Return of Pengqueen

 I LOVE PENGQUEEN.  It is totally stupid.  But fun.  Also monikers and Between Two Cities,

Happy Happy Salmon Salmon

 The new exchange students joined us.  Light games -- Modern Art, Happy Salmon, and Tokaido.

Radiant Smiles

 The gang got back together after an absence due to sickness etc.

RA - a fun bidding game.  Stay Cool.  And Martha's favorite number game.

I've never played Puerto Rico (but turns out she had)

 Game chosen by Cass.  She forgot she had played this before.  Ryan smoked us all

A Pleasant Tea Party

 Wonderland Wars. Madd Hatter vs Red Queen vs Cheshire Cat etc.  I really enjoyed this game. 

Failure at Rooting

 The usual crowd for root.  I left my run as Corvids too late, and finished last, well behind the pack, and well, well behind Martha.

Botted

 Orleans.  I had to take a call, so they played the first few turns for me.  it wasnt bad, but wasnt what I was planning to do.  But this is a great game!

Ryan Takes All

 Ryan returned with a shift back to Thursday games.  He won 6 games for the evening -- 3 games of Turing Machine and 3 of Mind Management.

Two Birthdays!

 Both Cass and Ryan had birthdays!  But Cass won all of the games -- Blitzkreig, Arboretum, Furnace, and Fort.

Furnace and Fort were good.  I would happily play them again!

Chauffeured to HOGS

 Cass, back from Japan, wanted to play a Japanese themed game.  So the usual gang took a table at HOGS and we played Yokohama.  We finished early, and followed up with Modern Art.

Back to Normal!

 Cyclades.  Rob liked the game --but not enough to back the new kickstarter!  It has an interesting connect with Kemet, which is a group favorite!

Rising Sun -- multiplayer mayhem!

 Chaos in Japan.  Such a fun game, but took a while to figure out!  Monsters and Samurai.  Betrayal and treachery!  It will hit the table again.

Winter Gamefest

 HOGS Winter gamefest.  Dragged the exchange students (Flori and Giarda) along.

Played a few games of arboretum, but I dont think the girls liked it.  But between two cities was a success I think.

Fancy Egyptians

 Kemet hit the table!

I snuck a victory in.  Ross was the kingmaker, and had to decide whether to let me or Rob win.

Throw Her Overboard!

 Celestia -- a fun push your luck, with cards to throw people overboard etc.  Plus a Cartographers starter.

A Game with Sound Effects!

 Dwellings of Eldervale.  Such a cool game!

Hard to describe.  But with wandering monsters with sound effects, its definitely an event game!

Cosmic!!!!! And Frogs!!!!!

Cosmic Frog!  What an insane and amazing game!

 

More Water Fun

 Barrage -- the game of competitive dam building!

I love this game!  Even though we got some critical rules wrong!  Also, as per garage custom, cake for Martha's birthday