Productive Use of a Snow Day

KingZombie · #1 January 31st, 2008, 08:11 PM

Well... it was freaking cold here yesterday and it was a snow day for my son (and me since I'm a teacher in the district).

So, we busted out the terrain pieces and made some armies and battled for about an hour or so.

I used points to kinda figure out balanced armies (do they still work for the basic game) and we had at it. My son took lotsa tough things and I had lotsa cheap stuff. I won with some unlucky dice rolls, but I think he learned some stuff from his loss. Maybe I'll clean off the dining room table and haul everything upstairs to play. The basement floor is really cold after awhile.

I've been slowly introducing advanced rules into the game. I can't wait until he can actually read the cards and I can play the advanced rules. That will be more fun.

nerdyninja · #2 January 31st, 2008, 09:30 PM

cool we were at school for our only snow day in like 9 years. No snow in Georgia.

KingZombie · #3 January 31st, 2008, 09:35 PM

Well... ours was really a colder than hell day. It was -11 (with a windchill of MUCH colder).

Not much snow though... atleast not in town. Just really, really cold.

fejkl · #4 January 31st, 2008, 09:51 PM

Hey KingZombie, I teach in Neenah, and also benefitted from the same snow day. Unfortunately, my wife was down with the whole stomach flu thing, so we didn't get any games in. I have a 5-year-old who likes playing with the advanced rules, but I still have to help him out a bit. He's learning, though.

jaydog05 · #5 January 31st, 2008, 10:18 PM

-11,

dude here in Canada we get -30s.

KingZombie · #6 January 31st, 2008, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by jaydog05

-11,

dude here in Canada we get -30s.

Any yet, you stay.

southwest ninja · #7 January 31st, 2008, 11:39 PM

wouldnt you if you didnt have to deal with bush? bush or cold? bush or cold? id deal with the cold

jaydog05 · #8 January 31st, 2008, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by KingZombie

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Originally Posted by jaydog05

-11,

dude here in Canada we get -30s.

Any yet, you stay.

I'm used to it lol.

HyperLight · #9 February 1st, 2008, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by KingZombie

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Originally Posted by jaydog05

-11,

dude here in Canada we get -30s.

Any yet, you stay.

I'm used to it lol.

Ditto...-10 is a fairly normal cold winter day. Yesterday with the wind it was -25 and so cold is was stupid to be outside.

Gdawg4 · #10 February 1st, 2008, 03:05 AM

Thats nothing, the last few days its been about -60 with the wind chill

Sir Graves · #11 February 1st, 2008, 06:05 AM

I'm in Michigan, right across the river from Canada. Gets pretty cold here, too.

But yep, after so many years you get used to it.

We'd be right at home on Hoth I think.

weatherr · #12 February 1st, 2008, 08:48 AM

Except for Gdawg4 in Winterpeg, the temperatures aren't that cold. you have Americans using farenheit & Canadians using celsius. -11F is -24C