I played Chaos with Chris, Tina, Jeff, and Cynthia. I was the god of pleasure and pain, which was amusing to play. I wasn’t able to do too much in the way of fighting, and since I was ahead by a little bit the entire game I got hit by a lot of the game actions. The game was fun, but the action moved very slowly. I think it would be better if there were more simultaneous gameplay instead of turns, but that would be very complex. Cynthia ended up winning with Tina in second. I was very close to winning on the threat win condition, but still got third in points.
I biked over to Scratch for dinner with Adam, Andrew, Lee, Stephanie, Cynthia, Jeremy, Brian, and one of Brian’s friends. The food was decent, but as has seemed to be happening lately the service was very slow. We ended up getting served by a bus boy since they couldn’t find the waiter. I thought the lamb was tasty, and I enjoyed the been dip, but the cobbler was terrible. I was very hungry so I ended up finishing it anyway.
We decided that May 5 would be the date we give for Archer and Lana’s birthdays. I think they are so cute, and they are developing great personalities. I really enjoy cuddling with them while I work. I am glad I get to spend many more years with them.
We went to Riley’s place after dinner to watch Game of Thrones. It was a pretty good episode, and I like the changes they’ve been making. It simplifies things a lot, while not losing the characters or the story. I think this can be done since the screen gets across a lot of information that the books might not be able to succinctly.
I played a round and a half of Agricola with Adam, Andrew, and Tina. It was fun, and I was doing well the second game. I had to leave early so that Steph and I could get to Dinner with Jeremy and Andrew at Cijjo. The food was decent, but not great, and the service was horrifically slow.
We took Andrew, Lee, Esther, and Kevin. Steph was the captain most of the time, and she did very well. There were a few parts where she was a little forgetful about some important terminology and how to do some of the more complex maneuvers, but all in all it was a good trip. We had lunch out at sea, and Andrew and Kevin got sick from it. I found that heaving to and sitting there a while is when people tend to get sick. I think we should eat before heading out from now on, and less focus of cheese in the meals. After sailing we went to The Penny and got some amazing ice cream. The strawberry was delicious and the white chocolate wasn’t bad either.
We met with Jeremy and his gf at Garden Fresh for some tasty food. The dinner took a lot longer than expected from slow service, but it was pretty tasty. We then went to check the line at Cream, which was far too long. We decided scoop would be a better choice and got some tasty liquid nitrogen ice cream there. Riley and Jimmy were out on a man date and decided to say hi. We invited them back to beachhead where we watched lots of random youtube videos.
I explained and played some games with people, and I think it went decently well. I tried to help with strategy in suburbia but I still won by a ton. I didn’t describe strategy as much in Race for the Galaxy, since it is a much more complicated game. I did describe the strategy I was going to take, which is one I haven’t really done before. It was a good time and I got to play with Cynthia and one of her friends.
I loved this book. This gives a great back story to several of the very important side characters in the Wheel of Time series. The story is very well done and has a lot of great information, while at the same time is well enough encapsulated that it can be read without having read the series. I like the way it shows all the characters that are grown up in the later books as younger and more inexperienced people in this book.
It's an Exciting World 