Saturday Activity

I've been hard at work on my recent pick-ups, some 6mm Polish Marines. The first batch of vehicles is done, though not based.

That's 15 OT62s (disguised as BTR0s) and 7 T-55s. I did a bit of a blue and white splash on the sides, primarily as a bit of color. See this PT-76 for a full explanation:

The troop carriers have magnets underneath so they can be easily removed from the metal bases I use if I want to use them as pure infantry.

And to wrap up the evening, Wifey and I played a series of MLB Showdown. We drafted new teams and although I was very happy with what I'd put together, I still managed to lose two of the three games. The finals were 4-3 Loss (Vinny Castilla homer in the bottom of the 9th), 4-3 Loss again (Vinny Castilla homered again in the bottom of the 9th, this time to tie it! She won in the 10th inning), and finally 8-7 Win (I jumped out to an early 4-0 lead, she scored 7 in the 3rd inning, then I clawed my way back to take the lead in the 8th and hung on for the win). See scorecard below.

Of Baseball and Dice

My wife and I put together teams for MLB Showdown earlier in the week and played a four-game series over the course of a couple nights. It's been terribly amusing. I'll share with you the scores of our games and the "what changed" aspect of it all.

So here are games 1 and 2. I got crushed. Game two was quite exciting in the ninth, but eight runs is a huge deficit to make up in one chunk. Wednesday night, my wife was on cloud nine and lording her managerial skills over me. I was de-pressed... as the two-time and still reigning Comic Box league champion I consider myself pretty good at selecting a team and getting the most out of it. I also used to play with a very particular purple twenty-sider, Purple Rain. Last night before we finished the series I found Purple Rain.

And the turn-around was EPIC! I out-scored my old lady sixteen to one over the course of two games. Now we can pin this turn around on any number of things but I know, in my heart of hearts, that dice karma  is a real thing.

The beast.

I've had that 20-sider for at least 20 years, I'm sure it was an off-hand D&D purchase at some point, but damn if isn't just plain lucky as hell in my hands during a game of MLB Showdown.

Good gaming, y'all - I think tonight is Firestorm Armada with Ziggy - we've haven't played a game in ages.

Baseball

My wife asked that I share my most recent defeat at her hands.

I picked up a bunch of 2000 and 2001 MLB Showdown cards recently because a) it's a great game and b) my kids could stand to learn a thing or two about baseball. I played a very basic game with my bride she walloped me, 9-5. Beginner's luck.