It’s that time of the week again.

Trivia Night, City Beverage, 9:00-ish.

Cheap(er than usual) Beer.

The special topic this week will be International Airport codes
(no, RDU is not one of them)

come out and show off how smart you are.

No free wifi to be found near the hotel in Atlanta, and i didn’t take a lot of pictures anyway…

it was an absoulte blast. i really don’t think this event is about the games. i only played 29 different games (some of them multiple times, but probably a total of only 40 games maximum). the thing is, i really don’t care, because it’s really about the people. it’s so great to be able to see people that really enjoy your hobby with the same intensity that you do. there’s tons of people that made the event great for me, but ssuper special shout outs have to go to the guys that put the shebang together; stven, lionel, and bryan. without them, the event wouldn’t have been nearly as much fun, nor as well organized and smooth running as it seems to be.

Here’s the Wrap-Up:
Total number of games played: 29

* Indicates New to me:
Einfach Genial
My first game of the Oasis…and i lost.

Ticket to Ride Europe
Played with Jessica, John H., and Justin. I lost, but got in a lot of not so subtle jokes.

Expedition
Again, I lost. This time though, it was because i didn’t promise to make everyone cookies.

Pickomino
Yup. I lost.

*Verflixxt
I played this game twice. Neither time did I really care for it, but I’d play it if asked. Or if I got a cookie. I didn’t win either game.

Hornochsen
I picked up exactly zero cards…which means i didn’t lose. but i didn’t do so bad.

*Geshenkt
Super quick little game. I lost all three times i played it.

Electronic Taboo
Catchphrase

Both of these i think i might have been on the winning team. but i don’t recall entirely

*Crazy Bluff
it’s not so crazy. and not so good either.

micropul
tami and i played. it was late. i think she won.

polarity
i won, though i wasn’t good at explaining the rules to justin. thankfully, i can blame the rulebook.

jungle speed
far too early for dexterity games? i think not.

*himalaya
this was the only new game the whole weekend i felt like was worth tracking down a copy.

kaleidos
it’s like scattergories with pictures. i got to use the word butt.

boomtown
chris comeaux complained the whole time about the game and then ended up winning. i really like this game. especially the dynamite.

*louis XIV
i picked it up off the prize table, but it will probably make a reappearance on another prize table sometime soon. the company was good to play with, but i found the game itself a little lacking.

hamsterrolle
i played this with john tamplin and justin. i lost.

oodles
i was kicking ass and then the prize table interrupted.

*diamant
another game which i may have to get. the proble is it seems like way too much set up for such little action. it could have just as easily been made with simpler elements. overproduction at its finest.

*music mystery
i was fortunate enough to have chris comeaux, john haugh, earl bailey and sandi west on my team. we won. and chris does a really great mick jagger impression.

*linq
i think i was falling asleep as i was playing this. not that the game was boring, but it was after we had returned from the waffle house at about 5 am.

africa
i lost handily.

carcassonne the city
i beat tami. that’s all that’s important.

number of Oofters at Waffle House at 4 AM on Saturday: 7
number that got hashbrowns “over the top”: 1

number of bottles of wine consumed in the boardroom during music mystery, taboo, and catchphrase: 3

Number of games I took: 21
Number of those games I played or saw played: 9

prize table picks: louis XIV, mall world
prize table casualty: reminiscing

number of hands to beat justin in gin while waiting for cops to show up: 4
final score: 104 to zero

from over heard in new york:

Chick: So, you’re working here now?
Barista guy: Well, had they taught me karate from a young age like they were supposed to I would be fighting shoguns in Japan right now.

i’ll be on the road for the next few days, dorking out hawdkoa in hotlanta. i may (or may not) have wi-fi access…if so, and i don’t get totally lazy, i may post pictures often. if not, i’ll have them when i get back.

EDIT: since i’ve had 6 emails from idiots who chose not to click the picture, i’ll explicity state that i DO NOT own this kegerator. i just saw it on craig’s list and thought it looked cool, and that someone that read my blog might be interested in it. i have no idea if it’s still available, and frankly don’t care.

i’ll be doing the trivia thing tonight at city beverage.

no make up, no theatrics.

just me.

i ask.

you answer.

we drink.

it could be fun.

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july 21st-24th
my annual beach trip with scott and erma. and corey’s coming along too.

hell is going on these days? first we have gemini, the 2-faced cat; and now we have Ong Fatt, the 6 legged (and 2 peepee’d) dog

it just didn’t work right. and was a pain to update. back to the drawing board.

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and this photo proves it.