Annals of Events

5

Played at Stephan's place. MIS. What was supposed to be a special meeting at Kevin's place to celebrate his birthday ends up being a meeting at Stephan's with only three cats present because of covid alerts within the others' families. Happy birthday Kevin anyway!

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Castles of Mad King Ludwig Stephan Reebs Stephan wins the inaugural game with 103 points, only one more than Ian.
Carcassonne Mike Gerdov Mike supports many religious orders, cultivates a big field, travels several long roads, and builds a few small cities. He wins by a large margin, with 84 points.
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Played at Stephan's place. PAMSKI. Moncton's homeless people. Commuting in Moncton (and in Moscow). What we did in late March 6 years ago, skipping a week.

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Citadels Pascal Werlberger As usual Alain gets repeatedly killed or robbed. Meanwhile Pascal is completely untouched and he sails to victory with 37 points.
Perudo Kevin Caron One dice left against Stephan.
Tsuro Ian Stewart A long trek across the board on his last move brings Ian to the last square in the corner while the others have to commit hara-kiri.
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Played at Stephan's place. AMSKIP. Old dogs; the price of gas; the lifting of mask mandates and other covid restrictions; TV shows; the clocks set forward by 1 h.

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Trans Europa Stephan Reebs We play on Kevin's new set, where the city colours are shifted counter-clockwise (by 1 h). Alain is out after only two rounds and Stephan wins with only 2 points lost.
Codenames Kevin Caron, Mike Gerdov, Pascal Werlberger 2-1. Interestingly, all three victories were by the team with 9 guesses.
2

Played at Stephan's place. SPAMK. We talk about Ukraine and covid, what else? And boobies at the evening's close (the birds, of course).

Game played

Winners

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Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig Mike Gerdov Mike and Stephan's soviet-style castle (squarish and symmetrical) is the best (73), and Mike's other castle with Pascal is very good too (67), giving Mike the win.
Perudo Pascal Werlberger Two dice left against Stephan.
Category 5 Alain Haché 18 points after 5 rounds.
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Played at Stephan's place. MISPK. Of course, we talk about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which started after the day of our last meeting.

Game played

Winners

Notes
Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig Pascal Werlberger Kevin and Stephan have the richest castle (66) but it is Pascal who wins (62 with Ian and 59 with Mike).
Trans Europa Stephan Reebs Stephan wins four of the five rounds and loses only 1 point on the other one. Kiev, Charkiv and Odessa were connected to a few times.
Tsuro Mike Gerdov Six years ago to the day Mike and Ian met on the last square near the center. This time it is Mike alone, on the last two squares in a corner.