Settlers of catan looks awesome, though tbf I'm not exactly sure what it is.
In related news, due to wedding registry hilarity, we now have two brand new "classic" Clue board games, if anybody wants one.
― the emancipation of distraction (askance johnson), Thursday, 12 January 2012 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
I'll play if it is the iPhone version.
― Jeff, Thursday, 12 January 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
I got electronic catchphrase for Xmas that I want to break out for a game night.
― courtnoodle, Thursday, 12 January 2012 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
i wish someone here would play catan with us
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Thursday, 12 January 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
jeff and jenny have we played settlers of cataan? i get it mixed up with that other board game we play sometimes.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 12 January 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
Who wants to play the battle star galactica game again??
― Jeff, Thursday, 12 January 2012 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
We have, I think you may have won.
n/a we played Settlers once and IIRC you liked it.
I was thinking about the BSG game the other day and coming to terms with the likelihood that I'll never play it again.
― gonna give her the old fuquay-varina (Jenny), Thursday, 12 January 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
:(
― Jeff, Thursday, 12 January 2012 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
We should really just sell it then.
― Jeff, Thursday, 12 January 2012 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
I thought you have always had Catchphrase?
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Thursday, 12 January 2012 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
It's *electronic*.
I would like to give Settlers of Cataan a go. I'm worried I'm not smart enough for it, tbh.
― Je55e, Thursday, 12 January 2012 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
I was not aware there was an analog Catchphrase.
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Thursday, 12 January 2012 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
xp Aw, I made you frown. I just feel like its complexity makes playing it a chore for ppl who aren't super enthusiastic about that kind of game. Since its hard to find players, we don't play it much and we have to relearn it every time, which makes it more complex…
I feel like we need to go play at the f'n Dice Dojo or something to really take full advantage.
― gonna give her the old fuquay-varina (Jenny), Thursday, 12 January 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
Jesse, Settlers is really easy to learn. It probably takes a few games to really develop a strategy but that's part of the fun IMO.
― gonna give her the old fuquay-varina (Jenny), Thursday, 12 January 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
I had to drive to and back from a meeting out in Aurora this moring, they are actually doing an admirable job of keeping up on the roads and sidewalks. Its nasty way out west.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 12 January 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
Dice Dojo is awesome!
― La Lechera, Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
I feel like the captain of the football team when I walk I'm there.
― Jeff, Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
No, I just got electronic catchphrase. I think there might have been a card game version?
― courtnoodle, Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
So who brought electronic Catchphrase to our apartment in like 2008?
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
i think i liked the BSG game more once i became a cylon and was basically a spoiler for everyone else
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
i feel the need to insert the "a few minutes to learn...a lifetime to master!" thing here
― your pain is probably equal (Z S), Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
carcassonne 4 lyfe(i have only played catan once and it was confusing...because i only played it once)
― La Lechera, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
carcasson is the game i get confused with settlers of cataan
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
Carcassone is infinitely better.
I think the bsg game would be more fun with 4 or 5 ppl. It would also take 4 hours to play.
― Jeff, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
call of Cthulhu owns all these games
― long duk dan (dan m), Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
Actually I own all these games.
― gonna give her the old fuquay-varina (Jenny), Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
Except Call of Cthulhu.
What kind of game is it?
― gonna give her the old fuquay-varina (Jenny), Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
hyper-nerdy board game where you collaborate with co-players to try to figure out deep dark mysteries and avoid going insane or dying in various ways
also it's very hard to actually "win"
― long duk dan (dan m), Thursday, 12 January 2012 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
and, as the name suggests, it is set within the Lovecraftian world
That sounds really good.
― gonna give her the old fuquay-varina (Jenny), Thursday, 12 January 2012 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
it's fun but it can be really goddamn frustrating to play for 2-3 hours and then BOOM Cthulhu rises and everyone loses their mind with fear and it's over
― long duk dan (dan m), Thursday, 12 January 2012 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
sounds like my prom night
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 12 January 2012 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.cityofchicago.org/content/city/en/depts/mayor/iframe/plow_tracker.html
― gonna give her the old fuquay-varina (Jenny), Thursday, 12 January 2012 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
hey they're letting us out at 4:30 due to weather
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 12 January 2012 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
biking to/from work was... challenging
― tanuki, Thursday, 12 January 2012 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
oh nopoor tanuki!
people are such roadhog bastards on the roads you take too
― La Lechera, Thursday, 12 January 2012 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
xp So I saw.
Where do you work now?
― gonna give her the old fuquay-varina (Jenny), Thursday, 12 January 2012 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
Did anyone else get that plowtracker to load?
Since I had my meeting out in the middle of nowhere this morning I have to drive home tonight. Trying to decide if I should leave soon or wait until the rush of everyone leaving early passes.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 12 January 2012 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
I got it to load on my desktop but it took awhile.
― gonna give her the old fuquay-varina (Jenny), Thursday, 12 January 2012 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
Same for me
― Je55e, Thursday, 12 January 2012 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
lech: they weren't too bad, though i did get yelled at by some dude crossing the street. i couldn't understand him and wasn't overly interested to hear exactly what he said tbh.
jenny: halsted/division-ish
― tanuki, Thursday, 12 January 2012 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
i would be up for borad games if it ever comes to pass
― tanuki, Thursday, 12 January 2012 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
I meant where as in what do you do/who is your employer.
― gonna give her the old fuquay-varina (Jenny), Thursday, 12 January 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
ah, sorry — it's a sort-of fundraising call center for orchestras/ballets/theaters
― tanuki, Thursday, 12 January 2012 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
ATTN dan m
― do you not like slouching? (Eazy), Friday, 13 January 2012 03:53 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, I've seen some pictures on fb from friends in Homer and the surrounding areas, lots of snow
― long duk dan (dan m), Friday, 13 January 2012 04:44 (twelve years ago) link
The CTA bus system is absolutely worthless. Standing at the stop for the 97 near my house and nearly empty bus drives right past me. Apparently standing directly under a bus stop sign and waving both arms as the bus passes is code for, "no thanks, I'm good, just standing out here for the hell of it, please go on".
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 13 January 2012 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
The sample size you're relying on is too small to reach the conclusion that the CTA bus system is worthless. But I totally feel b/c that happened to me once and it gave me the steaming, eye-bleeding rage.
― Je55e, Friday, 13 January 2012 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
Ha, yeah. I turn into Yosemite Sam and start cursing incoherently and jumping up and down and launching myself into the air by shooting my guns at the ground.
― gonna give her the old fuquay-varina (Jenny), Friday, 13 January 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link