I’m not good about keeping my airline tickets, so missing are the tickets for the Big Bend Trip, my trip to Denmark and, obviously, the upcoming trip.

[Joe]

Maybe I’ll give you a wax later. – Steve during his first game of Bohnanza

I think I want that Metro-guy. – One of my opponents in a game of Metropolys

I went up to the mall tonight, which is where I played Metropolys. The Metro-guy jokes became a running gag throughout the game. Before that I played (and won) a game of Medina with Hive Tattoo Guy and another player. It’s a interesting “tile” laying game that has a lot to do, but you almost never want to do any of it. It was fun and I’d play it again, but since it’s out-of-print and expensive, I probably won’t be picking up a copy.

HTG also brought 1835 and Cuba. I don’t think he was serious about getting a game of 1835 in as the play time is around 6 hours. He described Cuba as a mix of Puerto Rico, Caylus and Pillars of the Earth without all the bad parts. That’s high praise, but sadly we didn’t have time for that either, after the other games.

[Joe]