Jennifer's 365 Project

Instead of asking to play Minecraft, he asked to play Clue Jr again. I'm super excited for variety and not arguing about trying different things in the evening.
 

We played our first round of Clue Jr tonight. He really enjoyed it.
 

The Mouse Guard: Swords & Strongholds kickstarter I backed last year arrived today. And it's a beautiful looking box. I'm looking forward to opening it up and playing a few rounds with Chris.

This week we're trying SuperSystem, which is a tabletop game based on superheroes and you can use any miniature figures. The theme works really well with Comfort, Adam, Dan and Chris because they're all big superhero fans. And they all have a ton of HeroClix figures from playing that tabletop game.

You can basically make your own character - similar to how you spend points in an RPG in various attributes. Plus you can mix and match specific skill sets.

It's a nice customizable game. It's not like Warhammer and the like where certain figures are supposed to be assigned to certain types of things. Plus you make up scenarios about why your heroes are doing whatever it is they're doing.

Tabletop gaming still isn't my preferred gaming (I prefer video games) but this was interesting to play.

Chris used to have a weekly game night years ago, before I met him. Dan, Adam and Jeff all played HeroClix. And before that when he was in his 20s he used to play Warhammer with his friend Chris. So he has a lot of different props and figures for various tabletop gaming.

This evening Chris set up a pretty basic board with some giant blocks and old Warhammer pieces to try out the Infinity rule set.

I've never really played true tabletop games, so some of the aspects were a little confusing at first, but after things started to get going it was interesting. Measuring out with a ruler how far your character can move is a...tedious. But I suppose if you were used to it it wouldn't seem like much of a big deal. I think it would be easier to just have a pre-drawn grid of 1" squares.

Dan and Chris both said this was a faster paced game than Warhammer since you can potentially take a turn (a reaction, basically) when someone else makes a move. It almost seems like the difference between a turn-based RPG and an action RPG in video games.

Next we'll have to try out Warmachine, which Dan is interested in.

There's a winter weather advisory in effect. We're supposed to get 6 to 10 inches from late afternoon through midnight. And it really is snowing quite a bit.
But that didn't stop Dan or Adam from coming over to play some Lord of the Rings: The Card Game. Dan really does have an awesome game on his hands, so even though it's the second time we've played it together, I am still really impressed. It takes a bit to set everything up, but it's fun once it gets going.

And it's really fun to hear Chris mispronounce some of the character names.

We spent part of the chilly Sunday afternoon playing a modified Settlers of Catan for 2 players. There are a few different variations that we've tried - one that involves using all the hexagons and one that does not. Both are fun in their own right.

I'm not a huge board game player. Or so I always said. I've played Risk on a board only once and it was fun but most of the other games I've played are your usual LIFE, Monopoly, Scrabble, etc. All of these are fine but playing them so much as a kid meant I was tired of them once I got older. I do have a copy of Anti-Monopoly I got from my dad which is amusing, but more of a novelty at this point than something I'd like to play with any frequency.


Settlers of Catan I've seen played before from a distance, and it's intrigued me but never enough to drop $40+ on it, especially given my disinterest in most other board games. So when Chris mentioned an interest in checking it out and after finding it a little cheaper than the normal price, I snagged it.
A good idea.

While it's designed for 3-4 players in the basic set Chris and I found modified 2 player rules which served quite well for a initial play.The game is fun; it's amusing. We played for several hours and with the exception of starting to get sleepy, I barely noticed it.
I really look forward to playing it again, and with 3-4 people instead of just 2 I can imagine how crazy it can become. And I know there expansions that add even more people.