On a Roll ...
... through the ages
WOW - last night, my wife and I played
Roll Through the Ages:The Bronze Age until almost midnight. We played three games. One was close. (I won by three points.) The other two were lopsided smack-downs. (We won one each.) I think this one will be a family favorite. Someday soon we may try the Late Bronze Age expansion.
Today we will see my sister's family. I hope to teach them
Agricola, and maybe Roll Through the Ages.
2007 Retrospective
2007 was a year of many games. In honor of Peter King, the only sportswriter that I read even semi-regularly, here are ten things I think I think:
1. I think I really enjoy trick-taking games. Bridge is my all time favorite. aBridged is basically "bridge-lite" and fun when you don't have people around who have already learned bridge. I like Wizard because you can play with 3 to 6 people.
2. I think Ingenious is clever, fun, and doesn't last too long.
3. I think Lost Cities is one of the best two-player only games I've played.
4. I think auction games often have potential for greatness, but I often don't want to teach them because they can take several plays to really understand. New players can destroy themselves with one or two bad auction decisions, which doesn't make for a fun learning experience.
5. I think I'm constantly surprised by how many people play Settlers of Catan for the first time and just love it. I should probably just expect that reaction by now.
6. I think I would buy a copy of Nobody But Us Chickens if it were still in print.
7. I think Puerto Rico is still my favorite board game (as opposed to card game) and I should try to play it more often in 2008. Too bad it's no longer available on BSW.
8. I think I need to play Enemy Chocolatier again.
9. I think that despite all the good things I've heard about 18xx, it may be difficult to convince me to play a 3 hour plus game.
10. I think I need to seriously consider trading out some of the stuff in my collection that has
very little chance of hitting the table.
Full Year Stats for 2007:- Individual Game Sessions: 139
- New Titles Played: 26
Christmas Day Gaming
What better way to start Christmas morning than by logging in to
BSW and playing some
Can't Stop and
Lost Cities? Ok, so I'm sure you can think of some better ideas, but since I was waiting for breakfast to be served, I thought I'd get some light gaming in. Later in the afternoon, I went over to my aunt and uncle's house for more gaming. We started off with a tight game of
Ingenious and then I showed them how to play
Nobody But Us Chickens. Late last night, I suffered a crushing defeat at Lost Cities on BSW. We played to 300, and I only scored 225. I closed out the night by trying out
WBridge5, a free standalone bridge program. All in all, it was a good day for games.
Stats as of December 25th:- Individual Game Sessions: 127
- New Titles Played: 26
- Days elapsed/remaining: 359 / 6
Three Month Summary
In corporate accounting, a quarterly summary of activity is very normal and reasonable. In blogging, it tends to imply that I have more important things to do than post. What can I say? It's been a very busy three months.
So here are the games I've played in the past 3 months:
Stats as of September 2nd:- Individual Game Sessions: 80
- New Titles Played: 19
- Days elapsed/remaining: 245 / 120
