You know what's a fun game and in no way excruciatingly long and/or geeky? RISK. I played that this weekend with Lauren, Brian, Shannon, & Alex (I just realized I'm physically unable to say their names in any different order-weird). Now if you know any of us, you can probably figure out where this ended up, but I'll fill you in anyway. Lauren "the kamikaze" was the first one out after a failed attempt to wrestle North America from Brian. If only she'd had the support of the natives. In true American style, she held on to her Middle East interests until the bitter end. Shannon was fairly omnipresent in Eastern Asia but suffered from diminished troop levels and quit the game to go knit. I, apparently, missed my calling as a military strategist and layed low in Europe until I was strong enough to take over Africa and most of the former Soviet bloc. And then I quit because of the aforementioned geekiness and boredom that started to overtake me. Plus it was freaking 1AM.

Although quitting a game isn't the most mature thing to do, I have to believe it's a step up from my normal approach to competition which mainly consists of bitching and whining if I'm losing and COMPLETELY lording it over you if I'm winning. It's who I am.

Was this at all interesting? It's ok, you can say no. I won't be hurt. Much. I guess board games of world domination are like golf-more fun to play than watch. If it helps, just imagine the Seinfeld episode where Kramer and Newman are playing RISK. "The Ukraine is weak my friend."