Yesterday we went with the Gillespe’s to Wrightsville Beach on the coast of NC. It’s about 2 hours from our door. It was fantastic! The waves took me back to the Jersey shore of my youth. Both the girls body-surfed with us! They did great – Wrenny jumped right in, jumping waves with me and surfing all over on her boogie board. And once Reiley donned her goggles there was no stopping her – she was jumping over 6-foot waves. By the end of the day, we were all baked. Whoop! The only sad part was… it was the first time I had ever been to the NC beach!
9.0 Dodgeball
Vince in classic form. Evil Ben. Rocks. Go see it. End of story. And stick around afterwards for “Fatty did a funny”!
9.5 Heroes Incorporated
Wow! We had 5 hours of fun on Father’s Day with my gift of Heroes Incorporated! The game is fantastic – it’s got a solid foundation – chase down crime in city streets and roll the dice to beat it – bent by lots of juicy exceptions. There are superhero special powers, various gadgets, and “bonus cards” that you’re not always sure are worth using. Should you go all out crime fighting or try to stop the competition by throwing a super villian in their path? Everything you do has a cost, and it’s not often an easy choice – the sign of a great game. And while that’s all going on, you get to watch your superhero achieve greatness, gaining fighting power and gathering powerful gadgets. Fun cubed!
“Let me explain. No, there is too much. Lemme sum up…”
Must… blog… more… often…
Friends Making Games!
Sam Clifford’s got his Heroes Incorporated boardgame onto store shelves! You can order a copy online from GameFest – if you look quickly you can see it still on the top of the newly released games list!
And in similar but unrelated news, for Reiley’s eighth (!) birthday, the day before yesterday, my folks sent her the boardgame version of Boxum!, the game for which John Carpenter made the PC version! It’s so great to hear that Boxum! is going strong, too – I don’t think my parents had any idea it was the game John did! I hope you’re getting something out of it, John. :P
Reiley also picked up Bohnanza, a really nice looking Rio Grande game with a decent amount of complexity. Andrea and I can’t wait to steal it and play!
Board gaming is everywhere! Whooo!
YMCA 2004 Guides and Princesses Outing
Wow, what a weekend Reiley and I had just last, at the
Are you guys still out there?
Ken Etterman writes “What’s up in the B-M home. How are you guys doing. I can’t believe its already April – we need to get together again before were 60. Glad you and Andrea are laughing together at old movies. We miss you guys…Ken”
You said it. It sure is nice weather, maybe time for a road trip? :P
Another Season of Soccer
Wrenny and Rei just finished another soccer season, it was a blast. Reiley’s team has been together for over a year, and keeps getting better every game. Wrenny and I had our adventures together, as I coached her team. Wrenny did great as “coach’s helper”, helping me (most of the time) keep the eight rowdy young’uns in line (most of the time) and having fun playing soccer (when they weren’t picking daisies off the field). I had a blast just watching them having so much fun – you can learn a lot about what’s really important from a great group of kids like that. :P
9.5 Blazing Saddles
Re-watched this old classic recently with boo, we were bustin’ a gut… it’s so hard to find stuff this brilliant any more… must have single-handedly made the word “nigger” laughable and irrelevant… big comic book larger-than-life laughs on a budget that was probably so small that Mel Brooks (and Richard Pryor and all the other writers) could get away with following impulses pretty much anywhere they went…
“‘scuse me while I whip this out…”
Helpless in Asheville
Ken posted to my site! Ken, that means you can do no wrong! Get posting to your OWN site, you madman!!! :> Gimme a buzz if you need help…
Ken Etterman writes “Mike, nice job keeping up you blog, I notice you’ve been very regular (with the blog I mean). I would like to jump start mine again, you as always motivate me in that direction. Hope you guys are well – lets get connected soon.”