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Game of Thrones S3E10

Today was the season Finale of Game of Thrones Season 3.  It was pretty much what I expected from the season finale.  They closed up a few loose ends, and set up for next season.  Nothing really happened, but they hinted at a lot of what was about to happen.  There was some foreshadowing, but I’m not sure if it is real or not since it doesn’t seem to fit at all the way things happen in the books.  I’ll just have to wait and see I suppose, and what a long wait it will be.

We went over to Tony and Elizabeth’s place for the viewing tonight and we had some burgers and mead.  We are thinking of continuing the Sunday night get togethers, but over Venture Brothers now.  It won’t be quite the same, but still should be a good time.  I won’t be able to make the next 3 no matter what.  Nick won’t be able to make next week either, so it is like that they won’t be happening again for a while.  I’d like to keep in touch with Simon, since he is a really fun and smart guy.  It is interesting how he hides his intelligence, which is a characteristic I see a lot from smart guys in the south.

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Villa Paletti

Brian got a new game at the Game Kastle flee market called Villa Paletti, and it is a strategic Jenga like game.  You have to take your color columns and put the as high as you can, when you can’t move any higher you add on another story to the structure.  The person with the most pieces the highest wins.  The strategy is trying to force the timing of the person who places the next story to be the person before you, and also to make sure that your high value pieces are mobile.  The control of what happens it the game is a little lacking and once a player starts winning there is very little you can do to stop it.

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Sailing

Today I went sailing with Jeremy B, Adam, Tina, Amit, Brian, Candice, and Steph.  We went to pick up Brian and Candice and drove over the mountains with them.  We got to the harbor and checked out the boat.  It was hard to get the sail out, but we managed once the owner showed up and gave us tips on how to work it.  The owner of the ship is a really nice guy in his 70’s.  I hope he liked us, as we would like to take his ship out a lot more.

As we were preparing the ship an otter showed up in the bay hanging out around the fishing vessels.  Probably picking up the scraps from the morning catch.  Once we got out on the water the wind was really nice and steady.  The whole time we were able to keep a speed of between 3 and 5 knots.  The surge was a little big and the weather was a little cold and overcast, but all in all I had a great time sailing.  Brian, Candice, Tina, Amit, and Jeremy were getting seasick, with Amit taking the worst of it.

While we were under way we had a good bit of guac and chips, with some really nice cider.  Once we got back into the harbor we had lunch of salami, bread, cheese, and mustard that Adam brought.  The mustard and salami were really good.  We then went up to Java Junction and had some hot drinks to shake off the cold from the ocean.  I realized that we were late to get to Nima’s recital when I noticed that it was in the East Bay.  I feel really bad about missing it since it was a piece he composed and the first time he was performing with his Cello.  I’ll have to find a way to make it up to him.  The traffic to get over 17 was the worst I’ve ever seen it.  It went on and on, to the point that we were in stop and go traffic before we even got over the summit.  Brian and Candice were feeling the drowsy effects of the Dramamine, so they passed out in the back seat.  I was feeling pretty sleepy myself, but the traffic wasn’t letting me relax for a second.  We made it back to Brian and Candice’s place just fine.

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The Old Wagon Saloon

After the Sabercats game we went to a place called the Old Wagon Saloon.  I met this overly talkative guy names David.  He was sooo over the top, but I have to admit that it was entertaining for a little while.  I don’t think I would want to spend much time around someone that is that loud.  I had 2 Blue Moons while I was there, making the start of the day correlate somewhat with the end of the day.  I finally found the Blue Moon, just not the one I was originally after.

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San Jose Sabercats

Brian, Ben, Candice, and I went to the Sabercats game.  The Sabercats are the Arena football team for San Jose.  I have to say that this is much more entertaining to watch than almost any other sport I’ve gotten to watch.  It has the mechanics of football, but the gameplay is much faster.  It has the slamming people into walls like hockey.  It has amazing plays much more often.  The field is half as long and half as wide.  The teams always go for it on 4th down.  They had a harley drive out onto the field for no apparent reason.  Everything was appropriately over the top.  They handed out hats to everyone as we walked it.  There is no sidelines, the field goes right to the stands.  It was great.

The game itself was very close up to the end.  With a minute to go the Sabercats turned it over to the Pittsburg Power, who returned it for a TD.  They missed the extra point to make it a tied game.  The Sabercats got a quick TD, and then intercepted a pass from the Power to finish off the game.  This sport is incredibly offense heavy, which makes it fantastic to watch.  The final score was 68/54.

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La victoria

Candice, Brian, Ben(their neighbor) and I went to La Victoria Taqueria and it was delicious.  They have this orange sauce that is phenomenally good.  I don’t know what they put in it because it is somewhat creamy, but vegan, and sooooo good.  I got the veggie burrito and it was amazing with the orange sauce all over it.

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Board Games at Candice and Brian’s Place

Brian got a lot of a type of game called Diceland.  It is an interesting concept where the geometry of the pieces maters and they are rolled like dice onto the table.  They are all 8 sided dice shapes and have different stats based on what sides they are on.  When damaged the dice switch to a worse side.  It was a really interesting game, and I liked playing it a lot.  We played the Diceland: Space version and I had a few really powerful ships.  Brian had a fleet of small fighters.  Once he got the going they were decently strong, but I was able to destroy them all with a single blast from one of my stronger ships, so I ended up winning.  I’d be interested in playing it a good bit more.
We then played a short game called Times Square.  It reminded me a lot of the wedding game and seems like it could work well as a basis for the mechanics of the wedding game/cease fire.  I thought it could use a bit more depth, but it was decently balanced.  The whole thing was a game of frustration as you couldn’t do anything that the other player would then just completely undo.  He won the first round with Champaign Charlie and I won the second with Sue.
Nick and Candice showed up about then.  Candice brought Togos, and I had a decent chicken sub sandwich.  We played two rounds of Glory to Rome.  I didn’t do too well in either game, with Brian winning the first one via a building and Nick winning the second time through the Vault.

Diceland Space BGG    Times Square BGG    Glory to Rome BGG

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Game Kastle flee market

Yesterday morning I went to Gamekastle’s flee market hoping to pick up a game or two.  I was specifically looking for Blue Moon for Steph.  Unfortunately none of the tables there had a copy.  I saw a copy of Gauntlet of Fools for $15, but when I went to buy it someone had just picked it up.  I met Brian there and we went back to his place to play some games.  Nick stopped by the flee market later and picked up Tongiaki.

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Flat Tire

Yesterday when coming back from Bo’s Wedding I ran over some glass and got a flat tire.  Steph was nice enough to come pick me up at the train station in Palo Alto.  This morning I had to walk all the way to the train station and barely missed the 8:36 train leaving.  The next train was scheduled at 9:11, and was also 10 minutes late.  Tonight I’m going to have to take care of my bike, and replace the inner tube and chain.  I think the tire should be fine, but I’ll just have to wait and see.

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