I doubt it's getting a season 3 but if it does, I'd tune in again for it.
Worth the time if you're a fan of the movies to check out.
Ho ho ho.
Extra Excommunications and New Leaders #2 pack aren't something you MUST have to play the game but rather more of the same goodness that only adds to the replayablility of such an amazing game.
Got them in a package with a bunch of other promos from the company. I'm glad to have these in my collection going forward!
.....and now I've found out that they came out with 2 more promos this year at the San Diego Comic con. Mr Sinister and X-Force Deadpool......(sigh) Guess I'll be backing Dice Tower's next kickstarter in 2024 for those. : (
The Youth showed up 18 strong, the adults....9. Then someone defected from the Youth (when the Youth refused to give us anyone) and we played with a handicap of 10 until someone showed up in the 2nd half to give us 11.
Historically, whenever the adults only have 11 people on the team we NEVER score. And that tradition certainly remained true this year.
1st Quarter
Julian intercepts a pass from the Adults and easily runs it in. Giving the youth their first lead 6-0.
On the following kickoff, the Youth kick it opposite field where we had guys, so we let the Youth touch it down on out 10.....which Dad then called an onside kick and gave the ball back to the Youth to score a simple touchdown on the very next play by some kid that doesn't even attend our church. (Graham). No one (even the Youth) knew what was going on. And I'm not sure Dad did either. Traditionally, his calls to sway in favor of the (usual) underdogs, the Youth but that was stretching it.
At the end of the 1st, the score was 12-0.
2nd Quarter
Archer punches in another TD for the Youth making it 18-0. On the extra point kick, we blocked it, Shelby picked it up and he and I ran all the way to the opposite 20 yard line when the refs blew the whistle. We stopped, the youth caught up with us, pulled the flag and then the refs called us down.
When asked what all the whistles were for, they told us they thought the play was dead and didn't realize we had picked it up without touching a knee to the ground. So it was 2 points taken away from us right there.
3rd Quarter
The adults strategized and this time came in with a plan. We drove the ball down the field but couldn't punch it in. After driving down back down the field Cameron for the Youth caught a pass to give the Youth another TD....unfortunately there was consistent flag guarding the entire carry which wasn't called because no refs made it that far out to see it.
But when you're surrounded by the opposition and you make it out without a flag being pulled....it should be suspect. Again, ref formation really hurt us. But regardless, the score was now 24-0.
After the kickoff, the Adults were pinned back again and a bad snap lead to a safety as the ball went all the way past the endzone.
26-0
4th Quarter
After 2 passes to non-church member Graham, the score was 38-0. The Youth had the ball again with a minute left to play and in classy fashion, did everything in their power to score another TD before time ran out. Calling timeouts and driving down the field, the game ended with an Adult interception which finally ended the game.
I had no highlights. I got a QB flag too late and made a superman dive for another flag but missed. I went sliding across the ground 3 feet and will probably be feeling that in the morning.
I'm happy for the Youth, they played well. And even with the refs bad game, the true score would've been 24-2 and have not made a difference, so in the end, it doesn't matter.
I thanked everyone involved and am ready to try again for the title in 2024!
THAT'S A WRAP!
I don't know. If you make a promo like these I think you should make them a step above the rest of the cards. But that's just me I guess.
Glad to have them either way, because I love the game.
Have a good weekend folks!
I wasted $1,000.
Tickets alone were $550. With food, snacks and parking costing a total of $100 a day not to mention $75 worth of Uber rides when we weren't in my friends car.
Utterly ridiculous.
It's not worth it either. I could easily never go to another theme park again. I estimated it cost $20 to ride any of their rides that last 2 minutes tops.
How is this worth my money? Food isn't included in the price, nothing else comes free with the ticket and I'm waiting in line for several hours combined just waiting to ride my favorite rides.
WHY???
The only thing that was fun was hanging out with a friend of mine who drove in to met up with me. Honestly, if it hadn't have been for that, I would've considered this trip a complete waste.
But now I'm mourning the loss of very hard to build savings, to go on a trip that I didn't enjoy.
I never want to do theme parks again. If Megan decides to take the older girls next year, I'll happily sit at home with the babies and not mind at all.
The more I think about it the more I'm disgusted with myself for throwing so much money away at one time. Total waste!
This is the 23rd holiday season in a row I've seen it (my Christmas tradition) and I'm SOOOOOO excited that for the first time since it came out...I'm seeing it AGAIN in theaters!!!!
This will make my "Top 5 movies of the year" for 2023 for sure!
Merry Grinchmas everyone!!
The Wingspan Nesting Box.
And it's a doozy!
Look how big it is compared to the original box. Mine was bursting at the seems with so much content added over the years, I took out solo mode and anything uneccessary and still had issues keeping it in the same box.
Not anymore.
The only down side is they are very expensive so I can't recommend them unless you're an UBER Disney fan.
They also don't have a "smell sheet" or something of that nature to where you can smell each scent which is a bummer.
Meanwhile, I've found some pretty cheap candles at my local Big Lots which smell incredible! I think I'll be sticking to them for now.
It's about a spoiled heir to the "mail delivery" empire, who's father forces him out into the middle of nowhere to make a Post Office successful in order to win his inheritance.
During his initial visit he meets a man named Klaus who will eventually turn into the Santa Claus everyone knows and loves.
It's a really good story and a heartfelt ending I found myself enjoying. WORTH YOUR TIME to check it out this season!
I have 4th edition. I love 4th edition. I don't think I'll ever play 3rd edition now that the expansion to 4th came out.
I kept telling myself I would return to it one day but it's never going to happen and I know that now. 3rd edition carried SO MANY good memories for me. I tried to gift it to my friend when he came down for Labor Day but he declined saying he really didn't have a gaming group willing to play it.
I knew then, that it had to go. It's trade value has risen over the years due to everyone loving the short printed 2nd expansion for the game (which mine comes with) So the trade value was high but before I wrapped it up in the box, I opened it up and took one last look at all the memories stored inside.
4th edition is creating those memories for me now, so I said one last goodbye and sent it packing with the rest.
RIP 3rd edition. Thanks for the memories.
Have a good weekend folks.
What did I do to break the game? All you do is run as fast as you can to the end. Ignoring all other tiles because the points you get at the end will always beat anyone's begining collection. My nephews saw what happened and we all looked at eachother knowing the game was forever broken. I had the kickstarter edition of the game along with the expansion for this one so it's trade value was still high for morons who haven't figured out how easily it was to break the game. No regrets getting rid of this one from Queen Games.
The one remaining gaming group I used to play with were the last ones to ever request this game. No one else ever did. I enjoyed it but when they stopped coming this year, I know this game would gather more dust than players in an average year, so since I had all the expansions and play mat for it, the trade value was decent enough to let it go without losing sleep over it at all.
The idea of rolling meeples was wonderful for me. I loved this little game. But it has a huge problem at the end when everyone's trying to score there last relics but only the first 2 to shore up enough support will get to do it in the end. Leaving a big crap sandwhich for the other 2 players who know there's no way they can win the game before the final round ends.
It sucks. I'm surprised they never came out with a rule change or mini-expansion to resolve the issue either?! So the wonderful fun of rolling meeples wasn't enough to stay in my collection.
Fun game but wasn't getting played but once a year and we always played it wrong! There's no round tracker and if no one purchases a scoring card that round (which happens once or twice per game) you forget to wipe the cards and replace them. Leading to a game that goes too many rounds where EVERYONE has scored enough to go around the track once! It's ridiculous and happens each time we play so I decided to let it go in hopes of recieving a game of more worth.
Which I think it has.
One last Purge post tomorrow!
Queen Games once again gets the purge button as I emptied out a few games that weren't getting much play time. I just started getting good at this game too but it's not getting played or requested by anyone so it moved away and gave its space on the shelf to a better game.
Megan's battery is always dying on her while she's out and about, so a few years back I bought her one of these so she can keep it charged wherever she goes. I loved it so much, I bought one for myself soon afterwards.
This is a fun game but simple dice rolling/engine building. It was only getting played once a year and I have other games that carry the same mechanism but do it better, so that led me to part ways with another game from a publisher I enjoy.
Simple pick up and deliver with beautiful pieces that I was SURE my wife would enjoy playing with me. When she said "no" I knew this game was doomed. I kept it for years but it never gained any traction in my collection so I had to part ways with it finally.
Hey hey hey! Time to get back to talking about all the games that recently left my collection!
I know I know...it's Queen Games. What is it doing on this list?
In short, my nephews HATE this game and won't play it anymore and my gaming group is "meh" on it as best. I love it, but my goal is to bring my collection down to 225 (or lower) so my feelings can't get in the way for this purge.
NIce push your luck game that had more trade value than "play" value on my shelf. I have other games like Livingstone that use the same mechanism but do it better. Hence this one was booted out of my colleciton.
I've always said this was a decent game but way over-priced. It only gets played once a year and even then, not many expansions come out with it. It just wasn't worth keeping and it's trade value was solid.
And the cuts keep coming....
I don't like Uwe games but this one beat the mold and was fun to play. But no one in my gaming group enjoys Uwe at all and hate this game. It was only coming out once a year and even at that, I could tell no one was enjoying themselves but me.
It leaves one remaining Uwe game in my collection now.
I'll be back with more tomorrow.
Looking at an Air Fryer because that's the only thing I want which will proabably be on sale today. My editing software is NEVER on sale nor is anything else I'm interested in.
So an air fryer it is! (or nothing, I don't really care)
Have a good weekend folks!
It's back to what it used to be when I was working in the mall in the late 90's. 5am was the earliest I saw anyone open. Ever since the pandemic, this has been happening and I guess it kinds caused all the "craziness" to calm down.
I like it.
Still nothing to get me excited but the shopping bonanza has been set back 25 years! Feels like old times!
I have so much to be thankful for this year.
1) My health. I'm happy to still be able to run up steps, keep in shape and have as much energy I as do. Keeping active has certainly helped in keeping up with my little children. I'm a step faster than most people my age and 15 years below and I know it won't be this way forever so for today, I am thankful.
2) My kids. I love them all. They're stinkers at times but I could hold on to each one of them for hours without letting go. Each personality is special to me and I hope to teach them how to be as thankful for this holiday as I am.
3) My dad. Honestly ,I didn't know if I'd be spending another one of these holidays with him. But for now I look forward to be spending many more. For that, I am VERY thankful.
4) My family. Brothers, sister, in-laws, nephews and nieces. I love them all and pray we stay this close forever.
5) My job. 14 years and I'd never look anywhere else. My boss is great, my job is rewarding. I've had success in it and it pays for everything I need to provide for my family. For this, I am thankful.
God has blessed me with so much this year and I hope He's done the same for you. Nothing can compare to blessing of life He's given each of us. Today let us all be thankful to the Lord. Hallelujah!
The Lord has blessed me many times over. Every day, hour and minute of my life and I'm extremely thankful for all He's done for me in my life.
Let us never forget the true reason to be thankful for the season. Whether Thanksgiving or Christmas. It's all about Him.
Blessed are we all!
Enjoy Thanksgiving Eve everybody!!
Another game with huge trade value that I also tried to trade on its own but out of everyone interested the best offer I got....wasn't good at all. So once again, Noble Knight offered me the best value for this collectable.
Decent game. but I stopped playing the app version years ago and really didn't have a need to play this one either anymore.
Tough call on this one. Probably the toughest out of all the vintage games to leave my collection. My little girl even begged me to keep it (because she loves Wonder Woman) but this beautiful 3D game with awesome figures....it's a DUD!!
From one of my favorite toy collections too! But I couldn't let that stop me from cutting my collection down to 100 and that's exactly what I did!
Next time I'll move on to other games from my "current" collection that were purged.
It was one of the main reasons I never left to relocate with Chase when they wanted me in Phoenix/Columbus a few years back.
Though I loved the people and the area, there wasn't a single good church anywhere, so I knew it would never work out.
We grow more and more every year and though I struggle to remember the names of everyone, I'm thankful for our growth as well.
Awful roll and move game that took forever to finish. Another one of the "Disney Afternoon" games to be purged from my collection.
Notcie a trend here? This one was the best of the lot but only because it took less than a minute and a half to play. It left with all the rest.
I'm gratful for keeping in contact with people I've been friends with for decades. And making re-connections with a few others along the way. It's a blessing to witness how much their lives have come along over the years.
Even going to Forest this year and getting to see so many unexpected people from my past was a joy. I hope those relationships stay strong for decades to come.
