dastels @ 1:14 am
After reading James Robertson’s blog about these new-fangled board games, and most recently Martin Fowler, I decided to have a go. After talking to Martin about it, I picked up a copy of Settlers of Catan today (interestingly the manufacturer of the English version, Mayfair Games, is a short drive from my hotel in Skokie IL). I expect/hope to play a few games over the weekend.
So far I’m impressed. The materials and construction look great… wooden pieces (including dice) and nice heavy board tiles.
dastels @ 2:28 am
I’ve been dabbling with the Lord Of The Rings “strategy battle game” (i.e. toy solders) product from Games Workshop for a couple years and have significant forces built up. My son has been playing their Warhammer product line for longer than that. Now the whole family has jumped in with both feet into the Warhammer world. All of us (Nancy, her son (Thomas), my son (Jason), and myself) have taken up Warhammer. Over the last week or so we went out and bought small armies for everyone:
- Dark Elves for Nancy
- Ogres for Jason
- Dwarfs for Thomas
- Bretonnians for me
dastels @ 1:03 am
The iBook is turning out to be a nice gaming system.. I’ve begun playing WarCraft III on it this week. Very nice. Now if more game companies would put their games on Mac! Like Dawn of War or Battle for Middle Earth!!!
Sure.. I know the arguments about market share & all. Hopefully the MacMini will boost Apple’s marketshare to the point where it becomes a significant player in the gaming market.
On a related note.. DOOM 3 for Mac will be available in stores shortly.. but with massive hardware requirements.
