The Capital Combo
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League Night Recap for 4/23/19
April 23 was the eighth and final night of the regular season for Season 12. As such, it would decide who got that juicy top seed position and who would play A and B. We were on the randomly-chosen bank Calliope, the “adventure” bank, sparing us another night of South Park. The night stands out…
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Announcing the Lansing SummerSlam!
This summer we will be running an extended tournament which we will call the SummerSlam. It is open to all, not just league members, and costs $1 for the entire season of qualifying (this covers the IFPA costs). This is not a “selfie league” – at least not exactly – because we will require a…
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League Night Recap for 4/9/19
April 9th was the seventh league night of the season and, as we have only six banks, I randomly drew from among the sixth to see which one we would be repeating. The answer was Clio, the “Cartoons” bank, which includes The Addams Family, Deadpool, Iron Man, The Simpsons Pinball Party, and South Park. Yes,…
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League Night Recap for 3/26/19
It was an exciting week-plus for the league as we had League Night #6 on 3/26 followed by March Hare Madness, the Stephen T. Kendrick Memorial Pinball Tournament, on 4/2. (More on that second one in another post, I hope.) We would be playing Polyhymnia, the bank created to account for the fact that Munsters…
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League Night Recap for 3/12/19
The league night of March 12 was our fifth of the season, meaning that Season 12 is officially over the hill. Time to go buy some black balloons from Party City. It was also a surprisingly short night, finishing by 9:30, despite high attendance. We played bank Calliope, themed to “adventure” (yes, it’s a vague…
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League Night Recap for 2/26/19
It’s almost time for another league meeting and that means time for me to finally post the recap for the last one. Our fourth meeting of Season 12 was the largest in recent memory, with 18 participants. (And that’s not even counting Danny, who showed up late and played his games by himself.) Despite this,…
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League Night Recap for 2/12
Cue the cracks about how I’m always “right on time” with my league updates. Done? OK, let’s move on… Our third league night of the season was a snowy night. So much so that we worried Mike wouldn’t make it (but of course he did, the thought of missing two meetings was too much!) and…
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More Madness Than Ever at March Hare Madness!
The annual Stephen T. Kendrick Memorial March Hare Madness tournament returns to the Avenue Cafe in Lansing on April 2nd, this time with a new format. This year it will be a Critical Hit match-play tournament. To the best of my knowledge, this will be the first Critical Hit tournament in Michigan. What are rabbits…
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League Night Recap for 1/22
Our bank for the night was Clio, themed to “cartoons” but named for the Muse of History. I pronounced the name “clee-O,” causing Mike to haughtily correct me, “It’s pronounced Clio” (with an “i” as in “eye”). Oblivious, I launched into Professor Voice and said “that’s also an accepted pronunciation, but it can be pronounced…
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Time for a Mad Monster Party!
On Saturday, February 9, we will be holding Mad Monster Party: The Munsters Launch Party at The Avenue Café in Lansing. This is a launch party using the same format as our Battle of the Bands II launch for The Beatles. Qualifying will be from 3 pm (when the bar opens) until 6:30 pm. The…
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