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Monday 24 January 2022

Holiday fun and games


 So I'm on holiday again with friends and family, roughing it in the depths of wild Cumbira with the only facilities available being a heated swimming pool, shops , cafes, restaurants and gift shops, all a good five minutes walk from our house (with meagre facililties - just central heating, sauna, steam room and giant-sized outdoor hot-tub),  en site bath roomse but we can handle all this inconvenience! 
Our time is spent availing ourselves of what facilites we can scavenge for and the tedious wait for Chinese and Indian food being delivered (there are other alternatives avavilable too) is alleviated by the few luxuries we have brougt with us - namely board games, card games and Rpgs. The photos on the right and below show the meagre choices, brought by just one of our number.

Here's a few photographs of games we've played so far (most I'd never played before, so typically, being old, with bad eyesight etc., I haven't won a single one yet (even the cooperative one - Flashpoint, though no photographs exist of this particular disaster as my character fell foul of the collapsing building.)
(Random comments as an extra bonus)
"Sushi Party" - a card game I couldn't get my head around!
"Not Alone", an Alien versus escping astronauts in a race , against the Alien, for the first time, I came within a whisker of winning this one !
"King of Tokyo", a monster bashing game of dice rolls and cards, I was one dice roll away from winning this but was beaten by my daughter (of course)
Love letters, a simple enough card game, played two, lost two and once more my daughter pipped me at the post in the second.
At this stage, it seemed that just as I was getting the hangh of these games, the game was quickly changed, my age and cunning strategy just wasn't working.
"7 Wonders", and easy to learn card based, building game
7 Wonders again, and once again I came fourth on points (out of the four playmg)

"Forbidden Desert", where the terrain is your only enemy !
Forbidden Desert is a card driven game without dice, but a very good game asnd difficult to win with four players I played twice with twomdifferent characters, but in the second game with cooperation to strategise our approach we managed to escape by the skin our teeth (at Novice level-  Ed.)
A beautiful and robust game, but very difficult imho.
"Castle Panic", well named, as hordes of goblins , orc and trolls attack the players' castle
Castle Panic's board in play.
 I didn't get to play "Castle Panic", as I had football to watch (Chelses v Spurs) and was excused boots, but it looked good, once more with excellent production values. (Photos taken at half-time -Ed.)
"Dungeon Mayhem", a simple, fun, card game - two played, two lost (of course).
I have a lot more games to look forward to losing but thats's it for now.

Thanks for taking the time to visit and of course your comments are always welcomed and appreciated
 

14 comments:

  1. Sound's like really roughing it and getting back to nature Joe ! LOL At least you brought plenty of entertainment with you, hopefully you'll win a game soon, before returning to your homely comforts.

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  2. Thanks Dave, we're toughing it out and I doubt we'll run out of entertainment, I may also take up solitaire! The comforts of home are but a distant memory.

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  3. Good thing those games saved you from having to rough it & be bored out of your skulls. Hopefully the wi-fi reception was terrible too so as not to be able to use handheld devices. Thus the only devices being hand held were dice & cards!

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    1. Thanks Terry for your kind comsiderations, I have my wood -fired laptop with me picking up infrequent wifi signals, but we're coping with it atm.

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  4. Happy to know you're enjoying yourself in the wilds of Cumbria, Joe! Here's hoping you win a game before you have to head back home :-)

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    1. Thanks Matt, the wildlife is quite prolific, two ducks walked across the back patio today, preceded by a rabbit and a red squirrel, alll of which detract from my gaming defeats!.

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  5. Its always nice to get away Joe & while you didn't win any games I'm sure the little holiday will be a win for you :) ps As a long suffering Spurs fan I hope you didn't enjoy the match to much ;)

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    1. Thanks Frank, you're absolutely right, playing any game, win or lose, is definetly a win for me.
      I enjoyed the game for the quality of the football by both sides and as they're both southern it is mandatory that we northerners "hate" them both.:-)

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  6. Such a holiday with board games and RPGs (no kids hehehe) is my dream !! :D

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    1. Thanks Michal, we had our first rpg last evvening, it was hilarious fun. There are children present for some of the games bu we do have 'adult only' seessions in the evening.

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  7. Nice varied collection of board games and always good to reference a Spurs defeat!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thanks Iain, they're all very good games i their own right nd vary in complexity etc. I've enjoyed all of them to one degree or another.
      Just to be clear, as a northern I dislike all the southern clubs equally.

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  8. Board games were always present on any family holiday on went on as a kid, miss those days 🙂

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    1. Thanks Ivor, I recollect only one family holiday from my childhood, no games that I recall only playing on the beach verery day for an entire week - sheer bliss !

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