As some day it may happen that a victim must be found,
I've got a little list -- I've got a little list
Of BoardGameGeek offenders who might well be underground,
And who never would be missed -- who never would be missed!
There's the pestilential nuisances who write for getting thumbs --
All posters who use "in jokes" with their irritating chums --
All pedants who are up in facts, and floor you with 'em flat --
All geekers who in their ripostes, riposte with you like that! --
And all third persons who on spoiling téte-à-tétes insist --
They'd none of 'em be missed -- they'd none of 'em be missed!
CHORUS
He's got 'em on the list -- he's got 'em on the list;
And they'll none of 'em be missed -- they'll none of 'em be missed.
There's the threading serenader, and the others of his race,
And the post-prandialist -- I've got him on the list!
And the people who post polemics and puff it in your face,
They never would be missed -- they never would be missed!
Then the idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone,
All game reviews but this, and every posting but his own;
And that weirdo from Australia, whose parodies just suck,
And who insults with "Autochthon!", but would never use a --;
And that singular anomaly, the pseudo-humorist --
I don't think Rick be missed -- I'm sure Rick not be missed!
CHORUS
He's got Rick on the list -- he's got Rick on the list;
And I don't think Rick be missed -- I'm sure Rick not be missed!
The Canberra Games Society (which is also the organising body for the annual CanCon convention each January) meets every Thursday night in the spare room of the Deakin Bridge Club. A few years ago CGS attendees almost exclusively played table-top miniatures, but in recent times they share space with a group of my friends who prefer multi-player strategy Eurogames. On Thursday 18th October 2012 sufficient Eurogamers arrived to play two games. Half opted for the fun and skilful game The Scepter of Zavandor, while the other half chose the even more fun and more skilful game Eclipse.
Because all five of us were very experienced players of Eclipse, and because the two AP players were playing Scepter, we used the alien races. I (Rick) was lucky enough to randomly acquire the purple pawn on the first turn, so Owen on my right had first pick of races and chose the Mechanema. Gregory had not yet played the Eridani Empire (which some consider the most difficult of races to handle) so chose it for a new taste sensation. Michael then chose the Descendants of Draco and Rebecca chose the Planta. I toyed with playing a vanilla Human race, but then noticed a solitary Advanced Robotics tile on the technology display, so scarfed it as my first action as the Hydran Progress race.
As the game progressed I was lucky to explore worlds with pink and/or grey planets, so I quickly boosted my pink power for the useful early acquisition of Quantum Grid. Gregory could not immediately slow my march to victory, but he used his silver-tongued oratory to convince Rebecca to Traitorously ooze moss in my direction. Meanwhile, because Gregory was being hemmed in by both Michael and Owen, Gregory took a semi-bold gamble of invading the Galactic Centre with merely two cruisers. However, Gregory had taken the precaution of upgrading the heck out of his cruisers, so his percentage action gained justifiable success.
This conquest of the Galactic Centre was the key moment of the game. For the remaining turns Gregory used his totally unfair advantage of years of tactical experience playing wargames. I (Rick) came second, Rebecca third and Michael fourth. Owen came a dismal last, partially because I sent a ridiculously overpowered dreadnought to his home world -- one gluon computer, one antimatter cannon and two plasma cannons -- and partially because I then garrisoned his former home world with two ridiculously overpowered star bases -- each with one gluon computer and four plasma missiles.
For those who only have fun if they win a game, I beg to differ. Not only did I have fun gaining the Silver Medal, but also Rebecca had fun oozing to the Bronze Medal (Rebecca brilliantly recovered from a disastrous midgame when her Planta power was partially nullified due to being boxed in).
I've got a little list -- I've got a little list
Of BoardGameGeek offenders who might well be underground,
And who never would be missed -- who never would be missed!
There's the pestilential nuisances who write for getting thumbs --
All posters who use "in jokes" with their irritating chums --
All pedants who are up in facts, and floor you with 'em flat --
All geekers who in their ripostes, riposte with you like that! --
And all third persons who on spoiling téte-à-tétes insist --
They'd none of 'em be missed -- they'd none of 'em be missed!
CHORUS
He's got 'em on the list -- he's got 'em on the list;
And they'll none of 'em be missed -- they'll none of 'em be missed.
There's the threading serenader, and the others of his race,
And the post-prandialist -- I've got him on the list!
And the people who post polemics and puff it in your face,
They never would be missed -- they never would be missed!
Then the idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone,
All game reviews but this, and every posting but his own;
And that weirdo from Australia, whose parodies just suck,
And who insults with "Autochthon!", but would never use a --;
And that singular anomaly, the pseudo-humorist --
I don't think Rick be missed -- I'm sure Rick not be missed!
CHORUS
He's got Rick on the list -- he's got Rick on the list;
And I don't think Rick be missed -- I'm sure Rick not be missed!
The Canberra Games Society (which is also the organising body for the annual CanCon convention each January) meets every Thursday night in the spare room of the Deakin Bridge Club. A few years ago CGS attendees almost exclusively played table-top miniatures, but in recent times they share space with a group of my friends who prefer multi-player strategy Eurogames. On Thursday 18th October 2012 sufficient Eurogamers arrived to play two games. Half opted for the fun and skilful game The Scepter of Zavandor, while the other half chose the even more fun and more skilful game Eclipse.
Because all five of us were very experienced players of Eclipse, and because the two AP players were playing Scepter, we used the alien races. I (Rick) was lucky enough to randomly acquire the purple pawn on the first turn, so Owen on my right had first pick of races and chose the Mechanema. Gregory had not yet played the Eridani Empire (which some consider the most difficult of races to handle) so chose it for a new taste sensation. Michael then chose the Descendants of Draco and Rebecca chose the Planta. I toyed with playing a vanilla Human race, but then noticed a solitary Advanced Robotics tile on the technology display, so scarfed it as my first action as the Hydran Progress race.
As the game progressed I was lucky to explore worlds with pink and/or grey planets, so I quickly boosted my pink power for the useful early acquisition of Quantum Grid. Gregory could not immediately slow my march to victory, but he used his silver-tongued oratory to convince Rebecca to Traitorously ooze moss in my direction. Meanwhile, because Gregory was being hemmed in by both Michael and Owen, Gregory took a semi-bold gamble of invading the Galactic Centre with merely two cruisers. However, Gregory had taken the precaution of upgrading the heck out of his cruisers, so his percentage action gained justifiable success.
This conquest of the Galactic Centre was the key moment of the game. For the remaining turns Gregory used his totally unfair advantage of years of tactical experience playing wargames. I (Rick) came second, Rebecca third and Michael fourth. Owen came a dismal last, partially because I sent a ridiculously overpowered dreadnought to his home world -- one gluon computer, one antimatter cannon and two plasma cannons -- and partially because I then garrisoned his former home world with two ridiculously overpowered star bases -- each with one gluon computer and four plasma missiles.
For those who only have fun if they win a game, I beg to differ. Not only did I have fun gaining the Silver Medal, but also Rebecca had fun oozing to the Bronze Medal (Rebecca brilliantly recovered from a disastrous midgame when her Planta power was partially nullified due to being boxed in).