I can hear them...playing games...
So I'm at my wife's relative's house in Minnesota and everyone is playing games and here I am sitting in their office working. And I can hear them from where I am! haha I don't think I've ever had a day as difficult to work as this one. Just thought I'd share so we can all share in my jealousy hahaha
In other news, I played Point Salad with everyone during my lunch today, and I'll be off work at 4:00 today and THEN the games I will play! I guess it's not so bad :P
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slapsgiving14 Supporter19 months ago
Ha! I had a snow day but it's all packing no playing here at my place.
BenjaminK 19 months ago
I want a snow day! It's supposed to snow a ton here (which is awesome!), but working remotely doesn't include snow days haha My goal in life is to get at least one snow day before my life comes to an end.
slapsgiving14 Supporter19 months ago
One of the many great things about being a teacher. This is our third already this year.
BenjaminK 19 months ago
Very nice. Do you have to make those days up at the end of the year, or are they freebies?
Marshwiggle92 Supporter19 months ago
That is still more fun than what I'm doing. I'm sitting at SAL waiting to pick some people up. Their flight was delayed so I'm here longer than I hoped.
BenjaminK 19 months ago
That's important too! So the uncle here has had his lights *up* for a month or so now, but won't plug them in (something about Thanksgiving?). So, my wife's cousin thought it was high time to light the place up, so we plugged them in to the outside lights last night. He can't get mad because we're guests. Right? haha But yeah, best to get those lights up before the snow comes!
Marshwiggle92 Supporter19 months ago
LOL. Judging by the sounds what do you think they are playing? What are you hoping to play this evening?
BenjaminK 19 months ago
I have no idea. Turns out, one uncle and his wife (who arrived last night) are playing Jaipur. Everyone else is napping or reading or busy doing something else, so I don't feel so left out anymore haha Still, if I weren't working, I'd be playing games with him. He's huge into games. He has a ton as well, and he brought a lot with him, too.
He mentioned playing Western Legends, so I really hope that happens tonight. Also Wingspan. Those are the two I'd most like to play. I brought Outer Rim as well, so I really hope we play that sometime this week as well.
philryuh Owner19 months ago
I really hope you get to whip out Wingspan. Would be a great lead-in to your secret agenda to promote BGA and talk about the wonderful gifts it comes with as a bonus ;)
But seriously, I'll be hoping that it comes out for you all to enjoy (and.... that they would actually enjoy it haha)
BenjaminK 19 months ago
They will enjoy it. They're all into birds and board games. But there are so many other games they'd also like to play. Time to lay my subtle plan...
BenjaminK 19 months ago
I played it once with my wife, but it requires a dummy player (AI) with just two players, so it's best with at least three. I can see having more players making things more interactive. With the two of us, we kind of just did our thing where we wanted. With more players, I'm guessing you'll be fighting each other more. Good game though. Lots of choices and different strategies to follow.
slapsgiving14 Supporter19 months ago
It’s a lot of fun at high player counts. I’ve played it at 6 quite a few times. I could see 2 being a little meh.
BenjaminK 19 months ago
Welp, we played it with three tonight. Much better than with only two, but I’d still love to play with more people. It was loads of fun though. I even won, which is the first time I’ve won any game—or even come close to it—since being here haha
slapsgiving14 Supporter19 months ago
Nice! One thing I really enjoy is taking of the role of NPCs. It’s leads to interaction even if it’s not direct.
BenjaminK 19 months ago
Yeah, it is nice with NPCs, and they really good for that. But there's just something about arresting another player that's soooooo satisfying haha
slapsgiving14 Supporter19 months ago
I usually go Wanted but I also love the 52 card action deck. It leads to interesting choices. As a Wanted player do I hold onto my Ace to protect myself from Marshals? Do I use it to rob the bank? Do I play poker. It’s light but still requires some though and planning.
Marshwiggle92 Supporter19 months ago
BenjaminK 19 months ago
Oh yes. I can see a lot more player interaction as the board fills up. Definitely need to play it with more. And soon!
slapsgiving14 Supporter19 months ago
Oh it does. And it’s fun because you sometimes are forced to try and work together as Wanted players even if you don’t want to. Lots of table talk trying to work against Marshals
BenjaminK 19 months ago
We shall see...haha One of the great things about getting a game not for review is that I don't have to review it :) But I suppose I *could* do a quick writeup...
BenjaminK 19 months ago
Yeah...I wish they'd just put the minimum player count as 3, rather than 2 and have a dummy player. Escape Plan is like that, too. Playing solo requires controlling TWO dummy players and two players has one AI player. Just say you need three people to play haha
Marshwiggle92 Supporter19 months ago
Almost every time I've had to play with a dummy I felt like I was the dummy for agreeing to go through that.
HooperGirl 19 months ago
Ha! That is hard when you can hear the fun but not participate!