Author Archives: Chris

Ripping DVDs

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Chris

I’ve been poking around a bit lately at ripping some of the TV shows I have on DVD to MKV format, so I can store them on my ReadyNAS NV+ and play them via XBMC on whatever computer on my … Continue reading →

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Disappointment

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Chris

We finally got around to playing Settlers of Catan with four people, and I found it to be rather long and boring. With a lot of downtime between your turns. I also had a couple of games of Memoir ’44 … Continue reading →

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Oops…

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Chris

If I had paid attention when I placed that last order for games, I would have noticed that Red November was actually a pre-order. And would likely be at least a 5-6 month wait since it hasn’t even started reprinting … Continue reading →

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Bacon! No wait, games!

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Chris

Well, bacon is awesome of course, but that’s not really the point here. Just ordered a few more games. I was planning on getting an expansion or two for Dominion (Intrigue and Prosperity) and/or something else but Starlit Citadel was … Continue reading →

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Games, soon…ish

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Chris

Well, I don’t know about soon, but I think this is what I’m going to get next in the way of board games. Yomi Dust Pandemic: On the Brink Zombie Dice Yomi is a pretty neat looking card game – … Continue reading →

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Last new games for a little while

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Chris

Now that my WordPress installation isn’t semi-broken, I can post this. My newest shipment of games are here, though I haven’t played any of them yet. I’ll start on them this weekend :) Race for the Galaxy Pandemic Alhambra: Big … Continue reading →

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More games!

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Chris

My board game playing has been successful, people I’ve been playing with have also enjoyed the games (mostly just my girlfriend so far, most of our friends probably aren’t too interested in such things). We both love Carcassonne and I … Continue reading →

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More board games

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Chris

I still haven’t gotten around to playing all of the games I picked up recently, just Carcassonne and Battle Line. Both have been pretty fun, though. I’ve been reading up on some other games, and I think I’m going to … Continue reading →

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WoW vs EQ2

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Chris

All this news and chat about the World of Warcraft expansion coming in a few weeks, and I can’t get excited about it at all. On the other hand, I’ve been playing EverQuest 2 again and having lots of fun … Continue reading →

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Board games ordered

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Chris

I ordered some games today, after looking up some info on a few of them. Dominion really being the one that I didn’t recall hearing about, but now is the one I’m looking forward to the most. It’s a little … Continue reading →

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