The Capital Combo
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League Night Recap for 2/22/22
Our last league night fell on the big “Twos Day” of 2/22/22. It started the rotation between Cerberus and Augean Stables, the final two banks in the “Labors of Hercules” series. Cerberus was originally themed to “hellhounds” and contained Ghostbusters, AC/DC, Stranger Things, and Junk Yard, with the last spot being reserved for whatever we…
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League Night Recap for 2/8/22
After a month off to wait out the worst of the Omicron surge, league resumed play with our sixth (of eight) league night on February 8. It was time to switch banks and complete a two-bank rotation that started in December. The next pair of banks will be the two last ones for the season.…
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League Night Recap for 12/14/21 (plus Silver Balls)
As everyone knows (and likes to give me a hard time about), I’m notoriously terrible at writing the league night recaps except under deadline pressure. The “deadline” is that I have a strict rule to get them up before the next league night. Unfortunately, that bad habit combined with our having a six week gap…
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The Madness Returns to Lansing
The annual Stephen T. Kendrick Memorial March Hare Madness tournament returns to the Avenue Cafe in Lansing on March 18, and we will be bringing back our popular Critical Hit format. What are rabbits known for? No, the other thing. Magic! Critical Hit is a format that uses a deck of (IFPA-sanctioned!) cards that allow…
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League cancelled again 1/25/22
Sorry, Capital City crushers, but things haven’t improved enough yet to where we feel safe hosting league. We will re-evaluate things in two weeks.
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League cancelled 1/11/22
Sorry, Capital City crushers, but due to the out of control Covid numbers in our county and state, league will not meet 1/11/22. We will re-evaluate things in two weeks.
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League Night Recap for 11/23/21
Our last league night was just two days before Thanksgiving, so I decided to make Thanksgiving-themed Tuesday Night Smackdown medals. I didn’t trust that I’d be able to do a good job drawing an actual turkey so I decided to go with a classic “hand turkey” look. Of course, the medals were too small to…
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Silver Balls in the City Returns
The annual Silver Balls in the City charity tournament will be returning to The Avenue Cafe on December 28, 2021, at 7 pm sharp. The cost is $10 plus coin drop and it will once again benefit the Capital Area Humane Society. The format will be a group strikes tournament, with the number of strikes…
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League Night Recap for 11/9/21
November 9 was League Night #3 and it was also the start of our new league format. Due to the record number of people attending during nights #1 and #2, we have instituted a new way of playing the banks. Instead of everyone playing the same bank on the same night, we divide everyone between…
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League Night Recap for 10/26/21
For those relatively new to the league, I have to explain a little history, which might help account for what probably seemed like a bizarre choice to cram more than two dozen people into the Avenue’s alcove at our last league night on October 26. We used to play all the games more or less…
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