At last night's gaming session, John and Andrew both agreed that I could use their full names in these posts; I don't have to call them "J" and "A" anymore. M couldn't make it last night; I'll ask her about this the next time I see her. It was a fun night. Sea Dragons was more like…
Last night I sat down with M, J, and A for a game session. The one we picked was Origin Story The evening was running a bit late, and we decided not to start a fresh game. We finished out the night by playing Origin Story again. This leads to our main criticism of the game: It's…
M, J, A, and I haven't had the chance to game with each other for a month. We finally got together to play Mutagen. I came in last because I made a poor strategic decision at the beginning of the game, pursuing victory points in a different way than the other players. By the time I understood…
M, J, A, and I had a relatively short game night. That's because we played two relatively short games relatively quickly (at least for us). The first game was Take A Seat. Instead of being a "roll and write" game, this is a "share and write" game. It involves writing on dry-erase boards. Unfortunately, I completely forgot…
Last night, I played Gnome Hollow with A, J, and M. I enjoyed Gnome Hollow. However, it's not without its issues. I already mentioned the need for table space, not unlike Leaf. The game is subject to quite a bit of "analysis paralysis"; the box cover says "45 minutes" and we took three hours. That's an expansion…
M and A had received a special edition of the classic board game Puerto Rico. We looked at this edition, with beautiful new artwork, board design, minis with separate sculpts based on player count, and so on. However, J pointed out that none of us really knew the rules. The suggested time on the side of the…
Last night was the first time that M, A, J, and I were able to play as a group since just before Thanksgiving. It was good to get back into the groove again. Speaking of "back into the groove": Last night was also one of failed references on my part. Would you believe that the others are…
Last night (to be accurate, yesterday afternoon), A, M, and I played the second half of Chapter 2 of Soul Raiders. In that earlier post, I predicted that we were going to lose the game. Unfortunately, that prediction proved accurate. We came close to final victory. However, my character got badly sidetracked in the last third of…
Last night was the first time in a while that A, J, M, and I were all able to play a game together. J brought the Royal Collector's Edition of Castles of Mad King Ludwing. A, J, and I had played this before, though it had been years ago; it was M's first time. It was a…
Last night M had other plans and couldn't join the game session. It was just A, J, and I. Be certain that you're all friends before you start playing Perch, or you might not be friends at the end. As I said, it's quite the aggressive game. It was another pleasant evening of gaming!