The Tao of Gaming

Thanks to a tip by David, I went to the Container store and got a baseball card holder ... this holds up to 15 card games (sans boxes sometimes), depending on how many decks each game has. So now I can put Kutschfahrt, Vom Kap bis Kairo, Twilight, Flauschentuefel, and whatever in one long (solid) case. I'll probably take Bohnanza, Fairy Tale and a few other games out of their boxes.

Walking through the Container store was ... impressive. Lots of bit boxes, and some very nice stuff. (I didn't find a good way to organize my Strat-o teams, though). A 4x6 Index card file?

David, did you ever post a thread on how you pimped your Agricola set?

Anyway, this has been geeky even by my standards, so I'll stop.

Since I played Wabash Cannonball at the Gathering with Ted Alspach's set, I've never actually set eyes on a 'real' board until mine arrived this week.

And it wasn't that bad. The map is quite functional. The paper money needs to be replaced, but that's what poker chips are for. Clinky coins would be nice; but I'm not willing to spend $100 or so investing in them. Yet. I may print out nicer stock certificates, but overall I think the component quality is just fine (considering the print run, etc).

Larry does a wonderful job explaining why I have a "play no prototypes" rule, although I'm sure that wasn't his intent.

I, on the other hand, wasn't terribly impressed with Kingsburg or Airships. Stone age earned a few plays, but I don't think I'll be picking up a copy. I (obviously) didn't try any of the prootypes.

I tried "In the Year of the Dragon." It's worth playing again, one of the 'generally good but not huge' Alea games. I could see this growing on me or ... not.

I updated my geeklist on Tom's games ... I'm sure others knew he has a card game being published by Z-Man later this year, but I didn't know. I did know about the Race Expansion, natch.

Update: Just to clarify one thing, I actually don't mind playing prototypes during the rest of the year. Just FYI.