It's an Exciting World

There was a small and quiet games night of just Chris, Jeff, and myself.  We started out with Fall in a Pit and Die (Dungeon Quest).  I did really badly on that one, not even making to the dragon before getting destroyed.  Jeff ended up winning, since Chris wasn’t able to make it out in time.  We then played a fun round of Galaxy Trucker, where we bid on the number of handicaps that we tried to make it trough the universe with.  We did really well despite the obscene number of handicaps, and ended positive.  I survived 9, and Chris survived 8.  We will probably play that again but with us both doing the same handicaps.

We played another game of Dungeon Quest yesterday, and I got insanely lucky again.  I was able to make it into the catacombs, and get the gigantic diamond there, then make it to the dragon’s room.  I took some treasure and left through the other side.  Everyone else died.  It was a very interesting game, and I enjoyed it.  The luck I was getting was a bit absurd.

I then got on beyond earth with Steph and we played for about 3 hours, with it not going all that great.

We played a good game of Mage Knight with myself being the generalist, Adam was the unit guy, Tina was the blood lady, and Nick was the movement person.  We did a co-op scenario where there was a large army going to a city and we had to get there first.  I was able to pick up a lot of great combo spells and artifacts along the way that let me do blanket damage to tons of enemies, so when it got time to fight the final boss I took most of the smaller minions.  In the city assault I was barely able to hold off the one guy I was up against, but he was a very powerful guy.  I enjoyed the afternoon/evening, especially since we ended up winning, but it was a challenge.

I was hosting last night for games, still at Beachhead, and it ended up being the latest games night in a very long time.  It started out with Iliya stopping by and hanging out for a bit.  He brought beer and chatted about immigration stories.  Once 8:30 rolled around Chris showed up and Jeff and I joined him in a game of Blood Bowl.  It was a hilarious game, and I got out to a quick start.   I wasn’t in as many of the matches so I ended up winning most of the ones I was in.  The final round they caught up some, but it wasn’t quite enough.

After we wrapped that up we played Dungeon Quest (aka Fall in a Pit and Die).  The game is very unforgiving, there isn’t much choice involved, and you can die immediately and unexpectedly.  The game revolves around luck mitigation, which is achieved primarily by drawing for a large number of decks depending on what you are trying to do.  We ended up playing three rounds of this with Adam joining for the second two rounds.  We had a great time, with everyone dying the first and second games, with myself making it out with a good deal of treasure on the third game.  Adam also made it out on the third game, but he left with a small amount of treasure.  I got insanely lucky on many draws on that third game, with doors opening for me, rooms being empty, and the dragon not waking up.  I even had some time to spare, and a potion to get more when I exited.  Jeff got caught by the dragon, and Chris died in a trap on that last go around.

Jeff and I played a game of Blood Bowl, and I lost spectacularly.  I was the dark elves, and wasn’t able to get enough tackles or get the ball.

We then played a game of Shadows with Chris, Adam, Tina, Steph, Jeff, and Toluh.  We got off to a rough start with me losing the battle for Lancelot’s Armor by a tiny amount and one turn.  The rest of the game went really well, and Tina was obviously the traitor when she built her health up a lot.  We were able to get Excalibur and the Grail to win the game.

Steph and I cooked a beet salad for the welcome dinner and it was tasty.  We were joined by Candice, David, Tina, Kevin, and Amit joined a little later.  It was a great dinner and a good conversation.  We played a game of Betrayal with Amit being the traitor as the Demon Lord.  I had a good chance of finishing it quickly, but that didn’t come through.  It was enjoyable for me, but the others didn’t seem to as much.