Damn Shiny Blindness!!!!!
So anyway me an Ray are wandering around a show this year and we had talked briefly about getting a board game for the night shifts and the real boredom hours around two in the morning, so we see this stand and had talked about getting the Game of Thrones board game (good reviews, liked the books and the TV series) so we go halves and for reasons unknown to the fecking pair of us we end up with this card game, now Ray bought the item himself and the vendor did throw in something extra but...........
.....it took 6 weeks before we noticed the box cover and that we hadn't played it yet!
The fecking card game.......
The free card pack......
What we really wanted...........
....but maybe what does it matter when this is what I have to work with......
Lurker: Ray!
Lurker: Ray!!
Lurker: For fecks sake wake up!
Ray: What.....where am I?
Lurker: You were sleeping!
Ray: No way...I was resting my eyes!
Lurker: I'll rest them permanently Ironsides, now go do a patrol!
Ray:....but it's cold out there.....and dark!
Proof if it was ever needed!
So looks like eBay then and don't forget British Summertime ends tonight or this morning (clocks go backward and we end up working 13 hours instead of 12)...nice!
All that and you got the wrong game? Crap, hate it when that happens!
ReplyDeleteI think it's a bit naughty taking a picture of Ray while he sleeps. Is that a tea towel or a blankie? Hee Hee
ReplyDeleteA bib for the drool!
DeleteRays comfort blanket lol
DeleteIs the card game no good ??
ReplyDeleteLeave Ray alone he looks so peaceful :-)
We took the cellophane off so far!
DeleteSo they suckered you into an expanding card game eh?
ReplyDeleteI like the board game, though it is 3+ players, so wouldnt have been great if it's just the two of you playing at work. You should try the game 'Battle of Westerose' -a very good wargame, 2 player battle game, lots of scenarios & replayability and the Game of Thrones theme is well done with the different troop types & characters
We'll try that then, thanks Ferret!
DeleteWell, since you bought it, I suppose you might as well give it a spin. Maybe you'll like it?
ReplyDeleteAs for the Game of Thrones boardgame, you better watch out!:
http://www.cracked.com/video_18427_game-thrones-board-game.html
Sadly I have done something similar. Bought one version of a game when I thought I was getting another. I feel your pain.
ReplyDeleteThanks mate!
Deletehaha yeah sucks when the game you buy is something else entirely, poor Ray was just trying to get a cat nap
ReplyDeleteAll I'm saying is Photoshop! And why the hell did we buy the bloody thing!
ReplyDeleteI'll ask again, any spare jobs? I've done nights before and I'm sure I could manage to stay awake!!!
ReplyDeleteWe do need someone to change Ray's bib!
DeleteWho's the one who does end up with paint all over his nice clean white shirt? Its not you oirish! You shitbag you!
DeleteIt's Irish with a capital I Ray. And have you put on weight recently?
DeleteI'm afraid for Fran it begins with a giant O!
DeleteThe boardgame is a ton of fun. I think it's a much better representation of the material than the books in fact... With enough people (it's amazing at seven) the table talk and backstabbing is incredible. I have found that at three or four it's okay, I feel it gets better at more players, though it feels slow to some people.
ReplyDeleteI also REALLY enjoy the cardgame as well. It deals more with a mechanical form of political intrigue (as you're playing for political power) through the cards.
They scratch different itches, and truth be told I think the cardgame deals with the characters in a way that has more depth.
I say enjoy them both!
4:45 Now so the worst of the night has passed and the dawn is only a few hours away.
ReplyDeleteAny wargamer who has not bought something by mistake has never aken any chances. And there really is nothing wrong with a good card game.
As for Ray sleeping, let's just say some people need more beauty sleep than others.
It could have been worse, after all sleeping beauty picked up half the price after all.
ReplyDeleteI'll echo the Ferret and suggest something in the Commands and Colours line. If you're going to play a lot then Memoir 44 has lots of expansions. Haven't played the Westeros version but I hear it's good.
ReplyDeleteFran that sucks mate. Ray wake up! Shifts nearly over then!
ReplyDeleteThere's a big difference in price between the 2. The card game is very well rated too, that's not a waste of time.
ReplyDeleteBad news there on both the "game" and the clocks, 13 hour day, geez.
ReplyDeleteFran, that is a tragic, but very funny, mistake. I don't mind the card games as much as all the extra cards you sometimes have to buy. What a pain. Stick to painting figures, mate!
ReplyDeleteI wonder how such a thing can even happen. If Ray bought it himself then I blame him.
ReplyDeleteRay is just powering up his batteries!!!
ReplyDeleteYou should get a full size painter suit! That way you will not get paint on you anymore
D'oh! The card game is a lot of fun, even if it wasn't what you originally wanted. The expansion packs are like crack though!
ReplyDeleteThe extra hour of work sucks. Ugh! That must have been why he was "resting". I love a surprise, myself.
ReplyDeleteI don' t know why...but I HATE CARD GAMES!!!
ReplyDeleteNo miniatures and no miniatures and no miniatures...
Marzio.
Does Ray eat in his sleep? Lol
ReplyDeleteThat made me laugh..I can almost picture the sinking feeling you must have got.....
ReplyDeleteCheers
paul
i rest my eyes all the time at work, too. :)
ReplyDeleteI can finally see what a little troll Ray is in that picture Fran. And to find out he's afraid of the dark. Who ever heard of a sissy troll. He's an embarrassment to his species is what he is.
ReplyDeleteTroll, yer cheeky moo!
DeleteAh that sucks, once when I was a kid I bought a game and was excited only to learn it was the mac version.
ReplyDeleteRay is really a resting warrior...
ReplyDeleteRight on Juan!!!
DeleteHahah.. nice photo mate.. epic! Sorry to hear about the wrong purchase though.. though nice painting set up there guys.. envious of that, but not the 13 hr shift!
ReplyDeleteFear of the dark? I thought that was merely a song from Iron Maiden....did Ray like their music as a youngster?? Did he decide to prove the song's title? :-)
ReplyDeleteRay looks a bit pregnant on that pic, but don't tell him I said that :) Annzie will protect me, though :P
ReplyDeleteThere's GOT board game? How cool!
I see Ray is working hard as normal LOL
ReplyDeleteI think we have all done something similar; love the picture of Ray hard at work!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on the disinterest in card games.
ReplyDeleteahh game of thrones... were still on series 1, can't afford soho which is up to season 5 now so we would have more catching up to do than ray does on his work by the looks of things
ReplyDeleteRay's not sleeping, but rather meditating on his next project.;-)
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Eek that sucks. I'm.. actually pretty glad that's never happened to me :D
ReplyDeleteI love Ray's blue gingham cravat. It's what all us artists will be wearing next summer!
ReplyDeleteSo that's an Oops then? ;-) Oh well, a card maybe easier on space if you are playing at work...?
ReplyDeleteGreat shot of Ray... classic pose ;-) I'd be tempted to do the ol' burst a paper bag or balloon by his lug hole ;-)
Card game and not the board game? Oh bother! ~And Ray at his finest... now, where's 'the cowboy on the porch"? The cover photo... it was enticing... no really... I thought it was you, Mr. Angry Lurker. :))
ReplyDeleteIf you rub his belly does it bring good luck?
ReplyDeleteLove this card game! I used to play this game with my cousins haha! I Bet Ray is good at this, want to play with you guys soon :) Might as well can check this site. size genetics
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