BOARD GAMES!

My one play through of XCOM made me feel like it wasn't anything special, although knowing how the game changes based on your in-game success can't really be determined without multiple plays. Stillt, Space Alert still feels as fresh as dawn to me.

Well, I've never played the computer games but have played the board game once. My understanding is that they are pretty unique experiences with the main similarity being the thematic world the games inhabit.

It's a great game and almost a necessity to know the decks if you are going to become good at it.

If you've played all of Act III, I suggest checking back in at Act I. There is that abandoned warehouse that has old files from the guy at the gas station. There is one game idea that seems particularly worth noting. Don't want to share too much, but I'm curious if others have found that too.

I'm the same way and Brutal Legend was my streak breaker too. I enjoyed the plot and humor so instead I found a youtube video that had all the cut scenes and watched that instead.

It's that limited resource that has me so interested.

For Christmas I was gifted the delightful board game Camel Up that involves the well-to-dos of Egyptian society bettering on racing camels. Camels that stop on the same space as another camel stack up, thus enabling the whole group to move as one. It's a really fun game and one I hope to play with the full allotment…

I'm enjoying it. I'm at a point where I'm looking to level up my character before going to take on the Big Bad. I'm interested to see how it all plays out.

If time permits (and it may not), I would like to play the following:

I keep hearing good things about Dead of Winter and I like social deduction games, but I have no interest in the zombie theme.

Thanks for the great write up, Samantha.

Then Mage Knight is you for you. And for me. I love that game.

Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation might fit the bill. If you get the Deluxe edition, it allows for customizing the game in ways that makes it highly replayable.

That is a great observation. I wonder how that will impact replayability since the only differences will come from one's own imagination.

Not really a game, per se, but whenever the whole family is around we often will do crossword puzzles. A previous Christmas gift from my sister to everyone else in the immediate family was the same NYT crossword puzzle book so we could even have competitions should we choose.

I liked Robinson Crusoe: Adventure on the Cursed Island because it acknowledges that failure is the most likely outcome when your marooned on an island.

More of stuff like this please! Love it.

I was! Work brought me to New Orleans for the week and I wasn't spending much time on the computer after work ended.

Thanks for this writeup and for the longer report. And thanks to the GLOG folks for allowing it to happen too!