I’m sure everyone can agree with me when they say they hate moving. I think the worst is just realizing how much stuff you truly own. I spent most of last week moving the boyfriend’s things. When we finally arranged everything I was finally able to unwind and play on his Xbox One. The first game I popped into his Xbox was Titanfall and I had a blast.

Titanfall is basically an online based game where you fight other players in this futuristic world. I don’t know if there’s any campaign for this game.? I’m pretty sure the only point is to play online and rack up levels which is totally fine with me. Once you score enough points in the game you can summon a “titan” which is this huge robot you can pilot. Battling gamers in Titanfall reminded me of Halo 3 and all of the endless hours I spent playing online.

Another reason I was so excited for this game was it easily reminded me of Pacific Rim. Pacific Rim is an underrated Guillermo Del Toro movie that I really love. The titans remind me of the Jaegers which are mechanical ships that are piloted by humans. Also if you haven’t watched Pacific Rim I highly recommend it. The Titan has a lot of cool mechanics including shooting rockets and blocking attacks. I can also use the scope to zoom in on other players and run over and smash pilots on the ground.

Titanfall is such a fun time and I can’t wait to play it throughout the year when I’m back in Winona.

Last week, I visited River Quest randomly after I got off work. I was feeling frustrated with college and life in general, so it was nice to procrastinate for an hour or so. River Quest’s board game of the week was called Here Kitty Kitty which is about collecting cats. Of course, I wanted to play this game so we broke it out and played one round.

This is the scorecard of the game. The goal is to move the kitties to your house because you get more points that way. However, there are cards in this game that can cause some ruckus which include stealing cats, passing cats to your neighbor’s house, and preventing people from stealing your cats. After all the cards have been used, the game ends and the score is totaled. The one with the highest score wins.

The cats remain in the center and you can take a cat and add it to your board. Each turn consists of two actions. This includes taking a cat and placing it in your yard, moving a cat from the yard to the porch, or moving it into the house. Also playing a card counts as one action so it’s important to plan each turn effectively!

This is the rule card below. You can also plan out which color of cats are on your property. So getting all grey cats or all black cats will earn you more points.

Being the cat lover I am, I liked this game. I liked that it was simple to learn, but also was over quick. Sometimes longer board games make me lose my attention span, but this one was perfect. If you are a cat lady like myself, this game must be in your closet.

It’s rare for me to carve an hour into my day to play video games. Being a college student, classes & work always come first. By the time I get done with everything, it’s usually late and that’s when I’m reading a book and slowly drifting off to sleep. I can’t play video games before I go to bed because it appears in my dreams.

A couple weeks ago, me and boyfriend have made it a date night to play the Lego games together. It’s challenging finding two-player split-screen games and most LEGO games fit that description. We started with LEGO Batman 2 because I ended up buying this game and 007 Bloodstone (which I haven’t played yet). I ended up finding this game pretty cheesy and fun and if you want to a cute LEGO game to satisfy your time, I recommend this one.

My only disappointment is that I wish we could play as the other characters earlier in the game. It was really repetitive playing as Batman and Robin for half the game at least. I loved when the Justice League came to the rescue because it was new characters to play as. I really like the Flash and maybe that’s because of the CW TV show, but he was super cute to play in LEGO form. I also really enjoyed Cyborg too.

Beating this game is great in co-op, but most of the achievements are from single-player only which really sucks. I’m not sure if I really want to get all the achievements in single player because it would take forever. I’m excited to play LEGO Star Wars Force Awakens as it comes out in June.

Last Friday/Weekend I was in a weird mood. The boyfriend helped cheer me up when he pulled out Exploding Kittens the card game and suggested we should play it.

Exploding Kittens is a rapid game with each round lasting maybe 10 minutes. The goal of the game is to not get the exploding kitten card and if you do get an exploding kitten, to have a defuse card so you can disarm the kitten. In the beginning, everyone starts out with a defuse card. Each time the exploding kitten card is used, it’s put back into the deck. There are also various cat cards in the deck that once played in pairs let you steal a card from the hands of other players. The best scenario is you swipe the defuse card to have extra protection from the exploding kitten.

For any cat lady, it’s worth it to play the game. I love cats so much as most of you know, so I really enjoyed the game. The cats on the cards are so adorable and I just love them. The game is super short which I enjoy because it doesn’t require my attention for very long. I played two or three rounds and the game kind of gets old after a while, but I still enjoy it.

On New Year’s Eve, I’m always a hermit. I don’t usually have big extravagant plans with a glass of champagne in my hand. This year is no different because I spent it at home playing a board game I received for Christmas called Pandemic. Special thanks to my boyfriend’s parents for buying this game for me for Christmas after seeing my bucket list pinned to the top of this blog. 🙂

The basis behind Pandemic is to prevent a world catastrophe by finding the cure to four deadly diseases. This game is cooperative which brings players together. There are seven pawns that represent characters who are crucial to the success of this game. There’s a researcher and a scientist who have extra benefits to help make the game that much easier.

Losing the game can happen in a couple of ways: there are more than 7 outbreaks globally, no more diseases (diseases are represented by color-coded cubes placed on the board) can be placed on the board and all cards are drawn from the player deck. It may seem like the odds are against you, but with character benefits, it makes for a pretty fair game.

I love how each game is relatively short. I would say no longer than an hour. In terms of difficulty that can be adjusted by the player. Epidemic cards can be added to the main deck resulting in diseases spreading and increasing the infection rate. There are 6 epidemic cards and they recommend adding four if you’re a beginner.

My only problem with this game is how the cards are worded. I realized that I had misread the card and I had been playing the game wrong twice. Oops. That happens sometimes when you start a new board game, but I thought the wording on the instruction cards could have been more clear.

Pandemic is a very fun game for beginners to board games such as myself, but it’s great for longtime fans. I’m going to play it tomorrow again, but it ranks among the top five board games I have played so far. I definitely need to research the expansions for this game because I’m sure they’re fantastic. It’s great to cross another game off my bucket list!