CABS Special Events

2004 Session Reports
 

MOSSL OFFICE  - 12/31/04 - 31 gamers - Happy New Year
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MOSSL OFFICE  - 12/17/04 - 83 gamers - Merry Christmas
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MOSSL OFFICE  - 12/03/04 - 73 gamers - December Cold Night of Gaming
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MOSSL OFFICE  - 11/26/04 - 75 gamers again - A bunch of TURKEYS !!!
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MOSSL OFFICE  - 11/19/04 - 75 gamers ... A bunch of Malarky !!!
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MOSSL OFFICE  - 11/05/04 - 65 gamers !!! On a beautiful Friday Night ...
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MOSSL OFFICE  - 10/29/04 - 51 gamers !!! Scary Gamers on a scary night !!!
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MOSSL OFFICE  - 10/15/04 - 80 gamers !!! Our second highest total ever.
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MOSSL OFFICE  - 10/1/04 - 65 gamers !!! A little low  :o)  after the Buckeye Game Fest
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MOSSL OFFICE  - 09/17/04 - 75 gamers on site gaming away ... the first hint of fall !!!
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MOSSL OFFICE  - 09/03/04 - Hot, Humid - 72 games on site!!!
72 gamers attended the meeting last night. 17 adult woman attended and joined in the games !!!

Games Played:
Euros: Union Pacific, Ballon Rennen, Hansa, Alhambra, Elfenland, Settlers, Ticket to Ride, Manhattan, Heroscape, Maharaja,
War: Rish: Godstorm, Nero, Blitzkrieg General, Panzer Leader, Fortress America, History of the World, 
Card: Bonhanza, Saint Petersburg
Orther:
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MOSSL OFFICE  - 08/20/04 - Very Wet - 65 games on site gaming away ... !!!
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MOSSL OFFICE  - 08/06/04 - Over 15 CABS members were away at the WBC and we still had over 60 playing games !!!
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MOSSL OFFICE  - 07/30/04 - Hot Steamy Night with 65 gamers !!!
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MOSSL OFFICE - 07/16/04 -  PIZZA PARTY - 100 GAMERS !!!
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100 gamers were on hand to play games and partake in the pizza furnished by the fine people of GAMA !!

MOSSL OFFICE - 07/02/04 -  70 gamers in attendance.
NO PICTURES - SORRY

GAMES PLAYED: Odysseus, Europe Engulfed, Tigris & Euphrates, Ticket to Ride, Goa, Power Grid, San Juan x2, ASL x3, Modern Art,  Mystery of the Abbey, Memoir '44 x5, High Society, Attika  , Killer Bunnies, Clash of Gladiators, Zendo, Nobody But Us Chickens, Ice Towers, Wongar, Acquire, Carcassonne, Liars Dice x2, Alhambra x2, Puerto Rico, Attack, Age of Steam, Cities and Knights, Settlers of Cataan, Nappy Wars, Attila, Lost Citiesx5, Wallenstein, Auction x3, Klunker, Pirates of the Spanish Main     (Yes, I know they are not in categories ... I'm a slacker)

MOSSL OFFICE - 06/18/04 -  78 gamers in attendance. HOT RECORD NIGHT !!!
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78 Gamers - All getting ready for Origins !!!
CARD GAMES: San Juan, Battleline, Bang: High Noon, Munchkin, Mama Mia, Wizard
WAR GAMES: Battle of the Bulge, Afrika Corps, Axis & Allies, Invasion America, Europe Engulfed, Age of Napoleon, Brittania, ASL, Stalingrad, Kingmaker
EURO GAMES: Formula Motor Racing, El Grande, Oasis, Goa, Zombies 4: The End, Puerto Rico, Ticket to Ride, Age of Steam, Power Grid, Alhambra, Attika, Settlers of Catan, I'm the Boss, St. Petersburg, Carcassonne
OTHER GAMES: Football Strategy, Rock Paper Scissors – Playtest, Monopoly - Fed Ex Edition, Zendo, Kronkinole, The Hills Rise Wild

MOSSL OFFICE - 06/04/04 -  70 gamers in attendance. RECORD NIGHT !!!
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70 attendees ... First game under way at 4:30 p.m. with the doors closing at 1:30 a.m. That's 9 hours of gaming !!!
WARGAMES: Kingmaker, Wings of War, Axis & Allies D-Day, Axis & Allies Europe, ASL, White Eagle Eastward, D-Day, Battle Cry, A Game of Thrones, SPQR, Hammer of the Scots
CARD GAMES: Bohnanza, San Juan, Battleline
EURO GAMES:Age of Steam, , Cariboo, Ticket to Ride, Puerto Rico, Acquire, Power Grid, Attika, Zarcana, St. Petersburg, Princes of the Renaissance, Fantasy Pub, Fast Food Franchise,  Zendo, Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne
OTHER GAMES: Finding Nemo Football Strategy

MOSSL OFFICE - 05/21/04 -  56 gamers in attendance. WIN, PLACE & SHOW
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 A FIFTY player WIN, PLACE AND SHOW game was played !!!
GAMES PLAYED: Exxtra x2, Wongar, Pool Position, Wizard, Spy Alley, I'm the Boss, Settlers of Cataan, Ticket to Ride x3, Elfenland, El Grande, Power Grid, San Juan x4, D-Day, Panzer Leader, Axis & Allies, Carcassone, Attika, Family Business x3, Clash of the Gladiators, Princes of Florence, Medici, Battle Cry, Zendo x2, Bohnanza, Alhambra x2, Paths of Glory, Bang!,  Guillotine, Squint, Gold Land

MOSSL OFFICE - 05/07/04 -  51 gamers in attendance. THIS WEEK AT CABS
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51 Gamers at our latest meeting. Doors opened at 5m and our new board member closed up at 2:46am with 10 gamers playing one last round of Feurio! and Royal Turf, and he was home by 3:01, not bad.

EURO GAMES: Power Grid, Age of Steam, Ticket to Ride x4, Attika, Fomula De, Streetcar, Sante Fe Rails, The Haunting House x2, Domaine, Alhambra, Union Pacific,  Goldland, Blockus x3, I'm the Boss,  Carcassonne, Feurio x2, Royal Turf
WAR GAMES: ASL, Liberte, Europe Engulfed x2, Axis & Allies (D-Day), ASLSK  x1, Field Command,  Battle Cry,  Hammer of the Scots,  Britannia, SPQR
CARD GAMES: Guillotine x2, San Juan,  Klunker, Lawless, Lost Cities,  Bang (High Noon),  Chrononauts
OTHER GAMES: Liars Dice  x4 Kronkinole

MOSSL OFFICE - 04/30/04 -  50 gamers in attendance. CABbieS Bonus Night
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50 Gamers at the CABS meeting and 12 CABbieS at the BLOCK PARTY equals 62 CABbieS gaming on Friday. WHAT A NIGHT !!! Some of us did both !!! Doors opens at 5:00 and closed at 1:30.
Games Played:
WAR GAMES: Panzer Leader, Guilford, Britannia, This Accursed Civil War, Landships,  Victory in the Pacific
OTHER GAMES: Kronkinole, Liars Dice x3, Trumpet, Chess, Lords of Sierra Madre, Sucking Vacuum, Hera and Zeus
CARD GAMES: Bang!, San Juan
EURO GAMES: Alhambra x2, Puerto Rico x2, Ticket to Ride x2, Attika, Medici, Secrets of the Reef, Cartahenga, Age of Steam x3, Fuerio!, New England, Babel, Settlers of Cataan

MOSSL OFFICE - 04/16/04 -  64 gamers in attendance. A HOT SPRINGTIME NIGHT !!!
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Record Friday Night CABS Crowd

REPORT FROM MIKE Z, ... (with edits by me)

Keep your eyes open for a new building. Nine new members signed up this Friday (2 of these were spouses). We are at 90 PAID members. REMEMBER the FIVE DOLLAR MEMBERSHIPS for the remaining game year through the end of September !!! We think we are past the critical mass point as more gamers are coming in than leaving.

Bud will provide the official body-count. However, I recorded 58 that actually know how to write and signed the attendance sheet. (Bud reports 64 was the official body count) Over 44 recorded games played. GAMA can't bring you this every odd Friday, Origins can't bring you this every odd Friday. But your local Columbus Area Boardgaming Society gets the job done. Give us any size room, a little time and we can fill it!

We went international again as several of the Gathering crowd dropped by to game with us. Our club was privileged enough to have on hand the ONLY copy of Memoir’44 to try out plus we had two copies of only 24 in America the RIO GRANDE game POWER GRID!!! It will be in stores in 3-4 weeks as they are on a slow boat from Europe. Both look good.

Several new games purchased for the Library from the PREZCON auction and the GATHERING flea market.

Our back to back meetings are on tap next !!! Our 5th Friday of April and 1st Friday of MAY !!!

GAMES PLAYED:
WAR GAMES: Manoeuvre x1, ASLSK x2, Bloody Kasserine x1, Hammer of the Scots x2, Panzer Leader x1, Axis & Allies Europe x1, Liberty x1, Memoir’44 x4
OTHER GAMES: History of the World x1, Kronkinole x1, Liars Dice x4, Squint x1
CARD GAMES: Dragon's Gold x1, Lost Cities x1, Bang! X2
EURO GAMES: Alhambra x2, Puerto Rico x4, San Juan x3, Clippers x1, Ticket to Ride x2, Power Grid x2, Ursuppe x1, San Marco x1, Hansa x1, Domaine x1, Acquire x1, Attika x1, Tigris & Euphrates x1, Carcassone the Castle x1, Amun Ra x1, Carcassonne x1, Medici x1, Aladdin’s Dragon, Ricochet Robot x1

MOSSL OFFICE - 04/02/04 -  60 gamers in attendance. New Faces - New Games  !!!
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Two international guests attended the CABS meeting last Friday. One was from Norway and the other was from Germany. 58 other gamers attended the meeting.  Many – MANY games were played. Almost as many as the number of gamers. Our attendance continues to be the story. We are averaging 53+ gamers to our meetings this year. We are averaging a new paid member every meeting. Where are all these gamers coming from ???
 
GAMES PLAYED:
WARGAMES: Europe Engulfed, ASLSK x2, Axis & Allies – Revised x2, Axis & Allies – Classic, D-Day (AH), Emperor's First Battles (Jena), Hammer of the Scots, Triumph & Glory x2, Victory in the Pacific
OTHER GAMES: Football Strategy, Rock Paper Scissors x2, Hive, Liars Dice
CARD GAMES: Bang! x2, Dragon's Gold, Money
EUROGAMES: Java, Robo Rally, China Moon, Tongiaki, Attika x2, ,Ursuppe,Hare & Tortoise, Puerto Rico, Coda x5
Auction x2, Oasis, Richochet Robot, Chinatown, Alexandros, Medici,Carolus, Magnus x3, Princes of the Renaissance,
Through the Desert, Bohnanza, ,Princes of Florence, Master Labyrinth, Wreckage, Alhambra, Carcassone

MOSSL OFFICE - 03/19/04 -  57 gamers in attendance. HOOPS Does Not Stop CABbieS !!!
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Despite the NCAA's being in Columbus, CABbieS showed what was the real draw in town. 57 gamers descended upon MOSSL and gamed their hearts out. A cool March evening outside was nothing compared to the hot action in the MOSSL game room.
The doors opened at 5pm with 5 gamers on hand. By 6pm 20 gamers were involved. 7pm we were at 40. At 8pm, 9pm and 10pm the counts were still at or above 50. At 11pm we were back to 40. Midnight saw 30 gamers on hand. Last game was sounded and at 1am 30 gamers were in their final game. The doors closed around 2 am with about 15 finishing their final rounds of their games.
EURO GAMES: Ra, Carlos Magnus, Attika x4, Chinatown x2, Master Labyrinth, Lord of the Rings, Puerto Rico, Carcassone x2,Medici, Union Pacific, Zendo, San Marco x2, Aladdin's Dragons
CARD GAMES: High Society, Lost Cities, Colorotto, Bohnanza, Franks Zoo, Limits, Tricks, Mamma Mi, Dragons Gold, Komme Glelch, BANG!, Wizards
WARGAMES: Axis & Allies Europe, Battle Cry x7, War at Sea x2, Into the Beartrap, Maneuver x4
OTHER GAMES: Chess, Casino Derby x6, Republic of Rome, Kronkinole, March Madness x2,  Curse

MOSSL OFFICE - 03/05/04 -  64 gamers in attendance. HOT RECORD BREAKING NIGHT!!!
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CABbieS pack the House as 64 gamers help CABS set a new meeting attendance record Friday, March 5th !!! A simple challenge went out to the CABS members on Monday as we wanted to have more gamers at our Friday meeting than the tempature. Well the day got to 74 and we got to 64 ... Missed it by that much ... GOOD JOB CABbieS !!! We had a person drive 3 1/2 hours from Kentucky just to play at a CABS meeting. He stayed with a friend in Columbus. We also had a guy from Cincy and another from Tennessee stop by and play games while passing through Columbus and staying with friends.
6 first timers ... AND some new repeaters ...

THE CABS RECORD BREAKING TIMELINE:
4:15 – Bud arrives early to eat his dinner and rest after a weary day at work. MUCH to Buds dismay the room was last used for a class and the tables are in amphitheater layout. Bud will be spending the next ½ hour rearranging the room.
4:30 – Jeff C arrives – much to Buds delight. Now Bud and he can work together. The pair decide to PACK the room tighter than every before just to see how many tables and chairs we can get in ... The first game is under way ;o) (LITTLE DID WE KNOW !!!)
4:45 – Another sucker … er gamer arrives Bruce R, helps finish off the room set up.
5:00 – The doors are open and we begin our first game – TAKE IT EASY with a total of 5 gamers.
5:30 – 20 gamers are already at play …
6:30 – Crowd swells to 40 …
7:30 – The night is YOUNG as the crowd is now at 50 !!!
8:30 – We hit 60 !!!
9:30 – Our 62nd, 63rd and 64th gamers walk through the door !!! All of them saying that they were done with chores and other things and thought to themselves … IT’s not too late to go to the CABS meeting as the game party has just BEGUN !!!
10:30 – 50 gamers still playing !!!
11:30 – 45 gamers still playing !!!
12:30 – 40 gamers still at it ??? (Will they never leave !!! ;o)
1:30 – The final 20 gamers finish up and are kicked … escorted … thrown … or Leave on their own free will out the door !!! Board Members still on site for the end of the record breaking night are Todd, Nate, Gary, Bud and Sean.

GAMES PLAYED:
WAR GAMES: Invasion America, Junta, Luftwaffe, Advanced Squad Leader (x3), Liberty, Operation Market Garden
CARD GAMES: Wizard, Coloretto, Bang (with High Noon) (x2), Bohnanza, Nodwick
EURO GAMES: Puerto Rico (x5), New York Chase, Settler of Catan, Royal Turf (x2), Carlos Magnus (x2), Hare & Tortise, Blockus (x2), Cosmic Coasters, Trias, San Marco, Take it Easy (x5), Through the Desert, Alhambra (x3), Europe 2030, Attika (x4), Aladdins Dragons (x2), Carcassonne
OTHER GAMES: Curses (x2)

MOSSL OFFICE - 02/20/04 -  55 gamers in attendance. Warm Wet Friday Evening!!! 
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Doors opened at 4:30pm and  the first game was underway at 4:45. Bruce beats me AGAIN in 2 player ATTIKA. By 5:30 the night was rolling along ... and by 6:30 pm we had 30 gamers going at it. 55 gamers made their appearance at the meeting. 5 new faces attending. 20 gamers out the door around 1:45 am as the last games end. 9 hours of gaming. Let's see, I lost a game of ATTIKA, then won a game of ALHAMBRA, I then lost a game of PRINCE OF FLORENCE, losing then again at ALHAMBRA,  a loss at SANTIAGO, a win at ATTIKA and then lost a game of AUGSBREMST, Seven games in 9 hours with a short board meeting in between. That's about 1h per game with other time for the meeting and screwing around. Not bad for a night of gaming.
GAMES PLAYED at CABS.
EURO Games: Lord of the Rings (Confrontation), Santiago, Attika x4, Alhambra x3, Carolus Magnus, Puerto Rico, Evergreen, Message to the Czar,  Princes of Florence, Vinci, Tikal, Trumpet, Medici, Samurai, Aladdin's Dragon, Union Pacific, Ausgebremst, Axiom, Pool Position
WAR Games: Reds, ASL x3, Stalingrad, Leningrad, Successors, Victory in the Pacific, A Game of Thrones, Sea Fleet, Age of Renaissance, Battle Cry
CARD Games: Chrononauts, Bohnanza, Bang
OTHER Games: Casino Derby, Football Strategy

MOSSL OFFICE - 02/06/04 -  52 gamers in attendance. Wet slippery Friday Evening!!! 
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Doors opened at 5pm. By 5:30 there were 15 on site and by 6pm we had 30 gamers going at it. 52 gamers made their appearance at the meeting. 3 new faces attending.
EURO Games: Alhambra x2, Puerto Rico, El Grande, Attika x2, Princes of Florence, San Marco, Settlers of the Stone Age, Settlers Cities and Knights, King Me, Augsbremst, Cartegena, Medici, Union Pacific, Magna Grecia, Metro, Carcassonne
WAR Games: Reds, ASL x2, Stalingrad, Junta, House Divided
CARD Games: Coloretto, Illuminati: New World Order, Battle Line,
OTHER Games: Casino Derby, Visual Eyes x2, Kronkinole, Bang x3, Battleline, Space Beans, Krokinole, Mancala

MOSSL OFFICE - 01/30/04 -  45 gamers in attendance. BITTER Friday Evening Outside !!! 
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Doors opened at 5pm. 45 gamers attended our meeting. 35 were still on had at midnight and 10 braved the sub zero cold to finish at 2 am.
GAMES PLAYED:
WARGAMES: Korea (SPI), WS&IM (10-Player), Titan (6-Player)
EUROGAMES: Alhambra x2, Attika, Carcassone x4, Clans, Domaine, El Grande, Frag, Harpoon, Kings Breakfast, Liars Dice, Medici, Pueblo, Puerto Rico x2, Settlers of the Stone Age, Through the Desert, ,Union Pacific x2,  Vinci,
CARD GAMES: Wizard x2, Bang
OTHER: Kronkinole x4, Casino Derby, Chess x2

FROM CAPTAIN MIKE Z,
The Battle Royale of the 1st official 5th Friday of the month meeting proved to be a good one. The French and Spanish fleet of 5 vessels headed up by the CABS Board Braintrust, Bruce Reiff, Bud Sauer, Nate Hoam, Todd Surgoine – Admiral, and Walter Koelzing looked liked a well-oiled Sailing Fleet for the first 3 turns of the game. Their undoing came at the hands of the underdog British fleet of 5 74’s captained by Danny “Da Kid” Christiansen – Admiral, Scott, Joe Rossi, Alan Monroe, and Mike Zehnal – Rear Admiral.
The action proved exciting as Danny’s vessel took a beating while his fleet-mates beat into the wind trying to gain the all-important wind advantage. The pretty line of the French and Spanish crumble about three turns in as the two nationalities started to show their real colors.
The mid-board battle consisted of Monroe’s vessel be grappled and boarded by Bud’s swarthy Spainard’s. Zehnal, seeing the masses of men boarding the seemingly hapless Monroe vessel, transfers two of his crew sections to help with the fight. Natey Boy Hoam and his band of derelict French decide to help out Bud, he sends over his crew. The battle went back in forth in melee with the British gradually being worn down by attrition and the sheer number of crew the Spanish and French throw at the battle. All soon changes as the grapnel lines are cut. Nate’s French, disgruntled by the poorly trained Spanish mates, decides to leave the scene. Zehnal’s ship sails off with only one crew section, leaving two crew sections onboard Monroe’s vessel. This proves to be the death-blow towards the Spanish on Bud’s ship. The over-manned British vessel then re-grappels the Spanish ship and boards with ease. Bud surrenders post-haste.
On the other side of the board, a similar action was taking place between a single British vessel and a Spanish vessel. Looking at the mid-board action through a telescope and seeing Captain Bud being hoisted up one of his own yardarms, Walter’s Spanish ship surrenders to Scott’s British ship.
On the other fronts Bruce’s French continue their slow retreat from battle. Zehnal’s ship, despite its weakened crew status, fires cannons with dead-eye reckoning. Zehnal pulverizes Bruce’s ship, demoralizes the crew to Green, destroys the anchoring system and takes him down to 4 hull boxes. Joe, virtually unscathed, tracks down the wayward Reiff, forcing him to strike his colors. All told, Bruce was one shot from a forced surrender, he also was down to 3 sail boxes.
Danny’s exchanges fire with nearly every enemy ship. This takes its toll as Danny’s ship Is burning brightly by the end of the game.
The Spanish and French surrender en masse, an enjoyable time by all.
 

MOSSL OFFICE - 01/16/04 -  52 gamers in attendance. Cold Friday Evening Outside - Hot Inside !!! 
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Doors open at 5pm with 3 there at 5pm. I taught the other two how to play LOST CITIES.
52 gamers show up to play. 6 NEW FACES !!! One found us through my postings on REC.GAMES.BOARD, three others followed a fourth that had read the article in the newspaper about us in October. BUT he read it recently as he found it in a pile of papers that were being recycled !!! The other through a friend ...
Doors close at 2:30 am with 6 playing the card game WIZARDS.
WARGAMES: ASL (x3), Stalingrad, 2nd Front, Blue & Grey Quad
EUROGAMES: Carcassonne, Alhambra (x3), Attika (x7), Clans, Wildlife, Carolus Magnus, Puerto Rice (x3), Exxtra, Gigantum, Aliddins’s Dragons, Settlers of Catan, Finstere Flure, Industria, Ice Lake,, Ausgebremst
CARD GAMES: Lost Cities, Battleline, Wizard (x2), Coloretto, Auction, Nicht Die Bohne, Bang (x2)
OTHER GAMES: Casino Derby (x5)
 

MOSSL OFFICE - 01/02/04 -  38 gamers in attendance. Beautiful Friday Evening.
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What would you have done ???
Would you take the over or under of CABS meetings attendees versus the Buckeye points scored in their Bowl Game on the same night as the meeting ??? Not as easy as it sounds !!!
Well Ken G, took the over and guess 38 game meeting attendees and hit the target !!! 38 gamers including 4 new visitors joined up for some FIESTA gaming last night. You knew something was up when at 5:30 there were 15 gamers on hand !!! Thanks to Dennis H, for at midnight many of us were huddled in front of a portable TV making sure the Buckeyes did not give up and lose the game. At 11:30 there were still 26 gamers on hand and when Ken, Dennis and I headed back to Cville at 12:30, GARY was playing BANG!!! and there were 20 still playing games including 2 of the 4 newbies. Steve B, defied all of what we had been talking about and one of the newbies that showed up was a retired die hard AVALON HILL wargamer of about 60 years and had PANZER LEADER in tow and ended up playing Steve all night !!! It was a light night for Wargames.
Wargames: A GAME OF THRONES (x2), LENINGRAD (x2), PANZER LEADER (x3)
Card Games: HIGH SOCIETY (x3), ATLANTIC STORM, BANG (x5), NUCLEAR WAR (x2), MUNCHKIN
Eurogames: NEW ENGLAND, CARCASSONNE THE CASTLE, EXXTRA (x2), WILDLIFE, SANTIAGO, SETTLERS OF CATAN, DOMAINE (x2), EL GRANDE, LA CITTA, CARCASSONNE, RICHOCET ROBOT
Other games: AMERICA'S PRESIDENTS
 Notable: NO ASL GAMES !!! NO PUERTO RICO GAMES !!! BUCKEYES WIN 35-28 !!!