Work and Play
So, some interesting developments here recently.
One, now that I'm back from Origins, I got to see just what I bought and what happened.
I purchased about $50+ of Magic. This came in the form of multiple booster and starter packs, and I also talked Brian, the Nayantara producer guy ("Ship it!") into buying some too. The Gary Adkison guy I spoke of a few posts ago taught him to play, and a monster may have been unleashed.
I bought Korsun Pocket, and this is some hard core shit right here. And I mean that in bold italics, like so: hard fucking core. It has a 'Tutorial', but the tutorial is actually 10 seperate lessons that are printed out in the manual. It literally says stuff like "Click the yellow button. See how it made the unit primary? Okay, let's choose the unit description in the window below the battlefield." Damn, I'm gonna bring a paper and pen next time.
The idea with Matrix Games is that they cater to these hard core types (excuse me, the hard fucking core types, which we'll shorten to HFC), and make games that suit them. They were at Origins and they had a very nice setup. They also had war games of all types, they had videos running, demos running, and one game with little miniature pieces being moved around by a God-like hand.
Only HFCs can truly appreciate an expansion pack that you can't pronounce without googling.
So there's that challenge. On the other hand, I love a good board game. After being turned onto the notion by Paul Dennen, the guy who created that game I work on, I have become something of a board game superfreak. And that is not the mentality you should enter the largest RPG/board game expo of the year with. It simply lays out everything you want in a nice, easy to digest package.
Firstly I damn near bought every game that Days of Wonder publishes. This includes Gang of Four, Queen's Necklace, and Ticket to Ride, totalling about $80 for all of those. Did I mention I already own the fantastic Mystery of the Abbey? Because I do, and it's a wonderful game. I paid $50 for that one.
I like small publishers, I love good games. I like supporting small publishers who make good games. Let's move on, and I'll show some more goodies I got.
When stopping by the Cheapass Games booth, I knew I was going to be leaving with something. I wanted a small piece of cheapass in my home. But which? So I asked the guy there. He noticed my badge.
"You're from Tennessee, huh?"
"Yup."
"I am too, but not from Oak Ridge."
"Oh? Where?"
"Morristown."
No. Fuckin. Way. I'm from Morristown, born and raised. Amazing!
"East or West?" He says, in reference to high schools after I splurge about my upbringing.
"East," I tell him.
"Oh, you're a Hurricane," he says.
"Dude," I say, "I'm at fuckin Origins. Do you think I care about sports?"
"Well, at least your team wasn't named after a condom," he says, in reference to the West High School Trojans.
So after some more banter, he gets around to pitching some great games. I take home Kill Dr. Lucky, One False Step for Mankind (possibly the most daunting--it says 3 hours per game), and a Hip Pocket game, Light Speed, all of those for a cool $20 bill.
I purchased Bang! from Mayfair Games which, despite being created by the company with the ugliest website ever, looks pretty fun. And thanks to my Exhibitor status, I got a sweet discount.
Is there anything else? Eh, probably not. Those are the definite notables, apart from many glasses of beer and the most amazing meal of my life I had at Buca di Beppo that was to die for. And some eye candy as well. I think they just hire pretty young girls to wear tight clothes and walk around. But that's secondary to the food. You ever order garlic bread that comes out looking like a pizza? Or a plate of food big enough for six people and then some? It seems like more people than myself and the small group I was with have heard of this place. It makes Olive Garden look like the ghetto of the italian cuisine.
One, now that I'm back from Origins, I got to see just what I bought and what happened.
I purchased about $50+ of Magic. This came in the form of multiple booster and starter packs, and I also talked Brian, the Nayantara producer guy ("Ship it!") into buying some too. The Gary Adkison guy I spoke of a few posts ago taught him to play, and a monster may have been unleashed.
I bought Korsun Pocket, and this is some hard core shit right here. And I mean that in bold italics, like so: hard fucking core. It has a 'Tutorial', but the tutorial is actually 10 seperate lessons that are printed out in the manual. It literally says stuff like "Click the yellow button. See how it made the unit primary? Okay, let's choose the unit description in the window below the battlefield." Damn, I'm gonna bring a paper and pen next time.
The idea with Matrix Games is that they cater to these hard core types (excuse me, the hard fucking core types, which we'll shorten to HFC), and make games that suit them. They were at Origins and they had a very nice setup. They also had war games of all types, they had videos running, demos running, and one game with little miniature pieces being moved around by a God-like hand.
Only HFCs can truly appreciate an expansion pack that you can't pronounce without googling.
So there's that challenge. On the other hand, I love a good board game. After being turned onto the notion by Paul Dennen, the guy who created that game I work on, I have become something of a board game superfreak. And that is not the mentality you should enter the largest RPG/board game expo of the year with. It simply lays out everything you want in a nice, easy to digest package.
Firstly I damn near bought every game that Days of Wonder publishes. This includes Gang of Four, Queen's Necklace, and Ticket to Ride, totalling about $80 for all of those. Did I mention I already own the fantastic Mystery of the Abbey? Because I do, and it's a wonderful game. I paid $50 for that one.
I like small publishers, I love good games. I like supporting small publishers who make good games. Let's move on, and I'll show some more goodies I got.
When stopping by the Cheapass Games booth, I knew I was going to be leaving with something. I wanted a small piece of cheapass in my home. But which? So I asked the guy there. He noticed my badge.
"You're from Tennessee, huh?"
"Yup."
"I am too, but not from Oak Ridge."
"Oh? Where?"
"Morristown."
No. Fuckin. Way. I'm from Morristown, born and raised. Amazing!
"East or West?" He says, in reference to high schools after I splurge about my upbringing.
"East," I tell him.
"Oh, you're a Hurricane," he says.
"Dude," I say, "I'm at fuckin Origins. Do you think I care about sports?"
"Well, at least your team wasn't named after a condom," he says, in reference to the West High School Trojans.
So after some more banter, he gets around to pitching some great games. I take home Kill Dr. Lucky, One False Step for Mankind (possibly the most daunting--it says 3 hours per game), and a Hip Pocket game, Light Speed, all of those for a cool $20 bill.
I purchased Bang! from Mayfair Games which, despite being created by the company with the ugliest website ever, looks pretty fun. And thanks to my Exhibitor status, I got a sweet discount.
Is there anything else? Eh, probably not. Those are the definite notables, apart from many glasses of beer and the most amazing meal of my life I had at Buca di Beppo that was to die for. And some eye candy as well. I think they just hire pretty young girls to wear tight clothes and walk around. But that's secondary to the food. You ever order garlic bread that comes out looking like a pizza? Or a plate of food big enough for six people and then some? It seems like more people than myself and the small group I was with have heard of this place. It makes Olive Garden look like the ghetto of the italian cuisine.
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