Notes from Hades

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nother issue is here, and I hope it finds you all well. The only traveling I actually did this past month was a family vacation to Las Vegas. We went there to meet up with some of Celeste's cousins. It was conveniently located for all of us, since we were all traveling in from elsewhere. The ironic thing about the choice is that none of us gamble. I do enjoy the occasional friendly poker game, but I know enough about probability to know that casinos are not a good place to make money, unless you're the house. The last time I had been there was in 1986, and it had changed considerably. Mainly, it had gotten more expensive. However, we did do some things that we enjoyed. The boys liked our tour of Hoover Dam, as well as the Pet Comedy Show. Beyond that, none of us have any real desire to go back.

There is one other event that happened. For the first time, I entered some of my wine into the Orange County Fair Home Wine Competition. I entered four bottles, a dry blackberry wine, a sweet blackberry wine, a peach wine, and a plum wine. The day of the competition, I actually went there and acted as a steward. There were 27 panels of judges, each panel judging a particular varietal of wine. Each panel had two stewards. It was the job of the stewards to pour the wine, take away the empty glasses, and generally keep things running smoothly. The judges rank the wines in double gold, gold, silver, bronze, and honorable mention categories. Double gold wines are eligible for Best of Show. My two blackberry wines got honorable mentions, the peach got a bronze, and the plum got gold.

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Game Openings

Frontier Dog. Gunslinger .Scenario to be determined. Have Paul Bolduc, Chris Geggus, Mike Scott, and Andy Lewis, will take up to 3 more.

Pateel. Kremlin. Will start after Flea Collar ends. Have Ward Narhi, Mike Scott, Bill Scharf, Bob Robles, Pasquale Giovine, and Gina Teh. This game is full.

Hunter. Silverton. Will start after Terrier ends. Have Dave Partridge, Michael Longdin, Ward Narhi, Cary Nichols, Bill Scharf, and Dave Hooton. This game is full.

Procyon. Merchant of Venus. Have Dave Partridge, Bob Robles, Chris Geggus, Gina the, and Dennis Cain. Will take up to 1 more.

Robover. Robo Rally. Have Dave Partridge, Bill Scharf, Chris Geggus, Dave Hooton, Gina the, Ward Narhi, Michael Longdin, and Chris Geggus. This game is full.

Husky. Power Grid. Have Andy York, Michael Longdin, Dave Partridge, Dave Hooton, and Brad Martin, will take up to 1 more.

Wish List

History of the World. Have Chris Geggus, Dave Partridge, and Gina Teh, will take up to 4 more.

Industrial Waste. Have Andy York and Dave Partridge, will take up to 2 more.

Outpost. Will start after Hound ends. Have Andy York, Cary Nighols, Dave Partridge, Dave Hooton, and Eric Brosius, will take up to 5 more.

Machiavelli. This game will start after the next Machiavelli game ends. Have Ward Narhi, Bob Robles, and Pasquale Giovine, will take up to 5 more.

Machiavelli. Gunboat. This game will start after the second Machiavelli game ends. Have 4, will take up to 4 more.

In general, game ownership is recommended, but not required.

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