game kings: September 2010

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

My Memory Isn't What It Used to Be

What can exceed the thrill of world travel? Climbing the ladder of sucess? Digging for lexigraphical treasure? A swell game night. Always go for the world map thing. Was a bit becalmed in the Bay of Bengal but still managed to collect enough "tea" and rubies of inestimable value to win this one despite not making it back to home port in Shanghai. Long live the People's Merchant Marine!

North Atlantic

Cargoes

"Endless interest" indeed. "Know Your Merchandise"

To the Sales Clerk

I remember playing this in the distant past.

Careers

But even being "first man in the moon" wasn't enough to take this one. Lost all me money on a second trip to space. How does that happen? Did I leave it on the landing module? And who takes cash to the moon anyway? Game went, as might be expected, to the lawyer.

Experience Necessary

Two quick rounds of lexical dexterity to conclude the evening. The pirate theme was a bit of a stretch. Evil One took this as Lady Luck made up for his narrow loss in a tie breaker with Cargoes but my camera ran out of memory before I could record his victory grin. Next time EE!

Buried Words

Monday, September 13, 2010

Aug-oog-gah!

Game One: "Go For Broke"
The point of this masterpiece was to lose all your money. Actually a difficult feat with the torpid rate of spend. There's gambling and investment even some property to "buy" as can be seen from the pointy tower below. Dr. Kirby was fortunate enough to be forced into purchasing this fine bit of steel construct. It didn't pan out for him though and others came up blessedly empty pocketed. Congrats to comrade "L" for ending this with a laurel wreath on his nog. Who says it can't be fun to try and be a Commie? I can think of several ways to improve the pace of this game. For one ...what about massive lawsuits? Or even more speculative gamboling of an illegal nature? Potential with this one but the rules need a positive overhaul. Let's call it a "C".

Game Two: "Razzle"

Letter cubes are rolled back and forth in a push to get to the opponents goal by finding random words spelled out by the tumblin' dice. A good enough time and a positive recommend as this game had very few rules. No one wants to think TOO hard on game night. The team of "Evil" and that Commie rat from above were the prize takers here. Evidently thee just weren't enough possibility for swears to make Dr. Kirby and Blame Game pay enough attention to win. Grade? C+. Don't look for this here agian very soon. See you next month!