Thursday, 26 May 2011

I loved board games! What happened?


When I was a wee nipper wet behind the ears, before they decided the world was a spherical orb actually orbiting the sun (those KrazyKats) I remember that much of my early days 'gaming' were spent huddled over various crappy card based boards that would fall apart as soon as you got them out of the shiny new box. I still maintain if you think you're a serious wargamer you should have at least played Risk once and you should also have tried Warhammer Quest and Space Hulk or Space Crusade. I'm still amazed I have found people who haven't played those games... Risk in particular, I mean what the hell is wrong with you people!!! Sure its shit but its good fun with some mates.

I've honestly lost track of all the utterly mental board games I used to play with my dad things like WizWar spring to mind I guess if I really have to think about it. Later I played such games with my school friends... I still fecking maintain that James Yates used to cheat at games the bastard... but he's buried in a shallow grave in my mothers back garden now so we don't have to worry about that. Unless the Police are reading this blog in which case its a joke!!! *Note to self must move the body* However I honestly can not for the life of me remember the last board game I actually brought. Or for that matter played. There were 3 board games however produced by none other than the Games Workshop that kept my hobby alive during my school days, because they were so quick and easy to fit in around playing the guitar, playing with girls and oh yeah and going to school:

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