Le weekend

[muninnhuginn]

Well, thanks to various friends to whom we are most grateful, we had lunch out two days in a row, and played two new games: Gloom would probably benefit from being played late at night, with candles, atmosphere, etc rather than with a little girl bouncing around on cushions and taking an age over her turn. She did quite well though. Greed Quest was very silly indeed.

To add to the games, Looby Loo demanded a dose of Carcassonne on Saturday afternoon. She was very miffed that this time the grown ups beat her.

Yesterday the music stand (antique store for sheet music with handy tilt top for use while copying your ms) plus my sewing box went off to Dorset to be repaired.

Today, the piano tuner has been booked to assess the damage to the piano, the surveyor has been and gone and has been told to get a move on getting the information out to builders for quotations, the burglar alarm people are due to come and reattach a motion sensor, and Little....

When we saw the cats yesterday, Big was hiding in the corner looking wide-eyed and peaky-faced. He did eventually come out and purr a little and M gave him a good combing. Little was quite lively, tho' limping, and purred a lot. But the paw was not right. It's bending in not quite the right place, one toe was still out of line, and she's obviously in pain. So she's off being X-rayed as I write. More uninsured losses to pursue.

To a certain extent I'm as worried about Big, who does not take to change and upset very well at all, poor boy. Stress brings out the congenital cat 'flu too. Little is tough and will recover.

Comments

[ex-lark-asc.livejournal.com]

Those games sound fantastic; I think at least one person I know will be getting Gloom for Christmas if I can work out how to get it in time. And I thought I recognised the art on Greed Quest - it's the same people who do Girl Genius isn't it?

[muninnhuginn]

Phil Foglio?

I think I probably want Gloom just for the transparent cards and silly deaths.

[ex-lark-asc.livejournal.com]

That's the one, yes :)

(Where was your copy of Gloom got from, OOI?)

[muninnhuginn]

Legend Games (who I think I've dealt with previously, and who are very good) have Greed Quest: http://www.legendgames.co.uk/acatalog/Other_Steve_Jackson_Games.html

The Games Store (who I don't know) have Gloom http://www.tgs.co.uk/store/c_viewitem.asp?idproduct=24199

Games Lore (who I have bought from, I think) are promising the expansion set last month: http://www.gameslore.co.uk/acatalog/index.html

Atlas have more info here: http://www.atlas-games.com/product_tables/AG1252.php

How do I know all these games suppliers? It's the insatiable urge to get ALL the Carcassonne varaints and expansions.