Lucky 13

Yesterday night there were 13 people for games at my place. I may need to consider getting more table/chair space somehow. Perhaps a folding set that can be moved into the center of the kids room. The existing space handled the 5-4-4 split well enough, but even one more person would have been an issue. Time to go furniture shopping again.

The three games selected were El Grande, Power Grid, and cards (hearts and oh hell).

Gender balance was 10:3 m:f, which is pretty typical. The monday group is somewhat more more estrogen enriched (around 9:6).

I'm pretty happy with the Saturday group composition, as everyone there genuinely likes the games. Well, time to get ready to see the SHARKS maul Dallas. They might even win the game, as well.

HAW-KEE

Just got back from the tank. Sharks beat the snot out of Dallas. Dallas didn't have it's full lineup out there, though. (pri)Madano was notably absent, and a lot of youngish defensemen were getting a lot more ice time than usual. Final score was 4-1. That was the first of four games in only five nights, which will be a major physical challenge for the sharks, just before the playoffs.

Ott took a really cheap shot that earned him a game misconduct. He should serve his suspension during the playoffs rather than during the end of the season. It just doesn't hurt a team that has already locked up the #2 seed to lose guys during the last few games of the season. Feels more like resting a player than serving a suspension.