We finally made the Draft event in Baltimore happen; disease or disaster be damned! With six faculty on hand, we made use of a team draft format pitting teams of three in three* rounds to determine the champions. *Actually this draft took so long that we didn’t get through all games of the last round, …
We gathered last weekend to crack some packs of the new MTG set Murders at Karlov Manor. Because of a competing event, we only had 6 players which means a team draft format. So Jeremy, Dean, and Blaire faced off against Pete, Russ, and Chris. The games were hard fought, but after two rounds these …
Shiney! I finally got Firefly the Game back on the table recently and got to mosey in the ‘verse again with a few stalwart fans. I brought all the expansions like usual, and we ended up playing the base game like usual. It’s a lot of card piles to take in and I’m always reluctant …
We gathered last weekend to scourge the skies with Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest. This is a very approachable game and you generally get the basic mechanics after the end of the first round, but it’s also got enough variation in possible card selection to keep it interesting too. I was familiar with standard Libertalia, so …
I played a game of Commander with my nephews yesterday, it was the older one’s birthday and I’d given him some upgrades for his precon so they were all pumped to play. Unfortunately I didn’t have a ton of time, so I showed them my Rakdos “Watch the World Burn” deck. They are now familiar …
Over the Thanksgiving break I dropped in to a board game cafe in Asheville called Well Played. They have a suitably impressive array of games available to while away an afternoon or 400. We ended up selecting a game called The Wolves, partly because it satisfied our need for a 5 player game, but mostly …
Taulva is a beautiful little game that is quick to set up and easy to explain. Watch I’ll teach you how to play right now. Each turn consists of two actions 1) place a tile and 2) place a building. If you are unable to play a building you are out of the game. That’s …
I recently traveled to Greece and had taken to cruising Wikipedia for interesting bits of information. I will now relate them to you. Greece is located at the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula. Drilling further down, Athens lies on the Attica Peninsula, and to the west Corinth (red pin) sits at the gateway to the larger Peloponnese …
Palatine Hill in Rome is a well known area featured throughout history and called “the first nucleus of the Roman Empire.” It is the centermost of the seven hills that fostered settlement near the Tiber River long ago. Palatine Hill housed an array of Palaces, starting with the Palace of Domitian in 81 CE. In fact, …
SailGP is exciting, there’s no doubt about that. I mean, you start with 50-foot foiling wingsail catamarans and then add in the best sailors in the world. Top it off by plonking TEN of them down on a single racecourse and the result is entirely predictable: Close calls, collisions, protests. Oh, did I mention they …