Freitag, 31. Juli 2015

Magic - be gone?

Yesterday after work I had to attend some bank business, before I played more of the new Magic Duels at home.

Although it's well done, there are still plenty of bugs and the difficulty is rather high - and I don't play Magic for the first time. We'll see how this develops over the next few weeks and months - and if it changes for the better.

In the evening we first watched BBC series: Edwardian Farm and the Hairy Bikers in Hongkong. After that it was one episode of Spartacus before it was bed time.

Donnerstag, 30. Juli 2015

Mittagessen

Auch der Donnerstag ist etwas bescheiden, was die Speisenauswahl betrifft.

Fladenbrot mit Schinken Käse Tomaten und Knoblauch Dip


Blood and sand

Yesterday we went out to send a package via postal service and since we were close, we decided to have some icecream at Tichy.


Back home we waited for the release of Magic Duels on Steam. Since it didn't show up for quite a long time, we then decided to watch the pilot of Spartacus and afterwards the mist recent episode of Horrible Histories.

After that Magic Duels was ready for download, but the playing experience was short lived as the servers went down pretty quickly. Since you can only save your progress when online, we then decided to continue playing today - hopefully with better results.

Mittwoch, 29. Juli 2015

Mittagessen

Schnitzeltag!

Putenschnitzel mit Beilage nach Wahl


Just another ordinary day

Yesterday after work I was at my parents' for a good dinner: pancakes.


After some more cleaning up of my old room I went home, where the cats already waited for me. So I entertained them and did some chores.

The remaining evening was spent mostly gaming: Guild of Dungeoneering, Guild Wars 2 and the Defiance MMO.

Dienstag, 28. Juli 2015

Mittagessen

Die Auswahl ist wieder etwas bescheiden, deshalb ...

Grenadiermarsch mit Krautsalat


Film review: Ant-Man

Yesterday it was time to watch a movie again and it was the Marvel blockbuster Ant-Man



This is the story of Scott Lang, a burglar who tried to get his life back together after spending his time in prison. But one easy and simple "job" bring his world down and he ends up being a Marvel super hero: Ant-Man!.

This would be a quite spoilerfree summary of the movie. But although it sounds plain, the movie isn't. Funny dialogues and scenes followed by action sequences - it's all we want from a Marvel movie these days.

Conclusion: it's a movie everyone should see, and for fans of the Marvel universe, there's again a small spoiler for the upcoming storylines.


Montag, 27. Juli 2015

Mittagessen

Die Woche beginnt und die Auswahl für das erste Mittagessen ist schwer.

Ötztaler Schnitzel mit Reis


Und so geht es dann den Rest der Woche weiter.


Grilling again

Yesterday we went to friend, but before that we visited the nearby STYX and brought home a lot of supplies.

This day again there was grilling and so we were fed quite well. The rest of the day we spent talking and playing (with the dog and the kids).

Back home, we first entertained our cats. After that it was couch time again with the most recent episode of Defiance, followed by two episodes of Extant.


Sonntag, 26. Juli 2015

Boardgame afternoon with friends

Yesterday we were with friends for a boardgame afternoon - grilling included!

We started off with the Spiel des Jahres (game of the year): Colt Express.


In this game every player tried to rob the same train, while the marshall tries his best to prevent this. But since this game isn't played in teams, the other players are your enemies as well and you have to try your best to take away as much as possible.


The mechanics of the game - each player plays one card into a pool of actions in the middle of the table, sometimes hidden though - reminded me a lot of RoboRally, since your actions sometimes don't end up the ones you wanted them to be.

Conclusion: a really nice game, with a nice replay ability and which deserves it's titel Spiel des Jahres

Next we played King of New York. It's quite similar to King of Tokyo as you roll dice and beat each other up, but it got more complex, because the faces of the die with the victory points have been converted to three new actions.


Conclusion: still a good game, but no anymore a game you play just in between, as it can get quite complicated

Then we tried our luck with Good Cop Bad Cop, a game of deduction to find out who are the honest and who are the currupt cops around the table. The victory is determined by the groupd who manages to eliminate the other group's leader.


Conclusion: quite interesting concept, but the additional equipment cards are not well balanced, which dulls the fun a bit

The Kennerspiel des Jahres (game of the year for advanced gamers) - Broom Service - was next on our list. This time around we (almost) played with the correct rules and with five players. So we sold potions and dispelled clouds, while being either brave or cowardly - just like all witches and druids do.


Conclusion: even with the second time around, my dear didn't like the game at all and the rest of the players (I think) weren's very hooked to the game as well - so it's probably off to a dark corner somewehre

The last game we played as also about witches, which was surprisingly called Witches. It's a card game where you want to collect as little points as possible.


Conclusion: I guess since it was quite late, we weren't all that thrilled to play the game, but it's definately a game for people who like card games with a twist


Samstag, 25. Juli 2015

Shopping without Planet Harry

This fridayy we went to Mariahilf at noon. First we were getting ourselves some icecream at Garda.


Then we went shopping, first at Audiamo, where there wasn't anything new for me. After that my dear bought a little something as a present for sunday at 1001. Then we went to Müller, but didn't find anything there as well.

Since Planet Harry was on vacation, we ended the shopping trip and went home sweating.

There we were greeted by two exhausted cats and we tried to relax for the remainder of the day. The evening entertainment consisted of the latest episode of Dominion followed by the finale of Celebrity MasterChef.


Freitag, 24. Juli 2015

Hot in the flat

Yesterday it was a bit less warm, but the flat still carried the heat from the previous days.

Our evening entertainment was first to watch the most recent lecture on Alien Worlds and then we found a real comedy gem on Hulu: Carry On Spying from the famous Carry On series of movies. The conclusion was one episode of Extant.


Donnerstag, 23. Juli 2015

Mittagessen

Burgertag!

Swissburger mit Pommes und BBQ Sauce


Hotter still

Yesterday after work we went to the vet with our pussy cat - for her regular check up. On our way there and back home it was so freaking hot that we were sweating like hell and once we were back home it wasn't better either. But the pussy cat is well and got rid of a lot of fur, so she might now be colder during these got days.

In the evening we wanted to watch something funny. At first we decided to try Hangover 3. After about 30 minutes this was too stupid for us, so we changed to Horrible Bosses 2. Although it was a bit funnier, the humour was still below our pain barrier and so we went on to BBC. There we watched a documentary about the famous Carry On movies and after that we watched the first episode of Dirk Gently, a series based on the books by Douglas Adams but very cheaply produced and not very good at all, so this evening was a complete let-down.


Mittwoch, 22. Juli 2015

Mittagessen

Zum Glück ist schon Mittwoch.

Gebackenes Schweinsschnitzel in Vollkornpanade mit Beilage nach Wahl


Hot, hot, hot

Yesterday after work I went to my parents' for dinner and it was very tasty apricot dumplings.


Then I helped a bit to clean out my old room before I went home. There the cats were exhausted and stayed that way until late at night.

The evening entertainment was the current two episodes of season 2 of Dominion followed by one episode of Extant.


Dienstag, 21. Juli 2015

Mittagessen

Auch am Dienstag ist die Auswahl nicht so leicht.

Schweinsschnitzel vom Grill mit Letschogemüse und Reis


The end of Dominion

Yesterday after work I went shopping for the weekly bake, since my dear wished for a cherry-spit-cake for her and her guest today.



So after that I started baking and played some Guild of Dungeoneering along while waiting. I will go into details of this nice little game in a later blog entry

In the evening we watched the current episode of Horrible Histories on BBC, followed by the last episodes of season 1 of Dominion. We are still not sure if the series appeals to us and if we want to continue watching season 2.


Montag, 20. Juli 2015

Mittagessen

Wochenbeginn mit dem üblichen Dilemma: "was soll ich zu Mittag in der Kantine essen?"

Bauerschmaus mit Krautsalat


Und so geht es dann die Woche weiter: