Wednesday, 10th of July, 2019

Played at Stephan's place. SKM. Two bags of chips manage to be eaten, despite a low number of players and a preliminary chat about Alan's cat's wormy expectorations. And we play a new game.

Game played

Winners

Notes
Gold West Kevin Caron Kevin is the clear winner with 112 points, 14 more than Mike in second place. A post-mortem analysis of Kevin's win leads to the conclusion that the key to victory in this game is to keep getting wood and touching yourself.

Comments:

Alain Haché - 2019-07-11 06:15:03:

It's been a while but I've seen it before. ''Daddy! Cliff vomited spaghetti! Euuuwe why is the spaghetti moving?''

Mike Gerdov - 2019-07-11 11:52:46:

Added The Mighty Kevin image

Stephan Reebs - 2019-07-11 12:56:58:

As usual after we play a game for the first time, I reread the rules this morning to see if we did anything wrong. Turns out we did only one faux pas: the bonus tiles we picked up after placing a token in boomtown (the 3 x 3 grid) were in fact meant for investments; they should have been picked up after buying one of the investment cards. This does not take away from Kevin's win; in fact, he would have won by even a bigger margin, as he bought more investment cards than the rest of us, and was less involved in boomtown.

Mike Gerdov - 2019-07-11 13:43:23:

On a completely different topic: Now you can build your own Pripyat, the
right way:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/784150/Workers__Resources_Soviet_Republic/
M.
--
Best regards,
Mikhail Gerdov [email protected]

Mike Gerdov - 2019-07-11 15:08:28:

Another cool thing I learned today is about bats; apparently, they can not
lift off like birds by themselves, so that is why they have to hang upside
down, and just drop when they want to start flying. Also, most of them can
not even walk, except Vampire bats, and when they do, that looks quite
weird:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWOUZAa5vlQ
--
Best regards,
Mikhail Gerdov [email protected]

Alain Haché - 2019-07-11 16:11:56:

So a bat on the ground is doomed. Wow.
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De : Mikhail Gerdov <[email protected]>
Envoyé : 11 juillet 2019 12:08
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Cc : Kevin Caron; Alain Haché; Stephan G. Reebs; Ian Stewart; Pascal Werlberger; Carlo-Antonio Marin; Pierre-Paul Lavoie
Objet : Re: HFG Mailer
Another cool thing I learned today is about bats; apparently, they can not lift off like birds by themselves, so that is why they have to hang upside down, and just drop when they want to start flying. Also, most of them can not even walk, except Vampire bats, and when they do, that looks quite weird:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWOUZAa5vlQ
On a completely different topic: Now you can build your own Pripyat, the right way:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/784150/Workers__Resources_Soviet_Republic/
M.
[meeple]
Stephan Reebs left a comment on event from Wednesday, 10th of July, 2019<http://hfgclub.ca/events?event_id=265#post_comment>;:
"As usual after we play a game for the first time, I reread the rules this morning to see if we did anything wrong. Turns out we did only one faux pas: the bonus tiles we picked up after placing a token in boomtown (the 3 x 3 grid) were in fact meant for investments; they should have been picked up after buying one of the investment cards. This does not take away from Kevin's win; in fact, he would have won by even a bigger margin, as he bought more investment cards than the rest of us, and was less involved in boomtown."
--
Best regards,
Mikhail Gerdov [email protected]<[email protected]>">[email protected]<[email protected]>;
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Stephan Reebs - 2019-07-11 16:34:14:

Well, as always in biology, things are not that black and white. Most bats are capable of taking flight from the ground, but it is much more difficult than by dropping in the air, so they prefer to land on elevated positions (or climb to elevated positions if they happen to be on the ground for whatever reason). But then, why not just perch on branches, like birds do, rather than hang? Part of the reason is that their wings need to be very long, relative to their body length, to compensate for their lack of feathers giving an airfoil shape, and such long wings make perching on branches difficult. Also, tendons in their hindlegs have evolved to automatically close the toes in a hanging position, so that no muscular energy needs to be spent in such a position.
Fun fact: in 1995, Canada Post issued a 45-cent stamp featuring a hoary bat. These bats weigh only 30 g, and back then a 45-cent was enough to send a 30-g package anywhere in Canada. But a small bat like that could fairly easily take off from the ground and fly to its destination, with no help from Canada Post.
Stéphan Reebs
Responsable des programmes spéciaux
Faculté des sciences
et
Professeur titulaire
Département de biologie
Université de Moncton
Moncton, NB, E1A 3E9
Canada
Tel : 506-858-4384
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De : Alain Haché
Envoyé : 11 juillet 2019 13:12
À : Mikhail Gerdov <[email protected]>; HFG <[email protected]>
Cc : Kevin Caron <[email protected]>; Stephan G. Reebs <[email protected]>; Ian Stewart <[email protected]>; Pascal Werlberger <[email protected]>; Carlo-Antonio Marin <[email protected]>; Pierre-Paul Lavoie <[email protected]>
Objet : Re: HFG Mailer
So a bat on the ground is doomed. Wow.
________________________________
De : Mikhail Gerdov <[email protected]<[email protected]>>;
Envoyé : 11 juillet 2019 12:08
À : HFG
Cc : Kevin Caron; Alain Haché; Stephan G. Reebs; Ian Stewart; Pascal Werlberger; Carlo-Antonio Marin; Pierre-Paul Lavoie
Objet : Re: HFG Mailer
Another cool thing I learned today is about bats; apparently, they can not lift off like birds by themselves, so that is why they have to hang upside down, and just drop when they want to start flying. Also, most of them can not even walk, except Vampire bats, and when they do, that looks quite weird:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWOUZAa5vlQ
On a completely different topic: Now you can build your own Pripyat, the right way:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/784150/Workers__Resources_Soviet_Republic/
M.
[meeple]
Stephan Reebs left a comment on event from Wednesday, 10th of July, 2019<http://hfgclub.ca/events?event_id=265#post_comment>;:
"As usual after we play a game for the first time, I reread the rules this morning to see if we did anything wrong. Turns out we did only one faux pas: the bonus tiles we picked up after placing a token in boomtown (the 3 x 3 grid) were in fact meant for investments; they should have been picked up after buying one of the investment cards. This does not take away from Kevin's win; in fact, he would have won by even a bigger margin, as he bought more investment cards than the rest of us, and was less involved in boomtown."
--
Best regards,
Mikhail Gerdov [email protected]<[email protected]>">[email protected]<[email protected]>;
--
Best regards,
Mikhail Gerdov [email protected]<[email protected]>">[email protected]<[email protected]>;
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