All Seems Go...

Okay... late night, early morning... here goes...

The Point of Sale at the store seems like the damage has been repaired. Three clean sweeps from three different virus scanning programs with nothing outside of tracking cookies found (and destroyed). Much thanks to PC and RNR Cowboy for the help with the magical, blinking box. 'Tis appreciated, folks.

Today is the release for the new Magic: the Gathering M13 Core Set. We cracked packs for singles last night, and while we got done earlier than usual, it still made for a late night for me. Many MANY thanks to Loquacious, TinyLittleBabyMan, Big Bank, LaneLane, Snow, HiSign, and Double L for the help. It was fun, but you guys knocked it out of the park.

Finally, I broke down and purchased the 40K 6thEd rulebook. I haven't had a lot of chance yet to look through it, but it *LOOKS* pretty and has LOTS of that "new book smell" going on, so that's something. On first VERY CURSORY thumb-through, it looks pretty good. Once I am up to speed, I think I will break out the Mexi-Marines and go shoot some things.

Seems like a plan... =)

-- GopherDave

Settling Back Into The Groove...

Okay, for the last week up until yesterday, it was hot here in the middle of the corn... VERY hot... I tried to wear the uniform, but it just wasn't happening. On top of that, we had three pre-release events for the up coming Magic: the Gathering care set (M13) happen this past weekend. I was pretty much awake for around 43 straight hours or so from 7:00 AM Friday morning until about 2:00 AM early Sunday morning. Needless to say, I was a bit tired. I closed the store Sunday night, after having slept the bulk of the day, and then spent the bulk of Monday doing pretty much nothing but sleeping.

However, the temperature has lessened and I am back to rested form, so I can hopefully settle back into a routine. With that routine comes working on game rules, which is something I should be doing now, but I wanted to throw something out there to let folks know that I wasn't dead.

Speaking of not dead, I have been watching folks play games of the new edition (6th) of Warhammer 40K, and I have been liking what I see. Is this new version my much beloved second edition? No, it's not. It does have much of what appealed to me from that edition, though. I like allies... I am intrigued by the "terrain as part of force org" rules... and the rules set in terms of what you can hit and what you cannot hit makes sense once again. I have a copy of the rulebook on the way for myself. Once I read it, I may break out the 'Marines and see what I can do. Who knows? It may be fun... which is something fifth edition 40K never was for me.

-- GopherDave

Day 10 of 362

Okay... Day 10 of 362.

First off... YAY! I've reached double-digits in the streak! AWWW! I've got 90 more days to make the three-digit milestone of 100!

However, that does mean I can break out more of my extensive (and ever-growing) necktie collection to show off. Okay, that last bit only really excites me. =P

So, 10 of 362. That means that I have achieved 2.76243% of my goal. It's a small percentage, yes, but it'll grow.

Today at the store we have our next Warhammer 40,000 league starting up. It's an escalation league starting at 750 points and increasing by 250 points every two weeks for the next eight weeks. We're also using a rules variant called "the Rules of Engagement". Looking over the document, it seems harmless enough, but deeper thought indicates that it favors the horde armies like Orks, Imperial Guard, and even Tyranids to a lesser extent. *SHRUG* We'll see how it goes. If nothing else, hopefully our players will have a good time with it.

Tonight is a night where I get off from the store early as I will be relieved by my lovely wife. I'll probably just come home and zone out with the kids. If I am feeling productive, I'll work on my HERO6E/Champions game for Wednesday night and actually have something prepared (GASP! SHOCK! HORROR!).

Ehhh... who knows... the day is young and I still have stuff to do.

Until later... GopherDave