Heroics - December 2001/January 2002

Club News:

Raffle Winners

There were some big winners as Phil Carroll won $57 in the October raffle and Steve Esposito won $42 in the November raffle.
The winner gets half the money collected for the raffle, with the other half going into the club treasury. Tickets may be purchased from the club treasurer when dues are collected or at any time before the drawing. Tickets cost $2 apiece, $4 for three, or $6 for five. A real bargain!

Club Finances and Attendance

45 paying members attended the October meeting. $225 in dues was collected. In addition, the raffle added $51 dollars to the treasury. Club expenses were $178.20 for room rental and $21.94 for newsletter publication. The club cash balance was up $74.86 to $1747.46
38 paying members and 4 visitors attended the November meeting. $165 in dues was collected. The raffle added $36 to the treasury. In addition, the last Oxford Valley meeting netted $30. $5 in prepaid dues was used and $20 in prepaid dues was bought, raising the prepaid dues balance to $449. The only club expense was $178.20 for room rental. The club cash balance was up $72.80 to a total of $1820.26.

EPGS Website Update

Stop by the EPGS website at http://www.epgs.org and check out the updated member data! This data has all been supplied by the members themselves. Maybe you will discover a neighbor that plays your favorite game!

EPGS Officer Elections

The January meeting will feature the election of EPGS officers. We currently have the following candidates:

President: Bob Hranek

Treasurer: Carl Copeland

Heroics Editor: The team of Dave Bohnenberger and Bob Sohn. (Note: these are NOT two separate candidates!)

Publicity: Mike Fisher

Webmaster: Don Myers

All officers serve an 18-month term. There is still plenty of time to nominate more candidates. If you wish to run for any of these exciting and rewarding positions, please contact Steve Cameron at (610) 522-9389 or any of the current EPGS officers. A final announcement with last-minute details will be made before the January meeting.

Games People Played

Here is a list of gamed played at the last two EPGS meetings.

October 2001

Axis and Allies - Europe (AH/Hasbro)
Axis and Allies - Pacific (AH/Hasbro)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (MB/Hasbro)
Capitol (FX Schmidt)
Clash of the Light Sabers (Hasbro)
El Grande (Hans Im Gluck)
Evo (Descartes/Eurogames)
Hera and Zeus (Rio Grande)
Lord of the Rings - the Search
Lost Cities (Kosmos)
Lunar Rails (Bob Stribula)
Money (Rio Grande)
NFL Showdown (WOC)
Operation Mercury (GMT)
Pampas Railroads (Winsome)
Princes of Florence (Rio Grande)
Risk 2210 (AH/Hasbro)
Star Fleet Battle Force (ADB)
Star Wars - The Queen's Gambit (AH/Hasbro)
Stock Car Championship Racing (Mcgartlin Motorsport)
Tigris and Euphrates (Mayfair)
Traders of Genoa (Rio Grande)
Ursuppe (Doris and Frank)
Vinci (Descartes/Eurogames)
Wettstreit der Baumeister (Kosmos)
When Dragons Fight (Command/XTR)
Wilderness War (GMT)
Wyatt Earp (Rio Grande)

November 2001

Axis and Allies - Pacific (AH/Hasbro)
Battle Cry (AH/Hasbro)
Carcassone (Rio Grande)
Caesar & Cleopatra
Clash of Giants (GMT)
Guildford Courthouse (GDW)
Hockey FtF Challenge (Playoff Corp)
Lunar Rails (Bob Stribula)
Modern Art (Mayfair)
Pampas Railroads (Winsome)
Ricochet Robot (WOC)
Roads and Boats
Samurai and Katana (Tilsit)
Tichu (Abacus)
Trainsport Austria
Wilderness War (GMT)
Wizard Kings (Columbia)
Zero (GMT)
Zombies (Journeyman press)