last few days

More snow! Whee! It's not unpleasant, though I do wonder what the state of things will be tomorrow morning. It's Sunday, so nothing nearby seems to have been plowed. (Haven't gone far.)

This afternoon we watched the first few episodes of an anime series called "Infinite Ryvius". Dani picked it up recently after seeing a couple episodes at a con. It looks like it will be good. I'm not all that familiar with anime. (This edition has an English dialogue track, which I consider to be a requirement. I think Dani's content with subtitles, which is good for him because I think most anime comes that way.)

Yesterday we had some folks over for gaming. We played History of the World in the afternoon; I think this was my first game with a full six players. If my die-rolling on the final turn hadn't absolutely sucked, I might have been able to win. (I spent most of the game in the vicinity of third place.) Britain in its 19th/early-20th-century colonial phase, with "naval supremacy" to boot, is not supposed to get whumped everywhere it tries to invade. Not that I'm bitter. :-)

After dinner one person had to leave and we had one new arrival, but I was feeling gamed out and didn't want to play more. That left five people, the optimal number for most Rio Grande games, so they broke out Puerto Rico and had fun.

Thursday night was the D&D game. ( Read more... )