Weekend Gaming Archive

  • Meandering the Dune Sea: Weekend Gaming: Fishing Update

    This weekend I was out in South Dakota for the annual walleye fishing trip.  The weather was warm for the first time in years, but it was quite windy, which limited our options.  That said, we still caught quite a few fish, enjoyed the company and ate plenty of venison...

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  • Meandering the Dune Sea: Weekend Gaming: Mother’s Day!

    Happy late Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! On Saturday, Louis, Kevin, Ryan and Dana joined us for games.  While we were waiting for Dana to show up, we played a game of Dominion using a random set of cards from Dominion, Intrigue and Prosperity.  I was able...

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  • This weekend I was celebrating my 30th birthday, so we took the kids to grandma and grandpa’s house and spent the weekend playing games. Friday started things off with Gina and I playing Agricola and Ticket to Ride: Europe.  Then, on Saturday, we went to see The Avengers with friends....

    Meandering the Dune Sea: Weekend Gaming: Game-a-palooza!

    This weekend I was celebrating my 30th birthday, so we took the kids to grandma and grandpa’s house and spent the weekend playing games. Friday started things off with Gina and I playing Agricola and Ticket to Ride: Europe.  Then, on Saturday, we went to see The Avengers with friends....

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  • Meandering the Dune Sea: Weekend Gaming: Agricola

    Joe, Phil and Kevin joined us on Saturday night and brought Agricola with them.  I started the game and the first thing I noticed in my hand was that I had three occupations and two minor improvements that would help in building to stone rooms.  So that was my plan...

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  • Meandering the Dune Sea: Weekend Gaming: Puerto Rico

    This weekend we were again staying with my parents, and we met up with Nick and Laura Saturday evening for some drinks and games.  Nick had recently bought Puerto Rico, and I wanted to try it without Joe, since he’s usually the one pushing the game.  It was definitely a...

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  • Meandering the Dune Sea: Weekend Gaming: Birthday Bash

    This weekend we visited my parent’s place so that my wife could visit some friends and go shopping for her birthday and our anniversary.  We ended up playing a ton of games as well. On Friday night, she and I played three games of Ticket to Ride: Europe.  I won...

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  • Meandering the Dune Sea: Weekend Gaming: Happy Easter!

    My family spent Easter with my relatives, but we still managed to get some gaming in.  My wife and I stopped by the local game shop on Saturday and picked up Ticket to Ride: Europe as an early anniversary present.  Then that afternoon we played a game of 7 Wonders with...

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  • Meandering the Dune Sea: Weekend Gaming: Post April Fools

    On Saturday we played Ticket to Ride, Hansa Teutonica and Princes of Florence with Joe, Jaime and Kevin. I hadn’t played Ticket to Ride in ages, so it was a lot of fun to get a chance to play.  My routes were from Canada all the way down to Texas....

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  • On Saturday I played in a 40k RTT.  It was kind of an odd setup, where each person brought a 1500 point army and then in each round we were paired up with another player.  So in each game there were two 1500 point armies facing off against each other....

    Meandering the Dune Sea: Weekend Gaming: RTT Report

    On Saturday I played in a 40k RTT.  It was kind of an odd setup, where each person brought a 1500 point army and then in each round we were paired up with another player.  So in each game there were two 1500 point armies facing off against each other....

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  • Friday night, Gina and I played a game of Caylus.  I had decided that my strategy was going to be to use the top row of favors to get extra points when contributing to the castle.  I was able to max out that row and the money row below it,...

    Meandering the Dune Sea: Weekend Gaming: St. Patrick’s Day

    Friday night, Gina and I played a game of Caylus.  I had decided that my strategy was going to be to use the top row of favors to get extra points when contributing to the castle.  I was able to max out that row and the money row below it,...

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