Annals of Events

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Played at Stephan's place. KSAMPI. Late start to 2019 because of the holidays and also a snowstorm last week.

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Wits & Wagers Alain Haché A big payoff (6 to 1) in the last round sees Alain overtaking Ian and finishing with 70 points. Andorrans don't live so long after all.
Seven Wonders Stephan Reebs 64 points with Babylon A.
Skulls and Roses Pascal Werlberger Alain, Ian and Pascal all had a chance, and it is a bold call by Pascal (5 out of 5) that carries the day (well, the evening).
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Played at Mikes's place. Mike, Irina, Carlo, Krystal, Pascal, Isabelle, and Stephan celebrate the arrival of the new year at Mike and Irina's place. In the hours that close down 2018, a few games get played at the Russian Gaming Basement. Everyone was invited, so it counts! Happy New Year everyone!

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Smart Ass Stephan Reebs Stephan gets high dice rolls. Mike is half-drunk and stays stuck on the starting square.
Smart Ass Pascal Werlberger Mike sobers up and is in the running. Everyone gets kicked back a few times. Pascal is the first one to go beyond the final hurdle.
Codenames Ira G, Pascal Werlberger, Stephan Reebs A 3-0 sweep. Then we play Perudo and Isabelle wins (but she is not a regular member and AI does not recognize her existence).
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Played at Stephan's place. KASPI. The last meeting before the holidays. We celebrate our interpersonal harmony by playing a new coop game. Unfortunately, Mike is MIA because of a budding cold, and it shows: the drink of the night is a dark ale from Edmundston, brought by Kevin, rather than a vodka mix.

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Mysterium Alain Haché, Ian Stewart, Kevin Caron, Pascal Werlberger, Stephan Reebs Stephan teaches the game and acts as clue-giver. And we win in decisive fashion. What harmony!
Timeline Alain Haché We play a variant that Alain brought with him: the cards are animals and we have to guess their length, or weight, or lifespan. We start with weight.
Timeline Pascal Werlberger Second go at it, this time with lifespans. To his shame, zoologist Stephan does not win!
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Played at Stephan's place. CAMPS. We take advantage of the fact that Carlo replaces Kevin to play a good 5-player game that Kevin doesn't like. We also look forward to Alain's birthday bash / deferred Thanksgiving turkey sacrifice in two days.

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Antike II Stephan Reebs Stephan defends his title successfully, this time with a science strategy, from Carthage.
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Played at Stephan's place. ASKMIP. Lots of chatting tonight, so we squeeze in only one game. (Well, three, really.)

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Codenames Alain Haché, Kevin Caron, Stephan Reebs Kevin and Stephan do well as clue givers, but as clue guessers they let the hat trick "slip" from their grasp with an obsession for pink whales.