Hello Joe (and non-Joe-type persons)!
I finished the D&D mash-ups over the weekend. I thought I still had another one left to go, but no. Nektara will close things out. Any guesses on what class she’ll be?
I’m in training at work this week for a workload that our section will be handling from now on. Week-long trainings are a bear. Lotsa theory to go through. I’m trying to keep myself as involved as possible, which is unusual for me. I normally tend to just listen. As a technical advisor, I’m trying to think of questions that will help the others in the group assimilate the material we’re learning. It also helps keep me awake. 😉
I tried two new games this week: Augustus and Three Little Pigs. Three Little Pigs is a dice-based family game where you try to roll the appropriate symbols to build a house of straw, wood or bricks. If the wolf comes out, you blow on the spinner (or just give the spinner a flick of the finger) and make an opponent lose house cards depending on where the spinner lands. For example, if I pick an opponent’s house that has cards for wood and brick and the spinner lands on brick, they lose the brick card(s). It’s a cute little game based on one of my favorite fairy tales, so that’s another win.
Augustus has its similarities to bingo. The town crier picks a token from the bag and each player can place a legion meeple on one of their cards based on the symbol depicted on the token. If you fill up all the symbols on an objective card, you claim that card and all associated rewards. One of the twists is you only have a certain number of legion meeples so you’ll have to choose which card to prioritize. There are different bonus rewards for those who complete certain objectives and the timing for completing those objectives can be important. It’s not a particularly deep game, but it’s fun.
This is the last week our gaming group is scheduled to get together. There’s an unrelated game day set for May 7th and then it’ll be down to family and friend sessions until the fall. I’ll miss the mid-week gaming opportunities.
That’s all for this week. Have a good seven and we’ll do this all again next Monday. Carja V.