105 (now 106) GEC Giveaway - A Counting Game - WINNER ANNOUNCED!

ETA: Another number where I posted too late to "advance the cause"! :eek:
And another Wingspan score, my wife's winning score of 96 in another mother/daughter showdown almost 2 weeks ago.
(Note that the total number of eggs played across the 2 games shown on this scoresheet is 94, a recent target number.)
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The second game on the scoresheet is one my wife and I played last night; Below are a couple of photos of the end-state of the game, one showing everything and a close-up of my board to show the detail of the cards. There's a knife in the game photos, but not in the pic of the scoresheet.
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S SnailOffTheTrail , I enjoy the game, and I like it more than I thought I would. I've only played 10 times, I think, but one thing I really like is that to succeed at the game, a player has to be able to adapt her/his strategy to the particular cards the player happens to draw. You can't always say, for example, "If I get as many eggs as I can, I'll win." That works for some situations, but in other situations you might get cards that have low egg capacities along with cards that must be played in woodland or wetland habitat, which reduces your egg-generation ability. Another example: sometimes things work out so you have lots of food resources (necessary to play bird cards into the habitats on the board), while in my two most recent games, I was always scrambling to find ways to generate food tokens.

- GT
 
IMPORTANT UPDATE

I got my 106th GEC knife in the mail today, so now the game has to go to 106. Sorry, I don’t make the rules. ;) :D

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Here's that darned plaque again with 98 letters enclosed in red.98.MJ.pile.closed.manor.plaque.title&lines1-3.jpg

Did you ever wonder about the Lowe family who built this manor house?
Susan Blodgett Lowe was the daughter of a 19th century "lumber baron" named Blodgett.
Edward Lowe worked for Blodgett and married the boss's daughter. Lowe's maternal grandfather was a guy named Butterworth who made donations that resulted in Grand Rapids' downtown hospital being named Butterworth Hospital. Several years later, Edward and Susan Lowe made contributions that started a second hospital, Blodgett Hospital, on the eastern edge of town.
The two hospitals merged in 1997, I think, as part of Spectrum Health.

- GT
 
Almost there! I'll leave the rest of the posts for those of you who are trying to win the giveaway. I just wanted to say that it's been fun watching and occasionally adding to this thread. Thanks btb01 btb01 for starting this game and for such a generous giveaway. Good luck to all who are playing!
Cheers
Trevor
 
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