So Thursday was technically over and Friday had begun but I was still keyed up from The Walking Dead game I ran and winning a game of Liar’s Dice so our resident night owl and I started up a game of Mottainai before calling it quits and heading to bed.
Some of the early risers hit Patch Work and one of the out of towners and I started up the new App-assisted Co-op version of Descent: Road to Legend.
Descent: Road to Legend actually took quite awhile but was a lot of fun. In the meantime, the others tried out Weilong and hit a game of Tummple!
After the Epic Descent and Tummple! games, VS System was hit again and then a few of us took off to go do some archery in the woods while the rest stayed behind and played Knight Models Marvel Universe Miniatures Game. The resident photographer went “arching,” so no pictures though the Marvel minis were painted up and looked amazing. Maybe someone will have some pics to share…
The archers got back later and joined in a few futile games of Space Alert. While the doomed crew of Space Alert were busy getting their ass kicked, the rest of the guys hit Tiny Epic Galaxies. We closed with a quick game of Riff Raff before we headed out to dinner at our staple “out night” establishment- Poncho and Lefty’s.
Pancho and Lefty’s came and went and we were back at the cabin to try out the last installment of our Walking Dead: All Out War homebrew game. This time the adventure played out at the cabin we were staying and, with a little overzealous zombie distribution by me, the game seemed to maintain the tension and excitement of our first session.
The cabin stage is set… for the dead.
It can be dangerous to force a second epic game after the first one is successful as the second session rarely matches the interest of the first and tends to just drag on but this one worked well and the guys had a lot of fun.
victorious heroes (who don’t look at explosions)
Everyone was still up and ready for more gaming after our close victory in Walking Dead so we broke out Lift It!
This game was the perfect follow up to the serious and complex minis game we just finished up as it was so ridiculously silly that it served as a great juxtaposition. It proved crazy and hilarious and was a great ending to the day.
competitors harnessing all the tools at their disposal to out play each other.
co-op play!
Saturday started with some early morning Hive fun and then descended into some furious Thunder Road action.
custom rides take the board
After lunch, we took up a backstabby game of Jolly Roger, complete with real cheaty pirate action, some great Crokinole flicking, and another game of Roll for the Galaxy.
Having been cooped up long enough inside, we went outside to enjoy the weather before a storm could come in with the lawn game Kubb.
laying out the field of battle
The storm soon ended our outdoor fun and we went into the darkening cabin for some Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space. After being a human player and easily getting slaughtered we went back to some dexterity action with my favorite: Catacombs (3rd edition).
After Catacombs we broke for dinner and hit an epic game of Blood Rage. It proved too much for group as the game went a bit long and had a mix of experienced and inexperienced players, making for a lopsided victory.
We finished out the late evening with a quick game of Toc Toc Woodman.
Sunday was our pack up day but we had some time and still got in a few games before people had to take off. I got another Descent: Road to Legend session in while the others hit The Duke and the VS System again.
Descent ended in our defeat this time around so we pushed back into another game of Roll for the Galaxy and ended CabinCon 2016 with a rip through the Castles of Mad King Ludwig.
It was a great time and the perfect length for a gaming getaway. I’m glad everyone could come out and it was great to see familiar faces and play some great games again.
Stats:
Total games played: 72
Game Play Log Breakdown:
Codenames (6)
High Society (1)
No Thanks! (1)
Liar’s Dice (5)
Delve (12)
VS System (5)
Stone Age (1)
Imperial Assault (1)
The Duke (6)
Roll for the Galaxy (3)
The Walking Dead: All Out War (2)
Mottania (1)
Patch Work (3)
Weilong (1)
Tummple! (1)
Descent: Road to Legend (2)
Marvel Universe Miniatures Game (1)
Space Alert (2)
Tiny Epic Galaxies (1)
Riff Raff (1)
Lift It! (1)
Hive (1)
Thunder Road (1)
Jolly Roger (2)
Crokinole (2)
Kubb (4)
Escape From the Aliens in Outer Space (1)
Catacombs 3e (1)
Blood Rage (1)
Toc Toc Woodsman (1)
The Castles of Mad King Ludwig (1)