Been a While for Board Games

Yesterday my wife and I headed out to a friend's house to play some Battlestar Galactica. It's been months since I've been able to play that game, and even getting only half a game in (we had barely cleard our third jump before we had to go), it reminded me of how much I love that game.

Okay, so the game we played wasn't great for me. We had seven players, so we had to use the Revealed Cylon. Since I was the most experienced player and I got to pick first, I grabbed the Cylon straight away. My goal was to make sure the humans won and to also play a Super Crisis card. My game went like this:

Turn one: I drew two cards and the infultrated Galactica, getting a Crisis card.
Turn two: I drew three cards, then shot myself in the head and hit the Resurrection ship.
Turn three: I drew one card and then stayed on the Resurrection ship so I could draw a Super Crisis card.
Turn four: I drew one card, then moved to Caprica and played my Super Crisis card.

Finally, I could start helping. Unfortuantely, by that point we had three resources in the red, including Morale which would have gotten Dee to shoot herself if it dropped any more. The Sympathizer was a bad guy and had just pulled a crisis that let her choose whether she was going to make things kinda tough on us or really tough on us. Guess which one she chose. Our President was a Cylon, though he was still under cover. And we were fighting with each other about who the last one was. Plus no one actually believed I was good because I was spending my entire game getting a Super Crisis card to play.

Needless to say, we were on the path to destruction. But even with all that, I remembered how much I love playing this game. Gonna have to figure out a way to get a few more games in.

Also made me think of Last Night on Earth. I got all the heroes painted up and then only played another game or two of it. It's another that will need some more playing.

Fortuantely I'm gearing up for the Second Annual Fearsome Foursome Reunion Tour in March. It sounds impressive, but it's really just three of my college buddies and I renting a hotel suite for a weekend and playing board and roleplaying games all weekend. Good times will be had.

Also got a few newer (to us) games. The DnD games (Castle Ravenloft), Seven Wonders, and Quarriors have all made an appearance in our gaming group. Dan also picked up the Bloodbowl card game, which is a bundle of fun.

Overall, I'm loving some of the new games we play. Some get played a couple times and then dropped, and others manage to stick.

As with everything, it's all a matter of time. If I had enough time, I'd be playing all of these games a lot more, but when I only get a few hours here and there, I have to be more choosey.