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Board Game Bash - Day 3
On the last day of Board Game Bash I once again relaxed and took my time getting there. I didn't actually get there until a little before T&S had set up a time to meet people for lunch at a nearby restaurant which is highly rated but has problematic parking.
I did have time to look through the games library where I learned more about a game that had an interesting title, but with more information turned out to be something of no interest to me.
It was fun to see people at the restaurant. And thanks to another T who decided to sneak pay everybody's bill! The food was pretty good, but I didn't love it enough to want to come back when I had to deal with parking.
They make S's favorite sauerkraut and she got the procedure on how to make it. Which I didn't take notes on! But I think that first you put the cabbage in some salt water for two weeks. And then--you're done!
Back at the convention I got to play Dead Panic. This is a re-make of Castle Panic, only with zombies. Fun times. I got some good weapons. Then I turned into a zombie and was supposed to try to kill my friends--I didn't like that part.
Then T did various other things while S and I joined a game of Power Grid. There are many versions of this game, each with a different board and some slight differences in the rules. We got to play one that was relatively friendly for beginners, unlike last time S played.
We were to buy power plants and the resources needed to keep them running. Through good luck I was able to power up two plants in the first round and this allowed me to stay in the lead throughout almost the entire game in spite of rules that made everything more expensive for me. So that was not ideal.
Suddenly in the penultimate round, everyone seemed to catch up to me, though it turns out they were not all able to actually power all their new plants. In the last round it was made clear that it was between me and another guy, and the guy whose turn was after mine had the power to decide which of us would win. Weird ending. (I won--again, good luck!)
The game seemed to last five hours but S said I shouldn't count the parts where they were explaining the game, the part where we stopped everything while the door prizes were given out, etc. Still, it was the last game of Board Game Bash for us.
Overall, Board Game Bash was quite fun. It would have been less fun without the visit from T&S, but I think I still would have gotten to play plenty of games even as an unknown outsider. All the extras were not as fun as I hoped, though. And next year they are looking for a friendlier place to hold it.
I haven't yet decided whether to return next year. Of course there are game nights you can go to for free around town all year as well. Right now I already don't know how I will have time for the rest of my life plus Spanish class, so I won't be doing that.
But I am adding a few more games to my wish list: The Builders, Epic Spell Wars of the Battle Wizards, and maybe Splendor.
In other news, the roof of my mouth just suddenly stopped hurting at 2:30 last Wednesday afternoon. I don't recall ever noticing something suddenly stop hurting like that (except things that only hurt if you're in a certain position or something).
By Friday, it no longer hurt to drink room temperature Austin tap water, though it did hurt to drink room temperature Round Rock tap water. Weird!
Last night, it was very uncomfortable to eat a Hershey's kiss. Too big. Weird.
This morning, it didn't hurt to eat (small bites of) real food. Woo hoo!
Quote of the Day - "It's Zombie Panic, not Zombie Picnic" - the game's owner, at a rough point in the game
Bumper Sticker of the Day - "My pet makes me breakfast." What? "backyardchickens.com" Oh! Heh.
Typo of the Day - I accidentally typed "Hen" instead of "Heh" just now.
I did have time to look through the games library where I learned more about a game that had an interesting title, but with more information turned out to be something of no interest to me.
It was fun to see people at the restaurant. And thanks to another T who decided to sneak pay everybody's bill! The food was pretty good, but I didn't love it enough to want to come back when I had to deal with parking.
They make S's favorite sauerkraut and she got the procedure on how to make it. Which I didn't take notes on! But I think that first you put the cabbage in some salt water for two weeks. And then--you're done!
Back at the convention I got to play Dead Panic. This is a re-make of Castle Panic, only with zombies. Fun times. I got some good weapons. Then I turned into a zombie and was supposed to try to kill my friends--I didn't like that part.
Then T did various other things while S and I joined a game of Power Grid. There are many versions of this game, each with a different board and some slight differences in the rules. We got to play one that was relatively friendly for beginners, unlike last time S played.
We were to buy power plants and the resources needed to keep them running. Through good luck I was able to power up two plants in the first round and this allowed me to stay in the lead throughout almost the entire game in spite of rules that made everything more expensive for me. So that was not ideal.
Suddenly in the penultimate round, everyone seemed to catch up to me, though it turns out they were not all able to actually power all their new plants. In the last round it was made clear that it was between me and another guy, and the guy whose turn was after mine had the power to decide which of us would win. Weird ending. (I won--again, good luck!)
The game seemed to last five hours but S said I shouldn't count the parts where they were explaining the game, the part where we stopped everything while the door prizes were given out, etc. Still, it was the last game of Board Game Bash for us.
Overall, Board Game Bash was quite fun. It would have been less fun without the visit from T&S, but I think I still would have gotten to play plenty of games even as an unknown outsider. All the extras were not as fun as I hoped, though. And next year they are looking for a friendlier place to hold it.
I haven't yet decided whether to return next year. Of course there are game nights you can go to for free around town all year as well. Right now I already don't know how I will have time for the rest of my life plus Spanish class, so I won't be doing that.
But I am adding a few more games to my wish list: The Builders, Epic Spell Wars of the Battle Wizards, and maybe Splendor.
In other news, the roof of my mouth just suddenly stopped hurting at 2:30 last Wednesday afternoon. I don't recall ever noticing something suddenly stop hurting like that (except things that only hurt if you're in a certain position or something).
By Friday, it no longer hurt to drink room temperature Austin tap water, though it did hurt to drink room temperature Round Rock tap water. Weird!
Last night, it was very uncomfortable to eat a Hershey's kiss. Too big. Weird.
This morning, it didn't hurt to eat (small bites of) real food. Woo hoo!
Quote of the Day - "It's Zombie Panic, not Zombie Picnic" - the game's owner, at a rough point in the game
Bumper Sticker of the Day - "My pet makes me breakfast." What? "backyardchickens.com" Oh! Heh.
Typo of the Day - I accidentally typed "Hen" instead of "Heh" just now.