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Barrooms & Boardgames
Aug. 10th, 2013 11:55 pmMet up with Teddy Bear and the RPGang at the Yacht for an afternoon of board games and whiskey. Ended up playing something called Mage Knight for a good five hours straight. We managed to beat the weekend crowd and get the big round table over in the side room's corner. Personally I love the big round table. For one thing it's right by the kitchen so you get your food stat and hot. For another sitting there allows me to pretend that I'm attending a meeting of the Justice Society of America when I'm with my friends. Dibs on Doctor Fate.
Anyway our waitress, along with no end of Yacht staff, L5P tourists, grizzled bikers and random drunks periodically had to stop and inquire what game we were playing.
"Mage Knight."
Bright eyes: "Dude, awesome. I used to play Magic: The Gathering back in the day. Is this sort of what you're doing?"
"Right on, man. Yeah same basic principle. Deck building only with maps and miniatures thrown in. I'm digging it so far."
Snicker: "Okay, okay, ah, so is this like, like some Dungeons and Dragons shit you got going on here? Huh? Do you mind if I sit and watch?"
"Yeah... it's like some Dungeons and Dragons shit. And yeah, we definitely mind if you sit and watch."
"Oh my god, these little toys you all got are so cute."
"Actually their miniatures, ma'am..."
Picks figure up off map: "This guy looks cool. Is he a dragon?"
"A dragon man... I think. It's my first time playing."
Giggle: "And are you the 'dragon man'?"
"I am."
"And what's your dragon man's name?"
"Goldyx."
Incredulous blink of eyes: "Gold Dicks?"
"No, Goldyx... the Dragon Man."
Puts miniature down on wrong map tile: "Well okay then... you have fun playing with your Gold Dicks."
"How could I not?"
"Hey guys, sorry to barge in on your game, but I was asked to make sure none of you are doing any gambling here?"
"Lady, I'm not just a 41 year old man drinking in a bar at two in the afternoon while playing cards with pictures of little elves on them. I'm a 41 year old man pretending to be something called Goldyx the Dragon Man. I'd safely say the only gambling I'm going to be doing is with my pride."
"Okay then... who's ready for another round?"
And so it went. The crowd started to get thick around the table. Some show let out or was about to start. The Yacht was packed to standing room only capacity with many a harsh glare cast our way as we cast spells against a barrage of goblins, orcs, dragons (not dragon men) and chimeras. Finally once hour five rolled up and the din of the room made hearing each other near impossible we ended the game and totaled up the points.
Goldyx the Dragon Man was victorious, I'm pleased to report. Utilizing a strategy of kicking ass early in the game, healing later before it ended to discard wounds, heckling Teddy Bear to distract him and sheer beginners luck all won the day. Not bad for a guy with a name like a Norwegian porn star.
Anyway back to the novel, back to the past and all that...
Anyway our waitress, along with no end of Yacht staff, L5P tourists, grizzled bikers and random drunks periodically had to stop and inquire what game we were playing.
"Mage Knight."
Bright eyes: "Dude, awesome. I used to play Magic: The Gathering back in the day. Is this sort of what you're doing?"
"Right on, man. Yeah same basic principle. Deck building only with maps and miniatures thrown in. I'm digging it so far."
Snicker: "Okay, okay, ah, so is this like, like some Dungeons and Dragons shit you got going on here? Huh? Do you mind if I sit and watch?"
"Yeah... it's like some Dungeons and Dragons shit. And yeah, we definitely mind if you sit and watch."
"Oh my god, these little toys you all got are so cute."
"Actually their miniatures, ma'am..."
Picks figure up off map: "This guy looks cool. Is he a dragon?"
"A dragon man... I think. It's my first time playing."
Giggle: "And are you the 'dragon man'?"
"I am."
"And what's your dragon man's name?"
"Goldyx."
Incredulous blink of eyes: "Gold Dicks?"
"No, Goldyx... the Dragon Man."
Puts miniature down on wrong map tile: "Well okay then... you have fun playing with your Gold Dicks."
"How could I not?"
"Hey guys, sorry to barge in on your game, but I was asked to make sure none of you are doing any gambling here?"
"Lady, I'm not just a 41 year old man drinking in a bar at two in the afternoon while playing cards with pictures of little elves on them. I'm a 41 year old man pretending to be something called Goldyx the Dragon Man. I'd safely say the only gambling I'm going to be doing is with my pride."
"Okay then... who's ready for another round?"
And so it went. The crowd started to get thick around the table. Some show let out or was about to start. The Yacht was packed to standing room only capacity with many a harsh glare cast our way as we cast spells against a barrage of goblins, orcs, dragons (not dragon men) and chimeras. Finally once hour five rolled up and the din of the room made hearing each other near impossible we ended the game and totaled up the points.
Goldyx the Dragon Man was victorious, I'm pleased to report. Utilizing a strategy of kicking ass early in the game, healing later before it ended to discard wounds, heckling Teddy Bear to distract him and sheer beginners luck all won the day. Not bad for a guy with a name like a Norwegian porn star.
Anyway back to the novel, back to the past and all that...