| Day of Million Games, vol. II

Saturday was a successful day of gaming, bar none. To recap my joys:

- 2 games of 'The Adventurers', Mike technically won both but the real winners were everyone for having a lot of fun! Think of it as Incan Gold, but as a boardgame with a lot of press your luck attempts to get loot before escaping the collapsing tomb. Good, simple, times.

- 1 game of 'Chaos in the Old World', Jon won, but technically everyone lost because Jon was Khorne and we all know that winning with Khorne is like taking candy from a baby, so really Jon is actually a loser. Great game that actually had both Khorne and Slaneesh (mike) winning on the last turn by one VP condition and then needed a second as the tiebreaker. I was Nurgle and blew everyone out of the water on the last turn with raw victory points, but alas the Wheel Advancement VP condition trumps mine, so I LOSE! I love this game.

- A crapload of 'Warhammer: Invasion', the two player Living Card Game by Fantasy Flight. Plays like a CCG but with everyone working from the same set of cards, so no Mr. Suitcase FTW. Fast, fun, clever, simple, varied, interesting. Jon and I both liked it, as witnessed by the 8+ plays. (NOTE TO SELF: Read and understand what cards your opponent has on the field before directly attacking a card that clearly shows how it will crush your attack and then take you out of the game by hobbling you so badly there is no way to recover.)

- Closed the night out with some 'Smallworld' which is a Euro with cleverly disguised wargame mechanics and lots of variability from game to game which makes for an interesting experience. You try and score points by landgrabbing using different races of creatures, then scoring those grabbed lands for VP's. Eventually those races will run out of steam, then you need to put them in 'decline' (ie let em die) choose a new race and do it all over again. Quick, satisfying, and close! Jon won with 100 points, I lost with 99! In the past, every time I have seen Smallworld it totally flew under my radar and I didn't care to even look at the cover. I ended up really liking it! Hooray for games!

Then to cap it all off, I picked up Batman:Arkham Asylum from Steam for $20! Its a fun game and TOTALLY worth $20 if you got it laying around. Wheeeee!!!!