{"id":1215,"date":"2008-11-23T18:15:35","date_gmt":"2008-11-23T18:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/?p=1215"},"modified":"2008-11-23T18:15:35","modified_gmt":"2008-11-23T18:15:35","slug":"bggcon_2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/?p=1215","title":{"rendered":"Bgg.con 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nAnother year of BGG.con.  This time, instead of writing long and detailed posts, I tried micro-blogging the gaming via twitter.com.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe game highlights were:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/game\/36888\">After the Flood<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/game\/38675\">Cities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/game\/313\">Big Boss<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/game\/37380\">Roll Through the Ages<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/game\/38904\">Wind River<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/game\/38778\">Heads of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/game\/29410\">Municipium<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nThe games that I didn&#8217;t like were:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/game\/37046\">Ghost Stories<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/game\/37461\">Krakow 1325AD<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/game\/24491\">Super Nova<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/game\/38735\">Der Schwarm<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nI also found three restaurants that I liked: Ali Baba (Mediterranean), Babe&#8217;s Chicken Dinner House (in Carrollton), and the Czech Stop.  I didn&#8217;t like Campisi&#8217;s Egyptian restaurant or Big Fish.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFull twitter posts after the cut&#8230;\n<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1012991833\"><br \/>\nJust finished a Rudy&#8217;s breakfast taco.  Driving north towards the big D!<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1013045282\"><br \/>\nSecond speed trap so far. Trooper pulled out in front of me to arrest someone else.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1013091008\"><br \/>\nAnd the fourth trap&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1013207634\"><br \/>\nStarship Pegasus? Food?<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1013302782\"><br \/>\n@edroz I&#8217;ll take the fifth on that one<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/cyndilou\/status\/1013135751\"><br \/>\n@cyndilou If you want me to respect you, then yes. \ud83d\ude09 I am lugging 20 pounds of gear<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1013309331\"><br \/>\nArrived at Dallas, eating at Campisi&#8217;s, gawd drivers are frackin aggresive here.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1013385986\"><br \/>\nAt the mega-sized Half Priced Books<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1013701179\"><br \/>\nStarting After The Flood with brookscl and Jim<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1014037583\"><br \/>\nEating seafood at Big Fish<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1014161537\"><br \/>\nNow playing with Ghost Stories with martang, kafka0622, and r3gamer<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1014256744\"><br \/>\nMartang played a rule wrong and made the game much harder. We died.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1014978499\"><br \/>\nCheckin was mass chaos, but I scored Mordred!<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1015136375\"><br \/>\nStarting Krakow 1325AD<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1015314749\"><br \/>\nWon by a pip. Like Cities better than Krakow.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1015392778\"><br \/>\nplaying Der Schwarm without English rules, what a cluster fsck&#8230; Abort people, abort!<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1015491263\"><br \/>\nZev teaches us the game<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1015608730\"><br \/>\nThis game is painfully slow. Also, the are picking on the last place person rather than their competition. Odd.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1015668168\"><br \/>\nPlaying Tichu!<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1015967186\"><br \/>\nPlaying Big Boss<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1016583098\"><br \/>\nPhotography meetup yo&#8217;s!<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1016746922\"><br \/>\nPlaying Super Nova, was taught by the developer<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1016860458\"><br \/>\nHrm, are the special powers unbalanced?<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1016910975\"><br \/>\nSigh, it seems that this game is a hit them while you are down game. Scored 0, then was wiped out. Not fun. Thumbs down.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1017082178\"><br \/>\nPlaying Princes of Machi Picchu<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1017169098\"><br \/>\nPlaying Roll Through The Ages. Woot!<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1017250632\"><br \/>\nR.T.t.A. is kewl. Me likes.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1017429042\"><br \/>\nPlayed Wind River. Liked it.  Thematic, brutal.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1017452584\"><br \/>\nEating at Ali Baba&#8230; Mmm, Mediterranian<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1017511302\"><br \/>\nFood was surprisingly good: recommended!<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1017566260\"><br \/>\nTexas Holdem is starting.  Fate demands that I sit upsteam of @buffyburnett<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitpic.com\/n7cs\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/twitpic.com\/n7cs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1017626984\"><br \/>\nAces and tens took you out Bluffy. Sorry \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1017674770\"><br \/>\nAll out. Boo. But at least I had a flush and straight draw&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1017725267\"><br \/>\nPlaying Powerboats, took a risk, rolled snake eyes, it payed out! Woot!<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1018183607\"><br \/>\nFlea market is starting and I am in a price war with @MWChapel<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitpic.com\/nay4\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/twitpic.com\/nay4<\/a> !<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1018320779\"><br \/>\nWoot! My copy sold and @MWChapel did not;-)<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1018333692\"><br \/>\nStarting Liebe und Intrige&#8230; Wonder if I can marry off my daughters&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1018350802\"><br \/>\n@MWChapel says &#8220;there are up to three gentlemen face up underneath your daughter&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1018493254\"><br \/>\nPlaying Duck Duck Go with the author&#8230; It&#8217;s good to be at a game con.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1018545441\"><br \/>\nCame down to a photo finish and i drew too high&#8230; ;-( still fun though<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitpic.com\/ndk8\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/twitpic.com\/ndk8<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1018604516\"><br \/>\nTrying Nice Weather out<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1018710522\"><br \/>\nPlaying Heads of State. The author is at our table.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1018862498\"><br \/>\nKilled everyone in Heads of State (+30 to second place) &#8230; Interesting game<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1018921426\"><br \/>\nStarting Wabash Cannonball&#8230; Woot!<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1018998492\"><br \/>\nGrr, this game turned into &#8220;table talk, beat on the perceived leader&#8221;. That fucking sucks!!! These newbies don&#8217;t know yet. Bad @MWChapel!<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1019093264\"><br \/>\nPlaying Space Alert &#8211; boring so far &#8211; zzz<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1019642947\"><br \/>\nPlaying Municipium with @brookscl and jim<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1019725517\"><br \/>\nIt looks like R-Eco will be the last game of bgg.con!<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1019753931\"><br \/>\nSo long and thanks for all of the games!<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1019812633\"><br \/>\nAte at Babe&#8217;s Chicken Dinner House in Carolton.  It was great.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1019941159\"> stopping at the Czech stop <\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitpic.com\/nn61\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/twitpic.com\/nn61<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hamzy\/status\/1020012628\"><br \/>\nPerfect sunset right now&#8230; Shame I am on the road<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another year of BGG.con. This time, instead of writing long and detailed posts, I tried micro-blogging the gaming via twitter.com. The game highlights were: After the Flood Cities Big Boss Roll Through the Ages Wind River Heads of State Municipium The games that I didn&#8217;t like were: Ghost Stories Krakow 1325AD Super Nova Der Schwarm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}