I was on an airplane last night, so I didn't get a chance to play anything, but I did get into Boston today in preparation for PAX East. I'll definitely get some gaming in over the weekend, and tonight I spent some time in the Sheraton Lobby playing board games with some of the ENWorld forum members who were there for the D&D festivities.
We started with a couple of rounds of Zombie Fluxx, and as much as I think to myself, "Man, I should hate Fluxx," I really don't. The game itself is sound, if a bit longtoothed, but it's not overly complex and frustrating like Munchkin, and it's just light enough to be really entertaining. Plus, the zombie aspect proves for some silly goals that are on message. There's some lame ones like having a donut and a sandwich, but silly ones like Zombie Baseball provides a few well-meaning laughs.
Then I got to sit down and play the Battlestar Galactica board game. I really like this game, it's a co-op that offers the right amount of tension, the right amount of secret play and suspicion, and always comes down to the wire. I was Saul Tigh, and we were playing with a couple of newbies. It seemed all clear until the halfway point, and we were doing great until the sleeper agent revealed and threw me in the brig, and I was suddenly under the spotlight of suspicion and it wasn't until someone made a bad play to try to sabotage a check and practically identified himself that I was in the clear. It still came down to the end, partly because I made a bad choice in terms of what resources to keep high, but the humans eventually won the day. I found out afterward that most people on the table were thinking I might be a Cylon from the get-go because of the perceived quality of my suggestions. That surprised me.There will be a lot of gaming going on tomorrow, so here's hoping I remember all of it.
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