Category: Recaps
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League Night Recap for 9/11/18
Our fifth meeting of Season 11 was supposed to be the one that would bring us up to date on all the games we had not yet played so far this season. Instead, by the time it rolled around, we had received a new game at The Avenue: Road Show, or as I call it,…
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League Night Recap for 8/21/18
Our league night of 8/21 brought us through the halfway mark of Season 11. It also was a bittersweet night for me, as it marked the end of my freewheeling, early-to-league days. By the time we met again, I would have started my semester and would be back to racing in at the last minute…
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League Night Recap for 8/7/18
Our third night of the season, on August 7, began ominously. Our new scheme for rotating through the games had ended up putting us in an unfortunate cluster: Attack from Mars, Ghostbusters, Lord of the Rings, The Simpsons Pinball Party, and Theatre of Magic. While Ghostbusters and Simpsons aren’t known for being very long-playing at…
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League Night Recap for 6/26/18
Way back at the end of June (July was a busy month, OK?) we had the second league night of Season 11. The new Stern Army banner had been moved to its permanent location, so as we came in, we were greeted by Uncle Gary guarding the alcove. We had our first game switch-out of…
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League Night Recap for 6/12/18
Season 11, league night 1 of 8 Games played: AC/DC, Game of Thrones, Iron Man, Metallica, South Park Results for the night and the season so far June 12 was our first league night of Season 11, and it brought with it an exciting development. The Avenue is now Stern Army location #104! Derik and…
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Super-Ball X
We’re hours away from the start of season 11, so naturally there’s no better time to give a recap of Super-Ball X, AKA the Zen Tournament, which took place on May 22. Sadly, our turnout for the traditional split flipper tournament was very low. We ended up doing a round robin with the idea that…
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Plus ça change: Chris wins season 10
The league’s tenth season, and the first of the post-Matt era, ended Tuesday night with another victory for the undefeated defending champion. Chris made his way through the winners’ bracket of the A division playoffs, ending with a 2-0 win against Danny on Iron Maiden (which had just arrived at the bar that day) and…
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League Night Recap for 4/24/18
Our league night for 4/24 was the last night of the regular season. The total points for each player at the end of the night would be used to determine divisions and seeding for the playoffs. Although the pressure was on with it being the last chance to climb up a position or two…
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League Night Recap for 4/10/18
We had our 7th and penultimate night of the regular season on April 10. I should have been happy because we were going to play Indiana Jones, which is one of my strengths. Instead, I was filled with trepidation. The previous day when Joseph and I went over to test the games, I had a…
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League Night Recap for 3/27/18
March 27 was the 6th league night of Season 10. We have eight total league nights, followed by a night of finals and another night for our postseason “Super-Ball” tournament. We had a somewhat smaller turnout this week, though our Fearless Leader Emeritus Matt P. was once again in attendance. I tried getting him to…