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The first of 2 days PTO and 5 days in a row off work. Hopefully I won't spend these five days getter more and more logy, which is not an uncommon pattern for me when I'm in work mode.

Anyways, it's time again to take to the skies.

Dealing Round 1…

Schlock gets Scissors 3, Break 4, Scissors 2, Climb 6, bids Swoop 11.

Kaff gets Roll 10, Break 5, Roll 8, Swoop 9, bids Climb 7.

  1. Schlock opens with Climb 6.

  2. Kaff blocks with Roll 8.

  3. Schlock blocks with Scissors 2 taking Round 1.

Score: Schlock 3, Kaff 0.

Round 2

Schlock gets Scissors 3, Break 4, Roll 8, Climb 7, bids Swoop 11.

Kaff gets Scissors 2, Swoop 9, Roll 10, Joker, bids Climb 6.

  1. Schlock opens with Scissors 3 to take Round 2.

Score: Schlock 6, Kaff 0.

Round 3

Schlock gets Swoop 11, Break 4, Scissors 2, Roll 10, bids Joker.

Kaff gets Swoop 9, Scissors 3, Climb 6, Break 5, bids Climb 7.

  1. Schlock opens with Swoop 11.

  2. Kaff blocks with Break 5.

  3. Schlock blocks with Break 4 taking Round 3.

Kaff should have blocked with Scissors 3, he would have taken the round with a Roll 10.

Score: Schlock 11, Kaff 0.

Round 4

Schlock gets Break 4, Climb 6, Climb 7, Ace, bids Roll 8,

Kaff gets Joker, Swoop 11, Swoop 9, Break 5, Roll 10.

  1. Kaff opens with Joker.

  2. Schlock blocks with Break 4.

  3. Kaff blocks with Break 5.

  4. Schlock blocks with Ace.

  5. Kaff blocks with Swoop 9.

  6. Schlock blocks with Climb 6, Climb 7.

  7. Kaff blocks with Roll 8 taking Round 4. Good job Kaff!

Score: Schlock 11, Kaff 9.

Round 5

Schlock gets Roll 10, Break 4, Swoop 11, Scissors 3, bids Joker.

Kaff gets Break 5, Climb 6, Scissors 2, Climb 7, bids Roll 8.

  1. Schlock opens with Swoop 11.

  2. Kaff blocks with Break 5.

  3. Schlock blocks with Break 4.

  4. Kaff blocks with Climb 6, Climb 7.

  5. Schlock blocks with Roll 10.

  6. Kaff blocks with Scissors 2 taking Round 5.

This game is going on a long time!

Score: Schlock 11, Kaff 12.

This could go two more rounds, at most.

Round 6

Schlock gets Roll 10, Scissors 2, Swoop 11, Break 4, Joker.

Kaff gets Break 5, Climb 7, Climb 6, Scissors 3, Ace.

  1. Schlock opens with Swoop 11.

  2. Kaff blocks with Break 5.

  3. Schlock blocks with Break 4.

  4. Kaff blocks with Climb 6, Climb 7.

  5. Schlock blocks with Ace.

  6. Kaff blocks with Scissors 3 to take the game.

Score: Schlock 11, Kaff 15.

Six rounds!

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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.