News Results Ratings Meta Soundtrack Links |
2004-12-08 RussCon Report |
Previous Next Archive russcon home taglibro kofc:rss cc:rss |
14 of us played 12 games! (Whendy was here for a while but didn't play a recorded game.) Curiously JP wasn't here. I believe this may be only the 2nd RussCon JP has missed (other than go congresses).
Once Upon A Mattress will be performed soon, with several people I know in it. Saturday, December 11 at 8pm; Sunday, December 12 at 3pm. I'm going Saturday night - perhaps I will see you there!
No one expressed a preference for the timing of the White Elephant gift exchange, so by imperial decree, I say there shall be two White Elephant gift exchanges, the best of both worlds! So this coming Wednesday December 15 (the 22nd would be too close to Christmas and probably low attendance) interested people bring a White Elephant gift! Just like offices and Christmas parties do before Christmas every year. (If you don't know how this works, here is the process. The gift can be valuable and exciting, or cheapass and silly. The only requirement is it be a wrapped gift that you think will be fun or funny or cool or whatever.) And then we'll do it again after New Years, as we've done in the past for several years in the RussCon immediately after Xmas, so you can unload a lame gift you got over the holidays.
Attika | 4 | RussW 3 Jeffles 1 Tim -1 Clayton -3 |
JefflesCrazyRussConRumors | 4 | Jeffles 3 RussW -1 SarahM -1 William -1 |
Tightrope | 5 | MarkH 4 Ben 2 Marty -1 KevinU -1 PJ -4 |
CarcassonneHunters | 3 | Clayton 2 Fina 0 Tim -2 |
CarcassonneCastle | 2 | Tim 1 Clayton -1 |
Tichu | 2 | ( KevinU Marty ) 1 ( Ben MarkH ) -1 |
SaintPetersburg | 4 | SarahM 3 RussW 1 Jeffles -1 William -3 |
Tayu | 2 | RussW 1 Jeffles -1 |
Attika | 3 | SarahM 2 KevinU -1 JimG -1 |
ZirkusFlohcati | 2 | Tim 1 Clayton -1 |
Tichu | 2 | ( SarahM Jeffles ) 1 ( Ben William ) -1 |
Attika | 4 | JimG 3 RussW -1 Fina -1 KevinU -1 |
Jeffles's latest crazy game design was RussCon Rumors, which was a variation of Clue, but without the map movement, so you can simply suggest on your turn. And Jeffles made fun cards with RussCon dignitaries, such as me and Jeffles. The suggestions were to be phrased in terms of a rumor, e.g., "I heard a rumor that JP lost a game of Settlers because he was obsessed with anime." The prototype cards were a bit rough, but funny, and we all thought this game should be developed further with cleaned up cards. And it would be fun to customize for other groups, e.g. the Gathering of Friends.
Jeffles and I played Tayu, eventually reaching the point where Jeffles resigned since it was mathematically impossible for him to catch me. Handy when a 2-player game has that property. :) I really like this game and am glad to have finally played it again after so long.
Attika continues to be the hot new game, apparently displacing Saint Petersburg from that coveted title.
Antietam, rope-a-dope
Marillion, Real to Reel
Sinéad O'Connor, I do not want what I haven't got
Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here
The Refreshments, Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy
Meta titles.
Blade: Trinity has Esperanto in it!
Hanzi Smatter - visit this site before you get a tattoo with Chinese characters, lest you end up with crazy diarrhea or smooth technique of hand to achieve seeds or something
The Urbz: Central Station, a 4-page webcomic by Evan Dorkin about a tattoo parlor
The 10 Least Successful Holiday Specials of All Time
Didn't know I was unamerican song and flash video by Ian Rhett
Wikipedia article about Clandestine (with Esperanto translation) was recently created by yours truly and might be of interest to the various RussCon fans of the late lamented Celtic band from Houston, Texas, the great Scottish metropolis of the South!
Virtual Calder mobile is cool. For weird fun, try playing with it before you read how the user interface works.
Place the State interactive quiz scores your knowledge of US geography
Nazi photos with the religious right of 70 years ago
Oneaday.org is a website about Chinese idioms. Every day a new idiom is posted to be read, learnt or - for the strong willed - to be memorized.
jen ben sen ĝen en ĉen
russ