Entertainment
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Titus Andronicus
Saturday night – Chesapeake Shakespeare Company. Wonderful production of Titus Andronicus in the new indoor venue for Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in Baltimore. They had a live rock band play before the show and during intermission, as well as doing the music during the play. The were great! This was my first time seeing Titus Andronicus, and they did a wonderful job. I took my teenage son- ‘yeah, Dad, it didn’t suck’. High praise! I saw Much Ado About Nothing here with my younger son last month, and we already have tickets to Macbeth in the spring.
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Roll for the Galaxy Board Game
I have never played Race for the Galaxy (the game upon which this one is based), but the new Roll For The Galaxy game was intriguing on it’s own because: I like dice, world building, worker placement and only minor attacking/screwage. I just finished a play with my 16-year old. Easy game to learn, and I enjoyed it (my teen hates all non-video games so his opinion is moot). I didn’t think it was too random as you can mitigate your dice rolls via a “reassign” option as well as by making sure you have a lot of dice to play with. When you explore, you have the option of…
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Xia: Legends of a Drift System
We got a three-person play of Xia: Legends of a Drift System in last weekend at Andy’s. Steve and I are willing to give it another go; this was a short “learning” game to only 5 VP (about an hour or so). Next play we will give it the full treatment, at least 15-20 VP and use the non-player controlled “dummy” factions.
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Imperial Assault Skirmish
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Shakespeare and Tapas with Preston
Preston and I went to see “As You Like It” by the Shakespeare Theater Company in D.C. on Saturday. This was my first time at this venue, the Lansburgh Theatre. Great theater; small and intimate (I think it only holds 500?). Ok, 500 may not be intimate, but it is small by some standards. The Shakespeare Company makes a few free tickets available for some (all?) of the shows on a first-come basis. I got lucky and snagged some – when we arrived and got the tickets at will call they were great: ~5th row, center! Preston had a perfect view. The only issue I had was parking – this…