I had a nice extended weekend of gaming this weekend. On Thursday Lissa and I went up to a nearby state park for a library meeting and we played four games of Carcassonne in the lodge by the fireplace. Very nice but I was disappointed in the lack of interest by the other librarians there though most of them arrived quite a bit later than we did.
On Friday, Lissa, Jeff and I played a couple of games of Carcassonne and a hand of Martian Fluxx. I still like Fluxx ok and this game proved better for Lissa and Jeff this time around. Still, I doubt that we will expand our Fluxx collection.
On Sunday Jim and Dana came over and we played Smallworld and a game that I had on the top of my "To Play" list, Power Grid. Dana had a great night and whipped Lissa, Jim and myself in both games.
Power Grid was cool. I like the auctions and the way the resource mix changes throughout the game. Probably not a game we will purchase but I look forward to playing it again in the future. Lots of fun.
My online Blood Bowl League restarted after upgrading to the Legendary Edition and the Lucky Scales continued their $@&*$ ways. In an interesting but at times for me frustrating game we fell to a new Necromantic team with a star player vampire.
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
July 5th Gaming
Taking advantage of the holiday, Lissa and I hosted a small game day yesterday. Todd and Anne, Nick and Rosie, Jeff, Lissa, and I played a bunch of games that we picked up at Origins and ended the evening with a golden oldie. We were also amazingly well fed thanks to Jeff (Hummus), Anne (Barbecue), and Rosie (Flan).
We started out with a game of Hey That's My Fish using extra figs to play 6 players. Lissa won this game by a single fish. I really like this one. It is quick to learn and plays quickly.
Next up was Station Master. Jeff won in a close game with much backstabbing. Another great game.
For our third game Nick brought out his copy of The T-Shirt Game by Buffalo Games. This is a great little party game much like Apples to Apples where you take turns judging the responses of the other players. Each turn a T-shirt design is revealed and players secretly choose cards with various slogans to pair with the design. These are mixed up and given to the judge who selects the best slogan. Whoever offered that slogan then draws a "Hot or Not" card telling him how well the design did. These cards range from the shirt becoming a mega-hit to the shirts all being recycled. Play goes until someone gets 3000 points. This is a game that is just asking for sets of add on cards and the addition of blank cards that you fill out yourself.
Next up was Jeff's Monty Python Fluxx. Fluxx is an awesome little game where each card has the potential to change the basic rules of the game or the victory conditions. There are several themed sets available including this one as well as Martian and Zombie themed decks. This was a lot of fun and was full of Pythonesque silliness. Todd deftly won the game with a quick change of goals.
To close out the evening we pulled out an old classic, Uno. From the beginning Rosie dominated this game. By the time the game ended there was no one even close. Though she denies it, we all suspect that at one point she was the Mexican National Uno champion.
This was a fantastic way to spend the holiday - playing games with such great friends!
We started out with a game of Hey That's My Fish using extra figs to play 6 players. Lissa won this game by a single fish. I really like this one. It is quick to learn and plays quickly.
Next up was Station Master. Jeff won in a close game with much backstabbing. Another great game.
For our third game Nick brought out his copy of The T-Shirt Game by Buffalo Games. This is a great little party game much like Apples to Apples where you take turns judging the responses of the other players. Each turn a T-shirt design is revealed and players secretly choose cards with various slogans to pair with the design. These are mixed up and given to the judge who selects the best slogan. Whoever offered that slogan then draws a "Hot or Not" card telling him how well the design did. These cards range from the shirt becoming a mega-hit to the shirts all being recycled. Play goes until someone gets 3000 points. This is a game that is just asking for sets of add on cards and the addition of blank cards that you fill out yourself.
Next up was Jeff's Monty Python Fluxx. Fluxx is an awesome little game where each card has the potential to change the basic rules of the game or the victory conditions. There are several themed sets available including this one as well as Martian and Zombie themed decks. This was a lot of fun and was full of Pythonesque silliness. Todd deftly won the game with a quick change of goals.
To close out the evening we pulled out an old classic, Uno. From the beginning Rosie dominated this game. By the time the game ended there was no one even close. Though she denies it, we all suspect that at one point she was the Mexican National Uno champion.
This was a fantastic way to spend the holiday - playing games with such great friends!
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Origins 2010 Recap
Lissa, Jeff and I had a great Origins. We picked up a ton of games and minis and played lots of games. Most of our time we spent playing board and card games and earning our “Knights of Catan” ribbons.
The Mayfair folks had a Microsoft Surface table there running Settlers of Catan. It is a nice port but it is still in beta and there are a few things that need to be worked out before it is ready to go and the $12,000 price of the system means that we will all have to save our pennies for a while. Other Mayfair Games games that we played included “Hey That’s my Fish,” “Station Master,” “Modern Art,” “Settlers of Catan” on a large 3-d board, and some sheep game that had cute pieces and a couple of nice mechanics but the demo was poorly ran. We also demoed a game that we had been meaning to play for a while but had never gotten around to trying – “Fluxx” by Looney Labs. This was a really neat game where each card can change the rules of the game.
Our purchases were a bit more focused this year as we went in with a list ahead of time. We picked up a bunch of board/card games including Carcassonne, Munchkin, Martian Fluxx, Station Master, and a bunch more. Minis-wise we picked up a bunch of figs to flesh out our western and swashbuckling games from Reaper Miniatures and some new packs from Rebel Minis and Splintered Light Miniatures. I also picked up several rulesets from Two Hour Wargames. Jeff is now a dedicated Mayfair Games fanboy and picked up several of their games and an archaeology based game from Queen Games. Finally, I picked up my friend Jack Shaw’s western collection – buildings and figs.
This was a really relaxed con for us and it could not have been better timed. For once we neither pre-registered for a ton of games nor did we spend a huge chunk of time involved in tourneys (however fun they are).
The Mayfair folks had a Microsoft Surface table there running Settlers of Catan. It is a nice port but it is still in beta and there are a few things that need to be worked out before it is ready to go and the $12,000 price of the system means that we will all have to save our pennies for a while. Other Mayfair Games games that we played included “Hey That’s my Fish,” “Station Master,” “Modern Art,” “Settlers of Catan” on a large 3-d board, and some sheep game that had cute pieces and a couple of nice mechanics but the demo was poorly ran. We also demoed a game that we had been meaning to play for a while but had never gotten around to trying – “Fluxx” by Looney Labs. This was a really neat game where each card can change the rules of the game.
Our purchases were a bit more focused this year as we went in with a list ahead of time. We picked up a bunch of board/card games including Carcassonne, Munchkin, Martian Fluxx, Station Master, and a bunch more. Minis-wise we picked up a bunch of figs to flesh out our western and swashbuckling games from Reaper Miniatures and some new packs from Rebel Minis and Splintered Light Miniatures. I also picked up several rulesets from Two Hour Wargames. Jeff is now a dedicated Mayfair Games fanboy and picked up several of their games and an archaeology based game from Queen Games. Finally, I picked up my friend Jack Shaw’s western collection – buildings and figs.
This was a really relaxed con for us and it could not have been better timed. For once we neither pre-registered for a ton of games nor did we spend a huge chunk of time involved in tourneys (however fun they are).
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