borderlands
i introduced the boys to the game borderlands last night. it was fun. b's a pretty serious strategist. he plays chess pretty well. he'll spend hours staring at the axis and allies board. anywho, borderlands is one of my favorite board games. it's got a nice blend of diplomacy, resource development, and battle. g's a little young for it still. he had fun sorting all the pieces and aligning them just perfectly. he had fun mixing up the resource production sites and placing them on the board. finally b couldn't stand it any more. let's play. so we did. i chose the side of the board with all the gold and most of the horses. he chose the side with all the iron and coal. he built weapons and took my gold. neither of us are really all that interested in grinding out the end game. which is pretty cool. cause we call the game. and then we replay the ending. to see if the loser had a better strategy. i didn't.