Steph and I went to the Cal Ave farmers’ market, and had our customary Samosas. I’m glad she got into that with me. We were able to get the pumpkin bolani. I was also able to send off my mom’s birthday present with a little something for my dad in the box.
After the draft on Saturday, I went to join Steph, Chris, and Brian. They were playing a board game, where Aliens were attacking them at a base. They lost that, then Steph and I played Hyrule Warriors. It was pretty much what I expected, although not as fun as I thought it would be. I felt like the levels were on a lot more of story rails than Dynasty Warriors had been. They also did a lot more of the Zelda like tricks to attack specific enemies, which was ok, but not what I was hoping for.
Andrew, Adam, Kevin, and I had another Khans draft. I was going for a build based around the +1/+1 counters, but it didn’t pan out. There just weren’t many of the necessary cards in the card pool. That led to a lackluster deck that didn’t really deliver. I was able to get a few really good cards, but the other decks had much more to pull from.
This was an interesting book, set in a post apocalyptic future of underground isolated cities. I really liked the build up of information. There seems to be more from the same author so I’ll have to figure out the ordering and keep the story going. I don’t know if I’ll be doing it right now. The other stories in the series seem to be of different times, not story continuations. I’m more interested in the after than the before, so Dust will probably be the next I go for in this series.
I played two rounds of Caverna last week with Adam, Tina, and Erik in the first round, then just Adam and I in the second. The first round went decently well, with me losing by a single point to Erik. The second round didn’t go well, as Adam was able to get lots of people, and I wasn’t. The two player version doesn’t work nearly as well for the military strategy. In total scores Adam and I pretty much tied over the two games.
Steph and I joined Brian and Nick at Brian’s place for dinner. Brian was cooking carrots with cheese ravioli in a pesto sauce. The pesto and cheese was really good. Steph and Brian shared a bottle of wine, and I tried out the game Time Force. The game was interesting, but it was trying to do too many things for it to be particularly fun.
Steph had a fun birthday party that was great, with the theme of Cards Against Humanity. Everyone showed up as one of the white cards, and there were a few as ‘Bees?’. Steph was ‘an erection that lasts longer than 4 hours’ and Lindsay was ‘panda sex’. I was one of the stranger more graphic cards, but the costume was strange, bulky, and uncomfortable. I changed and had a ton of great food. I paid for it on Monday with a stomach ache and heartburn. We played Cards Against Humanity at the end of the party, and it was fun. Some of the sets were hilarious. I wasn’t feeling too well, so I just watched.
Before the party we were able to re-rack the cider, and some of them were turning out really well. We figured out that the one we had been touting wasn’t the experimental one, but that one was still in the closet, and full of cloves. It needed more of the other spice flavors, so we added some more into it.
Andrew, Kevin, Adam, and I had a great time doing two drafts of the new set, Khans of Tarkir. I really enjoyed the set, more than I thought I would. The set was slow and allowed large forces to be built up. I was able to make a few trick sets and got them to work a few times. I also got a couple really bad draws. The second draft was better and more fun for me, as I was able to do a full 5 color set, as well as getting many of the really good versatile cards, the charms. I look forward to doing another draft soon, I’ll have to drive and host this one.
Steph and I had high tea on Saturday morning. The food was good and the tea was very good. I liked it, but felt out of place. I was the only male there, as high tea is a very feminine thing historically. I would like to go again, but with a larger group and take a longer time to do it. I still felt a little rushed since we had things to get to afterwards. We were very lucky to get a spot as someone had canceled earlier that day. After that we got some cakes at Sakura Cakes and food at Ranch 99.
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