Let's see how far we've come...

I spend a lot of time on my other blog talking about my hobbies but I figured I should point out a couple of great games that are accessible to anyone:

Last Night on Earth - this is a zombie board game along the lines of Night of the Living Dead.  It's a ton of fun to play, especially if you've seen a zombie movie sometime in your life.

Ticket to Ride - Easy to learn but lots of strategy once you get the hang of the game. Even Niklas can play this with a few modifications to the rules (if you decide to play this with younger kids, let me know and I'll tell you how we modified the rules so he could compete against adults).

So, yesterday turned out to be a lot of fun, so much so that I think I might do something similar every year. The chili turned out great and was a big hit. We also managed to finish a complete game of Arkham Horror and actually won on top of that. In the evening we tried out Gregor Hutton's 3:16 Carnage Amongst the Stars RPG and had a blast.

I turn 37 today. Wow, 37.

Sigrid made a cherry cheesecake!  Uber-cool.  Later I have about a half dozen friends coming over for chili and some board games - we're going to play Arkham Horror for most of the day which means I might actually finish a game of it for once.

We got a chance to play Last Night on Earth last night and it was a lot of fun: The game was very easy to learn (all 3 of us were brand new to it and had the hang of the rules within 20 minutes) and had some interesting mechanics.  I was the zombies and so spent half the game saying things like "Hmmmmm.......brains" which is always a good thing in my book. I can't recommend the game enough if you like zombie movies or just like cooperative games in general (one side (1-2 players) play the zombies, the rest are the town's residents).