Tabletop Game Day Jr.

Last night we went to a Game Night hosted by Tia & Steve, where there were more kids in attendance than I think we've ever had since our very FIRST Game Day that we hosted at our place some 4 years ago. It was awesome BUT it also leads me to the conclusion that if we're to continue doing these things, a few things need to happen:

1) We need a venue that allows for separation of Kids and Adults

2) I need to teach Molly how to play more games

The venue thing is difficult. The perfect solution would be a giant house with two gaming areas upstairs and a basement that's been turned in to a kid-friendly rec room. A table in the rec room for two adults to play a game while the energy-filled kids go crazy, an upstairs Gaming Area One with a big table for the kids who want to play a game with some of the adults, and a Gaming Area Two designated for quieter, less chaotic "Adult" gaming. So the "Kids Area" will have games like Ascension, Magic: The Gathering... games for two or three players. Gaming Room One will be stuff like Ticket To Ride, Carcassone, Small World, Dominion and all the Big Box Euro-Games we all love. Gaming Room Two will be all of those plus stuff like Cards Against Humanity, and will be a designated area for adults and adult-minded teenagers to feel free to be inappropriate.

Probably won't *happen*, but it's nice to dream :)

The "Teaching Molly New Games" thing is a bit easier... today we're going to play Ticket To Ride and Carcassone! Gonna do it up proper with snacks and theme music and fun :)

Game Of Tissues: A Song of Snot & Phlegm

As is traditional in these parts, khristle spent almost two days insisting that she wasn't sick and that it was just allergies, only to then succumb to a well-deserved 15 hours of sleep.

Thing to remember, folks, is that your body doesn't really care if it's allergies or a virus. It still has to fight the invaders and protect the homeland. Eventually your troops are gonna get fatigued on the one battlefront, leaving you wide open for attack from other enemies.

Whatever she has, Molly and I are *getting it*. MOLLY is the absolute worst at being sick, because she refuses to rest. For her, SLEEP is the TRUE enemy and she will fight it every inch of the way. When fighting sleep, she gets super-energetic-manic-frantic (expialidocious).

Same Slam, Different Fandom

Further evidence that Religion is just another branch of Geekism/Nerdism/Fandom. Consider this "Exhibit A", Pat Robertson's recent comments regarding Dungeons & Dragons:

Contrast and compare to Carrie Fischer dissing Star Trek:

One of the great traditions of Fandom is NOT ONLY to sing the praises of your own Fandom, but to also mock/shame/"Diss" other similar fandoms. Christianity gets their rules from a book, D&D gets their rules from a book (but D&D is at least nice enough to put an edition number with each major revision of the rules).

I can remember when I was first exploring Fandom and i was warned against becoming some weirdo Star Wars Freak. It was TREK all the way, and those Star Wars fans? Well they were just awful, terrible people who weren't REALLY sci-fi fans. They were just jumping on the band wagon and going with whatever was popular at the moment! Stay away from them at all costs!