September 12 2001 RussCon Report
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25 of us played 15 games (although not all were rated). Longer games than average, it would seem.
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News
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Last week was of course quite surreal and stressful in many ways. I hope everyone is doing ok. I think for many of us it was very good to get together for RussCon As Usual and enjoy our weekly ritual of Camraderie, Carcassonne, and, uh, Crossdressing.
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Game Results
| Carcassonne | 5 | RussW 4 Clay 2 Steve 0 RussD -2 TimL -4 |
| Balderdash | 7 | Matt 6 BobR 4 Jeffles 1 Clayton 1 Fred -2 Brad -4 Carly -6 |
| Tichu | 2 | ( Marty Dan ) 1 ( Whendy JP ) -1 |
| Zero | 4 | Steve 3 Clay 1 Fred -1 Clayton -3 |
| Eden | 4 | Dan 3 Marty 1 JP -1 Whendy -3 |
| Rheinlaender | 5 | Brady 4 KevinT 2 JonathanC 0 BobK -2 JeffS -4 |
| Hoax | 4 | Brad 3 Ben 1 Matt -1 Jeffles -3 |
| WebOfPower | 4 | BobK 3 KevinT 1 Fred -1 JeffS -3 |
| PrincesOfFlorence | 5 | RussW 4 William 2 BobR 0 RussD -2 TimL -4 |
| Bluff | 4 | William 3 RussD 1 Steve -1 Whendy -3 |
| WhatsThatOnMyHead | 6 | Carly 5 PJ 2 Jeffles 2 JonathanC -1 Whindy -4 Matt -4 |
| WebOfPower | 5 | JP 4 Dan 2 RussW 0 TimL -2 Marty -4 |
| Vinci | 4 | Brad 3 BobK 1 KevinT -1 JeffS -3 |
| 6Nimmt | 10 | Carly 9 JP 7 Matt 5 PJ 3 Whendy 1 RussW -1 Dan -3 JonathanC -5 Ben -7 Jeffles -9 |
Balderdash was amusing to listen to as ridiculous word definitions were read out loud...
Ah, Carcassonne, truly you are the game of the gods. Surely I will never tire of playing Carcassonne and putting this box-cover art in the RussCon Report.
I've omitted a Frank's Zoo game which all involved was won by Whendy but all agreement ends there. It was misrecorded in the book, and participants have given the following versions:
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Whendy 1st +5
SteveH 2nd +3
Dan 3rd 0
JP 3rd 0
Marty 4th -3
Fred 5th -5 |
Whendy/5
Dan/4
JP/?
Marty/?
SteveH/?
Fred/-5 |
Whendy 1st +5
Dan 2nd +3
Steve 3rd 0
JP 3rd 0
Marty 4th -3
Fred 5th -5 |
Whendy +5
SteveH +2
Dan +2
JP -1
Marty -3
Fred -5 |
Whendy +5
Dan +3
SteveH 0
Marty 0
JP -3
Fred -5 |
Whendy 25 (+5)
Dan 19 (+3)
Marty 16 (0)
Steve 16 (0)
JP 15 (-3)
Fred 9 (-5) |
Remember too that ties are exceedingly rare in Frank's Zoo! So bravo Whendy for winning decisively enough that everyone remembered that, and as for the rest of the ranks, I hope y'all have learned not to drink and play Frank's Zoo! This was an illuminating and amusing little exercise in the fallibility of human memory. Speaking of which, go see Memento if you haven't already. It's the best movie I've seen so far this year. How's that for an unexpected tangent?
Meta Party Game Results
Whendy was the Meta Devil. Here is the Meta Party Game she emailed out:
Grrl Games!
RussCon needs more female pulchritude. And it needs more appreciation of
the grrls who actually attend. So for the Meta Game this week, players get
meta points for every game they play with a female player. And to encourage
hot, grrl-on-grrl meta action, the more grrls in the game, the more meta points!
# of Females MetaPoints to each
in Game Player per Game
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1 2
2 4
3 8
4 16
(No need to go higher--there's never been 5 girls at RussCon!)
Other rules:
Grrls receive meta points for themselves + other grrls.
Guys who are willing to attend RussCon dressed as Grrls can qualify for
meta points for themselves + whoever is willing to play games with them
while they are thus attired. No fair dressing like your regular self and
claiming to be a tomboy or other such slimey JP-like tactic--you must have
some "girlie-grrl" feature for the night. Think "taffeta!"
Ties: Will be broken by # of total games played. If needed, by coin toss.
Well, as it turns out quite a few guys decided to qualify as grrls. There was a tie between JP & Dan. (That final game of 6 Nimmt with 5 grrls really racked up the points for some of us.) The random tie-breaker gave Dan the win, so he is the Meta Devil (even if he elected not to be a Meta Grrl)! So Dan will design the next Meta Game.
Whendy took a couple photos which I've added to the RussCon photo page!
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Evening's Soundtrack
Hole, Live Through This
L7, Hungry for Stink
Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill
Fluffy, Black Eye
Sleater-Kinney, The Hot Rock
Another meta theme, of course! Go, grrls!
Ratings
Rank ratings:
1.0000 Brady (1 game played)
0.7143 William (2)
0.5294 JP (4)
0.4286 Clay (2)
0.4000 Carly (3)
0.4000 BobR (2)
0.3571 PJ (2)
0.3333 RussW (4)
0.2609 Matt (4)
0.2000 BobK (3)
0.2000 Steve (3)
0.2000 KevinT (3)
0.1765 Dan (4)
0.1667 Brad (3)
-0.2222 Clayton (2)
-0.2500 Marty (3)
-0.2727 RussD (3)
-0.3333 Fred (3)
-0.3333 JonathanC (3)
-0.3750 Whendy (4)
-0.3913 Jeffles (4)
-0.5000 Ben (2)
-0.8000 Whindy (1)
-0.8333 TimL (3)
-1.0000 JeffS (3)
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New Win ratings:
1.0000 Brady (1)
0.6500 Carly (3)
0.4167 Brad (3)
0.2857 William (2)
0.2857 RussW (4)
0.1304 Matt (4)
0.1176 Dan (4)
0.1000 BobK (3)
0.1000 Steve (3)
0.0588 JP (4)
-0.1250 Marty (3)
-0.1429 PJ (2)
-0.1667 Ben (2)
-0.1667 JonathanC (3)
-0.1739 Jeffles (4)
-0.2000 BobR (2)
-0.2000 Whindy (1)
-0.2222 Clayton (2)
-0.2500 Fred (3)
-0.2500 TimL (3)
-0.2500 Whendy (4)
-0.2727 RussD (3)
-0.2857 Clay (2)
-0.3000 JeffS (3)
-0.3000 KevinT (3)
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Brady has pulled the eponymous Brady Maneuver, so is ineligible for Devilhood! Carly is the Devil! Expect games with purple pieces at the dining table. William is Vice-Devil! JP & I are Co-Vice-Vice-Devils.
Links
Deep Machines Exquisite Corpse is really neat.
TomK who came to RussCon a couple times in January 1999 has posted some beautiful photos of a trip to Chile.
what a drag
Russ
