Annals of Events

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SPIK. We discuss Stephan's brother's situation in Costa Rica, and Pascal's use of a smoke machine for portrait photography.

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Forest Shuffle Ian Stewart, Pascal Werlberger Pascal and Ian tie for first place with 91 points, while Stephan and Kevin tie for last place with 84 points.
Love Letter Kevin Caron Last week the princess snubbed Kevin, but she made up for it this week. A clear win over Ian and Pascal's two cubes (it is Stephan's turn to be snubbed!).

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SPIK. To celebrate Kevin’s birthday we gather at the Tide & Boar Brewery before the games for a communal supper. We discuss Stephan’s upcoming retirement, layoffs at IGT, and the launch of Artemis II which we watch live once we are back at the HFG.

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Planet Unknown Ian Stewart, Stephan Reebs Ian and Stephan tie for the win with 54 points, just one more than newbie Pascal.
Love Letter Pascal Werlberger It’s a tight race between Ian, Stephan and Pascal, and it is on Pascal that the princess eventually bestows her favour.

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KSIM. Games, games, games! Kevin, whose birthday is this coming Monday, receives a gift from Mike and Irina: a game about Belgian beer! The video game Outer Wilds is discussed. Stephan introduces a new polyomino game he recently bought: Planet Unknown. Fun was had!

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Planet Unknown Ian Stewart Ian is the king of the resource tracks and wins with 59 points, 2 more than Stéphan.

59 points


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PASKI. Mike feels a bit under the weather, but Ian is present. We talk about drugs and video games and Alain’s upcoming trip to Japan.

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Perudo Alain Haché Alain loses two dice in the first four rounds, but keeps all the others afterwards.
Flip 7 Kevin Caron Kevin never busts, out of 8 rounds, and reaches 209 points, 105 more than his nearest competitor, Ian.
Trans Europa Alain Haché Stephan, Ian, and Pascal all bust together after three rounds. Meanwhile Kevin finishes at 8 and Alain wins at 10.

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Played at Stephan's place. SMAP. We are back in business after cancelling the last two weeks due to a respiratory ailment. But it will be a 3-week hiatus for Kevin, who is partner-less this week and must stay home, and for Ian, who cannot make it.

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Forest Shuffle Stephan Reebs Stephan introduces a new game: Forest Shuffle. He’s the only one who’s played it before, so unsurprisingly he wins this inaugural game, with 133 points.

133 points