Monday: Chess Club. Won one, lost two. One of the club members has an online score of 2200. (!) Also ran a hasty demo of DnD for two mothers and two kids - one about nine years old and the other about six. The six-year-old quickly got bored, though I tried to distract him with a pet for his character, and his mother did her best to enlist his help. The plot, such as it was, involved a dragon that had just stolen the town's sheep, and the party hired by a desperate mayor. The characters were a dwarf, a magic-user, an elf and a knight. Many 20-siders were rolled, generally with easy difficulties, but a couple very low rolls added tension and interest. The party headed down a forest path in the direction of the dragon, climbed a tree to look for him, attracted his attention and had to fight him while he was slashing his way through the trees and failing to flame them due to a magical shield. The session ended with an (assisted by magic) throw of the knight's sword into the dragon's mouth - he gagged, dropped the sheep on the party, and the players got their treasure and an idea of how the game works.
We also played a couple rounds of Exploding Kittens, which seems popular. and I've been idly messing with Tantrix as well (a puzzle game). I would like to try a Portable Wargame once I get some more Paperboys made, or the Perrys' box set will work as well. I nearly bought a painted set of it at Recon.
Tuesday: Cut some more Paperboys for club display, this time English knights from the 1314 volume.
Wednesday: A little more Paperboy assembly, but experimented by sandwiching them over laminating plastic for greater durability. Surprisingly stayed stuck on to the plastic well, but of course harder to cut out -a danger of dulling the scissors, I think.
Thursday: Opened my mailbox to find a handful of Bad Squiddo figures I'd ordered from North Star and forgot about. They have an amazing line of WWII women that make great character figures or small units for VBCW.
Friday: Some idle Paperboys. I've decided to work my way through the AWI book with heavier bases for possible play at work during the summer. So far have finished a 32-man regiment of American militia and started on two 16-man units of American light infantry (the intent is for Charge!)
Saturday: Started a few more Paperboys for the club, this time ECW dragoons on foot. Might do Highlanders next, as I'm looking for variety.
My brother has finished his gift painting commissions for me! Here's the duardin bookkeeper:
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