We had our busiest meeting all year, with people turning up for the Trivia Contest and games, and the food. A big crowd and lots of activity. For the Game of Games players, your scores are coming over the next couple of days, as there was no spare time during the meeting to start entering scores!
The Trivia contest was a blast, and Keith Done is to be congratulated for running a truly excellent (and very testing!) contest. In the end there were two teams out of nine tied for first place, and two more teams tied at third. The categories were well chosen, running the full gamut of games played at the club, plus of science fiction and fantasy films, books, and TV shows. Never before have so many people discovered how little they know!
Well done everyone who competed in the Trivia Contest. Feedback on the day was very positive and we may very well hold another one before December 2012. If that happens details will go up on the website.
Prizes were provided by Microsoft Australia and were also very well received. Our thanks to Microsoft Australia for their generous prize support.
The Grand Melee final had the full eleven players competing, which was great. Any more and the tables would have split, giving automatic victory to Adrian. As it turned out we had a nail-biting finish which left Jason C in second place, just one point short of Adrian after a very interesting game.
The Christmas Angel caused a lot of consternation as everyone effectively started the game on 16 life instead of 20. Anyone who didn’t have a blocker with reach or flying by turn 1 was going down to 12, and so on.
Even with this pressure the game lasted for over 90 minutes, with Jason’s Allies deck finally overcoming Leanne and Courtney to take the win. Where’s Wrath of God when you need it? Following the match result the end of year prizes were all handed out. Congratulations to everyone, including Adrian R our 2011 Champion.
The 2012 League will change the format up, rules will be posted before the January 2012 meeting so stay tuned. A preview article is here.
Bring a Plate was another hit, with too many goodies to choose from, and free pizza added to the joy.
In amongst all the special events, players still had time to get into the usual board, card, miniatures and dice games. Dominion, Thunderstone, War Machine, and Quarriors were all played, and the Civilization board game also got a run, among others.
Thanks everyone for being part of a truly epic end to 2011, and see you all in 2012!
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