The Capital Combo
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Brian defends league title for Season XX in epic two-day battle
Season XX ended with an unprecedented two-day league finals as Brian took two long matches to triumph over Tim. The hour grew so late that the bar began closing and the tournament director had to call time and reschedule the last match for another night. Some had predicted that this might finally be Tim’s season,…
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League Night Update for 4/16/24
The league night of 4/16 was our last night of the qualifying season, and we finished banks 7 and 8. This night finally determined who would be in A, who would be in B, and who would play whom in the first round of the final tournament… sort of. The problem is that Ghostbusters threw…
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League Night Recap for 4/9/24
We started our final bank rotation on 4/9 and mercifully, this time people voted for the wild card games to be stuff upstairs rather than in the alcove. The talk before league started centered on the previous day’s total solar eclipse. Joseph and I had gone to Cedar Point to watch it. Ethan wanted us…
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League Night Recap for 3/19/24
Our last league night was three weeks ago now, a longer gap than usual due to the bar unexpectedly closing Monday and Tuesday last week. Between that, the mountain of grading I’m buried under (students are going to riot soon if I don’t get some old grades back), and the fact that I’m still shaken…
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League Night Recap for 3/5/24 (plus March Hare Madness!)
We passed the halfway mark of the season with our last meeting, at which we played banks 5 and 6, Argo Navis (the ship Argo) and Cetus (the sea monster). These were very appropriate banks for our first night with our shiny new Jaws LE game. Jaws was conveniently slotted into Argo Navis to replace…
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League Night Recap for 2/20/24
Our last league night was the fourth of the season, so we finished up our rotation of banks 3 and 4, Corvus (the crow) and Perseus (the guy named Perseus). My notes don’t include mention of any particular shenanigans this week, but that’s probably just because I wasn’t looking. I’m sure they happened; it’s Lansing…
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League Night Recap for 2/6/24
Last league night was our third of the season, so it started a rotation between banks 3 and 4 (“Corvus” and “Perseus”). The night’s winner on Corvus – so far, as this is only with half the league having played it – was Tim, which included a stunning 108M game on The Munsters. The winner…
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League Night Recap for 1/23/24
January 23 was the second night of the season and so we finished out the rotation of the first two banks, known (to me) as Ophiuchus and Lepus. We added a new member, Curtis. Curtis played in my group and told me that he and Derik are longtime rivals on the games over at The…
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Magic and madness at March Hare Madness
The annual Stephen T. Kendrick Memorial March Hare Madness tournament, a charity tournament benefiting the Rabbit and Small Animal Rescue of Westland, returns to The Avenue Cafe on March 12, 2024. This will be a timed group matchplay tournament using the Critical Hit deck. If you haven’t played a Critical Hit tournament before, you’re in…
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Jaws Launch Party
We’ll be having a launch party for Jaws on February 27 at 7:00 pm. This will be a 4-strikes head-to-head tournament with one match each round played on Jaws. The winner will get a plaque and translite and there will be another random translite giveaway. This tournament is open to everyone! The Lightning Flippers will…
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