The Epiphany...

In my bio, I mentioned that I like boardgames... so I thought I would throw out some history how I got started into that. Only just a couple of years ago, my wife and I only had two games on our shelf. Monopoly and Balderdash. We always were talking about when we have friends over, it would be nice to have something to do with them. Boardgames seemed like a good idea... but it is impossible to get people to play Monopoly. This is either because it is too long and involved to play... or that people played it so much as a kid they were sick of it. When you have four or six people as guests, it only takes one dissenter to rule it out for everyone else. And sometimes that dissenter was me. Party games were only OK for me... I did always like Balderdash though. I never liked Trivial Pursuit, Pictionary, Scruples or Taboo. But even Balderdash gets tiring after a while if that is the only party game you have.

One day I told my wife Jennifer that maybe if we could add something to Monopoly to make it different, and then maybe people would be curious enough to play it. So I went on the web to research if there were any add-ons for Monopoly and came across a website that sold boardgames. I almost passed up looking too deep at it, thinking it was just an online forum to sell the usual fare such as Sorry, Trouble, Aggravation and of course, the party games. But there were several games on the site I had never seen before. One thing led to another and soon I came across this game called "A Dog's Life." It seemed way more than just a kids game and it was definitely different. Soon I wound up ordering it. It seemed strange waiting for it to arrive. This was the first "toy" I had purchased since I was in my early teens... Ironically, I felt like a kid anxiously waiting for it to hurry up and get to my home. That also was very strange and it only served to peak my curiosity.

Anyway, I thought I had finally found something unique that would give us something fun to do when our friends came over. Surely they would go for something that was new and fresh to do rather than just sit back and have coffeeshop or cocktail talk like we usually do. So, the game finally arrives and as I look through it, I get pretty excited because it sounds like a lot of fun. We have people over and everyone has a blast playing it. I immediately decide I want more then one game like this. I run out to the store and buy a copy of Clue! since I always remember liking that as a kid...except there is a new version out called Clue!FX....so I buy that instead. Feeding on the Clue! karma, I get back on the website and start looking for another deduction type game with maybe a different type of flavor... and come across a game called "Mystery of the Abbey" Very cool. So I purchase that, we all play it and have a blast and the rest is.... well, shall we just say "history."

An updated picture...

Well, here is a current picture of me.... the author of this blog. I'm coming up on the big 3-7 in October. Hopefully, it doesn't catch up with me too soon!

Office Space

Here is picture of my newly completed office. I will get another shot posted later.

Back From Computer Troubles...

It finally feels good to have a computer that I can rely on again... it was almost a month of being down without a computer. It makes you realize what an everyday dependence people have on computers now.

I just completed the final touches on my very own office, so I can have some peace, quiet and focus for building my boardgame ideas. Will have to post the before and after pictures soon.