[Gaming] Meetup report 2/3

[Stephen Jonke]

Actually Emmett crashed in the 2nd Formula De game too, but not until the
end. He had too much speed going into the final 2 stop turn and not enough
gear and tires left to slow down enough to prevent a crash, so he just sped
up instead!

On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 9:57 PM, Steve Peck via Gaming <gaming at fspazone.org>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> We had a great time on saturday and got to play not one, but two 8-player
> formula de races
>
> Attendees:
> FSPA:
> Steve Peck
> Ethan O'toole
> Rich Achterbe
> Steve Jonke
> Emmett Jonke
> William Wulf
>
> non-FSPA:
> Ron Moyer
> Kevin Murray
> Jake Fallon
>
> Game 1: Age of war
> As people filtered in we started with a nice light/quick game of age of
> war. Ron Moyer won by a landslide. Ethan after many rounds of tough rolls
> managed to score a card.
>
> Game 2: Formula De
> On to the main event - Formula De!
> With 8 cars on the grid this turned out to be just a fantastic good time.
> Players: Steve J, Emmett J, Steve P, Rich, Wulf, Ron, Kevin, Ethan
> Race 1: Zandvoort #2, Nederlands
> The first race saw our only elimination, with Emmett crashing in only the
> first few corners. After that everyone gave a little more respect to the
> risk of crashing and tried to avoid contact.
>
> 1st: Steve P
> 2nd: Rich
> 3rd: Wulf
>
> Race 2: SPA-Francorchamps, Belgium
>
> No eliminations this time around, and a really close race for multiple
> positions right at the end.
>
> 1st: Rich
> 2nd: Steve P
> 3rd: Steve J
>
> After that we broke for some dinner, and Rich, Steve J, and Emmett played
> Fluxx while we ate.
>
> Rich won
>
> Last we played Mercs: Recon Twice
>
> players: Steve P, Steve and Emmet J, Rich, and Jake
>
> the first game, on the second turn we ran into a feisty pair of Security
> Force 2's who shot up the hallway so much that we could not pass to
> complete the objective, so we lost rather quickly.
>
> After quickly resetting the same mission and adding an alternate route to
> avoid a similar situation, we got to the objective. The breach and clear
> was dicey at best, but thanks to a very clutch last roll by Jake, we
> survived by the skin of our teeth.
>
> On the way to the extraction point our spy (Rich) got caught out in the
> hallway by a pair of SecFor 4's, who lit him up and killed him.
>
> However, the mission objective stated that only surviving mercs had to
> reach the extraction point, so the remaining team members stepped over
> Rich's dead body and successfully escaped - a win for the team!
>
> Thanks so much to all who made it out - what a great time!
>
> -Steve Peck
>
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