Nwebie doobie doo

Starting off sweet! Mini games with delectable candy treats inside started off the night. Dr Kirby brought an entire selection of tooth rot that tasted like "chalky sweet tarts". Hmm ...didn't actually try any myself but the packages were darn cute!
Game One: "Yin Yang":
This fluffy wonder was acquired at a sale last summer and enthusiastically recommended by the teacher who was hawking it for a buck. A 'Zen' marble game where all the players co-operate to move marbles into patterns and then remove them from the board. The winner? Everyone according to the rules! This made in Canada crap-a-thon had no point whatsoever. If it was supposedly to remove the marbles collectively then why bother to put them out at all? Our bored and baffled crew can be seen below wondering why we even tried this tepid bit of tedium. Well ...it was cheap, available and ...uh...my fault! D'oh. Avoid this one, pleeze!
Game Two: "Conflict!" At last! A game that says it all right in the title! Conflict! A man's game well met on the field of challenge by males ready to do damage to each other. Conflict! Metal playing pieces (Yes! Ruggedness abounds!) of cannons, battleships, jet fighters and anti aircraft guns are manuevered around the board in an attempt to wipe other players pieces from the map and stand alone in virile glorious victory! What could possibly be more male in a board game than that? Reckless struggle and sweating combat to achieve triumph over your helpless opponents! Yes! This was a game for the Dyced crew to get in and chew on! At right below we see the turmoil of play while at left the victor (me!) gritted with combat lust weilds an ancient copy of the game in the air in exaltant success! Highly recommended.

Game Three (and four , sort of): "Four Player Chess" with card modifiers: OK. This one got a little ...uh ...confused as it was two games jammed together. The card modifier chess game was supposed to be used with two player chess but hey! What are we if not bold explorers and pioneers in the world of amateur gamimg? Witness our repeated attempts to get T.L.I.F.A.U. to fly (see last June). While there was no clear winner on this mayhem filled outing there was abundant amusement and the entire gang agreed that this would and should have been the game to spend more time on if only we hadn't wasted the first hour wading through that peurile mess Yin and Yang! Yeesh! OK. Enough of regrets. The chess thing was a definite try over with much potential for fun and glee for all involved. Below at right we see Dennis obviously rueing the clock that was burnt on Yin Yang and pondering whether a few extra moments could have brought home the win on Chess. We'll never know! See you next month!