Legacy of the Crystal Shard--D&D Encounters S16 S7

Another fun week of D&D Encounters at Mercenary Market!

Scott was in fine form playing Scar the Drow Ranger

Thor is still playing Abadon the Dragon Born Chosen of Tiamet Death Cleric.

Brian has a Human Bard named something like Bling--he is ridiculous & now has to always tell the truth or something.

New guy Alan joined us for the first time--he was turned on to D&D via PAX and knew the rules better than Brian!

A great addition to the table.

DM Curtis was again behind the screen.

We had drinks and lots of snacks this week--felt good to have skittles at the table again.

I forgot my dice so I used Thor's LofCS D20 and bought a new D20 from the shop--neither of them rolled well at all!

However, I did open with a crit on my initiative which is always fun!

This week was more fun then a lot of recent weeks--I think our table is just playing well together and having a lot of fun.

CHOC Infusion Center

Jack had his infusion at CHOC--we used to play video games while he was hooked up but lately we have been playing magic & watching youtube videos.

 

He has moved up a weight class for Benadryl and now he often falls asleep while getting his medicine--this is good because time goes by quickly.

 

we will be back at CHOC in 8 weeks.

UCLA Jules Stern Eye Institute

Jack had an eye exam at UCLA this week that involved a lot of testing, which was great news for us because it meant we could bring our decks!

 

the office had a fantastic end table that we could use--but it was pretty crowded.

 

 

 

and we had to use the couch arms to store stuff which kept falling off between the cushions.

 

The office staff thought we were awesome--and we spent a lot of time explaining magic to to some of the other patients.

Eventually we were able to move to a central coffee table that had a lot more space.

After the eye exam we went to lunch at Native Foods at the Camp.

Soul Bowl is still the greatest thing on earth.

The sunset was amazing when we got home.

 

overall not a bad day at the doctors.

Friday Nights Open Credit Cards

Big Dumb Two Headed Creature goes 1-2

Another fine Friday Night Magic at Majestic Card Shop in Costa Mesa.

I was at the kids table where the drafting was all over the map & I got tricked into drafting for value. again. Largely because of this card handed to me deck 2 round 4...up until then I was in Red Green and this changed my strategy completely...and late round draft changes are generally not a good move for me.

Jack went with a Green White Heroic deck that did very well--I think he went 2-1 loosing first round to a red deck when he did not draw very well.

Derek was at his first FNM and of course won! He was playing Green Blue and did really well in all of his matches.

The adult table had some very strong players this week--Aggro decks are winning in draft--crusing mono black and mono blue strategies.

My promo card was a Swan Song--so the night was not a total waste!