So our usual Tuesday night gathering was postponed to some degree. Yoss Mike sent a text letting folks know that neither he nor Bert would be available for TV viewing, but people were welcome to come over and hang out with Toni if she saw fit. I freely admit to being a bit bummed about this. I mean, I don’t have a lot of constants these days except for this so yeah, I look forward to ‘em.
To my delight, Toni called about an hour later inviting people over to play Arkham Horror. I’d mentioned before how my mates hereabout are all about the boardgames — I hafta admit that I’m incredibly amazed at all the different kinds of games that we have to play. And to me, it seems to have expanded quite a bit in the time I was gone! People have talked this game up for quite some time, unfortunately for us, it’s quite a complicated game that requires a lot of time.
I’m guessing Toni figured since tonight’s TV viewing was out, we may as well make use of the four or five hours our usual gathering eve is wont to have.
Yay! Socialization!
A bit to my chagrin, I was the first to arrive. For some reason, this just seems a bit pathetic to me in that I’m so eager to be around people that I’m out the door right quick.
As folks were drifting in, I was starting to see why people mentioned this was the type of game we need to devote half a day to — it has quite the set up! GrAl were kind enough to bring me dinner, so whilst the three of us ate Panera, we started to try and get our bearing of the game. Since it’s all complicated and stuff, they don’t get a chance to play it lots so everyone needed a bit of a refresher.
Rich was also new to the game. He seemed a bit apprehensive about starting it ‘cuz like I mentioned, it’s quite complicated. There were multiple die and things your character needed; if one is unaccustomed to playing games such as this it can be a bit overwhelming. I’m generally pretty laid back about stuff like this ‘cuz the way I figure it, someone will tell me what to do until I get the hang of it.
It’s funny. Ever since I got back, it seems like all the new games I try that are complicated like this I play badly or do something wrong. On my first turn, a portal opened and I got sucked into a monster-type realm. That put me out for a lot of the game until I could do something. Rich wasn’t long after me in ending up in the same place as me. The two most inexperienced players weren’t really able to play much. I wasn’t overly miffed ‘cuz I could tell that despite my misfortune, this would be a game I’d enjoy. I mean, just from hearing the premise alone, I got it in my head that I should continue with Lint Wars. The portals and fighting and stuff made me think of Jumps and somewhere between turns I also thought to write down the events of our own playing to put to story. It’s a damn shame we didn’t end up finishing the game.
Whilst we played, we talked, as we are wont to do. It was discovered that GrAl would be unavailable for tomorrow night (Wednesday) and there wouldn’t really be any other time for them to watch our shows. Bert had also returned home from his “date” and I guess he isn’t a huge fan of Arkham Horror — in fact, he suggested that if we pulled out Dungeons and Dragons we still wouldn’t be as geeky as playing Arkham. Some time in all this, it was decided that we would go ahead and watch stuffs without Yoss Mike.
So that’s just what we did.
I didn’t mind doing what we usually do on Tuesday nights, I mean, as I mentioned before I look forward to this kind of constant. But I had just gotten out of the portal thingy when the viewing thing was decided and I kinda wanted to see what else I’d be able to do. I really hope we get a chance to play again soon. Maybe we’ll do like we said and dedicate a whole day to the playing of Arkham Horror.
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