Annals of Events

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Played at Stephan's place. SPAMKI. Students who don’t write their full name on their exam. IGT becoming another IGT. Root’s real name is No. The City’s plan to develop a new neighbourhood along Humphrey’s Brook.

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Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig Pascal Werlberger, Stephan Reebs Pascal and Stephan’s castle is the best low score. Their second castles (with K for S and with M for P) are both worth the same (66) so they share the win.
Seven Wonders Stephan Reebs 65 points with Gizah A.

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Played at Stephan's place. AIKMPS. We talk about cars and tires and old computers; then we play a game; then we talk about AI and Franco-Russian words and tambourines.

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Screw your neighbour Mike Gerdov A clear win for Mike ahead of Kevin, and a century too with 116 points.

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Played at Stephan's place. AIKMPS. It’s the day after the US presidential election, so that’s what we talk about..

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Codenames Alain Haché, Ian Stewart, Pascal Werlberger 2-1. Fun fact: in one game, the word “note” is given as a clue for “cliff”, and in the next game the other team uses the word “cliff” as a clue for “note”.

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Played at Stephan's place. PISKM. It’s gadget night: a 125X gear multiplier from Teymouth Plastics; a portable UV disc illuminator from Mike; and a made-in-Austria spring-loaded bottle opener from Pascal, complete with a nice wooden exterior. Thanks Ian for the popcorn.

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Oltre Mare Stephan Reebs Game #2 sees a much bigger spread of final scores than in game 1, from Stephan’s 64 to Kevin’s high 30s.

64 points


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Played at Stephan's place. MASPIK. The highlight of the night is Alain showing up disguised as a hippie from the 70s, complete with afro, tinted glasses, moustache, golden necklace and bracelet, and flowery shirt. Awesome anticipation of Halloween (scary!).

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Oltre Mare Ian Stewart Stephan sits aside and teaches an old game he’s owned for many years but never played: Oltre Mare (5 players max). Extremely close final scores: Ian 46, Mike 45, Kevin and Alain and Pascal 44.
Tsuro Pascal Werlberger Pascal carves out a quarter of the board that nobody manages to invade and he wins with three squares remaining.