The Logbook of Len Tso Yau (part one)

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My name is Len Tso Yau.  I have banded together with some of my fellows to explore the long avoided temple, said to be cursed.  But we, “The Adventurers”, believe there is treasure hidden deep in its bowels.  I am writing this before we descend the steps inside, as a logbook.  If I am to… [Continue Reading]

Major Promotions

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As the head of Game club I would like to congratulate the dedicated memebers who have earned this promotion. They have come to game club, learned new and exciting games, and have become better because of it. I can truly say that I am proud of these gamers and look forward to their bright future… [Continue Reading]

What Kind of BoardGamer are you?

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This is a quiz to help you find out what type of boardgamer you are and what kind of games you might like. It will also be kind of silly as well, hope you enjoy. As a reminder please don’t read the results or scorecard section until you actually get there it takes all the… [Continue Reading]

Think Warm Thoughts

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The weather outside is frightful. When it gets bitter like this, sometimes the only way to get through it is to think back to those halcyon days of summer and the time spent comfortably outside. Better yet, why not think ahead to what next summer will bring: warm, sunny days filled with good friends and… [Continue Reading]

Mr. Matera Presents…

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Dear Thirdfloorgamers, Over the last year and half I have really enjoyed learning and teaching new games with all of you. Historical Game Club was an idea I had when I came to USM. When I first asked if I could start a game club the response was “at my own risk”. Every time I… [Continue Reading]

New Best Games

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That is right my new two favorite games are Quebec and Longshot. Today we played both I played Longshot all the Quebec boards were full. In my game of Longshot Micheal set the new record at 365 dollars i was 10 away. It was a close game in the beginning it was basically the boys… [Continue Reading]

Secret Santa

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Once again USM’s Historical Game Club is participating in an international Secret Santa exchange. Our target is from Portugal and he would like some games that we have played here in Game club. Looking at his wish list I would like to buy him Stone Age, Bang, and Ghost Stories (one we have not played… [Continue Reading]

War in Quebec

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This day in game club a epic battle took place. A war between France and England in Quebec. In this game I had to play Will Venable. To begin I was France and he was England at first we started off even but after I lost a couple of units I knew that this game was… [Continue Reading]

Can you take a longshot

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Today November 9 2010 was a great day to go to game club because we played Longshot. Longshot is basically a game were you bet on horse’s to gain money. In my game there was Nathalie, Genevieve, Leo, Arash and Catie at first I thought it would be hard at first but then after Mr…. [Continue Reading]

Pitch a Car

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The night of November 4th was a very memorable night. The night started out with everyone filing in to Mr. Matera’s waiting to find out how the game club was going to work. A couple minutes after we settled in, our first guest of night, Mr. Bartz, came in like a celebrity at a party. After… [Continue Reading]