Games played at April 3 New York Boardgame Meetup
Mark Salzwedel
United States
New York
New York
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A little more room this time so we weren't so crowded! YAY!
And a pretty wide variety of games, as you'll see. Please add any I've missed. No zombie games this time?? And only one train game?? 
Many thanks for the tips! I just got enough to get my Avatar!!! You'll be seeing it soon when I finish designing it. And I guess there really were more games played this time than in a long time -- this summary geek list rarely gets to a second page, if I remember correctly!
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Board Game: Arkadia
[Average Rating:6.94 Overall Rank:729]
Mark Salzwedel
United States
New York
New York
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I love this game. And in my second play, I've finally figured out how to finish in the middle instead of last.
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Mark Salzwedel
United States
New York
New York
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Had a good two-player game of this with Avri, then a 5-player game that also went well.
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Board Game: Samsara
[Average Rating:6.00 Unranked]
Mark Salzwedel
United States
New York
New York
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My prototype made it out again for three or four games, that were very interesting and varied.
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Mark Salzwedel
United States
New York
New York
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I saw this one being played downstairs. Sorry I missed out. I want to play it again.
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Mark Salzwedel
United States
New York
New York
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This one was being played downstairs too. I walked by as they were lamenting that you could play with 9, but not all 12 characters!
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Board Game: Ra
[Average Rating:7.47 Overall Rank:133]
Mark Salzwedel
United States
New York
New York
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I played this once before. I forgot a rather important rule at the end of the game which cost me the win.
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Mark Salzwedel
United States
New York
New York
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Avri and David played this one next to us. Looked interesting from what I saw/heard. (Sorry, Erik)
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Board Game: Carcassonne
[Average Rating:7.43 Overall Rank:139]
[Average Rating:7.43 Unranked]
Mark Salzwedel
United States
New York
New York
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I saw this one starting up downstairs as I was leaving around 11.
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Board Game: Scarab Lords
[Average Rating:6.05 Overall Rank:3051]
[Average Rating:6.05 Unranked]
Mark Salzwedel
United States
New York
New York
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Also saw Avri and Erik playing this one before we got our Arkadia game in.
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Mark Salzwedel
United States
New York
New York
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I've been intrigued by this one, but I haven't played it yet. I heard it was a real-time game, and that scares me. It was being played at the next table near the later part of the evening.
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Mark Salzwedel
United States
New York
New York
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I saw a group downstairs playing several games of this, and I finally got a chance to see the bookcase edition, and I think I'm too spoiled on the 1999 Avalon Hill version to get anything else now.
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Mark Salzwedel
United States
New York
New York
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I think Steef had this out first thing in the evening. I still don't have a very strong desire to play it again. I guess it's just not my type of game. (If anyone can figure that out, let me know.)
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Mark Salzwedel
United States
New York
New York
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This one looked interesting, but I didn't have a chance to do more than glance at it.
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Board Game: Torres
[Average Rating:7.17 Overall Rank:402]
Mark Salzwedel
United States
New York
New York
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I've been really into 3-D games lately, and I finally got to see this one playing next to us as we were playing Arkadia. I don't know how this game is played, but it looked a little more 3-D than Arkadia. Similar castle building blocks in both games though.
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Board Game: Hansa
[Average Rating:6.90 Overall Rank:709]
Erik D
United States
Pasadena
California
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My second play, so naturally I'm still figuring out the strategy. Of course, the guy who never played before soundly destroyed us.
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Erik D
United States
Pasadena
California
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We played a 3-player game of my Icehouse game Logger. It's getting closer to completion. I'm quite happy with the new growth rules but Avri's point of each player's score increasing near-equally was more than valid.
I think next time I will allow protested trees to score a point, plus add a protester to your stash. This way, protesters can be used to not only block another player, but have you tactfully steal their points.
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Erik D
United States
Pasadena
California
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Saw a few folks pull out this Cheapass oldie.
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Ryan M
United States
Austin
TX
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Got to play this with Jan and Mike. It was a good game that came down to the wire - much better than playing the original RRT in the space we have.
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John Heath
United States
New York
NY
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We broke this one out early in the evening, Phil and I, and coerced Jan into playing with us. I'd been worried by the *very* diverse negative/positive reviews on the geek, and was surprised I enjoyed it as much as I did. Definitely want to play it again some time
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John Heath
United States
New York
NY
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Mike brought this out early in the night as well, Jan, Phil, and I joined. Very well designed, but I'm not a huge fan of the "amass one of more particular resource than other people and only you get points" mechanic. Mike plays games I choose all the time, it was his turn I guess :-p
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John Heath
United States
New York
NY
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My roommates pulled out this fun card game in the back just before they left. Its a cute little crew-your-neighbour-and-avoid-screwage game that sees a lot of play around our apartment.
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David Greene
United States
Brooklyn
New York
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This was being played by David (not me) and three other guys.
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David Greene
United States
Brooklyn
New York
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This was being played by its designer (Vincent) and Ben.
Vincent, the game looked beautiful -- what a great job you did! Thanks for coming down to our Meetup. I hope you'll be a regular member.
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David Greene
United States
Brooklyn
New York
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Steef, Connor, Zev (not Zev S.) and Robin played a game of this upstairs at the end of the evening.
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David Greene
United States
Brooklyn
New York
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Eric and I got in a quick two-player game of this at the end of the evening. Eric beat me 6-5. Great game, Eric. Thanks for bringing your set!
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