We met Brian and one of his friends at San Pedro Square Market, drinking at MarketBeer Co. The place was very cute, and there were many options for food and drink around. I didn’t get anything, bust Steph got a tasty cider and pho.
I went to the SF location for the Global Game Jam 2014, and got a group to use my product. It was a lot of fun, and the app performed perfectly. I was able to build in a few of the things I’ve been meaning to anyway. The game turned out well with a bit of a super smash feeling. I’ll be using it as a launch title most likely.
I have been biking around and working in odd places more since I have been able to set up the mobile hotspot. I stopped by Shoreline lake a few times and worked from there. It is nice to be able to get out and work in beautiful places.
It has been a while since I’ve posted pictures of the kitties, so here are some cute ones. Lana is up to 7.2 lbs and Archer is getting a little fat at 10.4 lbs. I am going to start metering their food intake.
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We played a few rounds of Galaxy Trucker. Chris’s friend left before the final round, but things were good. Chris ended up winning and I got a close second. We played with a few debuffs, but the ones I got weren’t all that bad.
There was an 8 player game of Space Cadets: Dice Duel. The game was incredibly hectic. We switched up 4 times and played 4 games, with most people getting the chance to be weapons, engineering, navigator, and captain. The captain role was hard, since you had to keep track of all the game states. I liked the weapons the most, as you could focus on building the things. Navigation was also fun as you could try to plan out what you were doing against what the other players were doing. The people there were Stephanie, Chris, Erik, Dan, Tina, Chris’ Friend, and Jeff.
Yesterday I went to Box for games night. We played ticket to ride with a redditor(Adam), Nick, Brian, and a Boxer(Kevin). Adam ended up winning with me in a close second. Brian played a brilliant blocking move, which made a 14 point difference. I was ready to play the turn before that, but had to choose between him going one way or the other; I chose poorly.
Nick, Brian, and I then played Railways of the World the Card Game. It was really good, but none of us quite got the strategy. There is a major component of city stealing in the game that we didn’t take into account. This only becomes apparent at end game scoring time. Most of us were just prepping our own areas where we could deliver goods without having to give many points to the others.
My parents got to try out the Beam+ and we played with the kitties and the Beam+. It was a lot of fun, and they really liked driving it around. There were a few minor kinks, but they were only really noticeable if you were looking for them. With my mom being as unfamiliar with technology as she is I was impressed that she was able to get it up and running. It speaks volumes for the process that they made for getting people into using the Beam+.
We got back to long games day half way through. I hung around a bit and Steph went upstairs to work. I came downstairs and caught people in the middle of a game of Formula D. I joined in and helped Chris win. We then broke out Dungeon Petz and played the expansion. I did well, but not nearly as well as expected. I really liked the expansion parts and used them judiciously. There were a few that allowed more units, and I used that spot as much as possible. Tina ended up winning with the exhibition as the main decider for her. I didn’t get much out of my last few pets and that led to me getting second. I don’t remember the order of Chris and Adam in the game. I really liked the expansion and would be up for playing it again. I won’t get in nearly as much analysis paralysis since I now know more about what each spot does.
