Fairly easy to grab a copy and again, if I had money to burn, I'd take a copy for myself. But for now, it sits on my "Want" list.
That's it for now! If I think of any more later on I'll be sure to post them.
One more left to go!
This game is worth the price however. It's a big box game that offers a lot. Again, if I had the extra cash I would've bought it years ago but kids....are expensive. : )
Hard to find but available here and there when you look on ebay overseas. Other than that, it's a game I'd love to have in my collection.
Really good review on Tabletop Island's YouTube channel if you'd like to check it out.
Waddington just made so many great games, it's amazing to me there hasn't been a book chronicling all them. If there were, I'd buy a copy!
Looking at these, I may start to put a little money to the side every month and try to get one of these. The charm of a vintage game is something I've always appreciated.
Seems incredibly fun and the pieces look nice too. Any of these games are worth checking out if you're in to vintage games as well.
Have a good weekend folks!
The randomness of where the water balls are dropped could be a problem, but the game's so beautiful, I don't mind it!
Not enough spare cash to pick these up. With 4 kids now my money's tied to all of them.
But if I had the extra cash, these are the vintage games I'd pick up!
This game is only found in the UK, but I think it's one Megan would love. Though she doesn't play many games with me, she WILL play vintage games so I think this one would be uber popular around the home especially as the girls get over.
My girls get chocolates and I get 50% off chocolates tomorrow.
February 15th is a much better day to celebrate in my opinion.
Up first is South Africa's!
Sadly, the first 3 seasons of the show are IMPOSSIBLE to find. I've looked everywhere. So I'll have to start my reviews on Season 4 of the series.
What to say?
They had A LOT of different and unique challenges on the show that I'd never seen before. They also had old ones like the auction (which I miss on regular Survivor) and a couple of twists!
The first was that they divided the cast into 10 each but didn't tell them about eachother until the second episode (or 3 days later) They divided those teams of 10 into teams of 5 and let them square off in reward and immunity challenges all without telling them. It was an interesting concept because you got to know half of the opposing tribe prior to separation.
The second had to do with shell bracelets. It went with the theme of the island and the superstitions that went with it.
After a challenge to see who was lowest on the totem pole of each tribe, those tribe members had to wear a black bracelet that automatically gave them 1 vote at tribal. (not good) But on the flip side, if they ever got voted off, they could pass it to someone else on the tribe. Making others think twice before voting them out. In addition once (per game) they had the option to switch tribes and give the bracelet away. Though that was a ONCE ONLY option.
I really liked that. It made for interesting strategic choices to happen.
When the merger happened, it turned into the white shell bracelet which the bearer could bestow upon another cast mate to cancel one vote on them. Afterwards, that castaway could use it to protect someone else next time. But NEVER could it be used to protect yourself.
Again, great idea I've never seen in any Survivor.
There was only one problem with the season...the cast. It was awful. And I mean awful boring. No one really stood out and though one player was marked as the "villain" he never did anything that bad but lie about who he was going to vote for....twice...in the whole game.
In the end, the guy who played the honest (tell you to your face he's voting for you every night) guy won it all over the coattail rider (which would've been the exact opposite in America) so I liked that too.
And the last episode they did the Live reunion PRIOR to revealing the winner which I found interesting. They also only had 8 on the jury with the fans being allowed to vote online for the final vote (which I LOVED)
Though the cast of characters was week, I'm still willing to give the show another season due to all the unique and interesting ideas they came up with this season.
ONWARD TO SEASON 5!
What do I think is the key?
I'm drinking Apple Cider Vinegar, lemon juice and cinnamon every morning. I plan on watching more closely to ensure that's it but I think it is.
Either way, I'm plugging away at my diet until the end of June this time around. Slowly expanding my menu as the months go on.
For example, right now it's hardcore low carb. But at the end of March, all veggies and fruits get added. The next month, Milk and Cheese and the month after that, grains, beans and nuts. Then towards the end of June I can have sugar and sweets again.
We'll see how it goes. The good thing about the long diet is that it only gets easier the further I more along.
I'll continue to give updates throughout the year as I progress thru the diet.
10 months from now, we'll be playing the big game. But where will it be?
Today we're happy to announce that it will take place on the old Forsythe soccer field that it almost always been played on in the past.
Come rain or shine, the game will go on regardless!
See you next month for our next announcement!
It also goes on sale every Black Friday for a good deal!
So why have I never picked it up?
Well for one, it's a 2 player game. Which I rarely play. Megan's never playing this with me either so that alone makes it a no-go for me.
But the other reason is no one I play with likes baseball. Reviewers have said that you don't need to enjoy baseball to enjoy the game and that might be true but the cove doesn't garner any excitement either I'm afraid, so I doubt (even if I did have a 2nd player) this would get to the table at all.
Sucks though, it sure looks nice!
Have a good weekend everyone!
It's pretty good. Great action scenes and some good humor too. Worth your time, though my girls weren't the biggest fans, I'm guessing due to the action scenes.
The Shrek series seems to be slowly dying, this may be the last movie they make since I don't think it did very well in theaters. Either way, it was worth my time.
Sucks because that would've been cool to see how it works, but I guess by the late 80's/Early 90's they'd figured out how to stop it from happening.
Thus my life of crime was never meant to be it seems!
Hopefully we'll get to see more pics as time goes by but from what I can see now, I'm excited!
The movie keeps you engaged as you're trying to figure out what's going on. And though the ending is a little far fetched, you forgive it because the ride there was so much fun.
Worth watching if you have the time.
It wasn't as bad as the last two seasons, but that's not saying anything because the last 2 seasons were some of the worst ones out ever.
This past season was the day the doofus won.
I don't care what those people say, when the time comes to vote for a winner there's nothing "impartial" about it. It's ALL about who hurt who's feeling along the way and that's why they voted.
Gabler did the best of not stepping on anyone's toes too much and he won....by doing NOTHING.
I'm not angry about this, this is just how the game is played and it certainly could've ended with a worse winner in the other 2 runner ups so I guess I should be thankful for this.
Will the next season be better?
I hope but I'm not holding my breath. I got access to some of the overseas versions of the show so I've decided to start watching them in the meantime.
Already enjoy them better than the last 3 seasons of the American crap.
The good news is I don't have to wait too long to see more from these geniuses of comedy, I'm sure Shoresy Season 2 will be coming out later this year.
Can't wait.
The pieces are top quality and the game is easy to play. This was one of my failed attempts at getting Megan into board games and it didn't go well. After one play, she was done. It rarely comes out since. So I had to remove it from my collection.
I did think about keeping it for when my kids get older, but like I've said in the past, my kids have plenty of BETTER games we could be playing. So this one got cut.
