| The 13th Age Retreat rule

Hope everyone is doing well! This rule still seems pretty solid.

| I really like the 13th Age retreat rule

It’s good!

| It sure would be a bummer if 2016 had no posts at all, wouldn't it?

Who's up for a game of Blood Bowl?  Anyone?

| Why'd I drink coffee at 3 pm?

too jittery

If you like Infocom stuff: this is amazing.

| Think this was my idea at Rudies house.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/18/9758214/coolest-cooler-amazon-kickstater-shipping-production-delay

Thanks for the lead jr0n.  I didn't think of checking BGG, but I'll check that too.

When did you guys move back down to SoCal?  Where are you living?

| I guess I should read the blog once in a while!

Yeah, things have kinda trailed off, huh?

Anyway, holy shit, congrats dude! April's not far off! Now I feel guilty that I didn't see your news last week and so I will forgive you if you don't name the kid "jr0n".

Good 2-player games... really depends on the complexity level. If you don't mind some fantasy theming and a little (very light) combat, Small World is a great 2-player game. Five Tribes is supposed to be good as well, but a little heavier and I haven't played it. In other companies, Agricola is REALLY good, with a great theme about building your farm/growing your family, but is heavy. Takenoko is supposed to be really good, but haven't tried it... Love Letter is fun, quick, and also is cheap.

You might try poking around the Family Games section of BGG and see if you see anything that whets your whistle.

The game I've been playing lately (with Rude and Pumpkin [I live in SoCal again btw]) is Kingdom Death: Monster. I backed this over Kickstarter 3 years ago and it just got delivered a few weeks ago! Pump and I both backed it because of the pretty, pretty minis, but it has unexpectedly turned out to be a really good, although grim and creepy, game. The crazy thing is that the kickstarter price was $100, it's currently selling for $295, and it's actually selling pretty well at that price. Gamers be crazy.

There was a Star Wars trailer, look around in the Internet for it if you want to check it out!

Hello!  I am not sure how everyone feels about Bernie Sanders, but I guess it doesn't really matter.  I think everyone, except Art who does not care for the Descendents, can appreciate this.

I surfed this morning, which reminded me how lucky I am to live here.  I don't make all the bucks so I won't be rich, but man, it is pretty beautiful sometimes.  Just as I was bursting with admiration for this place, a HUGE rainbow popped up.  I really don't believe in God, but that was the closest I came to something spiritual in a long, long time.

Now having said that, THIS is crazy!

I hope everyone is well.  Miss you guys.  No homo.

I introduced the wifey to Ticket to Ride board game, then we discovered the app was way easier to get through a game.  Got Europe and Switzerland too, but the OG one is still the best (USA, all the way!).  Apparently there is a Pennsylvania expansion version?

Since Days of Wonder produces some good games, we decided to go all in and get Gang of Four (which we can't play, because we are a gang of two) and we got Pirate's Cove, which we sadly discovered is a 3+ player game.  Oh well.  I taught her Cribbage and Gin, so we can play that too.  Any other suggestions to wet our appetite? Preferably 2+ players?

I have to write 45 grade reports this weekend, which is brutal. This consists of basically writing 500 word explanations of the grades that kids got and how they can improve. I have probably cried about that to you guys in the past. :'(

Funniest shit I saw this week.

Officially in the second trimester.  Yikes!

Came across this funny Simpsons moment LINKAGE

I watched a pretty good documentary on Amazon Prime the other night.  Salad Days is about the DC hardcore and punk movement in the 80s.  Lots of cool pictures, videos, interviews, and insight about which I was not aware.

The Cubs have made it to the next level of playoffs.  I am cautiously optimistic about their chances, as I have been burned before by getting my hopes up.  I also have to remember that they are, after all, still the Cubs.  You never know, a 107-year-long drought may end this year, making Back to the Future II the best sage of all time!

How many iterations of "Generic Eric" was this song on in high school?  Mordred

Keeping the Action Team alive!

About three weeks ago, I found out that I am going to be a dad.  Our kid is due on April 14.  I am nervous.

Sad the decay of this blog.  Decided to torture myself today.

Whipped Cream.