Game Night

My son-in-law is interested in running a D&D game, and I have just the character.

We brought four new characters to the table for Game Night. Three of them were a hit. One… didn’t get any love.

Racing a band of mercenaries and an exploding volcano in a desperate bid to save the dinos of Isla Nublar.

Today is the day we evacuated Isla Nublar. But, the adventure isn’t yet over.

Ever like a web comic that satirizes Dungeons and Dragons so much that you wanted to play as those characters in a board game? You’re in luck – “The Order of the Stick: The Dungeon of Dorukan” is here.

We’ve been really enjoying this board game version of Skyrim the last couple of family game nights… but maybe it is a little TOO faithful to the videogame?

Flamecraft is a light-hearted game in which players take on the role of Flamekeepers, tasked with helping Artisan dragons create a variety of goods using their specialized flames. The game is easy to pick up and play, with players taking turns visiting shops, placing dragons, and casting enchantments to earn rewards..

If I’ve scheduled this right, this should be going live right about the time people are arriving for Game Night. With the help of Open AI, I wrote a short play we can perform about deciding what to order out for dinner. We’ll see if I have the guts to actually insist people perform it, but… who knows… Game Night for Hamlet DRAMATIS PERSONAE CLAUDIUS, the King of Denmark GERTRUDE, the Queen of Denmark HAMLET, son to Gertrude, and Prince of Denmark OPHELIA, daughter of a courtier A DELIVERY PERSON ...

It took us a little over two years to play through the twenty-five scenarios of Jaws of the Lion. But we enjoyed every single one of those twenty five. Covid, real life, and the occasional other game (mostly Terraforming Mars) got in the way of finishing this prequel to Gloomhaven in any reasonable amount of time. Sometimes, months would go by between plays. But we always came back. Our time with Gloomhaven and Jaws of the Lion gave us a reason to come together and just lose ourselves in a world where certain doom seemed to lurk around every new scenario. ...

Our Jaws of the Lion campaign continues. We’re nearing the end, and all of our characters have gotten their late game power ups. We’re clearing out our quest log before heading to the end game. The header image is a spoiler, by the way. I’d be concerned if I thought anyone who would ever care would read this :-) I’d put off painting the contents of the secret character boxes until everyone had unlocked theirs, but with Ally finally unlocking her mech, I couldn’t put it off any longer. ...