Gaming

I went to game night again last night. It was...alright.

I actually spent most of the day arguing with myself and trying to convince myself to go. It was like part of me was a petulant child who just wanted to collapse in front of the TV after work, and another part of me was a stern parent, putting her foot down. Anyway, I went round and round in circles all day and finally dragged myself off to game night.

Everyone was already involved in a game when I arrived, so I wandered around the comic book section of the store for a while. Then I joined a game of Dominion with a couple who had almost every Dominion card ever released. They were missing only the "con-cards" because they hadn't gone to the convention. There were still a ton of cards, each in a protective plastic sleeve. I got to try a few that I had never seen before. If I had just had one more turn, I would have won. Oh well.

I did find it interesting that the expansion we played with included both a higher value treasure card (platinum, worth 5) and a higher point card (worth 10 points). But the game simply didn't last long enough for anyone to even think of going for those cards. Those cards probably come into play in games that encourage players to collect more money or games that last longer. It would have been fun to try those cards out, but we had a fairly low stakes game going. Only three of us even managed to get provinces (worth 6 points) before the game ended, and the winner ended with 23 points.

After we finished our game, I watched some guys playing a game where it looked like the main objective was colonizing a planet. Even they didn't seem to really understand what was going on. One of them was incredibly awkward and tried to hit on me in an amusing way. He told me twice that he had spent all weekend at some convention I didn't recognize, but which was clearly intended to impress me. He also informed me that he doesn't usually make it to game night because he spends so much time working out.

The guy I met last time was there again. He was engrossed in a pretty complicated game the entire time I was there, but he did invite me to another game night this Friday. And I agreed to go. Sitting home alone on a Friday night with my cat and DVDs is no way to make friends. At least, it hasn't worked up til now. Since making friends is one of the main goals this month, I need to do things to work towards that goal.