Actually I have two marginally unrelated cat issues, both however are connected to the fact that I recently got patio furniture for our new deck out front.

There's a Feral Cat In My House
Last night I hosted our weekly Gaming night. To inaugurate our new deck furniture, (and due to some people wishing to avoid a possible contagion in the house, ( Read more... )

We spent a Shabbat out of Bet Shemesh for the first time since about Sukkot I think, visiting friends in Kiryat Sefer. It was nice and quiet, and I even got to corrupt some nice sephardic students that they were hosting for lunch ( Read more... )

Looking back, this has been a rather game filled week. Aside from the regular game night on Tuesday, there was a couple's evening of gaming hosted by a friend of mine whom I introduced to board gaming and has since become quite an afficianado. Six couples showed up on Thursday to a night of good food (home made pizza, cookies, deserts, etc), and ( Read more... )

I recently received Reef Encounter as a gift. After I got it home I quickly punched out all the cardboard bits, bagged them nicely, and threw out the empty chit sheets. A few days later though, when I actually sat down to play it, I found that it was missing two pieces ( Read more... )

This post is a little overdue, but my son is no longer cute. Like the mighty Samson who lost his strength when his locks were snipped by the cunning Delilah, Sefi has been undone.

I was actually pretty upset that it was done without me being there or even telling me beforehand that it was going to happen.
In other news ( Read more... )

After a really nice meal out on Friday night, some friends came over for some gaming. Marc and I played some Quorridor over scotch as I beat him about 7-2 in games or so ( Read more... )

This may not matter to many of you, but it's big news in the board gaming circuit.

Agricola has recently overtaken Puerto Rico as the top ranked game on BoardGameGeekI hear good things about it from people I actually know... looks like there are a ton of options as you get into the late game... but it grows as the game goes on so it doesn't ( Read more... )

We went away for Shabbat with the Bar Ilan Shabbaton in kibbut Shluchot (somewhere near Jordan). That gave me the opportunity to finally write some blog entries in the car on the way up. Yay blogging!
Firstly, here are the past couple session reports for the BSBGC. Yay gaming.
Blokus, Power Grid (Central Europe), Carcasonne, David & Goliath ( Read more... )

This afternoon Chana came in from playing with friends outdoors and told us that her friends wanted to have a baby ( Read more... )

The latest session report for the BSBGC can be seen here.

I still haven't had a chance to blog about the gaming from Shabbat, but maybe I'll get a chance.
(We were at my brother's and Modern Art, Power Grid, Citadels, Rage, Magic, and Alhambra were played).