SATURDAY MEETINGS

Prior to the pandemic, weekend Society meetings were normally held on two Saturdays of each month at the Columbia Library, During the pandemic these weekend games were played at Charlie Ward's house. Because they are not limited by meeting room availability and because they can be played every weekend, these games have continued at Charlie's house 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 3, 2025: Charlie's choice: (game TBD)
April 29, 2025: Natalie's choice: (game TBD)

AFTER-ACTION REPORTS

April 19, 2025: Ted, Will, Charlie and Natalie played "Orleans" using the Invasion expansion that transforms the game into a cooperative one. The group came close to achieving the victory conditions but lost by failing only one.
April 12, 2025: Will was the runaway winner of "Rolling Freight" over Natalie, Ted and Charlie.
April 5, 2025: (no game)
March 29, 2025: Will defeated Charlie and Ted in "Empire Builder".
March 22, 2025: Charlie, playing Nixon, won "1960 The Making of the President" by a runaway total of electoral votes over Ted, who played Kennedy.
March 15, 2025: Walt was the winner of "Le Havre" by a single VP over Will; the other players were Ted and Charlie.
March 8, 2025: Walt, Charlie and Will played two games: Charlie was the winner of "Amun-Re" and Will was the runaway winner of St. Petersburg".
March 1, 2025: Will was the winner of "Lords of Waterdeep" over Ted, Natalie and Charlie.
February 22, 2025:Natalie defeated Ted, Will and Charlie in "Foundations of Metropolis". Then Charlie was the winner of "Trambahn" over Ted..
February 15, 2025: Natalie was the winner of "Power Grid" by tie-break, defeating Will, Ted and Charlie.
February 8, 2025: Charlie, Ted, Will and Walt played two card games: in "Hand & Foot" the team of Walt and Ted was the winner. Then a game of "Canasta" was played and Charlie was the winner.
February 1, 2025: Will, Ted and Walt played three games: "Ticket to Ride", "Istanbul" (with random location setup), and "Thurn and Taxis". Will was the winner of all three.
January 25, 2025: Will, Charlie and Walt played two games: "Amun-Re" and "Luxor". Walt was the winner of both games.
January 18, 2025: Charlie defeated Ted and Walt in "Voyages of Marco Polo"; the margin of victory was a single VP.
January 11, 20025: Will was the winner of "Terramara", followed by Ted, Charlie and Walt.
January 4, 2025: Will defeated Charlie and Ted in "Railroad Revolution".
December 28, 2024: Charlie was the winner of "Empire Builder" over Ted.
December 21, 2024: (no game)
December 14, 2024: Ted defeated Will and Charlie in "Great Western Trail".
December 7, 2024: Will was the winner of "P.I.", followed by Ted, Natalie and Charlie.
November 30, 2024: (no game)
November 23, 2024: Will, Natalie, Charlie and Ted played "Letters from Whitechapel" with Will playing Jack the Ripper and the others playing the detectives. The game ended on turn 3 when the detectives captured Jack.
November 16, 2024: Walt defeated Ted and Charlie in "Gulf, Mobile and Ohio". Then the three played "Express" with Charlie the winner.
November 9, 2024: Natalie was the winner of "Orleans" over Will, Ted and Charlie. Her winning score resulted from capturing many citizens and maximizing the University track.
November 2, 2024: Will, Natalie, Charlie and Ted played "Scotland Yard", where one player is a wanted criminal and five detectives attempt to arrest him. Will, Ted, and Charlie took turns playing the crimnal X; each time the detectives succeeded in making the arrest.
October 26, 2024: Charlie defeated Walt and Ted in "On the Underground".
October 19, 2024: (no game)
October 12, 2024: Walt, Ted and Charlie played the cooperative game "Pandemic". They lost by virtue of the city cards running out; however, cures had been found for four of the five diseases.
October 5, 2024: Ted and Charlie played the cooperative game "Freedom", but lost by the slim margin of overlooking an Abolition carf that could have won the game.
September 28, 2024: Will was the winner of "Merchant_of_Venus" by a small margin over Ted. The other players were Walt and Charlie..
September 21, 2024: Will defeated Walt, Charlie and Ted in "Spheres of Influence".
September 14, 2024: Will was the winner of "Concordia", followed by Ted. The other players were Walt, Charlie and Natalie.
September 7, 2024: Ted defeated Will, Charlie and Walt in "Suburbia".
August 31, 2024: Ted was the winner of "Great Western Trail" by a very close margin over Charlie and Walt: the scores were 109, 107 and 104.
August 24, 2024: Charlie was the winner of "Rails of New England", defeating Walt.
August 17, 2024: Charlie defeated Ted and Walt in"Dune Imperium".
August 10, 2024: Two games of "Istanbul" were played: Ted was the winer of the first game; in the second game, using a random Places setup, Charlie was the winner. The other two players were Will and Natalie. Then Ted and Charlie played "Downfall of Pompeii"; the game ended in a draw.
August 3, 2024: Charlie, Ted and Will played the cooperative game "Freedom" but were defeated. Then the three played "Azul" with Ted the winner.
July 27, 2024: Ted was the winner of "Orleans", followed by Natalie, Will and Charlie.
July 20, 2024: Ted defeated Will, Walt and Charlie in "Kings Abbey".
July 13, 2024: Ted Was the winner of "Snowdonia" by a single VP over Zoe; the other players were Maddy and Charlie.
July 6, 2024: The team of Natalie and Ted were winners of the card game "Hand and Foot" over the team of Charlie and Will.
June 29, 2024: Charlie defeated Ted in "Suburbia"; then Ted won a game of "Azul".
June 22, 2024: Will was the winner of "Juicy Fruits", followed by Charlie, Natalie and Ted.
June 15, 2024: (no game)
June 8, 2024: Will defeated Natalie, Charlie, Ted and Walt in "Rolling Freight" by a decisive margin.
June 1, 2024: Walt was the winner of "Empires: Age of Discovery", closely followed by Will. The other players were Ted and Charlie.
May 25, 2024: Ted and Charlie played two games: Ted was the winner of "A Few Acres of Snow" and Charlie won in "Splendor Duel".
May 18, 2024: Walt was the winner of "Whistle Stop" over Charlie and Ted
May 11, 2024: Ted defeated Will, Walt and Charlie in "Obsession".
May 4, 2024: Will was the winner again of "Snowdonia" by a decisive margin over Ted, Charlie and Walt.
April 27, 2024: In final scoring Will came from well behind Charlie to win "Bruxelles 1893"; they were followed by Ted, Natalie and Walt.
April 20, 2024: In the cooperative game "Letters from Whitchapel" Walt, as Jack the Ripper defeated Will, Natalie, Chalrie and Ted as the detectives.
April 13, 2024: Charlie was the winner of "Quacks of Quedlinburg" over Will, Natalie and Ron. then the three played a game of "Splendor" with Will the winner.
April 6, 2024: Walt and Ted as Escape Officers defeated Charlie as the German Security Officer in "Escape from Colditz".
March 30, 2024: Will once again trounced Walt, Ted and Charlie, this time in "Le Havre".
March 23, 2024: Will defeated Charlie, Natalie and Ted in "Great Western Trail".
March 16, 2024: Will was the runaway winner of "Western Legends" over Natalie, Walt, Ted and Charlie.
March 9, 2024: Will defeated Charlie, Natalie, Ted and Walt in "Concordia", using the Venus expansion.
March 2, 2024: Will was the winner of "Power Grid" usiing the Australia expansion. The other players were Ted, Natalie, Charlie and Walt.
February 24, 2024: Will defeated Ted, Charlie, Natalie and Walt in "Orleans", using the Prosperity expansion..
February 17, 2024: Will was the winner of Empire Builder over Ted, Walt, Charlie and Natalie. the game was called before the full victory condition of $250K was reached.
February 10, 2024: Will won two games of "Quacks of Quedlinburg"; the second game used the Alchemist expansion. Charlie took second in both games; the other players were Natalie and Ted.
February 3, 2024: Will was the winner of "Orleans" over Ted and Charlie.
January 27, 2024: Walt defeated Will, Natalie and Charlie in "Lords of Waterdeep".
January 20, 2024: Walt's was the winner of "Globalization" over Will. The game was called before the standard victory condition of $1B was achieved. Ted and Charlie were players, but still had debt at the end of the game and so could not have qualified as winners.
January 13, 2024: Charlie defeated Walt and Ted in "Automobile".
January 6, 2024: Charlie was the winner of a very close game of "Puerto Rico" over Will, Ted and Walt.
December 29, 2023: Walt won a solid victory in "Le Havre" over Will, Ted and Charlie.
December 22, 2023: Walt was the winner of "Obsession" over Ted and Charlie.
December 15, 2023: Ted defeated Will and Charlie in "Snowdonia".
December 8, 2023: Will, Ted, Walt, Natalie and Charlie played two games of "Istanbul", the second game using the Letters and Seals expansion. Will won the first game on tie-break over Ted, and he won the second game outright.
December 1, 2023: Will was the runaway winner of "Concordia". The other four players (Ted, Charlie, Walt and Natalie) were closely bunched as runners-up.
November 25, 2023: (no game)
November 18, 2023: Will defeated Walt, Charlie, Ted and Natalie in "Glory to Rome".Then the five played one round of "Express" won by Natalie.
November 11, 2023: Will was the winner of "Merchant_of_Venus"; the other players were Ted, Charlie and Walt.
November 4, 2023: Will defeated Charlie and Ted in "Rails of New England".
October 28, 2023: Charlie was the winner of "Power Grid", using the Germany map, over Walt and Ted.
October 21, 2023: (no game)
October 14, 2023: Will defeated Natalie, Ted and Charlie in "Five Tribes".
October 7, 2023: Ted, Will, Natalie and Charles played the cooperative card game "The Crew: Mission Deep Sea". They were able to complete most but not all of the objectives.
September 30, 2023: Two games of "Ganymede" were played Will was the winner of both, the first a runaway over Ted, Charlie and Natalie, and the second over Ted and Charlie.
September 23, 2023: Walt defeated Charlie, Will and Natalie in "The Red Cathedral".
September 16, 2023: Casey was the winner of a six-player game of "Rail Baron".The other players were Carol, Doug, Kammy, Walt and Charlie. The game was called before the end object of $300K was reached.
September 9, 2023: (no game)
September 2, 2023: (no game)
August 26, 2023: Ted eaked out a close win in "Beyond the Sun" by 2 VP over Charlie and Will, who tied for second place. Natalie was the fourth player.
August 19, 2023: Will was the winner of "Orleans" over Ted and Charlie.
August 12, 2023: Ted was the runaway winner of "Railroad Revolution" over Charlie and Walt.
August 5, 2023: Will defeated Ted and Charlie in "Porta Nigra" by a healthy margin.
July 29, 2023: Ted won a solid victory in "Le Havre" over Will and Charlie.
July 22, 2023: Will and Walt finished in a tie for the winner of "Terraforming Mars", followed by Charlie and Ted.
July 15, 2023: Walt was the winner of "Santa Fe Rails" by a close margin over Will; the other two players were Charlie and Natalie.
July 8, 2023: Will was the runaway winner of "Snowdonia" over Charlie, Ted and Walt; those three finished within 1 VP of each other.
July 1, 2023: Ted was the winner of "Merchant of Venus" over Charlie, Will and Walt.
June 24, 2023: Ted defeated Walt, Will and Charlie in "Sid Meier's Civilization: A New Dawn".
June 17, 2023: Will was the runaway winner of "Distilled" over Ted, Charlie and Walt; those three finished within 1 VP of each other.
June 10, 2023: Walt was the winner of "Coal Baron"over Charlie and Ted.
June 3, 2023: Ted defeated Walt and Charlie in "Power Grid"; the game used the Italy expansion board.
May 27, 2023: Will was the winner of "Orleans" with the Prosperity expansion over Walt, Ted and Charlie.
May 13, 2023: Charlie defeated Ted and Frank in "Brass".
May 6, 2023: Walt scored a convincing victory in "Snowdonia" over Charlie and Ted.
April 29, 2023: Frank was the solid winner of "Orleans" (using the Prosperity expansion) over Walt, Ted and Charlie.
April 22, 2023: Ted was the runaway winner of "Le Havre; the other players were Walt and Charlie.
April 15, 2023: Ted was the winner of "Origins - First Builders", followed by Walt and Charlie.
April 8, 2023: Frank, Walt, Ted, Charlie and Zoe played a two-game campaigh of "King's Dilemma"; Frank won the first game and Charlie the second.
April 1, 2023: Walt defeated Ted and Charlie in "Rails of New England".
March 25, 2023: Ted was the winner of "Automobile" over Zoe Walt and Charlie.
March 18, 2023: Walt, Ted, Charlie, Zoe and Maddie played "El Grande"; Walt and Ted ended in a tie for the win, with Charlie just 1 VP behind.
March 11, 2023: Ted defeated Walt, Charlie and Frank in "Among the Stars". Then the four played the card game "Fantasy Realms", with Ted winning one game and Charlie the second.
March 4, 2023: Walt outscored Charlie and Ted in "Voyages of Marco Polo".
February 18, 2023: Zoe was the winner of "1853" followed closely by Warren; the other players were Maddy and Charlie.
February 11, 2023: Ted was the winner of "Tin Goose" by virtue of a large quantity of cash at game end.
February 4, 2023: Warren defeated Ted and Charlie in "Tigris & Euphrates".
January 28, 2023: Walt was the winner of "Agricola: Farmers of the Moors" over Warren, Charlie and Ted. The game was called three rounds before the usual game end.
January 21, 2023: Charlie defeated Warren, Walt and Ted in "Rail Baron". The game was called before the objective of $200K was reached, but Charlie had accumulated $141,500.
January 14, 2023: Ted was the winner of "Merchant of Venus" over Warren, Charlie and Zoe.
January 7, 2023: Maddie defeated Zoe, Ted, Charlie and Warren in "Tin Goose".
December 31, 2022: Warren was the runaway winner of "Snowdonia" over matty, Zoe, Charlie and Ted.
December 17, 2022: Warren was the winner of "Rails of New England", followed by Lynn, Charlie Zoe and Matty.
December 3, 2022: Walt was the winner of "Empire Builder" over Warren and Charlie. The game was called when he had $180, short of the $250 victory condition.
November 19: 2022: Walt, Ted and Charlie played "Mare Nostrum". While the game did not reach any of the specified game end conditions, Charlie was in the lead with two out of three leadership categories.
November 12: 2022: Charlie was the winner of "1844", the railroad and stock market game set in Switzerland. The game was called shortly after the 5-trains came out and the SBB (Swiss national rail company) was formed.
November 5: 2022: Ted won a solid victory in "Panamax" over Walt, with Charlie ending up a distant third.
October 29: 2022: Ted and Walt shared a tie for the victory in "Obsession".The other players were Warren and Charlie.
October 22: 2022: Warren was the runaway winner of "After the Empire" over Walt and Charlie.
October 8: 2022: Warren's was the winner of "1853", the stock market and railroad game set in imperial India. The other players were Walt, Ted and Charlie. The game was called just prior to the 5-trains coming out.
October 1: 2022: Charlie as the Editor defeated Ted as Nixon in "Watergate". Then Charlie was the winner of "A Few Acres of Snow" by virtue of more development of towns and cities.
September 24: 2022: Ted and Charlie played "Red Rose, White Rose", a game developed by Charlie based on the Wars of the Roses in 15th century England. The game was called after six turns had been completed, out of 10. At that point, Charlie was ahead with 13 VP, short of the automatic victory total of 20.
September 17: 2022: Warren was the runaway winner of "Great Western Trail", followed by Walt, Charlie and Ted.
September 10: 2022: Charlie defeated Warren and Walt in "Puerto Rico".
September 3: 2022: Warren was again the runaway winner of "Le Havre" over Ted and Charlie.
August 27: 2022: Ted was the winner of "Rails of New England" over Warren; Charlie finished well off the lead.
August 13, 2022: Ted was the winner of "Porta Nigra", followed by Walt, Warren and Charlie.
August 6, 2022: Charlie was the winner of "Orleans" by a small margin over Walt; the other players were Ted and Warren.
July 23, 2022: Warren was the winner of "1848: Australia" over Charlie and Ted. The game was called after the first diesel came out but before any 8-trains had been purchased.
July 16, 2022: Walt was the winner of "Among the Stars" by just 2 VP over Charlie. The other players were Ted, Warren, Cole and Dalton.
July 9, 2022: Ted and Charlie played two games. In the first game Ted was the winner of "Istanbul". In the second, Charlie as the French was the winner of "A Few Acres of Snow" over Ted as the British; the game was called shortly before the end-game conditions were reached.
July 2, 2022: Ted defeated Charlie in "Le Havre".
June 25, 2022: For the third week in a row Warren was a runaway winner, this time "Whistle Stop" over Ted, Maddie, Charlie and Zoe.
June 18, 2022: Warren was the runaway winner of "Rails of New England" over Walt and Charlie.
June 11, 2022: Warren was the runaway winner of "Merchant of Venus" over Charlie, Walt and Ted.
June 4, 2022: Charlie defeated Walt and Ted in "Brass", taking advantage of building a shipyard in both the canal phase and the rail phase..
May 28, 2022: Warren defeated Charlie in "Rail Baron".
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 Maddie 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 Maddie. 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.