We pulled in from Burning Man Tuesday night August 26th —dust still in our pores—and by Friday morning August 29th we were in Layton, Utah at Salt Con, the End of Summer board gaming convention.
Masculine focus that had been used to survive storms was now used to crush enemies across the table. Friends gathered, dice rolled, and the zone took us.
It was pyretic. Flames of rage at bad moves. Laughter at absurd twists. Joy in victory, humility in defeat. And through it all—connection with Tom, Chrystal, and Porter.
Around the table we opened our hearts, even as we tried to beat the hell out of each other in a dozen complex games.
Does it get any better?
From a 60th anniversary dinner… to the desert storms of Burning Man… to dice, laughter, and tribe around a table. Life is full of surprises, twists, and delights.
As Ferris Bueller once said: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while… you could miss it.”
—Jason
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Picture 1 - Tom Mecham overseeing his Rail Empire in Brass Birmingham. Notice how serious he is.
Picture 2 - Jason and Porter at the same game of Brass
Picture 3 - Tom pointing out his ONE POINT VICTORY over Jason!
Picture 4 - Afternoon of gaming with the guys, the ladies arrived. Chrystal Mecham smiles as we play Terraforming Mars!
Picture 5 - The Saturday Mega Game of Mosaic!
Picture 6 - Jennie congratulating Jason on his epic Mosaic Victory! (She was NOT happy!)
Picture 7 - THE game.... Dune Imperium Uprising!
Picture 8 - Chrystal Mecham and Porter realizing there is no way to beat Jennie.... (Jennie won the game at 10 points, with All the rest of us at 9 points! Epic game!)
Picture 9 - The all important reserved table!!!! We play in the private room at our own table! (I'll explain why in some future post).
