Sorry this update is late, but Paul wasn't expecting the amount of stats that I needed from him to write it. At least next time he'll be prepared :-)
New Munchkins:5 of them!
ratpfink joined on the 9th,
SteveTrememdous on the 21st,
Tolfdo and
Ruchmore on the 26th, and
Snapphane on the 30th. Looks like they've already settled nicely into the farm houses. Just try not to make too much or a mess, because others will have to live there eventually...
New games:Caylus, the smash hit of Essen 2005, arrived at the beginning of this month.
mitnachtKAUBO-I quickly took the game in
C41-87, and hen
Alexfrog decided that he liked it so much that he would take it as well, in
C41-21. This left us without an
Emerald room, so we built one. Come to
C41-100 to discover exactly why
Emeralds are a munchkin's best friend. Oh, and you can thank ratpfink for the name. ;-)
New levels: Quite a few...
Bromios is now a Knight (W11)
Jocelyn25 is now a Grand Dutchess (W16)
ojuang is now a Duke (W15)
ratpfink is now a Craftsman (W7) - That's 4 levels this month, equalling the town record, and all since he joined!
SpaceSquirrel is now a Grand Duke (W16)
SteveTremendous is now a Craftsman (W7)
Tolfdo is now a Squire (W6)
Games of the month:There was a discussion about having a way of getting the less frquently played games some exposure, so someone suggested having a game of the month, and trying to get as many different people playing it as we can. We're starting with 2 games a month, but we might reduce it to just 1 if it is too much. We decided that
Caylus and
Emerald were games of the month for January, and that February's games will be
Tongiaki and
OhneFurchtUndAdel (also known as
OFuA). If you have any suggestions for future months, then tell us, and maybe you will be teaching it to everyone later this year...
Most played games:- 1: Tichu 1089
- 2: CantStop 451
- 3: Caylus 258
- 4: EinfachGenial 204
- 5: SanJuan 172
And the most played game that we don't have is Geister with 59 plays.
SU records:
Esterio took the record for SolcheStrolche from Jocelyn25 with a score of 1547, and SpaceSquirrel improved his Solowuerfeln record to 850.
Medals: Just 2 again...
Esterio got Silver for Intrige
Jocelyn25 got Silver for Turnit
Awards:
Most New Points: Jocelyn25 with 4216, ahead of Esterio who only got 3767
Largest Percentage Increase: ratpfink with 66.2%, SteveTremendous was second with 32.6%
I was hoping to have some awards relating to the games of the month, but Paul was having problems pulling the stats that we needed, so they will have to start next month... 
EC day:
The next EC day will be on Sunday 5th February at the usual times. It's also Superbowl Sunday that day, so it will also be an online Superbowl party, for those that don't have anything else planned that night. Hopefully we will see you there, and hopefully the Steelers will win ;-)
Olympics:
The 3rd BSW Olympics are coming! It will start on April 22nd and go on until May 7th. Jocelyn25 is coordinating our team, so ask her if you have any questions.
Statistics:
Total New Points: 29 324
Mean New Points: 792.54
Median New Points: 515
Wow! That was an impressive month! Can we do it again? Tune in next time to find out...
Until then, keep up the good work, Munchkins!
LA
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