Dresden and more at CCB

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Spent the afternoon at CCB working a number of titles. We kicked off with Dresden Files coop card game.

  • Dresden 1: The Game won, 3 to 3, this game always wins ties because Harry can't catch a break.

  • Dresden 2: The Game won again, but only by just barely: we lacked a single hit and a single clue to get a win, a little luckier on the showdown and we would have had it.

  • Zombie Dice: I won this, with an amazing run of 9 brains on my final roll. The Santa die was good to me, coughing up a double brainer.

  • 6 Nimmt: I won this one as well, 29 to 45. I usually lose at this game.

  • Leaving Earth: We chose a Normal mission profile, with 4 Easy and 2 Medium missions. I swept this one pretty hard, taking 26 points including a sample return from Phobos. CC managed 6 points. Had would have had the sample return, but he didn't get enough rockets to make it back and was stuck in Mars orbit. I found out all I need is an Atlas to get a simple from Mars orbit to Earth orbit. With a capsule Rendezvous in Earth Orbit, sample came in via Reentry for 12 points. Really crushed it this game.

Some Leaving Earth notes

  • 0 Difficulty maneuvers may include slingshots, and do not require thrust. Link.

  • Damaged Probes and Ion Thrusters may be taken down to Earth from Earth Orbit for repair, and this can be done without Reentry (which I find strange, but whatever). Link

  • Earth Aerobraking modification, Difficulty 1. Link.

  • Grand Tour. Link.

  • Solar Radiation.

  • Rendezvous testing.

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What to play next?

Deciding what to play next is always a tough call when faced with a closet full of games, all of which were purchased with intent to play. Here's one I'm dealing with the decision.

  • Something New: this means both something new to me and a game which has been published recently, within the last two or three years.
  • Something Classic: I've acquired a number of games properly considered "classic" which haven't yet been played. The current example would be PanzerGruppe Guderian.
  • Something Again: mastery requires constant practice, which means playing games many, many times to allow nuance to appear.
  • Something Vietnam: as I'm on a Vietnam binge. I don't have all the Vietnam games ever published, but I can say that I have a lot of them, and probably more than most people.
  • Something Obscure: as it's fun to poke around in the dustier corners of game design.
  • Something Different: break away from the same old publishers and try a game from one of the new kids on the block. Or, conversely, dip into legacy with a classic tried and true.
  • Something Light: once in a while it's nice to actually finish a game all the way through in one sitting, in an hour or two.
  • Something Heavy: if possible, it's nice to set up something big and complicated which can be left out for days or weeks or even months, for a leisurely stroll through a very large or long game.

There are surely many more ways to choose, but the above method keeps me busy enough, helps me get both breadth and depth into my play, and provides me with a sense of progress.

The odd man out

When there is an odd man out:

  • Have a solo game ready to play.
  • Keep score or advise on a game in progress.
  • Referee a game in progress.