t flying tackle-hugs billytea
You're nice, and you're funny and you don't smoke, and okay, werewolf, but that's not all the time. I mean, three days out of the month, I'm not much fun to be around, either.
Willow ,'Get It Done'
Spike's Bitches 39: Cuppa Tea, Cuppa Tea, Almost Got Shagged, Cuppa Tea...
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Trudy Booth - Jan 01, 2008 7:35:12 pm PST #456 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
megan walker - Jan 01, 2008 7:37:32 pm PST #457 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Hey billytea! I got Ticket to Ride Europe for Christmas. Thanks for the rec; it's very fun. We played it on New Years Eve and Scola kicked our butts.
Lee - Jan 01, 2008 7:50:04 pm PST #458 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
it was very fun! Thanks again for having us over, megan.
megan walker - Jan 01, 2008 7:53:52 pm PST #459 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm always happy to have people come and play games with me.
Especially little cuties in monkey pjs!
billytea - Jan 01, 2008 7:57:16 pm PST #460 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
flying tackle-hugs billytea
t goes down, flailing
Hi Trudy! Happy New Year! How's things in the Big Apple?
Hey billytea! I got Ticket to Ride Europe for Christmas. Thanks for the rec; it's very fun. We played it on New Years Eve and Scola kicked our butts.
Excellent stuff, I'm glad you like it. I've been playing a new game with Wallybee, "1960: The Making of the President." It simulates the 1960 Presidential election. More complicated than the games we usually play, but the subject matter particularly interests Wallybee, and she's been enjoying it. (So far she refuses to play Nixon.)
It's a great game for learning about the period. There are event cards covering all sorts of features of the election, like Nixon refusing makeup and appearing unkempt in the debates; or the Southern Democratic electors who threw their votes to Larry F Byrd instead of Kennedy. (And Mayor Daley, in "Late returns from Cook County", giving Kennedy some extra shots at Illinois.) Our last game, it came down to a final shot Wallybee took at swinging Michigan back her way. Failed by one, and Nixon became the next resident of the White House.
megan walker - Jan 01, 2008 8:00:44 pm PST #461 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
My housemate just got sent that from a friend. It seemed very high quality, but thought of playing it made my little brain hurt.
billytea - Jan 01, 2008 8:15:35 pm PST #462 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
My housemate just got sent that from a friend. It seemed very high quality, but thought of playing it made my little brain hurt.
It's not simple, though most turns have the same phases and it starts to play fairly intuitively once you get some practice. But yes, it's a playing mechanism that was adapted from high-level wargames (e.g. covering all of WWI, or the Cold War), and they're not known for simplicity of rules. The chief difference between this style and Euro games like Ticket to Ride and Settlers of Catan is that in the latter, the theme doesn't really matter so much, so elegant mechanics and decision-making are the big things; while for 1960 et al, they're trying to simulate the feel of the subject matter, which makes for more complicated rules to capture all the elements.
I'm in for either type, but it's harder finding gaming partners for the more complicated games.
DavidS - Jan 01, 2008 8:26:00 pm PST #463 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm in for either type, but it's harder finding gaming partners for the more complicated games.
Maybe if you married one.
Lee - Jan 01, 2008 8:27:35 pm PST #464 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Hey Hec, the other day, what made you think I wanted to move to Portland?
DavidS - Jan 01, 2008 8:38:01 pm PST #465 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hey Hec, the other day, what made you think I wanted to move to Portland?
You had that wandering gleam in your eyes? Everybody wants to be near Cass? I knew you weren't happy at your job? Who wouldn't want to live in Portland?
Please concoct my specious theory from the above options.