2014 and 2015 Memorable Moments
Memorable games that I personally have been involved in, whether at home or at somebody else's house/group. Most of these are from Mark's group as that is where I play the most often, but every game has a story.
19 February 2014
Matt's Own-Goal
We were playing The Resistance and the good guys were having a really hard time. It felt like everyone was against us! At the end of the game, when the time came to reveal: "I was a spy" said Matt, gloating in his shared win. Wait... there were only supposed to be two spies... We all looked at Matt's card. "Um, that's not a spy".
16 April 2014
Incompetent Crew
Battlestar Galactica. It was only about an hour in and we had just lost the game in a spectacular fashion at a rate faster than ever before. Who were the Cylons that had orchestrated such a crushing defeat? Um... as it turns out... no-one. We had destroyed the last vestiges of humanity through our own pathetic incompetence.
14 May 2014
Horrendous Analysis Paralysis
Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar, a nice medium-weight game that takes about 90 minutes. Not this time. It dragged for three. whole. hours. God help us all. "That's enough gaming for today..." I croaked as I dragged my weary husk out to the car and vowed to pick my gaming partners more carefully.
1 November 2014
No Water Shortage Here
We hurtle through space in the old military ship Battlestar Galactica, fleeing from certain extinction. There are so many obstacles in our way. Cylon fleets! Riots! Food shortages! Basestars! A flood of water across the galaxy! Wait, what? Yep, in my arm-waving excitement I'd tipped a glass full of water across most of the table, soaking the board and components. And that, kids, is why we don't put drinks on the table.
11 February 2015
Brigtastic (pictured)
BSG again. I'm a revealed Cylon, off on the Resurrection Ship. I have no idea who the other Cylon is. Because every other player is in the brig, and they did it to themselves!
Those Other Times...
Matt's Own-Goal
We were playing The Resistance and the good guys were having a really hard time. It felt like everyone was against us! At the end of the game, when the time came to reveal: "I was a spy" said Matt, gloating in his shared win. Wait... there were only supposed to be two spies... We all looked at Matt's card. "Um, that's not a spy".
16 April 2014
Incompetent Crew
Battlestar Galactica. It was only about an hour in and we had just lost the game in a spectacular fashion at a rate faster than ever before. Who were the Cylons that had orchestrated such a crushing defeat? Um... as it turns out... no-one. We had destroyed the last vestiges of humanity through our own pathetic incompetence.
14 May 2014
Horrendous Analysis Paralysis
Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar, a nice medium-weight game that takes about 90 minutes. Not this time. It dragged for three. whole. hours. God help us all. "That's enough gaming for today..." I croaked as I dragged my weary husk out to the car and vowed to pick my gaming partners more carefully.
1 November 2014
No Water Shortage Here
We hurtle through space in the old military ship Battlestar Galactica, fleeing from certain extinction. There are so many obstacles in our way. Cylon fleets! Riots! Food shortages! Basestars! A flood of water across the galaxy! Wait, what? Yep, in my arm-waving excitement I'd tipped a glass full of water across most of the table, soaking the board and components. And that, kids, is why we don't put drinks on the table.
11 February 2015
Brigtastic (pictured)
BSG again. I'm a revealed Cylon, off on the Resurrection Ship. I have no idea who the other Cylon is. Because every other player is in the brig, and they did it to themselves!
Those Other Times...
- That time Devon and I made Dominion thematic by making up elaborate stories about just how the Moat works and is breached. From now on we always tell stories when we play.
- That game of Kingsburg where Matt rolled really, really badly the entire game.
- That time I actually won a game of Dominion against Brad.
- That time when Devon and I played 7 Wonders 2-player with our dummy player "Mr Banana". That Mr Banana - he so silly!
- That one time we actually won Robinson Crusoe: Adventure on the Cursed Island, with the help of Dax.
- The games with Devon where we pimped our games with real vehicles and toys.
- All those times we stuffed up the loyalty deck when we played BSG. "Maarrkk! Helllp! Can you do something for uus?"