Has anyone seen this article in the SF Chronicle? Some board game love: [link]
Inara: We thought we lost you. Mal: Well, I've been right here.
'Out Of Gas'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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billytea - Dec 16, 2008 3:31:38 pm PST #1425 of 26132
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Volans - Dec 17, 2008 4:54:39 pm PST #1426 of 26132
move out and draw fire
We actually played Amun Re, rather than Agricola. Amun Re is another classic Kniezia bidding game, which means I lost. Other aspects too; one thing I noted was that while you can hold an unlimited number of cards, it doesn't guarantee victory (unlike Ticket to Ride, for example).
The guy we got BSG for? Got us BSG.
This happens with one gift every Christmas...the first time it happened, DH and I got each other Wadjet, which is a very pretty, very broken board game. Since then, either we will get each other the same thing, or someone else will get us the thing we got them. We call it "wadjeting."
Tom Scola - Dec 19, 2008 3:22:15 am PST #1427 of 26132
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Credit Crunch, the board game, from The Economist.
Noumenon - Dec 21, 2008 2:01:42 am PST #1428 of 26132
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
"Spouse defects to a better credit risk. Move back three spaces."
The Great Depression produced Monopoly®. We can beat that!
Kevin - Dec 21, 2008 8:50:03 am PST #1429 of 26132
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
My parents got me Far Cry 2 for Xmas. Any fellow Buffistas got it?
Polter-Cow - Dec 22, 2008 7:00:00 am PST #1430 of 26132
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I beat Mirror's Edge on Friday. It was pretty fun, but I thought it could have stood to be cooler.
Right now, I'm almost done with Dead Space, which is AWESOME. I keep marveling at how good this game is.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 22, 2008 8:13:04 pm PST #1431 of 26132
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Dude, Ben Browder was gushing about it in the previews months ago. Unlike most actors in sci-fi, when he talks about how great something is you know it's because he's spent 40 consecutive hours wrapped up in playing the beta version, not because some game company exec handed him a check.
Polter-Cow - Dec 23, 2008 9:51:29 am PST #1432 of 26132
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ben Browder was gushing about Dead Space, Matt? Cool! I'm on the last chapter now, and it's still freaking my shit out hardcore. There are few things scarier than casually walking TO A SAVE SPOT and having a giant unkillable monster jump down through the ceiling.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 23, 2008 10:12:32 am PST #1433 of 26132
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yeah, they ran a preview infomercial on SciFi back in the late summer, and Ben was one of the people they cut away to between game clips.
Pix - Dec 23, 2008 10:14:41 am PST #1434 of 26132
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
BE bought me a Wii Fit for Christmas and I love it! I voluntarily exercised for 45 minutes after I got up today!!