Floof.
X-Wing Miniatures
One game that I hope my group plays soon, assuming we decide to do table top miniatures, is X-Wing from Fantasy Flight Games.
When and if we do, I’ve settled on a ship that I will consider my ‘personal’ starfighter: the Z-95 Headhunter.
This is one of the first ships that was referenced outside of the movies, in the first Han Solo book by Brian Daley, Han Solo at Star’s End.
For some reason I recently couldn’t find it in local stores, primarily a couple of Barnes and Noble bookstores that sell the game and miniatures. I could find it before I actually wanted to pick one up, but kept holding off.
I eventually found one for sale at Amazon.com, so I ordered one.
My next step is to find a card template to make a custom pilot card for myself.
Edit: found one!
And now we’ll see if I’ll ever get to take her into combat.
Pepsi Leader standing by…
O_O
Mutants and Masterminds: The End
We tried.
We really did.
But after 3 sessions of a lot of page flipping and die rolling, we just couldn’t get into this system. We found it overly complicated and poorly organized.
So we pulled the plug on our campaign.
We finished the adventure that we had started last time, so we were pretty much cancelled after issue #2 of our unnamed super group comic.
Or this anthology book is starting a new story with new characters and new background.
We’re leaning toward science fiction for our next role-playing campaign.
We shall see.
Free Comic Book Day 2017
Getting better at scheduling this out.
I picked up my nephew at a little after 10am. We got to the comic shop about 10-15 minutes before they opened. We had to park on the other side of the 24 Hour Fitness building and walk a bit to the comic shop.
There was a short line that went pretty quick after the shop opened at 11am. We each grabbed our allotted 3 comics, got rung up at a register, and left.
By the time we got to the mall/theatre, it was about time to grab some food and go to our seats. They ran out of medium sized ICEE cups and didn’t have pretzel bites, so I settled for a large ICEE and a hot dog. Joseph got an ICEE and popcorn.
There were no loud talkers, and only some seat confusion due to not being able to see the seat numbers once the lights go down.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 holds up on second viewing.
After the movie I checked my phone and saw a voicemail message from Gator Games, which I checked to confirm that my copy of the Shadow War Armageddon rule book was available for pickup.
After picking up some sundries from Target we quickly drove down to the game store and I got my rule book, while Joseph asked the workers there about Yu-Gi-Oh cards.
We made one last stop at the Brisbane library, who also participate in Free Comic Book Day, and they have no limits on the comics one can take. I don’t know why we just don’t go there initially…
I dropped off Joseph, then refueled my car and myself (gas and McDonalds, respectively) and went home, to find too many choices on TV (Captain America movies, Star Wars marathon, NBA playoffs).
I am Star-Lord
One of the main reasons I call the Guardians of the Galaxy films my favorite Marvel films is because I relate more to the main character in these films than any other Marvel film.
I had a very similar experience in a hospital like the beginning of the first film.
He says and does things in both films that I would do in the same given situations.
His taste in music is similar to mine, though I lean more toward the ’80s.
But most of all?
I have family, and friends who are like family, that believe in me and have my back. And I have theirs.
I do have that first name in common with 3 of the main Marvel movie actors, though. So that’s cool.
What a Day
I had planned to see Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 at a free screening on Friday morning, but we’re short staffed at work, and I have tickets for Saturday anyways.
I told my supervisor about the movie, and she mentioned that if it was later in the day it might be better. I then mentioned that THIS afternoon was a double feature with both GotG movies back-to-back.
She actually told me to go. I told her that I’d think about it, then she said that I needed to go so I could tell her if it was good or not, because she loved the first one.
After spending some hours at work and feeling mentally drained, I decided to go to the movie. I finished up a few outstanding issues, then packed my stuff, told my supervisor that I was leaving, and she said, “have fun!”
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I got to the theatre and the ticket taker scanned my phone for the ticket, then she directed me to the courtesy desk, where I was handed a cardstock album cover-sized poster, some buttons, and a wristband for discounted concessions.
I grabbed my usual, a medium-sized blue ICEE, and pretzel bites. As the cashier rang me up, I showed her the wristband, and she asked if I wanted a large ICEE instead, “it’ll be cheaper, really” so I handed her my medium and went back to get a large.
I settled into my seat, ate my food, and the original Guardians of the Galaxy started.
I had forgotten how much it hurts to watch the opening scene, with Peter in the hospital with his dying mom. It hits way too close to home. And it’s one reason why I love that movie so much.
Once the movie ended (as in, after the final scene with Howard the Duck), I left my seat to go to the bathroom, and then I got some ice cream.
I returned to my seat and they started doing a trivia giveaway with t-shirts and soundtrack CDs. I knew the answer to most of the questions, and then:
Manager: For a soundtrack CD: what comic did Drax first appear in?
No one seemed to know, and I raised my hand before she gave the multiple choice answers/hints.
Me: Iron Man.
Manager: Correct!
The people around me we’re saying things like “Go ice cream dude!” “See that? He just knew. No hesitation. Awesome.” And there was some polite clapping.
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The trailers started promptly at 7pm.
Dunkirk, The Mummy, Transformers: The Last Knight
Then the message to put on the 3D glasses.
The Last Jedi. It actually made me weep.
Spider-Man Homecoming
Thor: Ragnarok
Except for The Mummy and Transformers, I’m probably going to go see the other movies.
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One word review: awesome.
Longer review:
It’s now my favorite Marvel movie.
MOST of the crowd stayed for all 5 credits/post credits scenes; some left after the first couple.
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After the day I had, this was a nice way to end it.
Shipped!
Forced?
If there’s one day that seems to divide Star Wars fans, it’s today.
Star Wars Day, 3 full weeks before the actual anniversary day of the original release in 1977.
Some say it’s a made-up holiday, but aren’t they all? Donut Day? Burrito Day? Sweeties Day?
I once read that if someone enjoys something, you shouldn’t shit on it and take away their joy.
Whovians have been making up celebratory days for a few years now, from the 2005 premiere date of the new series to the day the Doctor ‘dies’ to the day of the Silence. Trekkies have been celebrating First Contact Day and Kirk’s future birthday and Federation Day and Captain Picard Day, along with the series premiere date.
So why not let this day stand? Celebrate the anniversary on the anniversary, and let the fans who wish to celebrate today, do so.
Stop shitting.
Wargames: Other Time Periods
Today I was looking around for another solitaire war game, but out of my usual ‘comfort zone’, outside of the years between World War II and today.
I came across this:
Comanchería is the second game in Joel Toppen’s “First Nations” series. Like its predecessor, Navajo Wars, Comanchería is a solitaire game in which the player plays from the Native American tribe’s point of view.
In Comanchería, the player takes command of the Comanche nation. The player must drive hostile tribes from the southern plains, establish dominance over the region, set up trade networks with both friendly tribes and colonial powers, and finally defend all of this against relentless military and cultural attack.
Navajo Wars is out of print, or I would have went with that game first.
If anything, this may get me looking into other periods of history again, which I really haven’t done since high school/college.