Annals of Events

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Played at Stephan's place. SAMPICK. In goes the table extension for this big crew (though Alain can stay for only the first game).

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Citadels Pascal Werlberger Once again Alain repeatedly gets killed or stolen from. Meanwhile Pascal builds a great number of huge building (including one with a star) and gets a fantastic score of 39, 16 more than his closest competitor.

39 points

Resistance Carlo-Antonio Marin, Kevin Caron The spies win in 4 rounds.
Resistance Ian Stewart, Kevin Caron The spies win again, this time in five rounds, after a gutsy investment in a second pass.
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Played at Stephan's place. KIMPS. We start the new year with a new game (well, new for the HFG anyway).

Game played

Winners

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Leaping Lemmings Kevin Caron Close contest. Kevin brings more lemmings to the cliff edge, and he wins with one more point than Mike.
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Played at Stephan's place. SMAPKI. Full contingent tonight, so we play two games for 6 players. We also eat Christmassy ginger bread meeples that Pascal brought.

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Winners

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Scotland Yard Ian Stewart, Kevin Caron, Mike Gerdov, Pascal Werlberger, Stephan Reebs It's Alain's turn to be the criminal, and he has no more success than the rest of us did.
Fearsome floors Ian Stewart A very close contest. Pascal is all poised to win but in a last second tactical move Ian sacrifices his third man to divert the monster, who keeps going and gobble up Pascal's winning candidate. Then Ian brings his second man in just before Alain.
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Played at Stephan's place. MIPS. We take advantage of a reduced number of players to play the 2019 Spiel des Jahres winner, Wingspan, for the first time.

Game played

Winners

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Wingspan Mike Gerdov A close contest between Pascal, Stephan, and Ian, with 59, 61, and 62 points respectively ... except that Mike crushes us all with 88 points. He films birds, and builds feeders for birds, and wins with birds!
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Played at Stephan's place. IPSAMK. Ian wears a stylish Christmas T-shirt. Mike discloses that Root is healthy again. Kevin brings a beer. Alain mentions an attempt to digitally model the brain. Pascal arrives uncharacteristically late (having a newborn at home). Stephan hosts. By the way, congratulations to Alain for his draw in Jean Desforges's chess simultaneous last Thursday.

Game played

Winners

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Condottiere Ian Stewart, Stephan Reebs Sharper tactics than last week. We fill the board, and Ian and Stephan share the victory with four territories each.
Taj Mahal Mike Gerdov Alain must go shopping, leaving us with the right number of players to tackle a never-played-before game: Taj Mahal. For brevity's sake we cut it short to nine rounds rather than the prescribed 12, and after a close-fought battle Mike emerges victorious with 24 points.