Just wanted to share some of my Christmas swag:
Games:
- Gears of War 3
- PlayStation Move Shooting Attachment
- Rock Band Guitar
- Uncharted 3
DVDs:
- Futurama Volume 6 Bluray
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
- Simpsons Season 14 DVD Read More
Category Archives: Board & Card Games
Monopoly Deal
Filed under Board & Card Games
Tagged as amazon, big bad bob, bigbadbob, Board & Card Games, card games, hasbro, hotel, house, monopoly, monopoly deal, parker bros., wal-mart, wally world
Tagged as amazon, big bad bob, bigbadbob, Board & Card Games, card games, hasbro, hotel, house, monopoly, monopoly deal, parker bros., wal-mart, wally world
One of my favorite board games of all time is Monopoly (Simpsons Monopoly to be more specific.) I love the money hoarding, the property snagging, the evil satisfaction I get when someone can’t pay the rent and needs to start trading properties with me…I love it all! One thing I don’t like about it is the length of time it can take to play a full game of Monopoly. The other thing I don’t like as much is that Shell isn’t crazy about the game. While at “Guys Day In” I tried out Monopoly Deal, was hooked on it, and now Shell is too. Monopoly Deal is a great alternative to the full-on board game.
Monopoly Deal is a single set card game (developed by Hasbro but sold under Parker Bros.) you can find at your local retailer…Amazon lists it for $7 and change, but I found it at Wal-Mart for a mere $5. When I say single set, I mean that when you buy it, you buy the whole set. Some card games have boosters or expansions, but Monopoly Deal is ready to play right out of the box and there is nothing to go out and buy ever again. The way it works is that the cards represent cash, properties, and actions (like collecting rent and purchasing houses). The object of the game is to take the property cards you get and play them in front of you, and the first player to gain three monopolies (2-4 cards of a set, depending on the set) wins the game. There is only a single card for each unique property (ex- there is only one Boardwalk card in the deck), but there are wild cards that act like different color properties (so having Kentucky Ave. and two red wild cards is considered a monopoly.)
Just Picked Up Risk:Factions Thanks to Free MS Points
Filed under Board & Card Games, Video Games
Tagged as 360, big bad bob, bigbadbob, bing rewards, board game, ms points, risk, risk: factions, xbla, xbox
Tagged as 360, big bad bob, bigbadbob, bing rewards, board game, ms points, risk, risk: factions, xbla, xbox
I have accumulated 500 MS points since using the Bing Rewards program, and I have been looking for a 400 point game to get off of XBLA. Luckily I saw a tweet last week indicating that Risk:Factions would be on sale this week for 400 points, so I made sure to pick that up today. I love Risk, and enjoyed the trial game which I played a few weeks back. This will make it a breeze to cure my Risk itch when I feel like breaking out the board game but have no one around to play against.
Busy Labor Day Weekend
Filed under Board & Card Games, Food & Drink, Geocaching, Movies, My Personal Life, Pets, Sports
Tagged as big bad bob, bigbadbob, booze, brooklyn, dallas bbq, drinking, geocache, Geocaching, killer bunnies, mason dixon, mexican food, nes, octoberfest, pizza, quest for the magic carrot, sam adams
Tagged as big bad bob, bigbadbob, booze, brooklyn, dallas bbq, drinking, geocache, Geocaching, killer bunnies, mason dixon, mexican food, nes, octoberfest, pizza, quest for the magic carrot, sam adams
We had a pretty sweet three-day excursion this weekend to see my sister and brother-in-law at their place in Brooklyn. It was an awesome time and we all had a blast. It’s always nice to get together with them, simply because it is so hard to do so.
We arrived there Saturday afternoon after coming into Grand Central and doing some subway hopping to get to her apartment on Greenpoint Ave in Brooklyn. My bro-in-law had ground up some home-made sausage and Cara cooked up some fresh ciabatta bread, so we had some nice sandwiches waiting for us when we arrived. I also got to finally meet their cat Amber (or as they prefer to call her, Puss Puss). She is a very cute, affectionate cat who tends to drool on you if she lays on you for even a brief amount of time. After lunch we hung out for a bit, and then headed out for a walk and some brief geocaching. We found one on a”nature walk” through an industrial section of Brooklyn, which ended up being a pretty scenic area despite all the garbage barges floating nearby. It was Cara and Nick’s first find so they were pretty happy! We then headed down to Newton Barge Terminal Playground for the next geocache. After much confused searching, we found the area where it should have been, but a local bum was literally asleep right on top of the area, so we had to forget about successfully finding it. Read More
Killer Bunnies Invade my House…Shell Approves
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Tagged as big bad bob, bigbadbob, board game, card game, killer bunnies, quest for the magic carrot, remix, starter deck
Tagged as big bad bob, bigbadbob, board game, card game, killer bunnies, quest for the magic carrot, remix, starter deck
As I mentioned earlier, I recently picked up the game Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot. I broke it out last night, and after making some frozen drinks and fresh blueberry buckle, Shell and I settled down for a round of the game. What it turned into was a three-game session that lasted over two hours, as we battled for carrots while keeping the cats away from stray dice and rubberbands!
The game is fast, simple, and fun, and for these reasons I felt that Shell would enjoy it also. And I was right. During the first game, I asked her if she was enjoying it, and she said that she would want to play it again. What I didn’t realize is that she meant she wanted to play it again right after our current game was over. After the first game, she insisted that we play a second game. I was surprised, yet pleased, and we started up a second game. After the second game was over, I jokingly said, “hey, want to play again?” Shell looked at the clock, then said “yeah if you want to” and thus game three of the night was on. Read More
Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot
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Tagged as big bad bob, bigbadbob, Board & Card Games, card games, carrot, killer bunnies, quest for the magic carrot, remix
Tagged as big bad bob, bigbadbob, Board & Card Games, card games, carrot, killer bunnies, quest for the magic carrot, remix
Last week I met up with Steve for the day, and we ended up playing a round of a card game he had bought called Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot. I am always down for a new board/card game, so I was excited to check it out. Turns out, the game was easy to learn and a heck of a lot of fun to play. That said, I ended up snagging my own copy in the end. We both bought the Remix Addition, since it had a bunch of great cards from the main set as well as from a bunch of the expansions, to really develop the game further without having to purchase each individual expansion.
Killer Bunnies is a card game, revolving around maintaining an army of bunnies, killing off your opponent’s bunnies, and collecting carrots. You can play one card each turn from your hand, but what makes the game difficult to master is that you have to plan out which card you will play two moves in advance. In other words, when it is not your turn, there will be two cards in front of you face down…one that you will play on your next turn, and one that will be played on your next-next turn. So you can have something planned, but by the time that card’s turn comes up, you may not be able to play it anymore, based on how the game has changed. Read More
My Top Ten Posts of 2009
Filed under Board & Card Games, Books, Sacred 2, Site Updates, Video Games
Tagged as arkham asylum, Axis & Allies, batman, big bad bob, bigbadbob, blog, book, character build, combat arts, demo, Gathering Storm, high elf, nhl, PlayStation 3, post, PS3, Resistance, review, Sacred 2, shadow warrior, Whale Wars, Winter Classic, Wolverine
Tagged as arkham asylum, Axis & Allies, batman, big bad bob, bigbadbob, blog, book, character build, combat arts, demo, Gathering Storm, high elf, nhl, PlayStation 3, post, PS3, Resistance, review, Sacred 2, shadow warrior, Whale Wars, Winter Classic, Wolverine
Ive had the site since April, and I was curious to see what my top ten blogs were. So I went into my Google Analytics records and checked it out. I love using Google Analytics, and its so much easier than trying to read the reports from Blue Host. I knew two of the posts would be up there, but others were quite a surprise.
1.Explanation of Combat Arts in Sacred 2
This came as no surprise. I knew from looking at other reports that this was my most popular post. I think I did a search to see why, and there is some combination you could put in about Sacred 2 and combat arts that landed me on page one on google.
This also was not a big surprise, and was the post that had the most random comments. If you google the term whale wars sucks, I come up at number four, which is awesome. Man, I hate that show…
3. My Shadow Warrior Character Build Guide
Another post I knew was very popular. I had made a build guide for the Shadow Warrior in Sacred 2, who seems to be the most popular character to play as. Thus, this was a pretty big hit on my blog.
4. My Announcement of Future Character Builds in Sacred 2
For some reason, a post about what I intended to do in the future made it to my number four most popular post. It doesnt really do much but say “hey, pretty soon I will start making some character build guides.”
5. Axis & Allies 50th Anniversary Edition
This one was a surprise. I didnt even play the game…I just commented on how cool it looks and how much I would love to play it. Man, I need to get some nerd friends up here to play a game of A&A…
6. Resistance: Gathering Storm Book Review
This one was also a surprise. I dont know how it got on here, but my little review of a fairly unpopular book (as far as I can tell) made it to #6 on my blog. Bravo Resistance. Bravo.
7. My Guess At an NHL Announcement
This post makes me laugh. In July the NHL announced that it would make a major announcement at Fenway Park. Common sense told me that that would be the location of the 2010 Winter Classic, and I indeed was correct in my guess. The best part is that this post did not get popular until December, when the Winter Classic was approaching.
8. Batman: Arkham Asylum Demo Review
This only cracks me up because my review of the demo is more popular than my first impressions of the full game… Hmmm, I just realized that I never wrote up a full review of the game…
This came as a complete surprise. I didnt notice that my review of the Wolverine game was this high up on my blog.
10. My High Elf Character Build Guide
I thought this one was going to be more popular. Its my build guide for the High Elf in Sacred 2.
So there you have it, my top 10 most popular posts. Thanks for looking, and I look forward to seeing how it changes in the coming months.
Axis & Allies 50th Anniversary Edition
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Tagged as A&A, America, Anniversary edition, Axis & Allies, battleship, bomber, Britain, England, fighter, Germany, Italy, Japan, Nazi, R&D, Russia, Soviet Union, sub, submarine, tank, troop, U.S.A., United States
Tagged as A&A, America, Anniversary edition, Axis & Allies, battleship, bomber, Britain, England, fighter, Germany, Italy, Japan, Nazi, R&D, Russia, Soviet Union, sub, submarine, tank, troop, U.S.A., United States
I want this pretty bad. Ive been a fan of A&A for a long time, and have an old version of the game. I love it because its so much more indepth than Risk. I mean, you have troops, tanks, fighter jets, bombers, subs, battleships…the list goes on and on.
For those who arent familar, A&A is a WWII board game. The original game allows up to five players; three for the Allies (USA, England, and Russia) and two for the Axis (Germany and Japan). You then use the territories under your control to build up your military and attack the other team.
