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William H. Bowen Webmaster ALSTOM's T&D Energy Automation & Information Business "Your friendly neighborhood Webmaster!" [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.esca.com/ 425.739.3629 Voice 425.466.7016 Cell 425.739.3690 FAX ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 8:50 AM Subject: Re: Community Suite Games at DevCon - Judith > Ah, William, William, you should come to New York and play with us sometime ... > > Judith > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William H. Bowen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 11:34 AM > Subject: Re: Community Suite Games at DevCon - Judith > > > > I *love* Settlers of Katan! Just started playing about a month ago with some > > new neighbors. I wish I was still able to go to the DevCon > > > > :-( > > > > Guillotine is another fun card game too (2-4 players, 3 "rounds") fast and > > fun. > > > > will > > ---- > > > > William H. Bowen > > Webmaster > > > > ALSTOM's T&D Energy Automation & Information Business > > > > "Your friendly neighborhood Webmaster!" > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.esca.com/ > > > > 425.739.3629 Voice > > 425.466.7016 Cell > > 425.739.3690 FAX > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Judith Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 7:43 AM > > Subject: Re: Community Suite Games at DevCon - Judith > > > > > > > Please do bring Rooks. I'd be very interested. > > > > > > The games I mentioned are board games (what else could we play on Shabbos? > > <g>). Settlers of Katan (and its second level, Cities and Knights of Katan) > > is all about building settlements and cities and accumulating enough points > > to win the game before anyone else. The board consists of hexes that are > > either forest, field, mountains, wheat field, desert, or sea, and where you > > place your first settlement and city (you get one settlement, one city and > > two roads at the beginning of the game) may determine whether you win or > > lose. Each hex has a numbered counter on it, and the roll of the dice > > determines which hexes produce resources on each turn. You use resources in > > combination to build more roads, settlements and cities. It can be a lot of > > fun, and Michael is very good at building boards that are both fair and > > challenging. > > > > > > Carcassone is a game of luck and strategy. Everyone gets a certain amount > > of men, and the board consists of tiles that are chosen and put down to form > > a countryside. When you put down a piece, the terrain has to connect to > > what's around it, and you can then place a man on that piece (but you don't > > have to). Men can be robbers (on the road), farmers (on the fields), lords > > (they go in a castle), or Monks (they stay in the monasteries). Points are > > counted differently depending on where your man is placed. The game ends > > when all the pieces have been put down and the points are then tallied. > > > > > > Judith > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Candace Cottrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 10:15 AM > > > Subject: Re: Community Suite Games at DevCon - Judith > > > > > > > > > > Judith, > > > > > > > > Rook is a card game very similar to spades, but you use these > > > > proprietary cards. > > > > You bid, have trump, etc. > > > > > > > > I'd be happy to bring a deck if anyone is interested. > > > > > > > > And tell me more about the games you mentioned. Are they board games? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
