Good day of gaming and fun

[dagibbs]

ragnhildr actually arrived (slightly) early for gaming yesterday, so we got started pretty much on time with a game of Princes of Florence with her, me and leolac. I've had this game for a while, but not had a chance to play. i of i_and_t arrived about half way through the game, and observed until the end. (Apparently t of i_and_t was naked, in the basement at home, playing WoW and wouldn't come out.) I won the first game of Princes of Florence, and succulentpoet, scubajim, and pezchica arrived just as we were setting up for a second, four player, game. After some complex negotiations, leolac bowed out (being quite tired), and scubajim stepped in. I won this second game as well, and we then negotiated a game switch -- with (after some discussion) the same 4 core gamers doing the gaming, and the three socialites continuing to socialize. We decided on El Grande for our third game, and ragnhildr triumphantly stomped on me right at the end to allow scubajim a narrow victory. For this manoeuvre, ragnhildr collected many hugs and congratulations. El Grande does allow for a certain amount of "gang up on the leader" or "gang up on the threat" type play since it is a competitive control type game, whereas in Princes of Florence there is far less possibility to do this.

At this point, pezchica stated that she'd been waiting for a chocolate raspberry martini for several hours, and that I was remiss in my hostly duties of providing such. But, it being about 7pm, and despite the wonderful Mexican lasagna that pezchica had brought, we decided we were all too hungry to have drinks right then, so we went out for Vietnamese food at the Mee Xim. We managed to order enough food that even scubajim ran out of capacity to eat.

After dinner i and ragnhildr pumpkinized, and the rest of us went back to my place, where I made the martinis for all but leolac, which is just as well, as she ended up cutting scubajim's hair. (If she'd had a drink or two, the result might have been amusing, rather than good.) More flirtation, cuddling, talking, laughing, and good times happened, before everyone headed for home.



Thanks everyone, it was a wonderful day.

Comments

[ragnhildr.livejournal.com]

It was a great day of gaming. Thank you for hosting again. El Grande and Princes of Florence were both fun games, and it is interesting to get to be king-maker!

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[i-and-t.livejournal.com]

yes it was super-fun! however, as opposed to ragnhildr, I would much rather be king (queen?) than king-maker...but I'm not competitive or anything...and if I can't be the evil queen then I must TEAR DOWN THE HOPES AND DREAMS FOR POWER OF ALL THOSE AROUND ME!!! <<>>
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i.

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[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

I'm not competitive either, as long as I win, WIN, WIN!

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[i-and-t.livejournal.com]

Naw, Really muffin?

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[ragnhildr.livejournal.com]

heheheh....too much fun!