Return of the Geeks

A short post for this fine Tuesday. This past weekend was the perfect time to game here in Kenosha mostly because it was 100 degrees outside.

We are still almost 2 weeks off from the Zach Myers going away Game-A-Thon but already it looks to be a nice full house which is nice since he has been gaming with us off and on for over a year. I wonder what games he will choose?

This Friday we have a double helping of game nights with the Got Dice group getting together as well as the Kenosha Gamers. Willie had a great idea to add a calendar we all have access too online to coordinate when we have them so those of us who try to get to all of them do not have to pick our Friday night Friends. There should be a link to the calendar in the left column.

Anyway, I am going to try and post some new reviews later and some new additions to our game library. Stay cool.

El Grande may have met it's match

Anyone who knows me knows that El Grande is one of my all time favorite games. Friday night I got to play Age of Empires III the board game and I have to say it give El Grande a great run for the money. It has several similar aspects in that almost nothing is random. Bidding and strategy make up 95% of the game play which means you control almost everything that happens to you and how you play the game. While there are some random elements, you choose whether or not to pursue each aspect of the game (commerce, discovery, combat, trade, order, etc...) meaning the game has several different approaches. Just the 5 players we played with took very different approaches to the game, and the one we though would come in low on score ended up winning by a good margin showing the game can twist based on the actions each person chooses. Plain simple, a great strategy game I cannot wait to try again.