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Royals, Churchill, Acquire and lots more gaming!

Royals, Churchill, Acquire and lots more gaming!

It was great to get in some substantial gaming this past Friday and Saturday, as my weekly board gaming has been hit or miss because of cancellations and busy schedules. I didn’t actually play any games on Sunday, as I took the time to do some errands and watch Netflix’s Stranger Things. I seriously binge-watched all 8 episodes in one day. IT’S THAT GOOD!

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A work party and some board games

A work party and some board games

My friend’s brother had a work party at his house last weekend, and he wanted to play board games. So my friend invited me and another guy as reinforcements to teach some games to about 20 people who don’t board game at all.

I loaded up my Big Frakkin Bag (it literally says that; it’s a Battlestar Galactica promo bag from the mid-2000s) with all sorts of party games and shorter games. My board-game friends did the same. We had no idea what people wanted and figured that it didn’t hurt having a lot of game options.

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Power Grid: A day late, a dollar short

Power Grid: A day late, a dollar short

“Damnit, I’m a dollar short!!”

This sentence basically sums up the awesome game of Power Grid. I hadn’t played this game in a long while (and it actually is one of the first games I owned), but recent back-to-back games of it reminded me of how much fun and strategic this game is, especially when you play with 6 players. It’s not super hard to learn the rules of the game, but it all comes down to balancing your resources, utilizing turn order, and making sure you don’t run out of money.

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