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On Thursday, I reacquainted my uncle with Tigris & Euphrates. (I borrowed Todd's German edition with English translation for the holidays.)

On Friday, I taught several games to RK and a couple of his friends. RK and I started out with two-player Tigris & Euphrates, followed by a quick round of Lost Cities. Then, his two buddies arrived and we played Ingenious, Can't Stop, Nobody But Us Chickens, and Give Me the Brain. Finally, RK and I got in another round of Lost Cities before dinner.

Tigris & Euphrates is pretty good, but I don't think it will make it into my top tier of games. I'm definitely interested in playing more Lost Cities, which is fairly easy given that it's on BSW. Ingenious has been popular with everyone I've taught it to, and I think it makes a great 3-4 player game. Nobody But Us Chickens seems to improve as you add more people. Can't Stop is a good quick game that doesn't require too much thinking. Give Me the Brain is amusing at times, but altogether too random for my taste.

Stats as of December 28th:

• Individual Game Sessions: 138
• New Titles Played: 26
• Days elapsed/remaining: 362 / 3

posted by Chris @ 12/29/2007 09:24:00 AM 1 comments

On the Second Day of Christmas...

... my gaming count shall be
Lost Cities played online,
Can't Stop with the family,
and Ingenious with four players, won by me.

Stats as of December 26th:

• Individual Game Sessions: 130
• New Titles Played: 26
  
• Days elapsed/remaining: 360 / 5

posted by Chris @ 12/27/2007 07:01:00 AM 0 comments

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
  

posted by Chris @ 12/26/2007 06:46:00 AM 1 comments

The End (of 2007) Is Near!

...and again I have not posted in months. Since my last major summary post, I've played these games:

• Rheinlander (new)
• Wizard (x6) (new)
• Phoenicia (new)
• RA (x2)
• Attika (x2)
• Memoir '44 (x2) (new)
• Bridge (x7)
• Ingenious
• Lost Cities
• Medici
• Alhambra
• Race for the Galaxy (x4) (new)
• 6 Nimmt
• Can't Stop
• Word Game Prototype (x2) (new) (playtest)

Also, on September 29th, I had a game party, which Todd has already posted about. More than 20 people stopped by throughout the day and a good time was had by all. At the party, I played:

• San Juan
• Ingenious
• Category 5
• TransAmerica
• Nobody But Us Chickens (new)
• Chess
• Family Business
• Can't Stop
• Bridge (x3)
  

There's still some holiday gaming yet to go this year,
but here are the stats as of December 21st:

• Individual Game Sessions: 121
  
• New Titles Played: 26
  
• Days elapsed/remaining: 355 / 10

posted by Chris @ 12/21/2007 05:16:00 PM 0 comments