Started with Ra, but kept restarting as someone new would arrive.  So after one round (where I lost 7 points and someone else had a giant stack of roll-over tiles AND 26 points) we called it.  Then had an 8-person game of Smarty Party with the 2nd expansion pack where at least I didn't come in last.  Then after most everyone headed home for the ( Read more... )

Sunday was the roommate's birthday and so we both took some time off so we could try and do a game of Twillight Imperium with expansion rules.  I think we had politics, racial tech and a some others.  This was only my second time playing, this time as the mercantile desert lion people.  It was six person game with the others playing Space Ghosts ( ( Read more... )

Before getting started on the "Orient Express" campaign we played a couple games of the Dresden Files Card Game. Basically a co-op board game adapted from the Fate System rules where you're attempting to solve on the books using an assortment of characters from the whole series. First we tried "Fool Moon" with Harry (one player always has to be ( Read more... )

Only managed two games over six hours, but both were large-ish games.  A seven person game of Citadels.  Which Frazer won, just beating me by 3 points, by being the first to complete a full city of seven districts.

And then it was the new edition of Betrayal at the House on the Hill with the Widow's Walk expansion.  Some of the exploits and flaws ( Read more... )

Since the Pathfinder game is on hold for the month, hosted a board game night for the Tuesday game.  First was a five person single-lap of Formula De where I pulled 2nd and the roommate managed to eliminate his racer midway.  And then we broke out my new edition of Nucleur War.  I've had one of the earlier editions forever, but because it was ( Read more... )

The roommate gifted me with a membership to this year's con again so I took the weekend off to attend.  Saturday got to try out En Garde, a fencing simulation card game.  Fun, though I can see how in a big multi-player game it can turn into a Pile on Player X situation.  Then after that I took part in Brendan's Twillight Imperium game.  Six player ( Read more... )

Had various friends over yesterday from the early afternoon on for some boardgaming.  Started with Lord of the Fries with the coffee house expansion deck from the Kickstarter.  It took a couple rounds to realize that several items in the combined decks weren't listed for any order for the Ren-Faire menu.  In the end Casey won, beating out Marcus by ( Read more... )

Spent Saturday night having a board game night to take advantage of the birthday vacation time.  Started off with some Champions of the Multivers where our team of not-Superman, not-Thor, not-Hulk, not-Aqualad and not-Dr. Strange defeated not-Darkseid on the Mars Base.  Which was no easy task.  Then a game of Smarty Party that I managed to win.  ( Read more... )

Had a few people over for a belated birthday board game night Wednesday. So it was good that my copy of Small World arrived that afternoon. Rookie player Marcus cleaned up with first round Wealthy Ghouls, followed by Pillaging Amazons. Locked up a whole corner of the board most of the game...

Then we did a couple games of Smarty Party. Had a ( Read more... )

Roommate managed to get a few people together for an impromptu board game night Monday.  Which meant I got to try out Dungeon (ok if a bit too simplistic and lacking in a real sense of competition) and Elder Sign, the smaller, slightly less complicated version of Arkham Horror (Enjoyable co-op game, though I still maintain it needs traitor rules