July 11 2001 RussCon Report

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News
Game Results
Meta Party Game Results
Evening's Soundtrack
Ratings
Links
Almost record-breaking attendance: 24 of us (plus Sauron) played 16 games. Dan graciously gave annual visitor-from-New-York and fellow-IBMer RichardH a ride to RussCon, and the Meta Game was "Plays Well With Others".

There will be NO RUSSCON JULY 25.

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News

There will be NO RUSSCON JULY 25. I'll be at the annual US Go Congress (The Best Week Of The Year). There will be RussCon As Usual on July 18.

Friday night gaming at Great Hall Games is much more spacious now in their larger location upstairs. Check it out.

A bunch of us saw Final Fantasy together. It had great art and dumbass writing (which inspired my comic for July 16).


Game Results

Frank'sZoo5Steve 4 Whendy 2 RussW 0 Clayton -2 RichardH -4
Settlers6Jeffles 5 Marty 3 Dan 1 JP -3 Carly -3 Matt -3
Carcassonne3PJ 2 Brad 0 JonathanB -2
LordOfTheRings2( Jonobie JeffF Clay Ben MattF ) 1 Sauron -1
UndTschuess6Matt 5 JonathanB 3 Allen 1 PJ -1 William -3 JP -5
CarolusMagnus2( JeffF Jonobie ) 1 ( MattF Ben ) -1
Tayu2Clay 1 Whendy -1
Traumfabrik5Dan 4 RussD 2 RussW -1 Randy -1 RichardH -4
SanMarco3JeffF 2 Ben 0 MattF -2
Tichu2( RussD Dan ) 1 ( RussW RichardH ) -1
TajMahal5Carly 4 Jeffles 2 Marty 0 Brad -2 Steve -4
Letras3RussD 2 Allen 0 PJ -2
6Nimmt3RussD 1 Allen 1 PJ -2
MembersOnly4Carly 3 Jeffles 1 Steve -2 Marty -2
Carcassonne5Steve 4 Randy 2 Matt 0 Dan -2 RussW -4
Mu5JeffF 4 William 2 JP 0 Robby -2 Ben -4

carcassonneBah, last place in Carcassonne? This game sucks!

We actually played Traumfabrik with the correct rules for the first time at RussCon!

Apparently Sauron got his butt kicked handily by the human team. There was a higher than average number of team games played this evening for some reason... I was sad not to play Clue: The Museum Caper which Dan brought.

RichardH (who brought Und Tschüss last year) introduced RussCon to Tichu, a team tricktaking card game with rules that are initially odd but then start to make sense. (It also comes with 2 decks, and Dan can attest that one does not need to be unsealed to play the standard game.) It has an Asian flavor with special cards Mah-Jongg (the Hemp Sparrow), Faithful Dog, Phoenix, and Dragon. Um, and then there's "the Bomb". What you say? Somebody set up us the bomb.

A reminder: please write and spell clearly when recording game results, and remember last initials for people with common names, thanks!


Meta Party Game Results

JeffF was the Meta Devil. Here is the game he mailed out:
The metagame Wednesday is titled "Plays Well With Others". You score points for each game you play in partnership with other people, according to the following:
  • 3 points - playing on a team of two, e.g. Carolus Magnus, Spades, Edison & Co.
  • 2 points - playing on a team of more than 2, e.g. Clue Great Museum Caper (just the detectives), many party games
  • 1 point - playing on a team for part of a game, e.g. Frank's Zoo (unless you're solo every round...), Dampfross (if you team up for a race), Njet!
Please record your metapoints in the book with your Devil points. Remember that team Devil points are recorded as if the team was one player, e.g. Spades (JeffF & Jonobie) 1 (Jack & Jill) -1
By my reckoning, the meta points earned were:
  • Ben 2+3+1
  • JeffF 2+3+1
  • Jonobie 2+3
  • MattF 2+3
  • RichardH 1+3
  • RussW 1+3
  • Dan 3
  • RussD 3
  • Clay 2
  • Clayton 1
  • JP 1
  • Robby 1
  • Steve 1
  • Whendy 1
JeffF told me the tie breaker was # team games played, then total # games played, then random. So Ben and JeffF are tied, and I must break their tie randomly! Woohoo!

OK, I'm getting a die... JeffF is odd, Ben is even... and the result is... 3! (Uh, and 3 is odd, for you "math is hard, let's go shopping" people.) So JeffF is again the Meta Devil after winning his own Meta Game!


Evening's Soundtrack

American Gothic Compilation
American History X, Original Film Score
American Songs of Revolutionary Times and the Civil War Era
Black 47, Home of the Brave
Supertramp, Breakfast in America

The theme was "Russ got home too late to figure out a new soundtrack for this week!" But fear not, Gentle Reader, for next week's theme is already planned out!


Ratings

Rank ratings:
 1.0000 JeffF (4)
 1.0000 Clay (2)
 1.0000 Jonobie (2)
 0.6667 RussD (4)
 0.6667 Jeffles (3)
 0.3333 Carly (3)
 0.2857 Dan (4)
 0.2222 Allen (3)
 0.2000 Whendy (2)
 0.1429 Matt (3)
 0.1429 JonathanB (2)
 0.1333 Steve (4)
 0.1250 Randy (2)
 0.0833 Marty (3)
-0.1111 William (2)
-0.2727 PJ (4)
-0.3333 Brad (2)
-0.4615 RussW (4)
-0.5000 Ben (4)
-0.5000 Clayton (1)
-0.5000 MattF (3)
-0.5000 Robby (1)
-0.5714 JP (3)
-1.0000 RichardH (3)
-1.0000 Sauron (1)
New Win ratings:
 1.0000 JeffF (4)
 1.0000 Clay (2)
 1.0000 Jonobie (2)
 0.5000 Carly (3)
 0.4000 Steve (4)
 0.3333 RussD (4)
 0.2500 Jeffles (3)
 0.2143 Dan (4)
 0.2143 Matt (3)
-0.1111 Allen (3)
-0.1818 PJ (4)
-0.2143 JP (3)
-0.2222 William (2)
-0.2500 Randy (2)
-0.2500 Marty (3)
-0.2500 Ben (4)
-0.2500 Clayton (1)
-0.2500 MattF (3)
-0.2500 Robby (1)
-0.2857 JonathanB (2)
-0.3077 RussW (4)
-0.3333 Brad (2)
-0.3333 RichardH (3)
-0.4000 Whendy (2)
-1.0000 Sauron (1)
JeffF is not only the Meta Devil, he's also the devil! His spousal unit Jonobie and Clay are Co-Vice-Devils. Then RussD. Then Carly. Nonhuman player Sauron pulled a Reverse Brady Maneuver.

Links

If you're into signing online petitions, you can oppose the dumbass constitutional amendment that would disallow same-sex marriage. I thought the constitution was supposed to ensure freedom, not take it away. Silly me.

If you're into insane numbers of weird free games, visit Warpspawn Games.

If you're into All Your Base, rate how All Your Base different pictures are.

If you're into travel writing, read about Jay's trip to Barrow, Alaska.

If you're into cute baby animals, see Brad's new kitten and puppy.

If you're into mixing concrete, learn how to protect your personal computer from theft.

L.A. County Wants to Tax Satellites.


General, the cannon will explode if we fire it again! What, am I not speaking English? What part of "it will explode" don't you understand?

Russ