oh where is Midnight Party when you need a good ghost themed game to play in October?
This is just a post to discuss the upcoming games night… not a lot of notice but it is happening on Saturday.
details here, discussion below.
That is the basic message I get when I see all the work that has gone in to making the 360 / PS3 versions of NHL08 so interesting, and then look at what they are trying to pass off as a new game for 2008 on the PC.
PS3 and 360 are getting adaptive AI, one of the coolest ideas I have heard of in a long time. The game will actually adjust to your style of play and take steps to prevent you from always getting the one timer or whatever it is that you consider your money play. Brilliant!
My biggest complaint for the past few years is how easy the game has become to score. It used to be that there was only one move that had a 90% chance of getting you that all important goal, but these days it seems there are a dozen or more. Don’t get me wrong , winning is fun… but I like it to be a bit of a challenge.
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No, I’m not lying to you… how could you think I would do such a thing?
Round 2 begins September 10 (with a possible boat placement email on the 9th so we can have the first turn on the 10th). I will do all the prep work for it so that it will “hopefully” launch smoothly.
anyone need a rules refresher? go here
Yoshirolla Kilomantra’s time has almost come. The big critical push is now. How much mass can we move with little work? We have finally been promoted from our lowly rank of Private to Dancing Private (not dancing privates to be sure). And now for content…
Over the weekend, we were introduced to a new game by Yoshirolla Kilomantra: Squatter. No, it’s not a game of finding an abandoned piece of property and claiming your right to it. The box and rules market it as somewhat of a learning game but Yoshirolla was quick to assure us that it is indeed a lot of fun. The full name of the game is Squatter: The Australian Wool Game. Yes, that’s right, up to six players can be squatters (owners of large grazing property) competing to see which one can improve all 5 of their paddocks into irrigated pasture! I know it sounds incredibly dull but Jen and I had some serious fun kicking Yoshirolla Kilomantra’s ass the other night. The key seems to be to buy and sell pens of sheep (your stock) whenever you get the opportunity. And to buy haystacks to lessen the effects of drought.
Yep, we learn new adventures from Yoshirolla Kilomantra all the time. Next week, he is taking us shopping at the yoshkarola disco pants factory.
Is it wrong that I giggle to myself while I save files called “pouching”?
(hee hee… pouching)
but really, let’s play some games. Survive!, Poo Dragons, or yoshirolla kilomantra, I don’t care which. But let’s us play some games please.
(pouching-sml.jpg … hee hee)
I think things may finally be calming down enough for everyone to attempt a 2nd round of Survive! by email.
Is there interest in this, or do you think we have another game that might be as well suited to playing via email?
It has been 5 long months since the Satchel has come to my place, but less than a week after my birthday I plan to host the next installment of the MSGN. If all goes according to plan I’ll have my kitchen back in proper working order by then too.
I know it is over a month away, but the way the weekends are filling up for everyone I figured that a lot of notice was a good thing.
Details here, discussion below.
We’ll miss the Barrys, Taylors and Al-Awahs, but will do our best to live up to the mighty Canmore Edition 
First, a kudos to an entrepreneur. A friend of a friend has decided to go into business for herself creating and selling handmade nursing necklaces and I have to say that if she keeps at it with the passion that she has shown so far, she can’t fail! It was a lot of fun to build her website. She has put a lot of work into this venture: FeedBeads – Funky Beads for Funky Babies.
Vacation is Gone. Capital G. Like Hugo until his next birthday except that I don’t live in a wine cellar.
It was awesome. Great company. Good weather. Fun games. And now we have good friends coming to visit us! And we can’t wait!
This is what the end of vaction looked like:
I have to say that this last Magic Satchel Games Night might just be the new standard to which all future events are compared. Dave & Jen, you guys rock! Perfect location, great snacks, lots of tables & chairs, and a great group of gamers made it a night to remember. I’m rather intimidated to hold the next one – maybe I’ll defer to Alan for August 
Again, thanks for having us, for giving us places to sleep and a great breakfast, and for digging my phone out of the couch the next day. Hope you have a safe drive back today!