SaskGames

GAME: Russian Railways
TEACHER: omegadirective
START TIME: 6:30
DURATION: 90-120 Minutes
PLAYERS... 4
1. omegadirective
2. miles
3. silent_rob
4. Cordawg

GAME: Tragedy Looper
TEACHER: bboileau
START TIME: 6:30
DURATION: 120 Minutes
PLAYERS... 4
1. bboileau
2. roxy72
3. NeikeDjour
4. BrittaniBruder

GAME: Power Grid: South Korea
TEACHER: Tempest
START TIME: 6:30
DURATION: 120 Minutes
PLAYERS... 4
1. Tempest
2.
3.
4.

GAME: Helios
TEACHER: Robere
START TIME: 6:30
DURATION: 90 Minutes
PLAYERS... 4
1. Robere
2. Matt Robertson
3.
4.


GAME: Twilight Struggle Pre-League Teaching Game
TEACHER: DCStyles & scuudz
START TIME: 6:30-6:45
DURATION: 180 Minutes
PLAYERS... 2
1. DCStyles
2.

One-Hour Tutorial
1. prairieguy
2.
3. Photojim
4.

GAME: 3:16 Carnage amongst the Stars
TEACHER: Thomas Boxall
START TIME: 6:30
DURATION: 3 hours
PLAYERS: 3-8
1. Thomas
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

GAME: Ars Victor
TEACHER: prairieguy
START TIME: 7:30
DURATION: 60 Minutes
PLAYERS... 2
1. prairieguy
2. scuudz

GAME: silent_rob's Gem-Encrusted Mini-Tourney
TEACHER: silent_rob
START TIME: 8:30
DURATION: 90+ minutes
PLAYERS... 4
1. silent_rob
2. Lori
3. PhotoJim
4. Rye M

GAME: Russian Railways
TEACHER: omegadirective
START TIME: 8:30
DURATION: 90-120 minutes
PLAYERS... 4
1. omegadirective
2. Jhegel
3.
4.


GAME: Summoner Wars
TEACHER: NeikeDjour
START TIME: 8:30
DURATION: 60 Minutes
PLAYERS... 2
1. NeikeDjour
2.

GAME: Galaxy Trucker
TEACHER: Tempest
START TIME: 8:30
DURATION: 90 Minutes
PLAYERS... 4
1. Tempest
2. BrittaniBruder
3. scuudz
4. prairieguy
5.

GAME: Tragedy Looper
TEACHER: bboileau
START TIME: 8:30
DURATION: 120 Minutes
PLAYERS... 4
1. bboileau
2. bboileau's friend
3.
4. Cordawg

GAME: Macao
TEACHER: Robere
START TIME: 6:30
DURATION: 120 Minutes
PLAYERS... 4
1. Robere
2. Matt Robertson
3.
4.

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If you would like to schedule a game. Please post in this event thread with the following information:
Name of the game, when you would like to start, The duration of the game, and the number of players it can accommodate.

Hey Dana, Looks like there is no featured game here. I can teach Russian Railroads if you like?

4 players, 90-120 minutes.

Sounds great. Get ready for that January tournament!

Anyone interested in learning how to play Twilight Struggle this week?  I've been itching to play again since the upcoming league has been announced.

Quote from: DCStyles on September 30, 2014, 09:50:22 PM
Anyone interested in learning how to play Twilight Struggle this week?  I've been itching to play again since the upcoming league has been announced.

Derek I would definitely be interested in learning for the upcoming league.  This may possibly be a Risk Legacy league night so that has to be my first priority but possibly later in the evening if that works for you.  Or whenever if Risk isn't happening.

Quote from: DCStyles on September 30, 2014, 09:50:22 PM
Anyone interested in learning how to play Twilight Struggle this week?  I've been itching to play again since the upcoming league has been announced.

Haven't played, but own the game and would be interested.

DC - I'm not sure if you plan on having a teaching session or play a game of TS with someone, who wants to learn.

Either way, I will bring out my copy and go over the rules for a small group of people (4 max).  I'd also be happy to share some strategy pointers that have worked for me.  I'll start at 6:30.  15 minutes for rules and another 15 for strategy.  This will be geared towards people that have signed up for the league, but other people that just want to learn the game can join too. 

Hi scuudz, I was going to teach someone and play them at the same time, but it seems like there's multiple people interested in learning, so a teaching session followed by breaking off into games is cool with me.  I won't be there until about 6:45 because of work, but I can help you out when I get there, and I'll bring my copy of the game too.  Craftybernardo, I don't think you guys will be playing Risk Legacy that night, as I know one league member will be working nights for sure.

Noting my attendance. Will post on possible game scheduling once I receive my work schedule for that week.

Crafty: I put you down for TS. Let me know if that changes.

Photojim: You should sign up for the TS league. Beginners are welcome.

omegadirective: Russian Railways at 6:30?

Just to clarify, I do not intend to play a whole game of TS.  I will have the board set up, go over rules and strategy.  I've played so much TS in the past couple of years that I've had my fill until 2015.  I will probably jump into a different game if there is one starting at 7:30.

Maybe I will sit in on the teaching - want to take a shot at Ars Victor with me after the teaching?

Quote from: prairieguy on October 02, 2014, 10:00:00 AM
Maybe I will sit in on the teaching - want to take a shot at Ars Victor with me after the teaching?

Yup, sounds good!

630 yes.

Sign me up for Russian Railways

I'd like to give Russian Railways a try.  Please mark me down.

I'll take the last spot in Russian rails

I just picked-up the game Diamonds (a big hit at this year's GenCon).  It's a great little game and I was thinking about bringing it to play but it's pretty short.  However, I realized that I have a couple of other games that are also short and have something in common with this new one.  With that in mind I invite anyone interested to come out for...

silent_rob's Gem-Encrusted Mini-Tourney

Cheesy-sounding, I know, but hopefully fun, too.  I'm bringing 3 games to play: Indigo, Splendor and Diamonds.  Each of them only takes around 20-30 minutes to play and features jewels in some way.  Participants will play one game of each, keeping track of their scores and the person with the most cumulative points for all three games will be the mini-tourney winner (and get some sort of prize...likely something flashy and cheap from The Dollar Store).  The player who wins each game gets an extra 5 points added to their overall total but even if you lose a game your score is still included.

Indigo is an abstract strategy game that's similar to Tsuro. Except that instead of moving one piece around the board, you lay tiles to move multiple gems around and, hopefully, get them to one of your gates so you can earn points.

Splendor is set collecting game where you get jewels (shown on poker chips) to buy gem mines and other valuable commodities (shown on cards) and then use all of that to try to get the attention of nobles (and get their valuable tiles).  Many of the cards and the tiles are worth victory points so it's really an "engine-building" game where you're trying to be the first to get a set amount of victory points.

And Diamonds is a trick-taking card game where there's a big pile of diamonds in the centre of the table and every player has a "vault" with a "showroom" in front of it.  On top of the usual trick-taking mechanics, each suit in the deck (60 cards, 4 suits each running from 1-15) also has an action.  So winning a trick means you can take that action and either take diamonds from the central supply, protect diamonds by moving them into your vault or steal diamonds from other players (though you can take suit actions at other points in the game, too).

Two of the games have a maximum of 4 players so we'll stick with that.  I'll start each game by going over the rules so don't worry if you've never played any of them before - they're all pretty simple and easy to pick up.

(4 players, 90+ minutes at 8:30)

(https://sask.games/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcf.geekdo-images.com%2Fimages%2Fpic1195319_t.jpg&hash=4e5e5402a87a694c8792d42e5769c1d442263003) Indigo - named for the deep shade of blue obtained from the Indian indigo plant - is a board game of intricate pathways and twists with players competing to gather precious gems, including the blue sapphire. Game play involves laying pathways along the board on which players move gems to the exits on the board's edge. The exits can belong to them or be shared with another competitor. If the exits are shared, each player is rewarded with a gem. If it belongs to only one player, all the gems go to that player. Indigo is a quick-play game with simple instructions for two to four players.

(https://sask.games/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcf.geekdo-images.com%2Fimages%2Fpic1904079_t.jpg&hash=81f4290b9ef7b2f5573fa685d7f2baa89c7f8c8a) As a wealthy Renaissance merchant, acquire mines and transportation, hire artisans and woo the nobility. Create the most fantastic jewelry to become the best-known merchant of them all! Acquire precious stones to trade them for development cards. Use development cards to acquire more gem stones. Use your gems and gold to create the most fantastic jewelry, and appeal to the nobles to gain the prestige you need to win.

(https://sask.games/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcf.geekdo-images.com%2Fimages%2Fpic1986481_t.jpg&hash=635a5fab4f168e902074aa9b9d563652bb5fcbfe) Diamonds is a trick-taking card game in which players collect Diamonds — not cards bearing that suit, mind you, but rather actual "Diamond Crystals" (acrylic crystals) included in the game. What makes the game of Diamonds different from other trick-taking card games is that when you cannot follow suit you get a "Suit Action" based on what suit you do play. Suit Actions are also taken by the winner of each trick, as well as at the end of a full Round of play. Suit Actions will enable players to take Diamond Crystals from the Supply, moving them to their Showroom (where they may score 1 point) or to their Vault (where they will score 2 points). The Vault is a secure area, but the Showroom is vulnerable to theft by the other players. Whoever has the most points in Diamond Crystals at the end of the game wins!

Love the mini tournament idea!

Rob, I'm in :) I was going to talk Lori into bringing Splendor, so you solved the problem!

I guess I'd better bow out of your mini-tourney, Rob, apologies... I didn't realize Twilight Struggle was scheduled for 3 hours.

I'll join the gem-extravaganza.

Hey PhotoJim, you can play the gem game if you only want to attend the Twilight Struggle tutorial and not play a full game.  I'm sure someone else would be interested in a whole game.

Russian railroads filled up pretty quick. If anyone is interested I can run it again at 830. 4 players. 90-120 minutes.

Quote from: DCStyles on October 03, 2014, 04:05:59 PM
Hey PhotoJim, you can play the gem game if you only want to attend the Twilight Struggle tutorial and not play a full game.  I'm sure someone else would be interested in a whole game.

OK, let's do that then.  I'll watch the game in progress until 8:30 to get the gist of it.  Perhaps we can have some more games of it soon? :)

Rob, sign me up for your gems tour at 8:30 then.

Thanks!

I know I'm late with this, but I'd like to teach Tragedy Looper at both 6:30 and 8:30. 2-4 players.

I would like to try tragedy looper out

I'll jump into Tragedy Looper at 6:30.
Also, I'm going to bring Summoner Wars for 8:30 (2 players, 30-60min). Its the first time I've ever played, so if someone knows it and would like to teach it, that would be awesome, otherwise I'm reading up on it tonight. :)

I will take that last spot in tragedy looper if available, if not then i'll fill one of the spots at 830.

And just to make things clear, I've opted out of the two-player Twilight Struggle game and will go into the 1-tutorial instead.  I'll watch the active TS game after the tutorial until Rob's gem ensemble begins.

Quote from: PhotoJim on October 06, 2014, 12:06:36 PM
And just to make things clear, I've opted out of the two-player Twilight Struggle game and will go into the 1-tutorial instead.  I'll watch the active TS game after the tutorial until Rob's gem ensemble begins.

Sure thing, Jim.  So far, I think you and Murray (prairieguy) are interested in the tutorial.  I'd like to limit the tutorial to at most 2 more people.

I will take the last spot in the Gem Mini tourney thing, if it's still open.

Please add bboileau's friend to the 8:30 run of Tragedy Looper, got someone coming. Thanks!

I'll play tragedy looper at 830 after the Russian railroads

can you please sign me up for Russian Railroads at 8:30? Thanks!

I think I'd like to bring out Galaxy Trucker for a 6:30 start, room for four people total, 60-90 minutes. I currently just have the base game. Considering the possibility of lack of interest, I'm also open for taking requests; especially if all the 8:00/8:30 stuff fills up.

Quote from: Tempest on October 06, 2014, 07:43:12 PM
I think I'd like to bring out Galaxy Trucker for a 6:30 start, room for four people total, 60-90 minutes. I currently just have the base game. Considering the possibility of lack of interest, I'm also open for taking requests; especially if all the 8:00/8:30 stuff fills up.

If you for any reason change this to an 830 start I would like to try it.  I am already signed up for a game at 630 though!

Quote from: BrittaniBruder on October 06, 2014, 08:58:04 PM

Quote from: Tempest on October 06, 2014, 07:43:12 PM
I think I'd like to bring out Galaxy Trucker for a 6:30 start, room for four people total, 60-90 minutes. I currently just have the base game. Considering the possibility of lack of interest, I'm also open for taking requests; especially if all the 8:00/8:30 stuff fills up.

If you for any reason change this to an 830 start I would like to try it.  I am already signed up for a game at 630 though!

Me too.  If Galaxy Trucker starts at 8:30, I'd be up for it.  Always wanted to try it. 

I'm running the TS tutorial from 6:30 - 7:10 and then playing Ars Victor, which runs about an hour.

I think craftybernardo is attending the TS tutorial as well.  Are you interested in a practice game of it after Brent?

GAME: 3:16 Carnage amongst the Stars
TEACHER: Thomas Boxall
START TIME: 6:30
DURATION: 3 hours
PLAYERS: 3-8
1. Thomas
2.
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5.
6.
7.
8.

We will be playing an open game of 3:16.  This means you can jump in at any time (as long as a seat is open).  Any time your character dies, you must make a new character.

Sure, I can change Galaxy Trucker to 8:30. I'll either do two games back to back, or I'll do something else at 6:30.

2 nd Birthday for the group as well, too bad I cant be there to attend. :popcorn

Quote from: Tempest on October 07, 2014, 11:52:20 AM
Sure, I can change Galaxy Trucker to 8:30. I'll either do two games back to back, or I'll do something else at 6:30.

Awesome, thanks!  I look forward to playing it then.

Happy 2nd Birthday ChewsDay Challenge!!!   :guinness

I will be in attendance tonight along with Robert Kuster from Calgary. (We will be playing Helios at 6:30 and Macao at 8:30)

I'll join Helios before the gem-encrusted mini-tourney. 

Oooooh, 3 new games for me tonight!  :lol

Chris and I will be coming out tonight.

I won't be able to make it out tonight , take me out of the twilight struggle tutorial

Alrighty, how about the defending champ (tee hee) puts on Power Grid: Korea at 6:30 and an update to 8:30 Galaxy Trucker: I picked up the expansion so there's enough for five players now.

sign me up for biblios

In for Macao

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ATTENDANCE: 61

Games Played: Helios, Berserkers and Halflings, Diamonds, Splendor, Indigo, Power Grid: Korea, Russian Railways, Tragedy Looper, Resistance, Trivial Pursuit, 3:16 Carnage Amongst the Stars, Room 25, Smash UP, Settlers of Catan, Twilight Struggle, Ars Vector, Werewolf Inquisition, Macao, King of Siam, Summoner Wars, Galaxy Trucker and 8 Minute Empire.


Announcements:
- The next Prairie Game Expo is set for January 17, 2014. Core Ritchie Community Centre. 9am - 9pm. September`s event was a success!
- Boston Pizza Gift Certificate Winner: Roxanne S (roxy72)
- Comic Readers Gift Certificate Winner: Ryan Mulatz (not in attendance, so it carries over to November)
- Teachers prize (Donated by Logan Drydale and REMAX: Brandon-Shea Mutula

Wow! Huge turnout for Chewsday Challenge's 2nd birthday.

I was at Children's Justice Foundation Presents: Meet The Chefs – Beer Glass Master Class last night and thus did not make it out to Chewsday Challenge, but I wanted to take a moment and thank everyone for helping make Chewsday Challenge such a success.

A fun night!  Thanks to Amay and DCStyles for helping me to learn Twilight Struggle, and thanks to silent_rob for his really fun assortment of gem-related games.  The Gem-Encrusted "Trophy" will make a return appearance...

Quote from: PhotoJim on October 08, 2014, 09:37:01 AM
A fun night!  Thanks to Amay and DCStyles for helping me to learn Twilight Struggle, and thanks to silent_rob for his really fun assortment of gem-related games.  The Gem-Encrusted "Trophy" will make a return appearance...

Any time, Jim.  Feel free to ask any rules/strategy questions you may have as you delve deeper into the world of TS.  You can message me on here or get a hold of me at any future CC.

No sweat Jim, message me anytime you'd like to play a practice game.