Somehow I survived the week at work to make it to my weeks holiday.

It’s my first week off since the holiday reset in April. I still have four more weeks to take off before the end of March next year. The plan is over the following four months I have a weeks holiday each month.

But my focus is now on this week of R&R and visiting Nathan.

Naturally we will be spending time playing board games, watching the odd movie, and just having quality father son time.

But what games will I be taking for us to play?

Well I have to take one for sure as it was requested by Nathan, and that is Wingspan. Nathan like so many others, myself included, really likes Wingspan. Sadly Wingspan Asia won’t be out in time for this visit (next time) but we are going to have a blast anyway playing it.

One of the attractions of Marvel Champions for me was that I thought it is something Nathan and I can play together. I know Nathan will love the theme, but will he love this co-op lcg?

I can’t play Scythe with Nathan. Well I could if he had a big enough table. And that’s the issue and a major constraint on what we can play. So instead of playing my all time favourite board game I’ll introduce him to one or two similar mechanisms by taking the impressive Brazil Imperial. It’s modular board makes it ideal for a visit to Nathan’s.

Star Wars Outer Rim barely fits on Nathan’s table, but it’s a game he likes. Which means I don’t really need an excuse or reason to include it, but with the Unfinished Business expansion having come out since we played it I know he will be keen to get this to the table.

I think Nathan will enjoy Smash Up, once again I can go the Marvel route to start with to hook him in.

Nathan has enjoyed the roll/flip and writes he’s tried in the past. Sadly Twilight Inscription is too large for his table! Which means I’ll be taking Welcome to the Moon for him to try.

Nathan will love Smitten I’m sure of it, and I envisage us playing several games of this over my visit.

I’m going to try the campaign Gloom Chronicles or at least the parts I have the expansions for with Nathan. It’s going to be interesting to see if he gets into the storytelling side of the game.

The final game I’m throwing into the bag is Portal the board game. We are both fans of the video game, and I think he will like this game that captures the spirit of the video game nicely.

There is one other game I’m taking however it will be staying there. Nathan had his birthday earlier in the month and I bought him a board game for it.

It could be only one game, the one he nearly bought on his recent holiday in the US, Alien Fate of the Nostromo.

This game by Scott Rogers has been on my radar since it was announced. I just never got round to pulling the trigger on getting it until now.

I really can’t wait to play this with him.