Friday, June 09, 2006

Hold the Line


Today is a w00t! day. Today I finally get my copy of Battlefield 2. No more will I be restricted to the demonstration map! No more will my only option be to play with disorganized rabble in pick up games.

That and gettin' serious air in an HMMWV seriously rocks.

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

ahhh...herm - Fetch the Holy Hand Grenade

Which Monty Python & the Holy Grail Character are you REALLY?


You are King Arthur of the Britons! You let no-one stand in your way, you are brave and strong! Keep searching, you'll find the grail yet!
Take this quiz!

Added Info

The three games we played last Thursday and their Board Game Geek entries, if you need to know more:

All three are super fab fun. Good for 3 or 4 players. For Settlers if you want to play more than 4, you need to buy a 5 and 6 player expansion. Carcassonne is recommended for 3 to 5 players. Give Me the Brain is probably good up to 8 (with the fatter, new set for sure).

If you're interested in any of these, send Jamie an eMail (swordinthestone at shaw dot ca), I'm sure he will be glad to fix you up.

Monday, June 05, 2006

Game Club

Which I admit is not the most creative name I've come up with. We'll work on that.

Thursday night saw the inaugural session of my new board game club. The goal is to get people together to enjoy board gaming. The only real rules (so far): no massive gamer games and no collectible games.

We played three great games. First we had a crack at the newer version of Gimme the Brain, which I have to say, although much nicer looking, is not as funny as the original. The new glossy cards are much easier to shuffle than the previous photocopied, pink card stock. We played a full hand, and although it was close, honors to Sword In the Stone proprietor, Jamie, on that one.

Second we played on of my new favorite games: Carcassonne. It's a tile laying game, where the tiles make up a renaissance city. Scott came out of nowhere and won that round. I think he's played the game before, and just won't admit it.

Third we played what must be one of the best table games made in the last 25 years, at least. Settlers of Catan - the game ran a bit long, but we blame Scott for never having played before. We also blame Scott for winning and shaming the rest of us.

Next night is June 22, time and location to be announced.