Monthly Archives: December 2015

Star Wars Lego Advent Day 9

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An ewok catapult is today's themed item. Some would argue the current theme is ewoks, but I'm pretty sure it's “look at these vicious little creatures”. And the evidence to support this theory? Well out of the four themed items, two of them are weapon based. For a “peaceful” cute little race, they sure have a lot of stuff to do damage with.

I'm expecting the calendar to start a new Star Was theme tomorrow.

Star Wars Lego Advent Day 8

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Well I had my psychic hat on yesterday, because my prediction came true!

Yep today's piece of Lego goodness is an ewok minifig.

Don't forget ewok are probably the most dangerous and under rated creatures in the Star Wars universe. Look what these little fur balls did to the Imperial forces on Endor in Return of the Jedi with basically sticks and stones!

They definitely deserve a badass rep more than Bobba Fett. Who lets face it does nothing in the movies, except end up in the belly of the sarlacc rather easily, and look rather cool.

UK Games Expo Tickets Now On Sale

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Well the post title kinda says it all really. Tickets for the 2016 UK Games Expo have just gone on sale.

Don't forget next year it's going to be bigger and better than this years. Also Colin Baker (the 6th Doctor) and the dynamic duo of Tom Vassel and Sam Healy from the Dice Tower will also be there.

And yes I bought my ticket for the expo, I have a three day pass. Just need to arrange accommodation now. Which means finding the nearest/cheapest with free wifi that I can.

Hope to see some of you there.

 

A Clue For Nathan Part Two

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So last night I was being rock n roll and had gone to bed early listening to the 606 phone in, followed by the film review repeat they are now doing.

I'd given up on Amazon delivering my final part of Nath's Christmas present, despite the tracking saying it was out for delivery but arriving Monday!

But 8:45pm a delivery van turned up, knocking on Nans door. Hey all my deliveries go to hers. It's my cunning plan to misdirect the world, assassins, ninjas, cyborgs from the future, daleks etc.

Which means the above photo from its box is the only clue for Nath to what it is.

This weeks New Arrivals – Start of December 2015

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At the start of the week the Magic the Gathering Battle for Zendikar Fat Pack arrived, along with some more dividers to use in the gift box, and some card sleeves.

Inside the Fat Pack…

The Fat Pack because of the eighty full art basic land cards has been going for silly money on the Internet. Which has been the cause of many a heated debate on the various online outlets.

Personally I have little opinion on this. I think the full art cards are beautiful, and I can see why people would want them. They are available in the booster packs, ok you get one per booster pack, but still I do believe the serious Magic player usually buys a box of boosters anyway. Plus the full art cards that come in the Fat Pack are being sold separately. So they are easily obtainable.

The box everything comes in makes a really nice card storage box. The quality of the box is really high. I just wish FFG produced something like this or the gift box for the Android Netrunner cards to be stored in. We are crying out for something like these.

So what else arrived this week?

Well 7 Wonders was added to the collection. I really did enjoy that game I played at The Hobbit Hole, so when I visited there at the start of the week and they had one in stock, it somehow ended up in my bag as I left!

I finally got the Walking Dead version of Bang the Dice Game. I like the Walking Dead, and this game uses the comic book art, which I like. So nothing new here really, just a different theme, which may appeal to some more than a western one does.

So is anyone really surprised that the expansions for Colt Express and Istanbul have turned up? I thought so, no one is.

UPDATE:

Typical I hold off, waiting for the post to arrive nothing comes, so I upload this blog post. Then a package I was expecting next week turns up today.

So part of Nath's Christmas present arrived today, along with another game for the collection Survive Escape from Atlantis!

Here is a clue to Nath's Christmas present for Nath (if he reads this that is).
 

 

Mid Week Gaming

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Wednesday saw me meet up with Mat and Jonathan for a cheeky evening of gaming.

We started off playing The Manhattan Project. This was the first time Mat had played the game, and not to spoil it too much he did really well.

I started off with my predictable first move (especially as the first player) of grabbing an engineer so I could start getting buildings for free.

My board started to build up with buildings to get my engine going. Mat didn't seem to be buying many buildings, but grabbing yellow cake and money. Jonathan was also buying buildings especially one I wanted, which gave three yellow cake for the cheap cost of one worker.

Despite using spies to use the buildings of the others to get stuff I needed, I fell behind on the bomb building side. Jonathan seemed to be pulling ahead on that front. Then bang Mat completed two bombs putting him in the lead and ten points from victory. Ten points which I pointed out to Mat he could get by loading his two bombs onto bombers. Which Mat proceeded to do and get the win.

Mat then shared his winning tactic, he lets Jonathan and I duke it out, and then he comes in, steps over our battered corpses (my words there, Mat was a lot less graphic in his description) to get the win. Are Jonathan and I that competitive, or predictable? It's not something I'm consciously doing. I put it down to seating arrangements, Jonathan sitting opposite me (in front) while Mat is next to me (on my right). So I'm more aware of what Jonathan is doing because he is in front of me, while Mat is out of sight! An interesting theory of Mats which I'm going to have to investigate more.

Our second game of the evening was Colt Express with the time machine car expansion.

I liked what the time machine bought to the game. Not knowing where Jonathan's outlaw was an interesting twist, and added a nice element of surprise, and hidden information.

The last round seemed as Jonathan observed pretty pointless because between all three of us outlaws we had looted all the loot from the carriages, caboose, and engine already in the previous rounds. Mind you I think we were less aggressive towards each other than the previous time Jonathan and I had played the game. Which meant that our plans to nab loot were not interrupted by an unexpected punch or marshal visit as often.

We still had an enjoyable game, and Jonathan grabbed the win, while Mat and I drew for second place or last, depending on your point of view.

Jonathan very kindly gave me a spare copy he had of the promo “patron” (can't remember what they are called) tiles for Splendor.

Another great evening of gaming, thanks guys.