Games Played: October 2013

by Christopher Ebert

Had a decent month of gaming this month. Not much gaming but there was a lot going on this month so that's okay. We had a spare bedroom in our house that we used as a storage unit that we had to spend some time cleaning out and going through stuff. I have a stack of boxes in my living room now that still need to be gone through and a bunch of stuff off to the side we need to tote down to the thrift store to donate. Why did we have to clear this out? My Mother-in-law has been unable to find work for the last 3 years and can no longer afford to live in her house and had to put it up for sale. She needed somewhere to go and we were the only ones that had the room so that's why we cleared it out. The good news about it though is now there's someone always around to watch our son so my wife and I can have date nights again and she can also find a part-time job to help out the finances. I've been supporting my wife and son on my wages, and now my mother-in-law. Luckily she gets food stamps so I don't have to worry about food. I must be some genius with my budgeting cause I've been able to do it and still be able to get games.
Speaking of new games, got a few this month. I was very excited to get At the Gates of Loyang in trade. (Traded away Dungeon Run). I had interest in it for a while, mostly of course for the solo aspect. So of course... I had Agricola already, now I got At the Gates of Loyang... I should finish the harvest trilogy! I got notification from CoolStuffInc that Le Havre it was back in stock so I ordered it. More about those games below.
I was also given a copy of Pokémon Master Trainer II by a generous BGGer on the Thrifting for You geeklist. My wife liked the first one but wanted to play the second one since it had gym badges. She like Pokemon and I'm not against it, but not crazy about it. More about that game below as well.

My biggest excitement this month was the release of Battlefield 4. I had preordered that for PC (I played BF3 on Xbox360 and wanted to play on PC this time) and I am LOVING it. I had taken a few days of vacation in order to get some time in so pretty much played it four days straight. I beat the single-player campaign in about 4-5 hours and then immediately got into the multi-player action. So far I'm loving it and it as many things I had wished BF3 had. (I love that I can peek around a corner now) Commander mode is neat too. I made rank 10 by Thursday so was able to try it out. Problem is, most squads just ignored me and played the game like Team Deathmatch. Sucked.
My Origin ID is Shacky81 if anyone else plays.

Onto the board game plays!

[hr]Total Games Played:7 (3 new to me)
Total Expansion Played:1

Total Plays:15 (6 solo)
Total Expansion Plays:1


Most Played Game Multiplayer: Pathfinder ACG (4)
Most Played Game Solo: B-17 Queen of the Skies (3)
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