Annals of Events

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Played at Stephan's place. SKAMP. We discuss the ills of society - lengthy discussions both before and after the game.

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Winners

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Dice Town Kevin Caron Kevin successfully defends his title from last week, winning with 36 points, 4 more than Mike.

36 points

2

Played at Stephan's place. MASKIP. Pascal takes the annual group picture. We get Alain’s report about his week vacationing in the Dominican Republic, and sample the rum he brought back. We learn that AI will never replace physicists (but it’s good at making paintings).

Game played

Winners

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Screw your neighbour Alain Haché, Pascal Werlberger Almost a perfect game for Alain and Pascal, who tie for first place with 119 points.
Tsuro Ian Stewart Alain carves out a big corner all to himself, but bad luck on the tile draw forces him to exit, leaving Ian all surprised that he is the last man standing with 4 squares left.
2

Played at Stephan's place. PIMKS. Where we discover the various lives of Ian Stewart ... and Pascal's obsession with butter chicken ... and Kevin's fight with covid.

Game played

Winners

Notes
Dice Town Kevin Caron One of the few games at the HFG that use cups for rolling dice ... the other well-known one being next. Kevin wins with 35 points.
Perudo Ian Stewart A valiant fight by Kevin whose only dice left was facing four of Ian's in the final face-off. He brought it down to a one-on-one last throw, but Ian finally prevailed.
Tsuro Ian Stewart Oh yes, it's Ian's night, and the feelin's right; oh yes it's Ian's night, oh what a night!
Tsuro Pascal Werlberger 5 squares left for Pascal; that's how quickly all the other players ended up in the same corner, eliminating each other.
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Played at Stephan's place. PSAM. Happy birthday Mike (yesterday)! To celebrate, Irina makes a delicious lemon torte which we devour. Then we play a newish game (Alain has never played it, Stephan and Mike have played it a few times quite a while ago, and Pascal is an old hand at the 2-player version of it).

Game played

Winners

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Grand Austria Hotel Pascal Werlberger Pascal trails in last place for most of the game, but he scores two major objectives late in the game (the only player to reach all three objectives) and that's enough to pass Stephan and beat him by 13 points, with a total of 157.
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Played at Stephan's place. MIS. What was supposed to be a special meeting at Kevin's place to celebrate his birthday ends up being a meeting at Stephan's with only three cats present because of covid alerts within the others' families. Happy birthday Kevin anyway!

Game played

Winners

Notes
Castles of Mad King Ludwig Stephan Reebs Stephan wins the inaugural game with 103 points, only one more than Ian.
Carcassonne Mike Gerdov Mike supports many religious orders, cultivates a big field, travels several long roads, and builds a few small cities. He wins by a large margin, with 84 points.