SATURDAY MEETINGS

The weekend Society meetings normally held on two Saturdays of each month at the Columbia Library, starting shortly after 9:00 am, although dates may vary due to library schedule conflicts. They are intended to allow games that take more time than available in an afternoon or evening, games such as "Here I Stand" or one of the 18XX family of games. The players who participate on a regular basis rotate in proposing a game for each meeting, which they commit to bring and/or lead. The Library is currently open but with with social distancing restrictions, but meeting rooms for group events including our Saturday gaming are closed until further notice. These weekend games are currently being played at Charlie Ward's house until the Library meeting rooms re-open. Because they are not limited by meeting room availability they may be played on either Saturday or Sunday depending on interested players' availability.

The following games are planned for future meetings (if a link is provided, click on it to access the game rules):

May 28, 2022: (no game)
June 4, 2022: Charlie's choice: "Rail Baron".
June 11, 2022: Ted's choice: (game TBD)

AFTER-ACTION REPORTS

May 21, 2022: Warren defeated Charlie in "London" by a score of 121-101, taking advantage of building several boroughs in the earliest turns fo the game.
May 14, 2022: Walt was the winner of "Agricola, 2nd Edition", followed by Charlie and Ted.
May 7, 2022: Charlie defeated Ted, Zoe and Mattie in "Power Grid"; he could power 17 cities at the game end.
April 30, 2022: Ted was the winner of 1853 over Charlie by a mere $24 (about 1% of total net worth). The other players were Warren, Zoe and Mattie. The game was called just before the 5-trains came out.
April 23, 2022: Ted and Charlie played two two-player games: Ted was the winner of "Trambahn" while Charlie, playing Nixon, was the winner of Watergate over Ted as the Editor by virtue of securing enough momentum to delay impeachment until completing his term.
April 16, 2022: Charlie was the winner of "Taj Mahal" over Walt and Ted.
April 9, 2022: Charlie as the USA defeated Ted as the USSR in "Twilight Struggle". The game ended on Turn 5 by virtue of the USA playing both the South America and Mideast scoring cards during that turn.
April 2, 2022: In a game of "Escape from Colditz" Charlie as the German Security Officer was the winner since no prisoner nationality had two escapees by the time the game was called after 38 riounds. Ted was the British Escape Officer, Walt the French and Warren the Dutch.
March 26, 2022: Walt was the winner of "Wingspan" over Charlie and Ted; only a single VP separated all three players. Then the three played "Die Speicherstadt"; the game was called just as the final card deck D came out. At that point Ted had a comfortable lead.
March 12, 2022: Charlie, Walt, Warren and Zoe played the cooperative game "Freedom: The Underground Railroad" but failed to win by being unable to purchase the last support token.
February 19, 2022: Walt was the winner of "Automobile" by a comfortable margin over Ted and Charlie.
February 12, 2002: Walt was the runaway winner of "Pillars of the Earth" over Ted, Warren and Charlie.
January 29, 2022: Ted, playing Connecticut, was the winner of "Rails of New England by the very close margin of $344 to $340 over Walt, playing Maine. The other players were Warren (New Hampshire) and Charlie (Vermont).
January 22, 2022: Charlie won "Maracaibo" well ahead of Warren, Walt and Ted. The game was called after two rounds were played.
January 17, 2022: Walt was the winner of "Merchant of Venus" by a comfortable margin of nearly $300 over Charlie; the third player was Ted.
January 8, 2022: Charlie, playing the Americans, was the winner of "Washington's War" over Ted, playing the British. The game was called at the end of the 1779 turn with the Americans controlling ten colonies and the Bruitsh four.
December 18, 2021: Warren defeated Mark and Charlie in "Tin Goose".
December 11, 2021: Charlie triumphed in "Village" with the Inn expansion by two VP over Mark. The other players were Walt, Ted and Warren.
December 4, 2021: Warren won "Power Grid" by building and powering 17 cities. The game used the Benelux expansion map. The other players were Charlie, Walt and Ted.
November 28, 2021: Ted was the narrow winner of "Iberian Gauge" over Walt. The other players were Warren and Charlie.
November 20, 2021: Warren and Walt tied for the victory in "Cosmic Encounter" by simultaneously colonizing their fifth planet. The other players were Charlie, Ted and Mark.
November 6, 2021: The second session of "Obsession" ended in a runaway victory for Warren over Walt, Mark and Charlie. The game was called after 13 rounds (out of 16).
October 30, 2021: A game of "Obsession" ended with almost equal scores, with Ted the winner by 2 VP over Charlie and Walt (who were tied) and 4 VP over Mark.
October 23, 2021: Walt was the runaway winner of "Le Havre" over Charlie, Ted and Warren.
October 16, 2021: Warren was the winner of "Panamax" over Charlie and Ted. The game was called just before the fourth and final round.
October 9, 2021: Charlie defeated Ted in "Mr. Jack"; Ted played Jack the Ripper and Charlie was the detective. Then the two split two games of "Santorini".
September 25, 2021: Charlie was the winner of "1848: Australia" over Ted, Warren, Mark and Walt. The game was called just before the 8-trains (the final trains) came out.
September 18, 2021: Mark defeated Ted, Charlie and Walt in "Kingsburg".
September 11, 2021: Warren, playing New Hampshire, was the winner of "Rails of New England over Ted as Maine, Walt as Connecticut and Charlie as Vermont.
September 4, 2021: Warren was the runaway winner of "Voyages of Marco Polo" over Mark, Charlie and Ted.
August 28, 2021: Josh was the winner of "Merchant of Venus" over Ted, Walt, Mark, Charlie and Warren. The game was called before the 2000 credit goal was reached, with Josh scoring 1550 credits.
August 21, 2021: Warren was the winner of "Silverton" by a substantial margin over Charlie, Ted and Mark. The game had to be called before the $10,000 goal was reached, in part because several of the game rules were inadvertently violated.
August 14, 2021: Mark and Walt tied for the Win in "Catan - Settlers of America"; when the game was called each had two remaining loads to deliver, one anead of Charlie. The fourth player was Ted.
August 7, 2021: Warren was the runaway winner of "Great Western Trail" over Charlie and Walt.
August 1, 2021: Ted was the winner of "Escape from Colditz" by achieving the escape of two prisoners. The other players were Charlie, Mark and Walt.
July 25, 2021: Walt was the runaway winner of "Empires - Age of Discovery"; the other players were Charlie and Ted.
July 18, 2021: Lynn was the winner of "1854" a stock market and rail game set in imperial Austria. The game was called just before the 5 trains came out.
June 27, 2021: Charlie defeated Mark and Warren in "Puerto Rico", then Warren was the winner by a single point in "Splendor".
June 20, 2021: Warren, playing the Ottomans, was the winner of "Here I Stand" by tie-break over Walt, playing the Papacy. The other players were Ted (Habsburgs), Lynn (England), Mark (France) and Charlie (Protestants). The game had to be called at the end of the first two turns of the tournament scenario.
June 13, 2021: Warren was the runaway winner of "Snowdonia" over Ted, Mark and Charlie; he scored 66 points in contract cards alone.
June 6, 2021: Ted, playing Germany, and Mark, playing Japan, were the winners of "Axis & Allies" over Warren, playing Russia, Charlie, playing England, and Walt, playing the USA. The victory was based on the greatest increase of IPC over the course of the game.
May 30, 2021: Warren defeated Charlie, Ted and Mark in "Concordia".
May 23, 2021: Warren, playing Maine, won "Rails of New England" by a comfortable margin over Charlie as Connecticut, Ted as Vermont and Mark as New Hampshire.
May 16, 2021: Charlie was the winner of "Empire Builder"; the other players were Warren, Ted and Mark. The game was called on time before any player accumulated $250 million; Charlie's winning total was $108 million.
April 27, 2021: Warren, playing the blue nations, was the winner of "Britannia". The other players were Walt as the red nations, Charlie as the green nations and Mark as the yellow nations.