Pyat wins!

[pyat]

It was a good day. The service this morning was engaging, with some good music and an interesting message. In the afternoon we went to a party at the home of doc_mystery and mrs_dm. mar2nee, her husband Daniel, and their daughter Sydney were also in attendance. We arrived to find that doc_mystery had just started Buckaroo Banzai, so while the adults and teen sat about watching the movie, the various little girls had a blast in the playroom.

Buckaroo Banzai was followed up with Mazes & Monsters. I was flabbergasted. Years I've been trying to get other gamers to watch this movie with me! Years! And now, twice in two weeks I've sat around with congenial nerds and watched the whole thing through. The Stars Must be Right.

After the movies, we played a round of a new (to us) card game, Family Business, a mob themed game. I was the Capone Gang, and I launced a vendetta against doc_mystery's Murder Inc. Last round was between me, Daniel, doc_mystery (briefly) and Sydney. doc_mystery was eliminated immediately, Sydney cashed out, and I managed to get Daniel before he got me. It was an interesting game. Fairly monotonous mechanics for the most part, but the last few rounds were fast and furious, and interesting enough.

And now... bed time, and a new week. Snowing rather heavily out. I'm not looking forward to Monday morning at all.

Comments

[melstra.livejournal.com]

Oooh, you're just now being introduced to "Family Business"??? That was a staple for me in college in the early '90's and I still have my copy from then. The edition released in the 90's was slightly different and had a few more special cards (I have yet to look at the new one to compare completely so I'm going on memory) which according to friends, made it much more interesting than the new version. Still, it's a fun and fairly brainless game. I can't remember...do the rules talk about hostages? 'Cause we always started the game by dealing two people from everyone's mob into the general deck. Then, if someone puts a hit on you, you can put THEIR guy up instead. Adds a nice bit of intrigue. We also tended to personify the characters in our mob-- hamming up the whole thing really adds to the fun.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I don't think there were any hostage rules, but that would have been sort of cool.

I did my best Edward G. Robinson. "My name is Alphonse Capone. You killed my caddy. Prepare to die."