Sweet, found another couple.

Yesterday I went to Larry’s and we geeked out big time. He got out his laptop and I sat at his desktop, and I walked him through how to create an account on BSW, the BoardGameWorld interface. We played a game of San Juan and a game of Power Grid, all in about an hour.... more

I downloaded the tiles and rules for two excellent introductory 18xx games: 18AL and 18GA. Both deal with the development of railroads in a single state (Alabama and Georgia, respectively), and are both rated highly on BoardGameGeek. The designer sells the game, but also makes the files available for everyone to print and play. I started with my old 2007 laminated wipe & erase calendar from work, and I used Krylon spray adhesive to mount the 8 letter-size PDF tilesheets to that o... more

Michael, Tim, and I broke out Wyatt Earp, an excellent rummy-style game, and played a hand of that before Chris B. arrived. We then launched into Reiner Knizia’s Ingenious, a tile-laying game about building up color combinations on a shared board to score points. There are two twists: when you score a certain number of points in a specific color, you get to play again, and when the game ends, you score the points in your lowest color. As it happened, Michael and I tied on our first colo... more

I used a permanent marker to label the backs of the 3 tilesets for 18AL, 18GA, and the common pool they share. Might as well do it now, before I play a game of them and have to sort them the hard way. All told, I’ve got 155 good hexes, and 3 that I re-glued today.... more