I didn’t get all the writing done that I’d hoped to do over the break — I did almost no writing. But the house is cleaner (due in no small part to Jed helping), I’ve caught up on most of the urgent things I was behind on, and I feel overall less stressed, which I […]
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I like this photo of Jed, with the late afternoon light streaming behind him. The Game Master! Jed and Kavi and I played two rounds of a new board game recently, “Ceylon,” which yes, is based on Sri Lanka. Now, technically, you’ll playing as the owner of a tea plantation in the 1800s, which probably
Took a break for board games — we tried Holi (throwing colors game) with four people, and I think it plays better with four than with two. Fun. Very close game — Kavi beat me by one point, and Anand and Jed were also a point apart (a little behind us).
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WHAT IS IT? Jump Space: Event Planners! is a 3-6 player sci-fi RPG (role-playing game) set several decades in the future, in a universe connected by wormholes and populated with aliens, genetically modified humans, artificial intelligences, and more. The story follows a group of entertainers based on a small spaceship, a group that’s also something
Holi, a fun new game, holiday gift from Uncle Jed for the family. In the game, you ‘throw colors’ on the board, trying to strategically throw more than your opponents. You get bonus points for throwing color actually on your opponent’s piece (the pieces include a peacock, elephant, crocodile, and cat), and also for consuming
I’m really very bad at being on vacation — I’d allotted myself 7 days to do nothing productive, and I just can’t. In part, that’s because the house was a disaster with the run-up to the end of the year, so I really did need to put in a few hours a day on organizing
Betrayal! Discovering Jed and Kavi conspiring against me in the Terraforming Mars chat. Notice who the instigator is. Unsurprising. How sharper than a serpent’s tooth…
Played Code Names online tonight with Alex, Jed, Dan, and Dan’s kids (aged 10 and 13), while also hanging out on Zoom. I’d say 10 was a little bit young for this game, but manageable; 13 was totally fine. The game was notably slow and crash-y tonight, which I’ve never noticed before — we’re theorizing
Kavi came and asked me if I wanted to terraform Mars with her. She played with me and Jed and Kam over Portal last week. And so it begins.
Tried a new VR game today (yes, I am all about the distraction right now), and I am here to report that Little Witch Academia is a very cute Japanese flying game of VR broom racing through glowing rings, but it is VERY vertiginous. I’m fairly prone to dizziness, and I don’t love the feeling,
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