Hari Raya Boardgame Binge

What a binge. Played almost non-stop boardgames over the Hari Raya holidays. Started off on Friday with two friends of ours, playing Ghost Stories with Janice. Finally managed to win one game that night. Janice retired to bed, and we rounded up the night with 2 rounds of Nightfall

Saturday, we played with my old college friend and her friends. After a nice chicken rice lunch we squeezed in a game of 7 Wonders and Dix It to warm up, followed by 2-3 rounds of Ghost Stories (I sat this one out) and a final few rounds of Boomtown to wrap up by evening.

Sunday we took a break in the afternoon to shop @ 1Utama, though not very successfully. My ramen at Isetan was closed, and nothing looked interesting to buy so we called it an afternoon by 3. Instead, we went to Tropicana City Mall to catch the Expendables 2; leave your brain at the door and just enjoy the ride lol. After, we caught sushi at Sushi Tei and I ended up playing MTG Winston drafts with my friend till 10 or so, then we caught up with another bunch of friends for drinks.

Monday was another shopping day, this time at Gardens, Midvalley. We did buy some stuff this time, got a haircut too. By the time we got home, we decided to go to the Burger Lab for dinner but it was closed (as expected with my luck these few days). We ended up at Silver Spoon @ Publika for some good Italian food. Was supposed to go to Meeples that night to check out some board games but yup, closed too.

Tuesday was another round of all-in boardgame fun with my regular bunch; highschool mates of mine. Lunch at Food Foundry, then off to my house for more board games. We started off with 7 Wonders; I did dismally scoring a 47 versus the winner's 76. Next was Nightfall where I got my face smashed in, then a quick round of Monopoly Deal where again I was made a pauper with no money or properties in my name.Things turned around for me with Conquest of Planet Earth where I sneaked in a victory with my intelligent space-faring aliens that look like prawns. Last game of the day was Thunderstone where my combination of deck thinning and recurring drawing won the day for me.

On the games front, Darksiders 2 is out but I'm going to start with Darksiders 1 first to get the backstory. I started on The Saboteur, a 2009 sandbox game like GTA where you blow up Nazis and see lots of boobs in Paris. Another game I downloaded just last night is Sleeping Dogs, another sandbox game about a Chinese undercover cop trying to take down the triads (like Infernal Affairs I suppose).

All-in-all, a crazy holiday for me, and a busy few weeks with these 3 new games. Later.