18xx tonight -- Lonny Orgler!

Lonny Orgler (designer of several popular 18xx games) will be joining us 
tonight.  When I spoke to him last, he was just working his way out of a 
big traffic jam in LA on his way north.

I'm currently hoping he gets here early enough for dinner -- perhaps at 
Trends or something on Murphy in Sunnyvale.  Would anyone else like to 
join us?

-- JCL

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Re: [SFBay-18xx] 18xx tonight -- Lonny Orgler!

J C Lawrence <claw@...> writes:

> Lonny Orgler (designer of several popular 18xx games) will be
> joining us tonight.  When I spoke to him last, he was just working
> his way out of a big traffic jam in LA on his way north.

        I should be there.  Chances of dinner are slim-to-none, though.

                            - Tim Skirvin (tskirvin@...)
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What game was it?

A few weeks ago I went to game night and played a game that was very similar to Thurn und Taxis but it was some
variant of it (or just a similar game) that I can't find. Of course, I forget the names of the two guys I was
playing with. Maybe you remember me?

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RE: What game was it?

Buying Tichu

Hi,

I found my stepsons playing a card game which closely resembled Tichu.  
They called it "13" but it lacked all the cool cards like the Dragon, 
Phoenix, and Dog.  Also their rules were a bit, ah, informal.  So, I 
want to buy them a couple of Tichu decks.

I remember folks talking about how Tichu decks were precious and very 
hard to come by.  Is that still the case?  I see some on eBay in the $10 
- $20 range.

Are there any gotchas I should watch out for?  Are there games called 
"Tichu" out there which aren't what I expect?

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Yahoo! Inc.

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Re: Buying Tichu

Re: What game was it?

Actually, it was my first night. I played a few rounds of Dominion and then the 3-player Thurn-like game.

-Jordan

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Re: What game was it?

Actually, I think it was my first night. I played a few rounds of Dominion and then the Thurn-like game.

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Re: Buying Tichu

I bought mine here:

http://www.boardsandbits.com/product_info.php?products_id=20509

-dave

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 4:43 PM, David Ranney <dranney@...> wrote:
> Hi,
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> I found my stepsons playing a card game which closely resembled Tichu.
> They called it "13" but it lacked all the cool cards like the Dragon,
> Phoenix, and Dog.  Also their rules were a bit, ah, informal.  So, I
> want to buy them a couple of Tichu decks.
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> hard to come by.  Is that still the case?  I see some on eBay in the $10
> - $20 range.
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