GenCon 2016
Great GenCon this year – probably the best one yet. On the day we left, we stopped at the Indiana State fair for a couple hours which was fun. Pics for your enjoyment!
Saganaki and Pudding and PokémonGO!
So Saturday The Other and I went to Greek Fest. Its held at the local Greek church and it is by far the bestest Greekfest around. Believe me, we have done the GreekFest tour and none even compare to this one. They have the best food, the best music, and the best community. They are also a Pokestop so even more fun! I caught this little guy on my way to get delicious Loukemathes.
While we were there we also invited Jackie and Brent to join us. After introducing them to the wonderful delicious that is Saganaki, we decided to walk around and look at the tents and carnival games. (Alcohol might have been involved at this point) and as we wander over to one game with giant stuffed animal prizes we notice a giant poop emoji! I think its safe to say that Jackie and I are obsessed with the poop emoji (in an ironic hipster way) so we had to try this game. Brent hadn’t been drinking so I gave my first $5 to him but he was only able to knock down 1 Yeti. I had been drinking so it didn’t take much convincing for me to give it go. Handed in another $5, knocked down the first Yeti, Knocked down the second, and then knocked down the third!!! Yay alcohol! I mean, yay me!!!
So that is why me and the racist banana have the same expression in my victory photo below! (you can see the booth in the background). Best day ever!
Settlers of Catan – the book!
The year is 850. In the seas of northern Europe, the small coastal village of Elasund falls prey to marauding neighbors. Their food stores pillaged, women and children stolen, livestock destroyed, the villagers are left to barely survive the harsh winter — and contemplate a drastic solution to their recurring hardships: leaving the only village they have ever known. Foster brothers Candamir and Osmund lead their people on an epic quest to a mythic island home, but without knowledge of exactly where the island is, they must trust the gods to deliver them safely. Lost at sea and set adrift, an extraordinarily violent storm washes them ashore the island famed in pagan lore: Catan. They quickly set about building a new society but old grudges, animosities, and social orders lead to fraternal strife. As the ideals of Candamir’s Christian slave spread throughout the village and conflict with pagan law, the two belief systems clash. When both Osmund and Candamir fall in love with Siglind, the mysterious queen of the Cold Islands, things come to a head. Based on the wildly popular board game of the same name designed by Klaus Teuber, Rebecca Gable’s The Settlers of Catan is a must-read adventure rich in detail and rippling with intensity
Earlier this year I went to GenCon (the best 4 days in gaming!) and one of the most ridiculous things I picked up there was a hard cover leather bound copy of the “Settlers of Catan” book. Its a book about the characters in the board game. I am not a huge fan of the board game but when I saw this item I couldn’t pass it up.
How I imagine the book:
Jane looked over to Robert, rugged in his manliness while he chopped wood. She knew the time was now or never, she urged her flock over to him.
“Robert, can you please trade me 3 wood for 1 wool?”
“I don’t need any wool right now, I am waiting on bricks – do you have bricks?” replied Robert
Jane did have bricks, but if she traded it she would never be able to complete her road.
“I’m sorry, I can’t”, she replied morosely, “Can’t we please trade, How about 2 wool?”
“No!” replied Robert harshly, “I’m not going to help you after you let the Robber into my ore mine!”
and so on and so forth. (Yes I was totally giggling while writing that)
I haven’t had the opportunity to read it yet but from what I skimmed I think it will be awesome. I plan to appreciate it ironically but who knows – the book does have 4 stars on Amazon over 111 reviews so it can’t be that bad – right? I mean, its not like people on Amazon have ever given high reviews to a terrible book right? Don’t worry, I will report back once I finish to let you know how it goes…if you trade me 3 bricks for 1 wool…..
You have been incapacitate by misadventure!
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