What's this blog all about?

"Board games? You play board games?" I hear you say... yes, but not unlike any board games you've probably ever heard of. Monopoly? Cluedo? Guess Who? Battleships? No, not by a long shot. One day someone introduced me to a great little game called "Carcassonne" - named after a French medieval town of rambling streets, walls and sections - where the aim is to score the most points using little random squares of road, walls and cities.
I was hooked and so began my, then our - the Bradshaw Tribe, adventure into Euro- and Ameritrash- gaming...

Tuesday 19 October 2010

The gaming jolly is on!

Excellent news for me - not so good for the rest of the family gaming wise, but still they'll be having fun (girlie night in for them). I'm going to be meeting up at my oldest friends place after not seeing him for about 2 or 3 years and having an enormous gaming jolly all day; introducing him to as many Euro type games as possible! Doing as much gaming as can be physically fitted in from Monday morning to into the early hours!

Sunday 17 October 2010

Gaming at last!

After 3 weeks of virtually no gaming at all, due to spending a lot of time in the loft clearing it out, making room for a work desk, storage etc, we finally managed to play a couple of games - Maya, Anita and I played a good game of Niagara, where Anita won by a deft little steal of a gem from me, then a quick pick up of another gem on the next turn. Then we played Zooloretto and Maya and I came joint 1st as I used the last of my coins to remove an animal from my barn, hence saving me from an extra -2 points at the end of the game!

It was nice to be back in the boxes and playing again after so long.