May 12 1999 RussCon Report

16 of us, including distinguished visitor from elsewhere Gary.

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Game Results:

GhostParty 5 Harry 4 RussW 2 Tim 0 Alfred -2 Clayton -4
MoleHill 2 JeffF 1 Jeffles -1
MoleHill 2 JeffF 0 Jeffles 0
Can'tStop 3 Jay 2 Tim 0 Alfred -2
ModernArt 4 Marty 3 Steve 1 JP -1 Clayton -3
Bluff 6 JP 5 JonathanB 2 Marty 2 Steve -1 Doug -3 Clayton -5
Manhattan 4 Jay 3 WendyWhe 1 Tim -1 Alfred -3
MonstersRavageAmerica 4 Harry 3 JeffF 1 RussW -1 Jeffles -3
Guillotine 5 Tim 3 Harry 3 Jay 0 Jeffles -2 WendyWhe -4
Ra 5 Doug 4 Steve 2 Marty 0 JonathanB -2 JP -4
PlagueAndPestilence 5 WendyWhe 4 Tim 2 Jeffles 0 Harry -2 Jay -4
Entdecker 4 Gary 2 Alfred 2 RussW -1 JeffF -3
Can'tStop 4 RussW 3 WendyWhe 1 Harry -2 Steve -2
HoneyBears 3 Steve 1 Harry 1 RussW -2
Elfenland 4 Brady 3 JonathanB 1 Marty -1 Gary -3
PlagueAndPestilence 6 Doug 5 Brady 3 RussW 1 JP -1 Jeffles -3 Harry -5
PlagueAndPestilence 5 Brady 4 Doug 2 Jeffles 0 Harry -2 JP -4

This was only the 2nd time we played Monsters Ravage America. It was good goofy fun. Next time we need to try all the advanced rules, like research, mutations, and what happens when Austin gets ravaged.

We played an Entdecker variant, where you start with one of each type of tile, and can spend 2 gold to use one of them instead of of 1 gold to draw a random one. Seemed to work ok (except for using up too many of the face-up determined piles).

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Evening's Soundtrack:

Dancyr, In & Out
Timbuk3, A Hundred Lovers
Friends of Dean Martinez, Atardecer

All Austin albums. Detected by Jay.

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Rank ratings:
 0.8333 Brady (3 games played)
 0.4444 Doug (4)
 0.2667 Marty (4)
 0.2353 Tim (5)
 0.1429 WendyWhe (4)
 0.1000 RussW (6)
 0.0833 JonathanB (3)
 0.0769 Jay (4)
 0.0588 Steve (5)
 0.0000 Harry (8)
-0.1250 JeffF (4)
-0.1667 Gary (2)
-0.2381 JP (5)
-0.4091 Jeffles (7)
-0.4167 Alfred (4)
-1.0000 Clayton (3)

New Win ratings:
 0.5000 Brady (3)
 0.3889 Doug (4)
 0.2414 Harry (8)
 0.1667 Gary (2)
 0.1538 Jay (4)
 0.0476 JP (5)
 0.0000 Marty (4)
 0.0000 WendyWhe (4)
-0.0588 Tim (5)
-0.0833 Alfred (4)
-0.1765 Steve (5)
-0.2000 RussW (6)
-0.2500 JonathanB (3)
-0.2500 JeffF (4)
-0.2500 Clayton (3)
-0.3182 Jeffles (7)

Brady is the Devil! Doug is Vice-Devil. Since these 2 are often late arrivals, the next in line is a 3-way tie among Marty, Jay, and Harry. Harry wins the Dedicated Award.

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Movie News:

See Go.

Only see eXistenZ if you know you are into Cronenberg and didn't hate Crash.

The Mummy is a fun fluffy ride.

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Everyone wants to stop the monsters!

Russ