WR2008 Wrap-up

[shags]

Well another cold year of winter retreat is finally over. I just wanted to say a big thanks to Keith, David and anyone else who helped to organise the weekend. I am certain that most people (certainly by the sounds in the hall over the weekend) had a blast.

A few notes made to self during the weekend:

- Careful which deck you loan to someone for the grand melee. Nothing worse than being beaten by your own deck.

- Take a blanket!

- Take a roll of Sorbent!!!!!!!!


Again thanks to all involved.

Cheers,

Shags

[keithdone]

I had a great time at WR2008.

I was one of the Thursday early arrivals. On Thursday I learned a new game called Evo that's an abstract game about evolution. I liked it so much I played this 3 times over the weekend.

I played a few rounds of Citadels, Blokus and Curses on Friday night

On Saturday morning I played Twilight Imperium and got dealt the University of Jol-Nar. I managed to play this non-aggressive race, non-aggressively (quite an achievement for me) and managed to win. Kudos to Greg who made a non-agression pact with me and stuck to it! The game went for about 6 hours and played really well, after we found we had interpreted the rules incorrectly in previous games.

Later that afternoon I played Citadels again.

On Saturday night I played in the C'thulhu Card game run by Adam. This is a fantastic parlour game about trying to accuse who which players are secretly C'thulhu cultists who are bumping off evefryone else. i highly recommend you play this one with Adam at the next club meeting. Me and David Morton were the cultists - sorry about murdering the little golden-haired girl (Claire or Rebeka?)

I played Cut-throat Dungeons with Sam and Alex - I think we were doing some things wrong, so I will re-read the rules on that one. Its a game where you take on typical DnD characters and fight your way through a deck of monsters before they kill off the party. Its a point based victory system but the twist is only the player who delivers the killing blow gets the points. The strategy is to keep other players alive so the party is strong enough to take on the monsters, while playing cards that ensure you make the king hit.

Played a bit of Talisman with Darren and the kids but glady abandonned the game to play Aliens (returned to the LXG library by Danny after many moons).

Monday morning I got involved in Evo and another game of Blokus before winding up and heading back home.

Regards,

Keith

[cleverfellow]

'Citadels' and 'Through the Desert' were my big game discoveries over the week-end, and both are games I would recommend to anyone without hesitation.

Played 'Game of Thrones' on Saturday night only to lose to someone who was paying attention to the objectives. Curses!

The C'thulu game was as much fun to spectate as to participate, I still believe this game can only have been invented by Nigel and Terry.

Magic was its predictable self, and I look forward to next year's 'deck swap' format.

On a non-games note I did enjoy the walking opportunities affored by the Warwick venue, going along the dam shoreline past some very large boulders is pleasant, and the days were warm.

Nights were cold and the 'bring a blanket' recommendation could have been made stronger. It's a necessity and you shouldn't come without adequate covers.

[bensmall]

Great weekend. Next year we must recommend to bring a heater for each room though.

[lyrebird]

And here is my belated report:

Drunter and Druber: lost, scored 2 points (lowest ever)

Peuto Rico: lost, but a memorable 40 points (best ever)

Blokus: won twice - memo- <Julie is not just a Gamer's girlfriend>

Magic: lost awfully, have once again sworn off it for life.

Zooological (or some such): lost twice, once to the macabrely murdered blond Claire (10 year old)

Evo: lost three times, but managed to play the hot pink Tyrannosaurs each time.

Aliens: lost twice, once because of a cowardly Apone (Liam snr) and once because of a heroic "Mal" Apone.

Cthullu: lost, being murdered by the Cultists just before afore-mentioned 10 yo.

Caylus: humiliated by Ben, of the order of 25 points.


Notes for organizers:

Cut out Evening suppers? No one had much of the late night cakes that I could see.
The Afternoon teas might also be over the top. Would biscuits be sufficient? - Reduction in catering costs perhaps?


Challenge for further Winter Retreats.

1. See if we can blow the fuses with 20 fan heaters running simultaneously.

2. Write my name in the frost of all the cars' windscreens parked at WR.

3. Remember the Doona.

Sincerely

Lyrebird and flock, who all had a grand ol' time.

[keithdone]

Hi Terry,

Re meals - the caterers offer package as follows:

breakfast/morning tea

lunch/afternoon tea

dinner/supper

So if you don't want supper or afternoon tea you still pay the same amount.

Regards,

Keith