Happy Belated Birthday, DBG!

I just noticed that we had our two-year anniversary on November 11, with 57 separate events to date. Nice to see that we're still going strong after two years.

Game on!

Dec. 6 Game Night

Fun times at the Jones'. There were ten of us: Anthony, Brian, Dagon, Dee, Erica, Jason, Paul, Romeo Shelly, and Steve. We played Ra, Chicago Express, Tempus, Skull and Roses, and Boomtown (x2). In other news, Anthony pissed off one of the cats, provoking a swift and brutal response. Things got ugly!

November 22 Game Night

Dagon reserved a room at Steve's pizza so we had plenty of room, food and drink. Thanks, Dagon!

In attendance were Anthony, Brian, Dagon, Dave, Jenn, Kaya (sp?), Paul, Shelly, and Simon.

We played 7 Wonders, Dominion, Ra, Revolution, Skull and Roses, Star Fluxx, and Through the Desert.

Good times were had.

November 8 Game Night

Game night at Brian and Shelly's. Good turn out again, with twelve participants: Anthony, Brian, Dagon, Dave, Dee, Erica, Jeff ("Todd"), Jenn, Paul, Romeo, Shelly, and Steve.

We played: Age of Industry, Black Gold, Can't Stop, Eminent Domain, and Skull and Roses.

October 25 Game Night

Big crowd at Dagon and Erica's house. We had: Anthony, Brian, Dagon, Dave, Dee, Erica, Jeff, Jenn, Paul, Romeo, Shelly, Steve, and Una (not to be confused with Oona).

Games played were Citadels, Galaxy Trucker, Kakerlakenpoker, King of Tokyo, Pandemic (x2), and Paris Connection (x3).

October 11 Game Night

Nice turnout at Brian and Shelly's house: Anthony, Brian, Dagon, David, Erica, Jeff (Todd), Jenny, Paul, Shelly, and Steve.

We played a couple of silly ones: Mord im Arosa and Kakerlakenpoker. Plus an old staple: Stone Age. Good times were had.

September 27 Game Night

Big night at Dagon and Erica's. We had eleven participants. In addition to "new guy" Paul, there was Anthony, Brian, Cade, Dagon, David, Dee, Erica, Romeo, Shelly, and Steve.

Steve brought King of Tokyo, which saw three plays. Plus a long session of Vineta and Incan Gold as a closer. Good times were had.

September 13 game night

We met at my house and had a good turn out, with two new participants -- David and Jennifer. The regulars were Anthony, Brian, Cade, Dagon, Erica, Jeff, Shelly, and Steve.

We started with two games of the Resistance, then split up for long sessions of Black Gold and Betrayal at House on the Hill.

Good times!

August 30 Game night

Hosted bt Anthony, Dagon, and Erica, with me, Cade, and Jason rounding things out. We played a six player game of Power Grid and then I bailed out. It looked like Gosu was going to get played, not sure what else.

August 16 Game Night

Slow updating this so details are hazy. Seem to recall having Brian, Darren, Jason, Jeff, Rich, and Steve in attendance. Pizzas and snacks. Warmed up with a couple of rounds of 7 Wonders, then moved on to what? Not sure. Fun though, undoubtedly.

August 2 Game Night

The group met at Brian's house. We were Anthony, Brian, Erica, Jason, Jeff, Rich, and Steve. Games played were Puerto Rico, Toledo (x2), and Ascending Empires (x2). Lots of fun!

July 19 Game Night

Game night at Dagon and Erica's house!

July 5 Game Night

Hot night at Brian and Shelly's (minus Shelly). We had Anthony, Brian, Brian2, Dagon,  Darren, Erica, Jason, Rich, and Steve. Good times!

June 21 Game Night

A hot night at Dagon's. Summer has finally arrived.

We had a good-sized group, with Anthony, Brian, Cade, Dagon, Erica, Jeff, Shelly, and Tom in attendance. And a "warm" welcome to new-guy Jason!
 
Games played included 7 Wonders, Dominion, Eketorp, Ra, and Tsuro.

June 7 Game Night

A nice turn out at our house, with Anthony, Brian, Cade, Dagon, Erica, Jeff, Romeo, Shelly, and Steve. After a quick meal, we settled down to play Incan Gold, Pack & Stack (x2), Survive!, Dominion, Pompeii, and an epic game of Dungeonquest!

Good times.

May 31 Game Night

Added an extra session at Steve's house. He provided dinner and we were able to try out his new game room. We were a small group: Brian, Cade, Romeo, Shelly, and Steve. We played Airlines Europe and Dice Town. Good times!

May 24 Game Night

The weather cooperated so we were able to grill sausage and eat outside. Then on to gaming, with eight of us present (Anthony, Brian, Brian, Cade, Dagon, Erica, Shelly, and Steve). We split up into groups of four to play Navegador and Hollywood Blockbuster, then wound down with Dominion and Category 5.

May 10 Game Night

We had a quiet night at Dagon and Erica's house. Just six of us (Anthony, Brain, Brian, Dagon, Erica, and Steve). We played Dominion, Ra, Cyclades, and For Sale! Pizza, Beer, and Brownies rounded out the evening.

April 26 Game Night

Brian and Shelly are hosting, starting at 7:00. Snacks are welcome, but we won't be doing dinner this time.

Game on!

April 12 Game Night

Another full complement for DBG. Ten of us: Anthony, Brian, Cade, Dagon, Erica, (why don't we have a member whose name begins with "F"?), Jeff, Rich, Romeo, Shelly, and Steve.

Romeo brought ONE loaf of bread (and cookies!).

We played Princes of Florence, Boomtown (x2), Fiji, and No Thanks! (x2).

Good times.

Game on!

April 5 Catch-Up Night

To make up for the low turn out at the last gathering, Dagon suggested an extra session at his house on April 5. Turn out was better, with Anthony, Anya, Brain, Brian, Dagon, Dave, Erica, Quentin, and Shelly. The main event was a five player game of Princes of Florence. Dominion also got played. Not sure what else.

March 29 Game Night

Most people had conflicts this time, so only a few were able to attend. Anthony, Dagon, Erica, and Rich met at Round Table.

Ides of March Game Night

March 15 get together. In honor of the date, we played Roman-themed games: Colosseum, Quo Vadis, Downfall of Pompeii, and Tribune. Anthony, Brian, Brian, Dagon, Erica, Jeff, Rich, and Shelly were in the house.

March 1 Game Night

We met at Brian and Shelly's house (B & S plus Anthony, Brain, Dagon, Erica, Jeff, Romeo, and Steve). Following a bit of food and drink, we launched into: Lords of Vegas, Factory Fun, Ra and Rattus. Good times were had!

February 15 Game Night

Another Round Table confab! I missed it, but my agents report that Anthony, Brain, Cade, Dagon, Erika, Jeff, and Steve had a good time playing Big City, Power Grid: Factory Manager, Tsuro (x2), Carcassonne: The City, Revolution!, and Coloretto. Sounds like fun was had.

February 1, 2011 Game Night

We met at Dagon and Erica's again (thanks!). They provided pizza and people added cookies and beer. Mmm!

We had eight gamers: Anthony, Brian, Cade, Dagon, Erica, Romeo, Shelly, and "Nickname" Steve. We opened with For Sale. Moved on with two back to back games of 7 Wonders (before Cade arrived)), then split up for Big City and St. Pete. An enjoyable evening all around.

January 18, 2011 Game Night

We wound up meeting at Dagon/Erica/Anthony's house, with pizza, salad, drinks and snacks. Thanks for hosting!

There were ten of us: D/E/A, Jeff, Steve, Brian, Shelly, Cade, Tom, and Darren.

Games played included Dominion, For Sale, Glen More, and three games of 7 Wonders (once with 4 players and then twice with the full 7 players -- you need a big table for that!).

I'm happy to say that we're all still having a great time. Game on!

January 4, 2011 Game Night

Taco Night! There were eight of us at Brian and Shelly's house: Anthony, Brian, Brian2, Cade, Dagon, Erica, Romeo, and Shelly. We played a couple of quick games of Tsuro (with 8) and two longer games of 7 Wonders (with 7). Brian taught and sat out the first one and Shelly sat out the second. Good times!

Winter Solstice Game Night -- December 21, 2010

The group met at Round Table. I wasn't there, so I don't know how many attended (anyone want to fill in the blanks in a comment?) I'm told that the following games were played: Mission Red Planet, Bohnanza, Aquaretto, Monopoly Deal (x4), Hey, That's My Fish (x2), and Cave Troll.

December 7 Game Night

Good times at Erica and Dagon's house. There were twelve people in attendance, Brian, Shelly, Steve, Romeo, Dagon, Erica, Anthony, Cade, David (and three guests whose names I don't recall -- sorry!).  We had pizza, salad, cheese and crackers, beer, and orange soda(?). The games I saw played were Aquarreto, Charon Inc., Dixit, Dominion, Downfall of Pompeii, Pack & Stack, and something I didn't really see (Coloretto?).

Davis Board Gamers is One!

Today is the first anniversary of the Davis Board Gamers!

Our first event was held on Nov. 11, 2009, at Dagon and Erica's house. Since then, we've had 28 group events (not counting occasional pick up gaming at one or another of our houses, and the excellent monthly parties hosted by Jeff and Lora at their house).

We started small, with six people at the first event. I think our largest event had 15. (The smallest was three; Steve, Shelly, and me playing Endeavor & Circus Flohcati at Round Table). By my rough count, we've had 33 separate people participate in one or more of our events, and we seem to have a pretty stable core group -- enough to reliably turn out six to twelve at our biweekly game nights.

I'm really happy with how things are going. It's been great meeting and spending time gaming with all of you. At least so far (knock wood), we haven't had any problems worth mentioning. I'm looking forward to writing another message like this a year from now.

Game on!

November 23 Game Night

Nice turn out: Brian, Shelly, Dagon, Erica, Anthony, Jeff, Romeo, Brain, and David. We had some food and then got down to playing (Rattus, The Speicherstadt, Quoridor, Dixit and Dschunke). Bonus pop culture reference: there were many -- some might say too many -- "don't touch my Dschunke" jokes.

November 9 Game Night

Our luck finally ran out at Round Table. Ordinarily we just show up and occupy the long tables in the back room. This time we found that the back room had been reserved for the night. We did our best to find tables out in the main area, but that was packed too. Eventually we sorted things out but, the place was crowded and the table space a bit small for comfort.

That aside, we had a good turn out, with eleven people gaming. Games played included Lost Valley, Vegas Showdown, Pandemic, Rattus, and Hab & Gut. 

Special Session -- October 30

I sent an email out last week suggesting that we might try to schedule some "special sessions" on weekend mornings, outside of our ordinary every-other-Tuesday rotation. The idea was that there are some games that are better with coffee and a fresh brain, than beer and after-work fatigue. My hope was that we might schedule these far enough in advance, with firm RSVPs, to be able to pick a game suited to the number of players and read the rules in advance.

Most folks were already busy this weekend, but Dagon and I were able to get together on 10/30 and play Hammer of the Scots for a few hours. This is exactly what I had in mind, as it gave an opportunity to dig into a game that would be mostly unplayable in the after-work Round Table setting.

Good times! I hope we can have more of these "special sessions." I've got good candidate games for any number from two to six, and hope to get more of them to the table.

Game on!

October 26 -- Special Halloween Game Night

We gathered at Brian and Shelly's house for a night of good food, gaming, Brian's birthday, and too much cake. We were Brian, Shelly, Jeff, Romeo, Rich, Tom, and two newcomers -- Cade and Darren. We played mostly spooky games -- Gloom, Fearsome Floors, and Betrayal at House on the Hill -- plus a game of Ra! to fill up an open slot. Good times!

October 12 Game Night

Good turn out tonight. We had Erica, Dagon, Anthony, Jeff, Brain, Brian, Pete, Rich, and Steve. Plus two newcomers, Joe and Alec. Fun was had.

Game on!

September 28 Game Night

Round Table again, with excellent turn out (I counted 11, including a couple of new faces). Games played included Revolution , Saint Petersberg, Infinite City (x3), and Crokinole.

September 14 Game Night

Good times at Round Table. Jeff brought his crokinole set and taught us how to play. I also saw Infinite City, Small World, and Amazing Labyrinth being played.

August 31 Game Night

A very heavy night for the Davis Board Gamers. After a nice pot luck of pizza, bread, spinach dip, strawberries and brownies, we dove in. Five of us played Amun Re, which was new to all of us. It was an interesting but brain burning game that consumed the whole night. That was too bad because we didn't get much of a chance to meet two new attendees. They seemed to have a good time playing a 5-er of Ticket to Ride: Europe, followed by the always popular No Thanks!

Maybe next time we can mix things up a bit more. 

August 17 Game Night -- Our 20th Event!

We met at Round Table for food, beer, and gaming. There were seven of us (Anthony, Brain, Brian, Dagon, Erica, Steve, & Romeo) and we played Alhambra, Chinatown, Ra, and St. Petersburg.