Yesterday morning was spent house viewing. I’m not moving (see imminent big news post) however economically it makes sense for my ex to sell the flat Nath is currently in.

So between them they are looking at options for him.

After the two viewings it was time to hit Basingstoke town centre and its gaming shop.

As the photo below shows the latest Star Wars Unlimited set Twilight of the Republic got more than a few of my hard earned pennies.

I also bought Nath his own copy of Lord of the Rings Duel for Middle Earth. I knew he’d like it once we played it. So I jumped the gun a little.

I also got Nath copies of Zelda Breath of the Wild, and Tears of the Kingdom to play on my old Switch Lite.

After pigging out at Burger King we headed home.

Once back at Nath’s we started cracking open the boosters. I think Nath enjoys opening the packs and seeing what cool cards we get. It is addictive.

After a little break from that excitement I set up LotR Duel for Middle Earth. Nath played Sauron and I played the fellowship.

We really enjoyed the game. It was familiar but new!

I love the art by Vincent Dutrait. I love his style. He really captures Tolkiens world.

By luck I grabbed a victory by completing the Quest of the Ring track when I completed a tile that allowed me to go through the discard pile and play a card for free. In that discard pile was a three ring card that allowed me to move the final three spaces I needed to reach mount Doom and destroy the ring.

We followed up by playing the two new starter decks for SWU Twilight of the Republic. They didn’t disappoint. I was expecting them to showcase the new token spamming and they did. Just like the previous starter decks they were fun to play. I won this game.

Afterwards we played our own decks in which I won the first game and came close to winning the second but Nathan managed to hold on and grab victory.

We finished off the night watching the latest Alien movie, Alien Romulus. It wasn’t a bad entry in the series.