A Great Day for Gaming

Yesterday was a great day for gaming. I’m in Minneapolis on business, and only had one appointment, an hour long meeting at 4:30. My brother works in Minneapolis for Fantasy Flight Games, as does his wife, so it was only natural in my visit, I’d be subjected to a plethora of games.

I headed over to his place at about 10, where I had breakfast, then we took my sister-in-law over to her job and dropped her off. My brother then took me over to a game store known as “The Source”.

It’s the biggest game store I’ve ever seen, with tons upon tons of RPG books, paints, minis, board & card games, statues and comics. I think I spent about an hour just wandering the store, looking at everything.

They have all kinds of popular RPGs, as well as some really obscure ones. I was impressed as to their selection of Savage Worlds products, including multiple third-party publishers of SW games. They also had Burning Empires, the Sci-Fi version of Burning Wheel (and Mouse Guard) and it took a lot of will power to pull myself away.

After that, we headed back to my brother’s place, where we played a quick game of Small World. I got decimated pretty badly, but by then it was time to have lunch with my sister-in-law. We picked her up, and went to the park, where my brother taught me how to play Warhammer Invasion, Fantasy Flight’s new Living Card Game. It was surprisingly easy to learn and play, and before I knew it, I was playing like a pro (using my sister-in-law’s deck, of course.)

After that, we headed back to the apartment where we hung out for a while, before I left for my meeting.

After the meeting, I headed back to the apartment, where we had dinner, then over to their friends’ house, two of whom also work at FFG. I got to sit in on and play in Warhammer Fantasy RP. I had put together a character before hand, a human gambler known as Tristan Two-Coins (Ten-Coins to the ladies…) who was better lucky than actually good. He was dirt poor and down on his luck, but managed to turn that luck around by using his weighted dice to gamble with my brother’s character, fleecing him of 100 shiny silver coins without getting caught cheating.

We soon witnessed a hanging, and later that night, the tavern was attacked by Zombies. Tristan did his part, striking down one of the four abominations. The heroes were in the middle of a greater plot involving a mysterious stone they had uncovered, but my character was less interested in what the stone was, and more interested in finding out why a zombie had just tried to eat him. He got out of the fight without a scratch, and managed to make friends with the town’s surgeon.

I think I definitely got a handle on the game mechanics, as well.

After the game, we went back to the apartment and wrapped up a quick game of 3-person Small World, then I headed back.

Things I got today: the Winds of Magic Supplement for Warhammer Fantasy RP, and my brother found my old MTG Elf deck I’ve been missing for years.

It was a good day, and one I thoroughly enjoyed. Tonight, after work, I’ll be heading over to the FFG Retail Center and play some games. This is a good week for gaming!

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