Sometime last year I re-discovered a fun childhood past-time, playing board games. My re-discovery (in fact this was my second re-discovery, but that is a topic for another day) unearthed something I did not think I would find: there are board games for adults! Like most Americans my age I grew up playing the usual Milton Bradley games, and I had a blast, but as I got older they lost their appeal. To my joy I found there are games that appeal to my adult mind, offering complex strategies, intriguing mechanics, and above all fun.

Thanks to BoardGameGeek we have been exploring games we didn't know existed, and we have been having a blast. We have had a few game parties at our house, and we've invited many friends over for an evening of playing some of our games. One of my goals this year is to start up a regular gaming group among our friends (including family, for if family is not friend then it's not much of a family).