Pandemic Legacy and Stuff

        I got Pandemic Legacy on October the 14th for my Birthday. Eric and I played it over the course of many days and go to finish it on the 31st. I (and I'm pretty sure he) enjoyed it thoroughly (As you can tell, by it taking the #1 spot on my favorite board game list). 
        The only problem with the game is that it has a limited shelf life. Once you beat the game it's over. (We won btw). So slowly, but surely it will fall down the ranks. The memories will always be there but we won't be able to continue the memories. (until Season 2 comes out(well, maybe, we actually know nothing about Season 2))
        Now keep in mind that you are getting your moneys worth. You play between 12 and 24 games. (Even though I'm pretty sure it is impossible to get 12 games. (it would require winning 12 times in a row (which would be crazy))) We ended up playing 17 games in total.
        Other things: Homework, Hearthstone, Homework, Grades, Board Games, and some more Homework. My schedule has been pretty packed as of late (and yet somehow I still make time to play a lot of Hearthstone). With four honors classes (one being Honors Biology, mind you) it has been pretty crazy. I have been able to keep my grades up and maintain a 4.0 GPA (without weight).
        I still try and play board games and right now I really want to get more into Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn. If only I had more people to play with, we could have our own little meta. Ben and I play that every once in a while, but I want to play it more.

Dominion Box

My brother, Andrew, told me to post a photo or two of the Dominion box organizer thing a while back. Due to so much homework and me forgetting, I've only got to it just now. Anyway, here are the two photos.

Couple things we did differently than the organizer itself. First off, the Trash section is filled with blank cards and Event cards. Another thing was there was no place for extra curses so we just put it behind the other extra cards.
We put all the kingdom cards in the base box and all the Provinces, Golds, Coppers, Ruins etc. in the Guilds box.
We store the Adventures mats in the Guilds box.
Another thing we did was color code the tabs. For example we colored Reaction cards blue, Victory cards green, Treasure cards Gold/Yellow etc. We couldn't find a color for Reserve cards so we just left those alone.
One last thing, for all the cards we don't have we just left the organizer card in its place in case we get it later.

Boardgame List Redone

Dead of Winter is my new favorite game I guess. Dominion is number 2. Village is number 3.
Then it goes to the 3 games that are all similar but aren't quite the same. Hearthstone, Ashes, and Magic.
Hearthstone is different because you automatically get 1 more mana a turn.(unlike Magic where you have to have a mana in your hand.) And there are 9 classes. Each class with there own specific cards and power.
Ashes. Ashes is different because there is no mana ramp. Instead you start each round with 10 mana. Another thing that makes it different is the different phoenixborn(summoners). Each one has a different power, life total, Spellboard value(the amount of spells you can have), and Battlefield value.(the amount of units you can have on the board.) And each phoenixborn has a card that no one else can use.
Magic. Magic is different because there are no classes/phoenixborn. Any deck can have any card. You could look at magic as the original Collectible Card Game.(CCG)
Now the question is which do I prefer. Now that's the tricky thing. I like the gameplay for each game equally. So I rated them not on the gameplay but other things.
For example Hearthstone is rated the highest out of the 3 because it is an online card game. Meaning I can play whenever I want, not whenever other people want.
Then comes Ashes. Ashes is rated higher than Magic simply because it isn't a CCG. Instead it is a ECG(Expandable Card Game). Meaning that I don't have to waste money on buying cards, instead I just buy one thing and have the same cards as everyone else.
Wow that was a long explanation over the ratings of 3 games.
A few other changes. Terra Mystica has gone down. 7 Wonders has gone up. Mice and Mystics, Eldritch Horror and Summoner Wars have all gone down. Other than that there were only minor changes I believe.
One last thing to mention is that I added Flowers For Algernon to my Favorite Books list.

Found an Old SD Card PART 2

Part two. Birds.

Wow I had a lot of birds. There were 372 photos on the SD card when I found it and at least 200 of them were pictures of birds. I ended up deleting about 95% of them.

Lots of Birds (in case you can't tell)

Not only did I take pictures of living birds though, I also took pictures of dead ones.

First Dead Bird

Second Dead Bird

Favorite Board/Card Game List Revamp

(Is revamp the right word?)

Anyway, my Favorite Board/Card Game List is going to go through some hefty changes. I've been putting this off but I think now is the time.
Over the course of... awhile... I've noticed I'm enjoying some games more and some games less. So naturally my favorite game list has to change.
For example, now that I have a storage solution to Dominion (would show a picture but my mom's camera is in Oregon with her) (Oh, and thanks for the help with the storage solution Andrew) I've been wanting to play Dominion way more often now. Before I would have to open 11 boxes, (well 8 without the Jamieson's stuff) look through all of them, pick which cards I wanted to play with, and then put all of the boxes away after a couple games. Now I can open 2 boxes, look through 1 box, and quickly pick the cards I wish to play with.
As you can tell Dominion is going to go up on my list.
Why am I choosing to do this now? Well, I've just bought a couple games. They are: Dead of Winter and Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn..... plus another Summoner Wars deck. Yea.... in total I spent 105 dollars. Originally I was just going to buy Ashes. But then Plaid Hat Games said I would get FREE shipping if I ordered $100 or more of games. I decided to splurge. (Don't judge! Do you know how much shipping costs?)
So my List will be updated when I play those two games enough to rank them.
But you'll have to wait a little while. Since I wanted to get Ashes cheaper I decided to pre-order it. (Cost 15 dollars less! Plus I'm going to get a promo!) Due to it being a pre-order I won't be receiving any of the games for a couple weeks. So you'll have to wait till then.