More board games...and Star Wars according to a 3-year-old

Thanks to everyone who answered my board game survey. You've gotten me curious about wanting to try out some new board games. Also interesting to see the wide range of game types.



Above: Jeff's gaming buddies.

For you board/card game people, here's a more specific survey question: What TYPE of games do you tend to prefer? I like games where winning depends more on your own striving toward a particular positive goal (connecting all your assigned cities with train tracks, or getting the most cards or points, etc.) rather than betraying and destroying your opponents.

Not that I can't enjoy the latter, of course, but I admit I lean more toward more cooperative or at least peaceful games. Unless I'm feeling restless or crabby, that is, in which case all the betrayal and destruction can be enormously satisfying.

I also tend to like games that require some kind of strategy and skill rather than pure luck, and games that rely on a board or cards rather than freeform talking. I hate "social party" icebreaker-type games like Truth or Dare, First Impressions, Icebreaker, etc. I like games which are absorbing, which require focus.



Speaking of board games, only two days left to vote your favourite city (Toronto, of course :-) onto the new Monopoly board! See my Blathering on the topic



Above: Erin and Rand watch Walter, Jeff and Rafael play Geschenkt at GAfilk.

I may be attending the BoardGameGeek convention in Texas with Jeff this year. It sounds a LOT like filk conventions except, of course, it's all game-focused.

Even though I don't tend to join Jeff at his weekly gaming sessions, I actually do like playing board games -- I'm just not a night person. I figure that this way I could play games during the day and crash in the hotel room when I get tired at night while Jeff plays games into the wee hours.

Plus it's a couple trip, sort of! Sure, we'll be spending most of our time playing games with other people, but at least we'll be in the same hotel. :-) I'm also hoping to see my friends Scott and Amanda during the weekend.



Above: Gaming at Tom's and Michelle's place. Jeff, Tom, Bruce, Reid and John. I'm actually playing as well (between Tom and Bruce, far corner), since it's during the daytime. :-)

Unfortunately it doesn't look as if I'm going to be able to attend the SCBWI conference in California this August (mainly scheduling challenges), but I plan to go next year.

Videos O' The Day

Thanks to Ray for pointing me to Jonathan Coulton performs "Still Alive" in Rock Band:


Jonathan Coulton performs "Still Alive" in Rock Band from Joy Stiq on Vimeo.

Thanks to Ray for the link above.

Thanks to Jeff for Trunk Monkey Ads:



And thanks to Jeff again for Star Wars according to a 3-year-old:






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