Apr. '09 OGM Session Report

[Victor Kh'BaHzur]

GREETINGS!

   As we say "HELLO" to Vibal's Function Room as the Open Gaming Meet's new venue, a good no. of people showed up to experience what the place is like - we expected around 35 participants, but we got 53 participants!

   Games played this month were the following (based on my notes & my hazy recollection on what was played when).  Despite the OGM "closing" at 10pm, I tracked some games played afterwards - marked with *.  Protoype games are in all caps.

GAME	TYPE	PLAYED
Blokus	boardgame	1
Magic: the Gathering	collectible card game	1
Age of Conan	boardgame	1
High Society	party card game	3
Heroscape	miniatures wargame	1
Tomb	boardgame	2
Puerto Rico	boardgame	1
Conquest of the Empire	boardgame	1
Legend of the 5 Rings	collectible card game	1
Cookie Fu	dice game	5
SEVEN	boardgame	1
Marrakech	boardgame	2
Dungeon Twister	boardgame	1
Draco & Co.	party card game	1
Res Publica	party card game	1
AEROBIZ	boardgame	1
Trading Routes	party card game	1
Shadow Hunters	boardgame	1
A Game of Thrones	boardgame	1
Balderdash	party card game	1
Barbarossa	classic wargame	1
Mexica	boardgame	1
WU XIA	party card game	1
Carcassonne	tile-laying game	1
Tsuro	boardgame	1
Agricola	boardgame	1
Munchkin Bites	party card game	1
Dungeons & Dragons 4.0	role-playing game	1
Formula D*	boardgame	1
Honor of the Samurai*	party card game	1
Burn Rate*	party card game	1
Navia Dratp*	chess-like game	5
Brawl*	collectible card game	3
Gift Trap*	boardgame	1

   A few new faces this time around.  There was Jordan (owner of Tomb & Aerol's friend); Gabriel (a TW member), & his wife, Patricia; Carlos, Kikoy, & Paolo (Jay's friends); Arvin (invited by Brel); Nic (friend of Mark H.); and lastly Janelle (Jon's daughter).

   It was great to see Whel show up, although she had to leave early.  Others that haven't been around for a while was Joe, Steve, Jeff, and Alec.

   Notably missed were: Tobie and his gang of merry men, Anabel (who was heading to Singapore on that day), Vlad & Dottie,  Alger & Katrina, Allen,  Dante and his friends (like Luna, Caroline, etc.), Benjie, Bon, Cy & Jessica, Carl, Joey G., Albert (whom I told was in Japan), Johnny, Jovan, Marjo, Mark P. (who said he wouldn't be around & ironically was called as a Silver Raffle Prize winner), Nathan, Carlo, Tommy,  Wyhan, and Sam.


   Tabletop Wars handed 3 appreciation gifts to Mark Humphries, and asked him to do the honor of drawing the raffle names.  The winners are:

NAME	RAFFLE	GAME
Adrian Manahan	GOLD	Galactic Emperor
Steve McCallum	SILVER	Shadow Hunters
Jay-R Trinidad	BRONZE	Burn Rate
Albert Cukingnan	BRONZE	Dante's Inferno
Jme Macaspac	BRONZE	2 Mage Knight Boosters
Paolo Loanzon	BRONZE	Bolide
Joe Ferguson	BRONZE	2 Mage Knight Boosters
Thomas Ting	BRONZE	Unspeakable Words

   Aerol was able to demo the L5R CCG, although he concentrated on testing his game protoypes.

   Formula V wasn't able to start early and only got started after the OGM had "closed".  With 9 drivers, this one lap took around 3 hours.  It should've been 10, but Thomas T. was fighting Cylons.

   Daniel was able to bring a smaller sized board of his AEROBIZ  prototype, and it was lovely to look at.

   Just when I was thought the tables in Vibal could handle any game, Titus and Earl bring in games that push the limits.  Titus' game required a side table - there was a small 4-player table available.  Table shortage was definitely not a problem, since Jay was more than willing to bring in more tables.  At the start of the day, we had 10 tables in the Function Room, with 2 outside.  One table was set aside for the Cantina.  When Vibal's canteen closed, 2 more tables were brought in.  Near the end of the day, one of the tables outside was brought in as well.

   Aerol was able to reserve a table to represent CCGs with Legend of the Five Rings - although he used half of it for his games,  Rolf reserved a table for Miniature Wargame with Heroscape - but played Cookie Fu on the free areas of the table,  Daniel reserved a table for Boardgames with [/i]Aerobiz[/i].  All the other tables were "open" and games played rotated frequently.

   With the OGM formally closing at around 10pm, Jay kept the venue open, and it was decided to keep the Cantina open as well to service the people who were still there playing.  When the Cantina was closing, it was a bit hectic again due to some of the OGM Organizers hitching a ride with other participants, but overall it wasn't as rushed and time-limited as before.  Thanks again to all those that helped Nabs close up the Cantina.


   I'd like to thank those that took the time to teach others how to play games they love.  Since I'm tracking for the GURU MERIT BADGE now, this is now in table format as well - rows that have a blank in the NAME column means it was taught by the same person listed in the entry before it.  If there are any inconsistencies, do not hesitate to reply to this thread and inform me so I can update it with the correct information - I wont be crediting the people that taught games past the formal closing of the OGM, since technically I was no longer "on duty".

NAME	TIMES	GAME
Adrian Martinez / Albert Cukingnan	1	A Game of Thrones
Adrian Martinez / VJ Cabazor	1	Carcassonne
Adrian Martinez	1	Draco & Co.
	1	Res Publica
	1	Munchkin Bites
Aerol Bibat	1	L5R: CCG
	1	SEVEN
	1	WU XIA
Jay Mata / Arnold Canaria	1	Puerto Rico
Jay Mata	2	High Society
Titus Abola	1	High Society
	1	Conquest of the Empire
Martin Montecillo	1	Marrakech
	1	Mexica
Joe Ferguson	4	Cookie Fu
	1	Trading Routes
Marie Ng	1	Tsuro
	1	Agricola
Brel Ng	1	Dungeon Twister
Daniel Lee	1	AEROBIZ
Gabriel Manasan	1	Marrakech
Jaykie Lazarte	1	Balderdash
Jordan Uy	1	Tomb
Mark Humphries	1	Barbarossa
Paqui Gonzaga	1	Age of Conan
Rolf Navarro	1	Heroscape
Steve Cole	1	Blockus

   People who will receive IDs on the next month's OGM are: Daniel Lee,  Jeanette Ong,  JC Velasquez,  and Steve McCallum.


   I would like to THANK Jay Mata for having helped the OGM by stepping up and offering a viable venue just as we were looking for a new place.  If it wasn't for your timely offer to reserve the Function Room at Vibal, I seriously think that the OGM would've have had no choice but to go to Walter Mart and charge 150 pesos as an entrance fee.


'til next month,
Your OGM Host/Coordinator,
VJ

[Rolf]

A couple of corrections: I think it's Blokus, not Blockus, and between the OGM Organizers and TW, we actually gave Mark 3 thank-you gifts: a custom T-shirt (sourced from Joe), a personalized glass ashtray etched with the OGM logo (sourced from Nabs and Vlad), and a sealed copy of The Great Khan Game that we were able to scrounge up.

Thanks for the session report as usual

[Brel]

Thanks for the excellent report Vic! 

Yes, Rolf is correct.  There were three gifts given to Mark H:
[1] Ashtray
[2] The Great Khan Game
[3] T-shirt

Dungeon Twister was really taught by Adrian Manahan and I just assisted him as he was playing Conquest of the Empire. 

I invited Arvin Ello.  His mom and my mom are friends and I know him from high school.  Thanks to Rolf for allowing Arvin to hitch a ride home with them. 

Correction: Joe Ferguson also won 2 Mage Knight Boosters donated by CP.

[Rolf]

I wish I had gotten to try Aerol's homebrew games, particularly Seven.  Maybe next time...

[Arythia]

Hello.. Patricia here... I just want to make a slight correction. I'm Gaebril's wife.  

I enjoyed the OGM! Too bad we had to leave early. I'll clear out the schedule for next month so we can stay longer and play more games. Thanks for the warm welcome.  

[Rolf]

Welcome to the site Glad you had fun, see you guys next month!

[maskmanjoe]

Hello.. Patricia here... I just want to make a slight correction. I'm Gaebril's wife.  

I enjoyed the OGM! Too bad we had to leave early. I'll clear out the schedule for next month so we can stay longer and play more games. Thanks for the warm welcome.  

hey pat! Welcome to the forums! Sister pala ha

[Brel]

Hello.. Patricia here... I just want to make a slight correction. I'm Gaebril's wife.  

I enjoyed the OGM! Too bad we had to leave early. I'll clear out the schedule for next month so we can stay longer and play more games. Thanks for the warm welcome.  

Welcome to TW Arythia and hope we'll see you both again next month!  Here wishing I could finally try Gaebril's Dominion game.  heehee 

[Brel]

The ashtray is from the OGM Organizers.  But the shirt and game were from OGM Organizers and TW.    So I guess it's safe to say items were from friends in the OGM and TW. 

[Arythia]

Welcome to TW Arythia and hope we'll see you both again next month!  Here wishing I could finally try Gaebril's Dominion game.  heehee 

Thanks Brel! Dominion is very addicting! 

[aerolb]

Seven and Wu Xia will come back in less-broken form next OGM, along with Betcha Don't Know.

My only problem is to corral players into them. 

[maskmanjoe]

hey i know its late but better than never Finally got to upload my shots of the April OGM at Vibal. You can check out the full album here

[Sexy Bro]

hmm I believe I should have teaching A Game of Thrones under my name.

[Victor Kh'BaHzur]

hmm I believe I should have teaching A Game of Thrones under my name.

Thanks for the remind,

   Tybalt started teaching AGoT, but I believe you took over, right?


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[Sexy Bro]

   Tybalt started teaching AGoT, but I believe you took over, right?

If Adrian is Tybalt then yes.