Peter bought a new board game recently. Let me stress that it is a board game. The name: “Civilization: The computer game”. Not exactly truth in advertising. A lot of pieces in this puppy. About 750.
We played the fast game rules, and we were done by 11:00, and it was fun. Of course I found myself playing it like the computer game. A period of rapid expansion where I find the borders I’m comfortable with, then growth in civilization and culture. So I conquered everything in the western hemisphere south of the the US. I couldn’t leave Mexico to the north because Michael was building his own civilization there. So I concentrated on making South America have the biggest cities, and followed it up with an insane zeal for technology.
Peter: “Erik, slow down so we can enjoy an era for awhile.” It was actually a viable strategy because I destroyed Peter’s armies (after he had attacked me) by rendering them obsolete. Which means they disappeared, along with the ships that were used to transport them to my domain.
In the end I won.
I’ve been winning a lot of games at “Random Acts of Gaming”. Maybe I should try losing a few so that others can share the glory.

Arm still hurts. Advil makes the pain go away (somewhat).