Saturday, November 28, 2009
Great Lakes Games
Here is my geeklist from Great Lakes Games: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/48294
Because we had commitments on the weekend like Marching Band State Finals and hockey practice, I took Thursday and Friday off school and convinced my friend, John to head down with me. I'd have loved to have had Zandra and Hanson along, but didn't think suggesting that they skip school to attend a gaming convention would be well received. There were a bunch of kids there, so I may try for one day off next year and hope that it doesn't conflict with marching band.
About four games in, I realized that I'd not played a game at the con that I'd played beforehand. So I decided to make a theme and played only games that I'd not played and only play them once. (Towards the end, I bent a little and we played Dominion: Seaside three times.
I enjoy learning and teaching games, but am not sure that two days of it does justice to the games. The next to last game was one called Shipyard and I came away with a less than good impression (as outlined in my Geeklist). I've since read reviews and discussions that make me think that I didn't like it only because of new game overload (a rare condition for me to be in). So I'll have to try it again someday.
I think Dungeon Lords may have been my favorite and I am definitely looking forward to playing it again. This year was an odd one for me in that I didn't pre-order (or post-order, for that mattter) many Essen releases. Partially a budget constraint, but also, my basement game area is full. I need to clear out some games and/or play some of my shrinkwrapped treasures.
Because we had commitments on the weekend like Marching Band State Finals and hockey practice, I took Thursday and Friday off school and convinced my friend, John to head down with me. I'd have loved to have had Zandra and Hanson along, but didn't think suggesting that they skip school to attend a gaming convention would be well received. There were a bunch of kids there, so I may try for one day off next year and hope that it doesn't conflict with marching band.
About four games in, I realized that I'd not played a game at the con that I'd played beforehand. So I decided to make a theme and played only games that I'd not played and only play them once. (Towards the end, I bent a little and we played Dominion: Seaside three times.
I enjoy learning and teaching games, but am not sure that two days of it does justice to the games. The next to last game was one called Shipyard and I came away with a less than good impression (as outlined in my Geeklist). I've since read reviews and discussions that make me think that I didn't like it only because of new game overload (a rare condition for me to be in). So I'll have to try it again someday.
I think Dungeon Lords may have been my favorite and I am definitely looking forward to playing it again. This year was an odd one for me in that I didn't pre-order (or post-order, for that mattter) many Essen releases. Partially a budget constraint, but also, my basement game area is full. I need to clear out some games and/or play some of my shrinkwrapped treasures.
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