So much has happened since my last post. I've had an amazing family reunion, many visits from friends, the Fourth of July, and so on. However I don't want to cram all of this into a haphazard post. I realize I've missed my usual posting time, so this post is a late one. So sorry, I've been so busy and really sleep deprived lol. But I will tell you what happened yesterday.
After work yesterday my two roommates and I decided to run some errands together. This involved picking up a car from the mechanic, dropping off a car at the mechanic, some light grocery shopping, and, just for fun, a visit to a game store. We had never been to this game store but it was highly recommended by a friend. To clarify, it's not a video game store. It's a nerdy strategy board game store.
I knew we'd struck gold when we first walked inside. At first glance I saw plastic cubbies full of dice in various sizes, colors, and number of sides. I love to customize. The first shelf we glanced at was full of promising looking game boxes. The atmosphere was inviting and we could clearly hear from the back of the store that a game was in progress (ex. "I equip the Broadsword of Vanquishing which gives me +4 strength which raises my overall combat strength to 11 thus defeating the Menacing Minotaur).
We browsed the shelves for quite some time. So many games looked so fun! If my roommate had a million dollars we would have walked out with one of everything. The store associate was incredibly helpful. He recommended several games of different types to us. He plays many of these games himself. He let us know about the demo games in the back area of the store that we could try out. I'd never heard of demo board games before but I love the idea! One game in particular caught my eye. It was a type of strategy board game that we hadn't tried yet (involving resources). The store associate had just bought the game and hadn't gotten the chance to play it yet. He offered to play it with us so we could see if we liked it.
Now, I had to use the bathroom. There wasn't a public restroom in the store. Also, I was a week and a half's worth of sleep deprived. I knew if I said something to my roommates that we would end up telling the man we might try it some other time and leave. However, I had a gut feeling that if we played the game with him that day we would leave the store as members of a gaming group. My two roommates are introverts. We're all nerds. A gaming group would be really good for us and this was a prime opportunity to find one. So I held it lol.
The game was amazing! It's called Evolution. The premise is that the players are species of animals struggling for survival. You start out with one species each and as the game progresses you can add more species, increase the population of your species, and increase the body size of your species (a protection against carnivores or an edge for carnivores). Various cards aid you in helping your species survive. The limited resource is food. If you don't have enough food for your species, it's population goes down to the amount of food you do have for it. If you have no food for a species or all of them get eaten by a fellow player's carnivore your species goes extinct. So many strategies can go into play in this game! I took to it like a fish to water.
Like I predicted, we were invited to join a group. We now have a regular game night! We have now joined a thriving community of nerds! We have a social life outside of church! Lol. I'm so excited! Not to mention we get to add our library of games to our new friend's library of games, plus the huge wall of hundreds of demo games (which are the full game shipped to the store taped shut instead of shrink wrapped). So many options! So much to learn! So much fun ahead! I look forward to meeting new people and learning new games and just having a blast! God is so awesome to us!
That's it for this post! Thanks for reading! If you have any feedback just leave a comment or email me at thehalflingninja@gmail.com
You're never too small to make a difference in the world.
The Halfling Ninja
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