Tonight for games, it was M's all around. Mark, Mike W., Matt L. and Matt A, along with Laura, were up first for a tense game of Ticket to Ride. Everyone slowly added their trains to make some connections, and soon the crowding took over and cries of "not there!" could be heard across America. I was lucky enough to draw two long routes for 20 points on my first draw, and barely slid to a win past Matt A. and Mike with the 10 point longest route bonus, although everyone was close, and Matt L actually finished all eight tickets he had drawn. This is a game that continues to be a winner, and we hope it might be in our stockings for Christmas this year...

Mike had to run and have dinner, so we next pulled out Pit, a good pick up from the weekend of garage sales. Four players wasn't as exciting as I remembered it from my childhood playing with my family, and we all had too easy of a time figuring out who had the Bull and Bear cards. We played to 250 points, which seemed about right. This game works for a while but slowly becomes monotonous. We'll keep it as a filler and probably only play a few rounds when we bring it out again.

Our final game for the evening was Matt's Entdecker, a game with some similarities to Carcassonne in that you lay tiles in both and claim influence on islands, but with more choice and different mechanics for laying the tiles. It was a fun game, but the night seemed on fast-forward, and we found it to be past midnight quickly. We will have to pull this one out again much earlier in the evening and make a better effort to play quickly. I need to remember, a fast game is a fun game, a fast game is a fun game.