Power Grid revived

Yesterday we didn't go to class because the roads were icy from some rain we had last night. Of course, I didn't get to experience any of the weather. I was hoping to go to class, too, so we could cover this strange Zoroastrianism. Oh well, I guess we'll cover it eventually anyway.

The newest guy in the dorm, Rabbit, found out that I had the necessities to make Power Grid, the board game, last week and has been excitedly anticipating its creation in the dorm. I haven't made it since I've been here because the effort involved last time was enormous and there hasn't been enough interest to make it worthwhile. (See "Work and Play, January 7, 2008, and "Work and Play", Part 2, January 11, 2008.)

Today I got a couple illustration boards from commissary for the board and pieces. Instead of tracing the enormous board like I did the last time, I just taped the copies of the board to the illustration board with pieces of deodorant label as tape. For the cards Opie and Rabbit drew crude drawings on manila folders and cut them out. The process took only a few hours.


I spent a few hours playing two games teaching them how to play and they stayed up all night playing with Ozzie while I was writing a letter and reading. I think it's a new hit. It's great to be playing board games again. And it takes a load off me for coming up with new story lines for D&D. As I write, the three guys are busily buying power plants, resources and cities. Awesome!