So happy Pullman loves Zero Effect as much as we do.

*is stabbed by entire Penn Quaker fencing team*

As "tambien" means "also, too", you could even shorten that: "Y 2: Mama 2".

Y Kant Tony read?

Agreed with all that.  I love how low-key their chemistry is: they give off a old-bond, shorthand, we've-been-through-it-all-together vibe (and the joint in the stall scene with Newton is nicely, off-handedly intimate in the same way). This movie definitely took my estimation of Shakur's chops up a full notch, as he…

The only time in my life I was ever halfway decent at chess was when I was playing six or seven different people regularly, three of them my housemates.  Rather than being locked into playing against the style of a single opponent, the strategic possibilities of the full game started to open up to me through the…

Finally, a Cosmic Encounter fan!  Still have my super-old set that I cherish, but I admit I'm very tempted to spring for the Hasbro version, if only for more aliens and, yes, all the cool little spaceships and better counters.

That game fucking RULES.

That is exactly what I do.  The crucial bit, when to put a farm down, absolutely needs at least a few games to learn.

If you ever do end up with the ballroom…be sure to stick a single massive candlestick on the mantel, a lead pipe in the cue rack, a noose in the library, etc.

@avclub-c1fe85b855c6d045b827f74a1e2c3fd7:disqus Unfortunately, my A&A friends are very, very smart.  Plus, we've played enough (we tend to stick to the Europe set, though we do dream about someday getting all the subeditions and playing Giant Colossal Whole-Earth A&A) that we understand our roles: Russia is the…

Everyone who wish Monopoly wasn't full of shit should try Acquire.  I even describe it to new players like that: "It's like Monopoly, except it doesn't suck."

The Fiasco episodes are some of my favorite things I've ever seen on YouTube.

TVDW teased a text adventure/interactive fiction Nerd Curious for the future.  Cannot wait.

Mousetrap: it's a toy, not a game.

That sounds amazing.

The European Theater set of A&A is almost like a co-op game - in that everyone is teaming up to take down Germany (i.e., me, a lot of times).  (And yes, even then Russia takes the brunt of everything - I love how the game approximates things like the siege of Stalingrad and the foolhardiness of pushing to Moscow, in…

This.  Even with multiple expansions, farm placement is almost always the decider.

Y'know, I've always really liked the concept of the Game of Life (no, not the little reproducing dots on a grid, the shitty board game), and I've long thought that it could be reinvented in a compelling Euro-style way, with hard choices of resource allocation, risk management, and goal-setting - just like Life! …

I have never won playing Germany, but boy is it a lot of fun - especially the "I will destroy all you motherfuckers" mindset you get to take against your friends.