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Played at Stephan's place. IAMPSK. First snow on the ground, time change this weekend, Halloween yesterday: the seasons are turning. We first play a classical Halloween game.

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Fearsome floors Pascal Werlberger All three of Pascal’s tokens make it through the gauntlet, and he wins easily.
Perudo Stephan Reebs Three dice left against Pascal, who rolled well in the mittelspiel, but transferred all his good luck to Stephan in the endspiel.
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Played at Stephan's place. PSAKMI. We overcome our ailments to all get together again. We talk about animals, then hunting, and from there bows and guns. So for our first game we play with guns (styrofoam ones). Not having been played since 2019, Cash & Guns is, in the words of Alain, a “bored” game.

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Ca$h 'n Gun$ Mike Gerdov A close result: Mike, playing the delightful Miss Lotus, gets 90,000 dollars, closely followed by Alain (80), Ian and Pascal (70), Kevin (60), and Stephan (50).
Codenames Alain Haché, Pascal Werlberger, Stephan Reebs 2-1. The first game sees a record-tying 4 words guessed in one go, on Kevin’s clue “Royalty”, for queen, revolution, bow, and ivory. Still though, that team ends up losing. But they quickly win the second game when the black clue is picked on the very first clue. So it comes down to a close third game, in which Stephan’s use of proper names as clues (Leiah, Avenir, Orion) carries the day.
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Played at Kevin's place. KIP - we gather at Kevin’s place for some 3-player action while other HFG members are taking sick leaves.

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Century: Spice Road Pascal Werlberger Pascal proves that production the is key to success. He ends the games with 6 cards while Kevin and Ian both trail behind with fewer card.
Cascadia Kevin Caron Pascal and Ian both fight for Salmon supremacy, but they just refuse to come out if that bag. Kevin gathers all the elks, just enough to gain a small lead over what seemed to be a tight game.
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Played at Stephan's place. AIMPSK. We admire a dice tower that Ian 3-D printed and is donating to the HFG. And we use it in our first game.

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King of Tokyo Pascal Werlberger Pascal reaches 20 points with only 1 life left, with Kevin not far behind.
Perudo Alain Haché Alain, Mike and Pascal are left with one dice each. Pascal exits first, and then Mike.
Tsuro Stephan Reebs Mike carves out an enclave that Stephan invades and occupies happily ever after. Four squares left.
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Played at Stephan's place. PMISK. Marking exams; the cost of owning pets; electronics; more electronics; more more electronics.

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Evolution Ian Stewart, Stephan Reebs Today is World Animal Day, so we play Evolution. Stephan leads from beginning to end, but he screws up on the last turn, allowing Ian to catch up to him, both finishing with 35 points. Of note is Mike`s intelligent, pack-hunting predator, which never starved and actually helped his owner get a very decent 31 points.
Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig Pascal Werlberger Pascal's castle with Kevin (68 points) is backed up by an awesome castle with Ian (81 points and one of the longest tower ever seen - Ut enim dictum est, quod ipsa).