Ticket to Ride (USA) I actually have on my 360! TransAmerica is a bit simplistic for me, but fills 20 minutes while waiting for other people to turn up at a games day. Belfort and Dominion I don't know. Carcassonne I completely suck at because I have no visual-spacial awareness lol

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Here I Stand, which is the one I was asking about, is a board game based on the Reformation in Europe (1517-1555). The six playable powers (and it works best with 6) are the Papacy and the Protesants, who obviously have their religious struggles going on, converting towns to and from the new faith; England , France and the Hapsburgs (Holy Roman Empire - Spain/Germany/South Italy) who gain by capturing key towns and exploring and exploiting the New World; and the Ottoman Empire (Turkey/Balkans), whom in addition to military power, also score well for piracy.
The game I played yesterday finished with a domination win for the Hapsburgs in 6 hours, when they managed to capture London, despite Emperor Charles V being captured earlier in the turn in an attempt to take Edinburgh. They literally stole the win from the Protestants, who had reached the 25-point victory target, but domination beats points. I played France and came 3rd thanks mainly to excellent results in the New World.

Skins fan, so go Pats!

Anyone interested in board games? I'm not talking Monopoly-Cluedo here, I'm thinking Euros like Agricola and Puerto Rico and - possibly - Here I Stand.
Any takers?

Update today, 17/1/12 - 'What year is it?'

Fair point for furriners, but she's British, she should at least know of the existence of weird Welsh letters.
The double-l in Welsh is something not used in English; the nearest I can get is a sort of 'thl' sound.
No spit required!

Can't believe NOBODY put the Shawshank Redemption. My second-favourite film of all time!

This is a list of daft things a co-worker of mine has said. Except for the ones listed as (reported), every word is 100% vouched for by me, as I heard them and instantly noted them down.


‘My throat thinks my stomach’s been cut’ – complaining of hunger, 26/10/10

‘What’s this orgasm thing mean?’ – pointing to an orgaNIsm heading, 15/11/10

‘Can I get the 12th off?’; Boss- ‘Yes’; colleague– ‘Can I get the 12th off as well?’ ‘That’s the same day, isn’t it?’ 6/1/11

‘That’s the cat calling the kettle pot’ 7/1/11

‘This is what they call wooden dollies’ (dollars) 13/1/11

‘All of his parents were rich’ 24/1/11

‘If I have to press a button to let people in, how do I get in?’ Question concerning new house with intercom system, 21/3/11

‘Up shit creek without a Swannee’ 29/3/11 (reported)

‘One and two, a baker’s dozen’ 5/4/11

‘It runs out in 2017, so what’s that, 16 years?’ – concerned about driving licence renewal, 27/4/11

‘How did he get in, did he fly in and go through Customs?’ – on being told Bin Laden had been killed in Pakistan, 3/5/11

‘Laneli’ (mispronouncing Llanelli), 18/5/11

‘How do you spell probaly?’ (sic) 25/5/11

‘That looks like something off a Dalmatian’ (meaning Dalek) – referring to colleague's new orthopaedic chair, 10/6/11

‘Where are the Seychelles (pronounced seashells)’? me– ‘On the seashore’ 17/8/11

(Explanation from colleague about how Czech Republic and Slovakia aren’t one country any more) ‘Why don’t they just join together?’ 27/9/11

‘White Chicks Can’t Jump’ – referring to a film quoted by Big Brother housemates, 4/10/11

‘Did you raise a lot of money (in the wheelchair basketball)?;’ senior colleague – ‘£1500, so about half a wheelchair’; ‘How much are wheelchairs, then?’ – 11/10/11

‘What’s your friend’s name?’; Boss – ‘Berger, B-E-R-G-E-R’; ‘Like McDonald’s?’ 12/10/11

‘He’ll be like a bear with a sore arse’ 25/10/11

‘He’s just swimming his own boat’ 8/11/11

‘Equiblium’ 15/11/11

‘Is Denmark in Norway?’ and ‘Is Norway a city?’ 10/1/12

The Eustace Diamonds (at work) and Phineas Redux (in bed) by Trollope, and Crazy Sh*t Old People Say by Geoff Tibbals, which was a friend's idea of a thoughtful Xmas present