Annals of Events

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Played at Stephan's place. SIMKAP. Ian delivers another 3D-printed component for Mike’s underwater camera. Pascal brings gingerbread cookies. Kevin brings a Christmas beer. Mike and Stephan don’t really want to talk about chess. Alain chills.

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Perudo Mike Gerdov Four dice left against Kevin.
Incan Gold Pascal Werlberger 42 points for Pascal. Meanwhile, Ian dies 5 times, from snake bites and spider bites and rock slides and burned alive (twice).
Trans Europa Kevin Caron We play the version with individually coloured segments and Kevin masters the new strategy best, losing only 4 points.
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Played at Stephan's place. ISKMP. Stephan and Mike and psyching themselves up for Jean Desforges' last ever chess simultaneous in Moncton tomorrow night (he will retire this summer and move back to Montreal). Mike will try to repeat his success of last year while Stephan will try to avenge his defeat.

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Wingspan Pascal Werlberger All eyes are turned to Ian because he's having a very good game, but in the end his 81 points are beaten by master birder Pascal's 83 points.
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Played at Stephan's place. AKSIMP. 3-D printing. Elements of the periodic table. Somebody thinks we sound like owls.

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Deception: Murder in Hong Kong Alain Haché Murderous Alain easily evades the attention of the investigators led by Mike.
Deception: Murder in Hong Kong Ian Stewart Ian poisons his friend with too much alcool, and leaves so few clues that even a magnifying glass cannot detect them.
Deception: Murder in Hong Kong Ian Stewart, Kevin Caron, Mike Gerdov, Pascal Werlberger, Stephan Reebs Alain is a recidivist, but this time he’s caught at the last moment by last guesser Mike, who under the direction of Pascal noticed the dented folding chair and the upended potted plant.
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MPKS. Not much chit-chat tonight - we dive deep into good 4-player games.

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Cascadia Mike Gerdov Mike has the highest score for animals, and also for landscape types, and he wins with 101 points.

101 points

Century: Spice Road Pascal Werlberger Close game, with Pascal’s 68 points edging out Stephan’s 67 points and Kevin’s 64.
That's Pretty Clever Stephan Reebs Stephan crushes with 225 points, 60 more than the closest competitor (Pascal).
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Played at Stephan's place. MAKSIP. We stuff our faces with leftover Halloween candies.

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Seven Wonders Kevin Caron, Stephan Reebs Stephan and Kevin share first place with 56 points each.
Codenames Mike Gerdov, Pascal Werlberger, Stephan Reebs 2-1. Three separate attempts are made at 4-word clues, but only one succeeds: Pascal’s “tennis” for court, racket, match, and another word I forget!