It is cold outside and I do not have the month of May. I checked my pockets. It’s not there. So yes, hi there folks! Welcome back to another installment of the Monday Blog. How y’all doing?
We’re on the tail end of the coldest snap of the winter so far. I’ll be glad when it breaks and the weather gets a little milder.
Shawicon was held over the weekend and by all accounts it was a success. I chose not to go because there was no solid hook to pull me in. It’s great for the local economy though.
I tried Castle Dice on Friday and I liked it. It plays in seven turns. Each turn, players get a certain amount of set resource dice and a number of resource dice they can choose for themselves. They then roll all the dice together (keeping any Barbarians they roll) to form a common pool. After that, players take turns drafting the dice from the pool to hire villagers, buy animals and build castle sections. Villagers help with resources, animals can provide special powers and castle sections are worth points at the end of the game. It plays quickly with very little down time for players as the draft keeps everyone involved. There’s an expansion that gives each player asymmetric decks to draw from, as opposed to everyone drawing from the same common deck of cards.
I’ve had my computer for over six months now and I still feel like I’m missing something from the way I had things configured before. My drawing pad hasn’t changed and yet it just feels different when I draw in Manga Studio and MyPaint. It annoys. The eraser tool in MyPaint changed and I can’t seem to configure it the way I had it before. I want a clean erase instead of a gradual erase. I’ve been working around it, but it’s a little more tedious to erase now.
Next Sunday, La Crique o Jeux is holding a game day…but WWE Fastlane is on that night. Will I miss my first PPV since getting the Network…or at least miss watching it live since I can just record it on my DVR? All signs point to yes.
It’s been a long day so I think I’ll call it quits for this week. Have a good seven and we’ll do this all next Monday. Carja V