p.s. I didn't realize how much I missed you guys! (group hug)
On Dec 6, 8:55 am, "M. Crane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So what got played last night? I saw Agricola and Niagara, and Shadow
> Hunters. It sounded like Shadow Hunters was a blast!
>
> I started off with Stone Age, Playing with Mr. and Mrs. Sylvus and
> Nate. It was my first worker-placement game, and I really enjoyed it,
> but I had the sneaking suspicion that my victory was largely luck
> driver, based on an awesome dice roll/gamble that scored me a pile of
> gold. I did choose to put six meeples on the gold mine that turn, and
> the results allowed me to purchase a 45 point hut. So if I win a game
> but am not quite sure what happened it makes me pause. Still, lots of
> fun and dice tension, although I was playing with fun people, so that
> helps a lot.
>
> Next we started playing Ghost Stories, which felt like a mashup of
> Blue Moon City (a game I traded because it felt like I was just
> watching the scoring mechanism at work for an hour) and Pandemic (lots
> of fun). The pieces and art are really cool, and Nate made some
> awesome ref cards. Unfortunately my brain was starting to shut down
> at this point and I had a hard time figuring out the village
> iconography, so I had Ken take my place and I headed home to score
> some wife points (i.e. getting home at a decent hour). I am a mental
> midget--I think I can play about 1-2 medium weight games a night and
> then I'm done. I attribute it to either my general lack of good sleep
> or ADD, not sure which. I tried drinking a Rock Star prior to playing
> once at Blakfyre and stayed awake until 3 a.m.
>
> Matt: please pardon my poor gamer manners--I hope Ken's substitution
> didn't cause too much disruption. I need to not play co-op games when
> I'm the new/dumb guy! I think I made the same mistake with my first
> game of Pandemic, wandering around vacuuming up disease cubes and not
> quite sure what was going on. Had I read the rules earlier I might
> have been some help. Mea Maxima Culpa!
>
> Other events of the night included:
>
> 1. The presence of two kids! Had I known I would have brought my son,
> who is 12 but a gamer. Or my nine-year-old, who regularly beats me
> (not much of an accomplishment)
>
> 2. Dragon's Keep: I was a little nervous when the Magic Players
> tromped downstairs, but once they began playing I didn't notice they
> were there. Levi phone from his private helicopter to say he couldn't
> make it, but wanted to reserve the first Friday as board game night.
> I was also impressed with how many MtG players knew the games on the
> table and seemed interested in playing. It looks like the group is
> going to expand in the future. I don't know if an expanded group will
> fit in that space on the same night at the MtG players, however.
> Everyone was very friendly and welcoming, and I enjoyed checking out
> the RPGs at the end of the evening, and the old (memories!) copies of
> Dragon Magazine. It's nice to be in a store with those layers of
> gaming history.
>
> 3. It is too bad that the BGR entourage can't join us until later in
> the evening, but such is life.
>
> What did you all think of Dragon's Keep and the evening?
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