Exxxcelent. My work here is done.

You left a game convention to play games with a game club? Were you sleep deprived yet?

Erin is hardly the only person who comes from the Gathering to a CABS meeting. Zev from Z-Man, Ken and Debbie Gutermuth, Ron Charity and a few friends from the WBC. Plus some CABS members who have dodged the Columbus curse.

And believe it or not, but on that particular night there might actually have been more people at CABS than there were people at the Gathering (it was the first night).

I conned Aldie, Chaddy, and Lincoln into trying out CABS that night as well. What a waste of their time that was! I was quite gratified that the three of them were willing to give up some Gathering time to pay homage to the overcrowded impossibility that CABS after 8:30PM was, that night.

And how pleased we were to see your smiling cheery face.

As you should be, always. Before going out to dinner with those guys, the crowd was entirely manageable. Coming back to find SRO was a little bit of a shock, but it is true that we were at the restaurant rather a long time due to the trivia games.

Corner Lot: ~45 minutes and meatier than most fillers.

How are the decision trees?
Bushy, I hope.

I played Ron Krantz's variation of Corner Lot.

(JC, should you put an entry for this game up on BGG?)

This game was a lot of fun for me. The tension was perfect and I appreciated the low amount of down-time.

Most Wallace games seem like work... this one was fun.

I'll have to wait and see if my experience with it is similar to yours.

It was so nice playing with you last week!

Vikings is a lot more fun than this.

I thought the game was fun, but quite simple.

It's better with the "advanced" variants - the basic game is extremely basic - but still not that great. I'd much rather play Vikings. Or Carcassonne.

I screwed up my initial routes in a later game and really hindered my chances at a win. I would definitely play this one again.

It was over quickly. That puts it ahead of many other games!

I'm also a fan.

accidental coffee purchase?

I'm pretty interested in this one. Is it comparably better or worse than Formula De?

I like it more. Cards instead of dice, faster, less people. I've only ever played Formula De with huge groups and it tends to REALLY outlast its welcome.

I agree. This was a nice surprise. It's too bad that the graphics are so awful.

I don't think the graphics are that bad. They're very clear, at least.

Wow Levy! Look at the hype you are generating at the Gathering.

The difficulty level for playing mummy really depends on the other players. If they play fully cooperatively, the mummy will have a really hard time. The real fun starts when the other players understand that they are also competing with each other. Then they will start helping the mummy to catch others, in order to slow them down.

Well, in the end there probably will not be that much helping out, when they notice that you are getting close at winning too. Still, then you have at least a lot better chances at winning than without any help.

If I had realized how popular this was going to be, I would have bought more copies. I probably will buy more copies for next year.

My friend is on his way to Germany tomorrow with explicit instructions to get me a copy!

Thanks for teaching me this one, Erin. This was tons of fun! (And not just because your mummy kept helping me get my artifacts! )

Same here. Not all that interesting at first and I didn't anticipate that it would get better.

Second and third plays were even more fun.