What I Played Today: April 27

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Cards Against Humanity, Ascension, Spaceteam, Artemis, Trivial Pursuit

Hanging out with some old as chums today, got to play some cool games. Played a few moments of Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, which was a weird game to pull out, but hey, I still like it. Apparently it's easier now, I should finish that game...

Then a very long game of Cards Against Humanity! We laughed at awful things! There was a terrible Trayvon Martin reference! There was a quick game of Spaceteam in there while someone went to the bathroom! I like Spaceteam!

Then a few of us played Artemis, which turns out is surprisingly fun once you figure out what the fuck you are doing. There was probably a full hour of trying to get it set up and trying to figure out what on earth we were doing, but we eventually managed to fly through space without too much trouble. I got to play the captain as well as Communications, which is nice, so I got to tell people "Hey, go over there and shoot that spaceship." Pretty fun. We completed one mission successfully, then tried another and ended up dying when the program crashed. The program is very crashy on the iOS versions, but now that I know how to play, I want to do it again.

Then played a new Ascension, which is pretty neat! It has a new resource to gain, which allows you to get benefits if you have enough of it on a given turn, and the majority of the time, it doesn't choke up your deck. The way you get the treasure needed to gain the new resource is a bit slapdash, but it really makes the game a bit more interesting.

And then an endless game of Trivial Pursuit, using the original Genus set. Guess what doesn't exist anymore! That's right, Western Germany.

What I Played Today: March 1

Shadows Over Camelot, Incan Gold, Battlestar Galactica, Spaceteam, Skulls and Roses

To start the game night, I suggest a game of Shadows Over Camelot. I ended up being dealt the traitor card, and just kinda sat back and watch the goddamn chaos. We made a few bad calls, and when the turn came to me, I sat back and waiting to hear if someone had a bad idea, then went with it, why not. We sat at six black swords and everyone knew that as soon as it was the traitor's turn, they would accuse someone and the game would be over, so we had a sitdown, trying to figure out just who the traitor was. It was between me and another guy, and...I just did nothing, pointing out facts, and voila, someone else was accused and I won. Hurray.

Then I guess Incan Gold? I won for once, because whenever there were five or more points just sitting in the dungeon, I ran, and it worked out for me. I was on a winning streak!

And then there was a call for Battlestar Galactica. I will never say no! So I pulled it out, quickly explained the various expansions I love to play with, and we were on our way! Our first Cylon made a crucial mistake by throwing in cards that would quickly identify him as the only one who could have possibly blown the check (rookie mistake), and we had Cally in the game, so of course he got SHOT IN THE FACE! (Man, I love Cally.)

Then...shit went bad after the sleeper phase, when President Baltar had both a Personal Goal to have the President in jail and an Arrest Order, and a complete lack of understanding how shit can go completely wrong during the sleeper phase. So on his turn, he throws himself in jail (WHAT?) and the turn right after, Cally goes to the Admiral's Quarters and says, "Josh is a Cylon, let's throw him in the Brig." This is WRONG, but he tosses all of his cards into it, and nobody backs me up, so I get brigged and he immediately changes his attitude to "Yeah, I'm a goddamn Cylon!" So, two humans in jail (out of three), and our fuel just DRAINS, and it's game over at the next jump phase when we just don't have enough to keep going. Still, the circumstances were a bit hilarious.

Then we started bitching about MOBAs? I don't know, I wasn't paying attention, I just knew that a new addition to the game group had an iPhone, so I pushed Spaceteam. For a good fifteen minutes. But we started playing, and he realized that this game was in fact incredible (it always happens), and I wait patiently for the Android release, because apparently Apple is a four-letter word here in Minnesota.

We considered going to the pizza place, but we balked, so instead we played Skull and Roses (I lost), and went to Perkins instead. I feel I am giving you too many details. If you were an insane person who followed this blog, you might be able to follow me and then murder me. Luckily, I am not nearly that popular.

What I Played Today: December 31

Don't Starve, Star Wars Epic Duels, Legacy: Gears of Time, Spaceteam

I played quite a bit of Don't Starve, and I'm doing pretty well at not starving! Knowing how to quickly grow food and this eggplant recipe are keeping me going, although the number of wolves that are showing up are starting to worry me. I am trying to build myself a meat effigy, so that will give me some freedom to explore a bit and try to kill something really scary.

Then a New Years Eve Party (?), in which we played Epic Duels, just like small times. It has been so long since I've played this game. It is a pretty simple but entertaining strategy game. I am not in love with this game anymore, but I wasn't in love with it when it got overplayed 10 years ago.

Also a game of Legacy: Gears of Time, which is still okay, but I was at that point in my drinking when I really didn't want to concentrate on a game, so I was pretty bored. The winner won by going back in time and placing pretty much all the fundamentals, which worked out pretty well for him. Good for him.

Then plenty of games of Spaceteam! I'm glad I finally got to play this. I like Spaceteam. The game basically is that each player gets a number of panels on their screen, and at the top is an instruction. The instruction might pertain to one of your panels, but likely it has to do with someone else's panel, so you have to shout it out, and it is pretty crazy. All of the instructions are non-sensical, like setting the Viboband to 4, but some are normal things that don't make sense, like Brew Coffee. It is crazy fun, although it is probably best with 3 or 4, since with two it's pretty easy to go back and forth.