Not a LAN
I'm sure there are a few people waking up a bit seedy this morning after yesterday's "gaming party" at my place.
We've decided not to refer to it as a LAN party, since the PC gaming wasn't the highlight. Instead, the best games we played were table-top board games. Specifically Settlers of Catan and Carcassonne. Both turned out to be lots of fun, and I wish we'd started playing them earlier, rather than wasting time setting up PCs.
We also got to experience Guitar Hero II on the 360, thanks to Crucible. This turned out to be a lot harder than I think anybody expected, but also tonnes of fun.
Some pics from late in the night:
With any luck the board-game idea will take off and we'll be able to play 'em more regularly. I really enjoyed them. Not as much, apparently, as Euan enjoys UNO, but still - can't wait to try again.
Comments
# tristan
17/06/2007 1:44 PM
Carcassonne is one of the only board games I enjoy.
# mabster
17/06/2007 5:15 PM
Ah, I should have invited you along, t!
When we schedule a "board game" day, I'll let you know.
# Andrew Tobin
17/06/2007 6:55 PM
I think I preferred the structure in Catan... but Carcassonne was still fun.
We could have used you t, if only to explain the bloody rules for us :)
Was it just me or did Euan seem really, really into playing Uno online for some reason?
# Poo
18/06/2007 9:04 AM
I'd like to say that that pile of stubbies next to me weren't all mine but I can't!
I thought the balance of gaming was great, a little XBox 360 megascreen experience (though the 2 on gears didn't quite do it for me), some wacky periferal action with Guitar hero, some kick ass Swat 4 co-op, the board games turned out to be equally as entertaining.
Top night all up, wishing I'd gone to bed early last night though, I knew it was bad idea to start re-writing the grid code for "Ride the Fury" at 10pm.
# mabster
18/06/2007 9:13 AM
Yeah the multiplayer Gears was disappointing. It only served to remind me how much I hate split-screen multiplayer. It's way too distracting.
I totally get why Gears is the #1 online multiplayer game on the 360 though - it'd be a great deathmatch-style game if you had the whole screen to yourself.
So ... when are we getting together for a whole day of Catan and Carcassone? :)