Greetings and salutations blog readers. It’s that time again. Let’s do it.
I forgot to check if this is my last free Monday. I think it is. I slept in today (like really slept in) which was nice. It’s a nice rainy day. I suppose I’m a little weird in that I LIKE when it rains on my days off. I wouldn’t have been able to bike to work so I’d have been stuck taking the bus. I might still need to do that tomorrow, but this saves a day of bus travel. The rain also cuts down on sticky conditions which I’m all for. I’m not especially enamored with outdoor leisure activities so it doesn’t hurt me any either. It’s all good!
I did a lot less reading than I expected over the weekend. I only got a couple of chapters into Aftermath. It’s a little thing, but I don’t like that it’s mostly written in the simple present tense and that’s enough to take away from my enjoyment. Wedge is one of the main characters so I will definitely finish it, but it’s tempered my enthusiasm for the rest of the series. Weird huh?
If all goes as planned, I’ll be getting some gaming in on Friday which will be great after two weeks of going without. Fab suggested it, so I’m figuring it’ll be me, him and Lyne. But who knows what wacky surprises life will hold for us between now and then?
I’m strongly considering going back for another round of flashback mash-ups. I’ve been having trouble coming up with a new theme that I want to tackle and looking back some of those middle series I did are looking pretty bad to me now. They could definitely use an update. I’ll finish up my small run of Return of the Jedi mash-ups and probably revisit an older theme after that unless I come up with a killer idea before then. Any suggestions?
I picked up Dungeons & Dragons Dice Masters last week. Board Game Bliss was having a sale so I indulged. For those not familiar with Dice Masters, it’s a refining of Quarriors, which itself was a riff off of deck-building games only with dice. Dice Masters is a duel game, which is the second biggest knock *I* have against it, since I liked the multi-player nature of Quarriors. They started with a Marvel comics line, then added DC comics which made sense. Then they took a sharp turn and added Yu-Gi-Oh and D&D. I’ve get to give it a try, but I’m all set for when I do. The biggest knock against the game by the way? It’s a collectible game, meaning it’s typically a lot more expensive than it needs to be for what it is. Specials like the one found on Board Game Bliss will help that of course.
So that’s all the blog that’s worth blogging this week. Have a good seven and we’ll do this all again next Monday. Carja V.