[SR] MVGA Holliston 2009-02-05

MVGA meets Thursday nights at 7pm in the
Masonic Hall in Holliston, on Route 16 just
east of the center of town. Turn north on
Church Place (which is more a driveway than
a street) to find parking.

We welcome visitors.

Roll call:
Eric, Rich, Dan, Paul H., Walt

SAN JUAN
(Eric, Rich, Dan, Paul)

San Juan has been a popular game at MVGA
ever since it came out in 2004, but that
changed late in 2007 with the release of
Race of the Galaxy, a similar game that
offers more options and the lure of the
"new."  We didn't play a single game of
San Juan from September 2007 (just prior
to the release of Race for the Galaxy at
Essen) until January 2009.  Race for the
Galaxy has even been played more often
at MVGA by a margin of 48 to 33, at
least based on my records, even though
it has been available for a much shorter
period of time.  This week we started
with San Juan rather than Race for the
Galaxy, as we were in the mood for