About dave
developing websites while wandering through this town of Calgary in Southern Alberta, that is how i make a living
playing some guitar, writing some tunes, writing some stories, that is what i do sometimes and need to do more of
walking & hiking in the Rockies, this is what spring, summer, and fall mean to me
Yessssssss! Can’t wait! In fact, I *won’t* wait. I’m already halfway finished my time machine, and should have it ready by the 20th at the very latest. Huzzah!
Awesome! Maybe we can send Mr. Kilomantra back in time so he can find his original yoshirolla! Yay yoshirolla’s for all!
hmm, canmore this weekend, canmore in 2 weeks after that… I should just move there
If I am doing battle with Yoshirolla Kilomantra, I am lost for sure. Have you looked him up on the internet? Youch!
YA-HOO! Vacation has begun!
Can’t wait for a little satchel action to close it off!
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
(gonads and strife)
Niagara, Survive!, Citadels, Globetrotters.
maybe more once I take a look at my games at home, but I believe this will be my contribution to the great pile o’ games to choose from.
Josh has a shiny new race car edition of mille bornes that needs to be broken in, so I’ll leave mine at home.
I’ve got globetrotters in the car, so don’t worry about packing that.
bring hiking/walking shoes and disc golf discs
For future games nights, whether Satchel or not, would anyone be interested in playing the World of Warcraft boardgame? There’s a pretty thorough video of the game setup here: http://www.boardgameswithscott.com/?p=69. It’s definitely not a casual game, with a playing time of 4-6 hours (!), but looks like a lot of fun.
Using the rankings and other extensive information at boardgame geek, I have come to the conclusion that for satchel nights we should definitely be looking to add / bring games that are of the “medium” category or below (found in the statistics section of their reviews).
Generally these are games that can be finished in around an hour, are easy to learn, have a fairly broad appeal, and don’t involve so much strategy that they paralyze a player for a half an hour trying to decide what they feel is the fate of the game each and every turn. I checked almost every game I own, and they all fit the requirement… except for hungry hungry hippos. that dang game could go forever!
That being said, I am all for a non-satchel gathering where LOTR risk, Axis and Allies (I really want to try one of the “smaller” games, like D-day), or this WoW game get a good seeing to. I just don’t see it working on a Satchel night, when I find massive group interaction and changing games 3 or 4 times in a night are the most fun I’ve had.
oh, and Josh – in case you didn’t know it, we are playing disc golf on Saturday and / or Sunday. 18 holes of beer drinky goodness!
I make an excellent caddy…
you mean you will wear the backpack full of beer and ice? sweet!
back to the matter at hand, I think I will just bring the 3 games I listed previously (minus Globetrotters)… others are too long or already owned and being brought by other people.
At what time are we looking to start the game of disk golf. And as this is the first games night I will be attending I will bring but one game and that is wine opoly. Not that we need a reason to drink a wobbly pop or to but because it might be fun. Should I also bring some chalk for a quick game of hopscotch.
definitely chalk.
jen & i will be playing some disc golf and probably going for a hike up to grassi lakes on sunday.
not sure if we will make it out for saturday disc golf.