me (137)  
9th
Clans Borders: 30  
Tin (34), Nate (31), Me (29)  
Land Unter! Borders: 40  
Tin (11), Nate (10), Me (8), Joe (5)  
Alhambra Borders: 60  
Tin (84), Me (81), Dave (78), Joe (73), Nate (72)  
High Society Borders: 15  
Joe (12), Dave (11), Tin (8), Me (5), Nate (-)  
Klunker Borders: 40  
Me (13), Dave (11), Nate (11), Rolf (9), Tin (5)  
Zirkus Flohcati Borders: 10  
Dave (55), Me (54), Nate (54)  
12th
Clans N8: 30  
Nate (51), Me (50) , Dale (37)  
Formula De Mini N8: 120  
Nate, Tin, Jared, Me, Dale  
6 Nimmt! N8: 30  
Tin (32), Me (34), Dale (36), Jared (55), Nate (79)  
Sleuth N8: 70  
game 1: Tin  
Game 2: Jared  
Capitol N8: 70  
Nate (51), Me (36), Tin (35)  
13th
Can't Stop the Turtles John's: 15  
John 3, Me 2  
SOC: Cheops John's: 90  
Me (13), Penii (8), John (8)  
Trans America John's: 30  
Me (10), John (7), Penii (2)  
Puerto Rico John's: 90  
Me (39), Joey (36), John (30), Penii (24)  
6 Nimmt! John's: 50  
Penni Joey (60), James (63), Me (70), John (80)  
Carcassonne John's: 60  
James (124), Me (122), John (116), Johnny (102), Penii (82)  
Can't Stop the Turtles John's: 20  
Johnny 3, James 2, Me, John  
Cities and Knights John's: 120  
John (13), Johnny (11), Penii (11), Me (9)  
15th
Puerto Rico Lunch Time: 60  
John (46), Me (42), Joey (37)  
16th
Clans N8: 30  
Nate (50), Tin (44), Me (42)  
6 Nimmt! John's: 50  
Me (36), Anne (38), Bruce (41), Tin(66), Andy (67), Joey (73), Nate (84)  
Carcassonne John's: 60  
Tin (59), Me (57), Nate (53), Andy (52), Joey (47), Bruce (34)  
High Society Borders: 30  
Game 1:Tin (12), Me (10), Nate (9), Andy (7), Joey (-)  
Game 2:Joey (11), Andy (10), Nate (10), Me (9), Tin (-)  
17th
Puerto Rico Lunch Time: 60  
Me (40), John (39), Joey (36)  
19th
Traumfabrik Lunch Time: 60  
Penii (90), John (68), Me (55), Johnny (45), James (26)  
High Society Borders: 15  
Me (28), Joey (14), John (12), James (5), Johnny (-)  
Trans America John's: 40  
James (9), Joey (8), John (2), Me (1), Johnny (0)  
Quiddler John's: 75  
Me (244), John (214), James (204), Joey (188), Johnny (172)  
Great Dalmuti Gadget Tree: 40  
Starfarers of Catan Gadget Tree: 180  
Me (15), James (13), Johnny (12), John (12), Penii (10)  
21st
SOC:Cities and Knights Online: Full Catan scenario 40  
   
John (20), Penii (8), Me (7)  
SOC:Cities and Knights Online: Full Catan scenario 90  
   
John (20), Me (16), Penii (15)  
22nd
SOC:Cities and Knights Online: 90  
Lloyd (13), James (9), John (9), Me (8)  
23rd
Carcassonne The Castle Borders: 45  
Nate (116), Me (76)  
Carcassonne Borders: 60  
Debbie (94), Bruce (89), Me (85), Nate (76)  
Alhambra Borders: 60  
Me (155), Nate (133), Bruce (123)  
6 Nimmt! Borders: 50  
Me (22), Ann (27), Nate (29), Mike (32), Rolf (43), Bruce (64), Tin (78)  
6 Nimmt! Borders: 50  
Ann (37), Mike (55), Me (56), Nate (56), Rolf (62), Tin (78)  
29th
Trans America John's: 50  
John (3), Jeffery (2), Joy (0), Me (0), Penii (-1)  
Carcassonne John's: 60  
Johnny (101), Me (95), John (82), Jeffery (74), Joy (58)  
6 Nimmt! John's: 50  
John (11), Jeffery (41), Me (52), Johnny (71), Penii (74)  
Traumfabrik John's: 75  
Jeffery (81), Me (72), Johnny (49), John (48), Penii (34)  
Puerto Rico John's: 90  
John (45), Me (35), Jeffery (32), Penii (28), Johnny (23)  
30th
Clans Borders: 45  
Bruce (56), Tin (49), Me (41), Nate (36)  
Land Unter! Borders: 50  
Me (10), Bruce (4), Nate (4), Tin (1)  
El Grande Borders: 90  
Joe (98), Tin (92), Bruce (92), Me (89), Nate (87)  
High Society Borders: 25  
Game 1: Nate (35), Me (2), Tin (-)  
Gamw 2: Joe (13), Me (11), Nate (8), Tin (-)  
31st
Land Unter! Borders: 50  
Me (6), Johnny (4), John (1)  
6 Nimmt! Borders: 50  
Penii (10), John (20), Me (34), Cate (46), Johnny (57), Joy (81)  
Transamerica Borders: 45  
Joy (7), Me (5), Johnny (5), Penii (4), Kate (2), John (0)  
Bucket King Borders: 60  
Johnny (9), John (6), Joy (2), Kate (2), Me (1)  
SOC Cities and Knights Borders: 90  
John (15), Penii (6), Me (5)  
6 Nimmt! Borders: 100  
Game 1: John (47), Me (54), Bob (54), Penii (61), Kate (75)  
Game 2: Me (34), Penii (49), Kate (62), Bob (69), John (82)  
Rank Count Game
1 8 6 Nimmt
2 6 Carcassonne
3 6 High Society
4 6 SOC: Cities and Knights
5 4 Clans
6 4 Land Unter!
Back to Planet Ganska 7 4 Puerto Rico
8 4 Transamerica
9 2 Alhambra
10 2 Bucket King
11 2 Can't Stop the Turtles
12 2 Great Dalmuti
13 2 Sleuth
14 2 Traumfabrik
15 1 Capitol
16 1 Carcassonne The Castle *
17 1 Cronberg
18 1 El Grande
19 1 Formula De Mini
20 1 Klunker
21 1 Mystery Rummy 1: Jack the Ripper
22 1 Quiddler
23 1 Showmanager
24 1 SOC: Historical Scenarios
25 1 Starfarers of Catan
26 1 Zirkus Flohcati
  66 Games Total
* First Play