Tribal and King of Tokyo

Just a few games of the last few games I played yesterday at Ara's place. First we played two games of Tribal, dusting off the cobwebs as I plan on going to Cancon in January for the Tribal tournament.

We played with a Chief (armed with a long weapon), a Hero (with a short weapon) and two bands of Warriors (one with long weapons, the other with short ones) each. First was a straight up fight, where I got slaughtered, the second game was the 'Revenge' scenario where I managed to reverse my fortunes.

Defintely loving the game, and has kept my motivation to paint up my Maori.

We also played a game of King of Tokyo. I lost to a seven year old (who won by causing three wounds to everyone including himself). Say no more.

Castles of Burgundy

I used to board game a lot growning up, and it's what got me into wargaming (along with plastic model kits). Last night I joined a friend at Gamezilla, a board game meetup at a Japanese restaurant for a game of something. The guy that was running things was nice enough to choose something for us. He introduced us to Castles of Burgundy.

Shut Up & Sit Down (that I like to watch game reviews every now and then) also liked Castles of Burgundy. Their review is pretty accurate of my thoughts of the game:

https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/review-castles-burgundy/

Board gaming is definitely I could get back into again on a semi-regular basis.

USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6)

Heard that this United States Navy Wasp-class amphibious assault ship was in town for a few days and decided to go down to Port Melbourne and check her out.

First thing I thought - she's friggin' 'uge! And rusty.

More on her can be found on the Wikipedia entry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bonhomme_Richard_(LHD-6)