Game Night #18 and June's Player of the Month Named

June has seen a new player attain "Player of the Month": Zeb!

Players of Months Past: Mark (May)
Mark (April)
Kat (March)
John (February)

Onto the after-action report. We had a big group this time! Unfortunately a few people had to be home earlier. But we got in a few games, a lot of snacks were consumed and a few surprising upsets occurred.

Attendees: Zeb, Brandt, Mark, Jarrod, Tanner, Josh and Joey.

Previous Overall Standings:
Zeb 5
Kyle 0
Erin -1
Joey -2
Mark -2

This Event's Standings:
Josh 6
Zeb 2
Mark 0
Joey 0
Brandt 0
Jarrod -4
Tanner -4

June's Overall Standings:
Zeb 7
Josh 6
Brandt 0
Kyle 0
Erin -1
Mark -2
Joey -2
Jarrod -4
Tanner -4

Zeb brought Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot tonight. Killer Bunnies was new to a few of us and it took a while for the game to get up to speed. Some of us were doomed to have a bunny or two throughout the game. Mark, however, won a bet and received five or six bunnies from the rest of the players. Mark then continued to receive bunnies in his draws and he appeared to be unstoppable. Tanner also began to accumulate a few of the coveted carrots. The game came down to a lot of players losing their bunnies at the last second and Brandt, who up until the end had no carrots, had accumulated a lot of Kaballa Dollas and received ALL of the bunny-less players' carrots. Brandt pulled off an astounding, out-of-nowhere victory!
Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot Standings: Brandt 6, Zeb -1, Jarrod -1, Tanner -1, Mark -1, Joey -1, Josh -1

We then allowed Josh his "Playing with Us for the Last Time" priveledge of getting to pick his last game. Some of us were short on time so Josh picked Bang! I think this is the biggest game of Bang! that I've ever played. Josh turned out to be the Sheriff and right from the start there were some minor pot-shots being taken at neighboring players. I was pleased to see that both dynamite cards came out so quickly. But the little buggers refused to explode!! So when a couple of the players had to bow out and head home we decided to have the dynamite blow them up. We lost three players before we could finish the game and the remaining player, we deduced, was the only outlaw left and at a severe disadvantage. So Mark, the outlaw, surrendered in the cause of getting to play one more game. In the end, upholders of the law: Josh, Zeb and I saved the day from those no-good varmints.
Bang! Standings: Zeb 4, Josh 4, Joey 4, Mark 0, Jarrod -3, Tanner -3, Brandt -6

Zeb didn't care which game we played next and Mark and I were itching to play Nexus Ops with four players. What a different game with four players! You've really got to scratch for rubium. And there is a lot more going on than in a two- or three-player game. All in all, it went a bit long (for a game of Nexus Ops), but it was a lot of fun. For the first bit of the game, I was a distinct presence on the board and everyone thought that I was a shoe-in for the win. Then I was repelled and had to turtle just to stay alive. Then Josh surged out to the monolith and looked to be unstoppable, but then Mark crushed him and sent him back in shambles. Throughout the entire game, Zeb had a constant fortress of troops and his territory rarely changed shape. Zeb was well defended and chose his moves very carefully. Mark really rocketed forward in points and almost won, but Josh swooped in and attained victory!
Nexus Ops Standings: Josh 3, Mark 1, Zeb -1, Joey -3

With that Zeb is still on top of the leader board and has his pick next week. Well done! Zeb has consistently stayed at the top.

Images by Joey Belanger