I believe we are on at Russ' house this Wed. again, but I thought I would once again report the ratings from last Wed.'s SansRussCon at the Dobie. This time I'll try to put things in the format that everyone expects. ;)
Frank'sZoo 6 JeffF 5 Marty 3 JP 1 Clayton -2 Bob -2 Alfred -5
NichtDieBohne! 6 Clayton 5 JeffF 3 Alfred 1 Bob -1 JP -3 Marty -5
Ohio 5 JeffF 4 JP 2 Alfred 0 Bob -2 Marty -4
MerchantsofAmsterdam 5 Bob 4 JP 2 William 0 Marty -2 Alfred -4
NichtDieBohne! is, I think, an interesting screw over your opponents type game, but I think I was in the minority. I played it first at the Gathering of Friends and we had quite a bit of fun with it. People just didn't seem to be into the play to ruin other people mode that I think it requires last Wed., however.

Ohio is a very simple little card game where everyone has the cards 1 - 10 plus an Ohio card in her/his hand. One person starts the trick and then the next person must play a card of lower value or pass. The last card played takes the trick, with the Ohio card always being of slightly lower value than the previous card. For instance, if a 5 is played, followed by an Ohio card, it could still be followed by another Ohio card or any card 4 or lower. The game ends at the end of the trick when one person runs out of cards. Score is cards taken minus cards left in your hand. Very quick and light.

The Merchants of Amsterdam is one of the newest Knizia offerings. I think it was very well received and has the usual mix of lots of ways to score points, very little time to do it, plus a cool Dutch auction timer that lowers the cost of the auction item as it ticks off time. This one was also quite popular at the Gathering, but there were also a number of people there who seemed to not like it as well. Being a Knizia game, I liked it.

I'll try and get the ratings done too, but for now, that's it.

Marty

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Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.

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Rank ratings:
 0.8571 JeffF (3)
 0.3000 Clayton (2)
 0.1111 JP (4)
 0.0000 William (1)
-0.0556 Bob (4)
-0.4444 Alfred (4)
-0.4444 Marty (4)

New Win ratings:
 0.5714 JeffF (3)
 0.4000 Clayton (2)
 0.0556 Bob (4)
-0.2222 Alfred (4)
-0.2222 JP (4)
-0.2222 Marty (4)
-0.2500 William (1)
Clearly JeffF was the Devil in Dobie!

Marty

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Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.