First, we played Castle Panic, which is a great introductory game for people you don't know or who aren't gamers. It's cooperative, simple to learn, and easy enough to strategize through without being too easy. It was the subject of this entertaining episode of TableTop:
After that, we played Pandemic. I actually had the presence of mind to get a few photos taken at this point:
I momentarily forgot that the expansion gave us the ability to play with 5 players, so I opted to sit out and play rules advisor while the others took on the game. Even so, I had a great time. I realized afterward that I have never had a bad time playing Pandemic. It's one of the most enjoyable games I own, and I think it has to be in my top 3 list for "games to recommend to others, especially non-gamers".
Then our group broke up and I joined the half that decided to play a game of Smallworld. This was also immortalized in digital film:
Surprisingly (to me), I wasn't very much into it this time around. I didn't enjoy it as much as I had been anticipating (I originally planned to take Smallworld by itself and no other games). I used to love Smallworld, and now I wonder if it's lost its appeal, or if I was just locked in that mid-afternoon lull where you really want to take a nap and get cranky if you can't.
The last game I played was my brand-spanking-new copy of X-Wing Miniatures. THIS game is AWESOME. I think we ran through it 3 times, and it was cool every time. It was so cool in fact that I think I'm going to get into it in detail in another post.
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