Snow and Rain in Tahoe

March 7, 2026March 20, 2026Leave a comment

After far too many dry warm weeks, we finally got a big snow storm across the Sierra in mid-February and Darlene and I dashed up to Tahoe with the cats just ahead of it to enjoy the snow for a couple of weeks. Resi and Aiden joined us for the first week and we got a couple of days in at Northstar before and after the big dump. Later in the week, I met up with Troy and Aiden at Homewood for three days as more snow piled up. Unfortunately, Darlene wasn’t feeling well and missed out on the fresh powder.

We then joined Jon, Stan, Bill, Jim and Lewis for our annual ski week, getting a day in at Palisades before the rain came in for a couple of days to wreck all that fresh powder. So we had a couple of board game days together before venturing back out at NorthStar and Palisades Alpine. Over the first weekend in March, Jon and Roland joined us for more gaming and we got in another day at Alpine before eventually packing up and heading home.

A short video montage of our skiing over a couple of weeks.

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And There Was Much Gaming

January 30, 2026March 22, 2026Leave a comment

Another year of board gaming topped off with a gathering for New Year’s Day:

This gallery is from February 2025 through New Year’s Day of 2026 and includes SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Gentes, On the Underground: London/Berlin, Age of Rail: South Africa, Cloud Age, Arcs, Hollywood: 1947, Galactic Cruise, Bomb Busters, Gutenberg, Nucleum, Green Team Wins, Shackleton Base, Rings & Things, Dead by Daylight, Thunder Road: Vendetta, Heat: Pedal to the Metal, Andromeda’s Edge, Polynesia, Steam Power, Revive, Ecos, Merchant of Venus, Endeavor: Deep Sea, Wildcatters, Photosynthesis, Smartphone, Inc., Cosmic Encounter, Clank! Catacombs, Artemis Odyssey, Panamax, Flip Toons, Hot Streak, 1930 – The Golden Age of Airlines, Dead Reckoning, First Flight, Skate Summer, Rocketmen, The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship, Speakeasy, Slide 5, FaeKin, Magical Athlete, Cosmic Encounter, Deck Chairs on the Titanic, Pandemic: Iberia

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Another Season of Gaming

January 24, 2025March 22, 2026Leave a comment

This is a gallery of photos from another season of gaming – July 2024 through January 2025 – including a playthrough of the Gilligan’s Island scenario of the co-op game of Robinson Crusoe (“oh, those poor people…”):

Some of the other games we played were Inventions: Evolution of Ideas, Cascadero, Thunder Road: Vendetta, Hegemony, The Search for Lost Species, Dominant Species, Daybreak, Dune Imperium: Uprising, The Night Cage, Coffee Traders, Barrage, Versailles 1919, Glass Road, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Pampero, Legacies, Deckchairs on the Titanic, Boon Lake, The Game of 49, Boon Lake, On the Underground: London / Berlin, Andromeda’s Edge, Primordial Soup, Small World, Revive, Bunny Kingdom, 7 Wonders, Duck & Cover, Decrypto, Last Light, Age of Rail: South Africa, Lords of Vegas, Tungaru, Tales of the Arabian Nights, Treasure Island, MagnetX, Heat: Pedal to the Metal.

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Halloween Gaming Party

November 1, 2024March 20, 2026Leave a comment

Steve, Anne, Jennifer, Geof, Nacho, Adriana and Luno joined us in costume for a bit of gaming on Halloween, culminating in another twisted game of deception of Blood on the Clocktower moderated by Luno. I was fingered immediately as the demon after the first night by my first victim, Nacho, and hardly had a chance to try to talk my way out of being revealed and executed by the slayer (Anne) – but by pure luck I was saved by my minion, the poisoner (Jennifer), who just happened to choose Anne to poison the previous night. Anne’s slay ability thus failed, helping me appear innocent. For the rest of the game Jennifer and I managed to avoid detection, just barely, and ultimately win the game for evil. Darlene is still upset. 😋

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Many More Months of Gaming

April 30, 2024August 4, 2024Leave a comment

Here’s another gallery of pictures after many more months of board gaming – from September 2023 through April 2024.

So of those I can still remember the names of, there was: Covert, Raiders of the North Sea, Breaking Bad: The Board Game, Brass: Birmingham, Pipeline, Turing Machine, The Expanse, Great Western Trail: New Zealand, Blood on the Clock Tower, Dune: Imperium, Horseless Carriage, Survive: Escape from Atlantis!, Portal: The Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game, Heat: Pedal to the Metal, Power Grid, Fliptown, Cosmic Encounter, Suburbia, Trap Words, Flamme Rouge, Twilight Imperium, Fury of Dracula, Pax Pamir, First in Flight, CuBirds

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Summer Board Gaming

September 4, 2023July 22, 2024Leave a comment

This is a gallery of pictures from another summer season of board gaming, including: 49, Flamecraft, Plague Inc., Thunder Road: Vendetta, Yedo, Merv, Atlantic Star, Eclipse, Middle Earth Quest, Chinatown, Quacks of Quedlinburg, Dominant Species, Dead by Daylight, Camel Up!, Hegemony, Clank! Catacombs, Evolution: Climate, Cosmic Encounter, Brian Boru: High King of Ireland, Horrified, Heroes of Land, Air & Sea, Burgle Bros 2: The Casino Capers, Game of Thrones, Bus, The Networks, Thunderstone Quest, Campaign Trail and Heat.

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Winter Board Gaming

March 22, 2023July 22, 2024Leave a comment

Pictures from another winter season of board gaming, including Paris, Lost Ruins of Arnak, CloudAge, The Great Wall, Dead Reckoning, Flamme Rouge, Just One, Spirit Island, Quacks of Quedlinburg, Crazy Karts, Star Wars Risk, Bohnanza, Finger Guns at High Noon, The Hunger, Master Labyrinth, Aquatica, Spy Alley, Sushi Go Party, Ready Set Bet, Captain Sonar, Rocketmen, Heat: Pedal to the Metal, Roll Camera, Ark Nova, Quadropolis, Dinosaur Island, Great Western Trail: Argentina, Mountain Goats and CuBirds.

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More Gaming, Costumes + SHUX’22

October 31, 2022July 22, 2024Leave a comment

Lots more board gaming with friends from May through October of this year, including at SHUX 2022 in Vancouver, Canada – the annual gaming convention organized by the gang at Shut Up and Sit Down. This was our third SHUX attendance and this time Darlene and I were joined by Richard, Adriana and Nacho.

Oath, Rocketmen, Streets, Chrono Corsairs, Wyatt Earp, Ark Nova, In Front of the Elevators, Modern Art, Canvas, Sleeping Gods, Camel Up, Gloom, Obsession, Switch & Signal, Anno 1800, SHASN, Brass: Lancashire, Quacks of Quedlinburg, Trickerion: Legends of Illusion, Twilight Imperium (4th edition), Tiny Epic Zombies, Atelier, Aquatica, Who Goes There?, Dive, PitchCar, Brian Boru: High King of Ireland, Dungeon Lords, Last Will, Mind Mgmt, Polynesia, Super Motherload, Root, Tumblin’ Dice, CuBirds, Chinatown, 3000 Scoundrels, Villagers, Pipeline, Sorcerer’s Stone, Picture Perfect, So Clover!, Don’t Get Got!, ScandalOh!, Diamant, Conspiracy: The Solomon Gambit, Nemesis, Forgotten Waters, The Night Cage