July 9, 2004 |
Although there was a single night of games, it occurred in two very far away places: Madison, Wisconsin, and Kooskia, Idaho. Dan and Sam hooked up for a couple 1 on 1 showdowns, keeping Moonie company in the process. Karla and I played game of Lost Cities while her family cooked up some chicken.
| Kingdoms |
| Results | |||
| Player | Score | Place | First Time? |
| Sam | 406 | 1 | * |
| Dan | 321 | 2 | |
Notes: I have to go by the notes Dan left me, but it appears that Sam managed to vanquish Dan pretty handily. 2-player scores of Kingdoms are always much higher than 3 or 4 person, so an 85 point win isn't as big as it is in a 3 or 4 player game.
It's still pretty big, though.
| Carcassonne |
| Results | |||
| Player | Score | Place | First Time? |
| Sam | 171 | 1 | |
| Dan | 140 | 2 | |
Notes: Looks like it wasn't Dan's night, as Sam went 2 for 2.
| Lost Cities |
| Results | |||
| Player | Score | Place | First Time? |
| Mike | 170 | 1 | |
| Karla | 145 | 2 | |
Notes: Karla and I played this, as I noted above, in Idaho. Karla usually beats the stuffing out of me, and I'm known to have suffered some incredible defeats (one time I lost to Sam about 200 to 5), and despite some pretty good play (I thought), Karla had leads of 48 to 39 in the 1st round and 127 to 97 in the second. The stars came into alignment for me in the last round, though, as Karla overcommitted and I went for huge scores (and got two of them). Hence, I managed an excellent 3rd round score, and Karla faltered. (Karla tried to cheat at one point in the second round, too.)
It was definitely the highlight of my gaming weekend, until I played Puke! Sunday night and won $36 on won hand. Then lost $72 the very next hand despite having five 9's.