2016 Notable Comments
This is the dumb stuff I write about a game when I log it on BoardGameGeek, usually if I'm in a weird mood or there is something I wanted to remember or note about the game.
Each game is a different experience, and the great thing about this is that it brings me back to what was happening in individual games.
These are really for my own usage (and you can tell), but I bring them to you for your own entertainment, or at least to remind you of some of the games we may have played together.
(Forgive my negative comments about some games, even though it looked like I was having fun. I may not have been into the game, but I was enjoying the company! Unless, of course, it was Alhambra, and then I would have been obviously sulking. :p)
Each game is a different experience, and the great thing about this is that it brings me back to what was happening in individual games.
These are really for my own usage (and you can tell), but I bring them to you for your own entertainment, or at least to remind you of some of the games we may have played together.
(Forgive my negative comments about some games, even though it looked like I was having fun. I may not have been into the game, but I was enjoying the company! Unless, of course, it was Alhambra, and then I would have been obviously sulking. :p)
“Michael had many special needs and we all died. Luke went mute and it was weird”
after a repeat play:
“Michael still had special needs but we survived despite them”
Betrayal at House on the Hill (same group)
“Haunt – the dragon one. We killed Luke's dragon arse!”
“A teaching game. Got very silly. Michael just couldn't decide how he felt about those weavers.”
“Zac was blocking us!”
... I didn't log any plays for several months...
“Crazy random map made game very weird and very sheep-filled. But was fun.”
“A close game. Lindsay found his quests uninspiring. Angela's Harper's guild was the place to be. :D”
Dead Man's Draw (Emma, Devon, Brad, katie and Zac)
“I won first game (with me, Brad and Devon), Zac won the second. Devon had a sulk when Zac won so he must be super tired. Brad didn't seem too keen, and called the game "over-complicated". WTF?!!!?! "
“Katie quit halfway through in tears because Zac blew up her 9 mermaid."
“Thought I'd let my kids experience Monopoly. My youngest (4) bowed out early because he got bored. My kids thoughts:
Me: "Did you like it?"
7-year-old: "Half"
Me: "Is it half cos you won?"
7-year-old: "Yep"
Me: "Devon, what did you think of Monopoly?"
Devon (13): *screws up face* "Unh"
Me: "Zac, what did you think of Monopoly?"
Zac: "I don't think... well... I only played it a little bit because I was getting bored playing it."
Me: "Would you play it again?"
Devon: "No."
Zac: *shakes head*
Katie: "I don't know.""
“I honestly don't know if Zac is extremely lucky or secretly some kind of genius who has a knack for making the right decisions in press your luck games, even when they aren't obvious."
“I had the game in the bag, and then I stupidly moved my summoner too close to Devon's unit and the die roll was vicious! DUH on my part. Well done Devon!"
“Best friends vs best friends!”
“We played a knockout tournament. It was all going well until it was just down to me and Zac, when Zac threw the game by bashing down the tower on purpose! So I kind of won but not really. :/”
“Much suspicion, but it turned out Bill was both Cylons all along. Poor Bill. If only he had revealed earlier!”
“Played against myself to learn the game. Totally thought I was going to win in the first half, but then I took myself out in the second half and won!“
11 October
Settlers of Catan (Emma, Angela, Rosie, Amy and Lilly)
And sung. I didn't mention the singing.
“The game took ages because we chatted heaps.”
4 November
The Manhattan Project (Emma, John, Mark, Martyn and Chenoa)
Hating the game, not the players.
“Again, I felt incredibly bored waiting for people's long and tedious turns which really ruined my enjoyment of this game. “
“Getting pretty sick of this game... “