Over the weekend, my eldest daughter (2.5 years) was enthusiastic about playing games. In the past, she would say, “Let’s play game! Orchard game!” and I would get First Orchard out and set it up and about 30 seconds later she would lose interest. This past weekend was different; where in the past we’ve managed to finish a game, but only just – this past Saturday, we played 6 games back-to-back followed by a short potty break and then another 3 games. And on Sunday, we played 5 more games up until my back began to hurt too much from sitting at a tiny table in a tiny chair. And even still, she wants to play some more. So: 14 games played this weekend and all of them were First Orchard†.
I also tried another solo game of Aeon’s End last night, this time via TTS mod (since tabletop space is at a premium at the moment). Randomly selected nemesis was Knight of Shackles and randomly selected 2-up mages were: Garu and Reeve. Ultimately, I wasn’t able to get those particular mages ramped up fast enough to either do enough damage or create enough Aether to combat Knight-o-Shackles’s straight-forward concept. I forfeited shortly before the end; it’s possible I could have kept going and had a glimmer of a chance, but it was getting late. I’m eager to try again.
†:She’s going to get some new games soon