*** VD 13 Commentary Thread ***

[Ken]

We didn't have money to buy board games when I was younger, so after I played Risk at my cousin's house, I came home and made my own version. Traced a map of the world onto a big cardboard game board and use pennies, nickels, and dimes for armies. And when my brother got tired of it and didn't want to play any more, I would play against myself.

Solid DIY setup.

I did not have a game board either, but I played at a friend's house and he did.

True story - we were playing one time and I had my troops setup strong in Asia and the pacific islands, and one my friends put on this crazy attack out of nowhere and he kept getting lucky dice rolls and just destroyed me in a couple turns purely from luck. Being an asshole at the time (well maybe not just at the time), I took a big breath and just blew all the pieces in that area down. Yeah my temper was bad. Ruined the game. But everyone burst out laughing because it was such a surprise move.

Rest of that school year they called me Hurricane Ken.

[Bene Futuis]

Hillary Clinton said "super predators" once! Everything is the same as everything else and nuance doesn't exist.

[heyelander]

We didn't have money to buy board games when I was younger, so after I played Risk at my cousin's house, I came home and made my own version. Traced a map of the world onto a big cardboard game board and use pennies, nickels, and dimes for armies. And when my brother got tired of it and didn't want to play any more, I would play against myself.

I grew up playing battleship on crudely drawn graph paper. Tracing the whole map is next level though. Did you know how to spell kamchatka?

[The Feral Slasher]

Solid DIY setup.

I did not have a game board either, but I played at a friend's house and he did.

True story - we were playing one time and I had my troops setup strong in Asia and the pacific islands, and one my friends put on this crazy attack out of nowhere and he kept getting lucky dice rolls and just destroyed me in a couple turns purely from luck. Being an asshole at the time (well maybe not just at the time), I took a big breath and just blew all the pieces in that area down. Yeah my temper was bad. Ruined the game. But everyone burst out laughing because it was such a surprise move.

Rest of that school year they called me Hurricane Ken.

Was this before or after you invented salad dressing ?

[Kevin Seitzer]

Was this before or after you invented salad dressing ?

Ken's Lite Hurricane Dressing

[Ken]

Was this before or after you invented salad dressing ?

After climbing half of Rainier, but before the salad dressing (don't fact check me, I may be wrong).

[Kevin Seitzer]

I grew up playing battleship on crudely drawn graph paper. Tracing the whole map is next level though. Did you know how to spell kamchatka?

I did!

[Kevin Seitzer]

After climbing half of Rainier, but before the salad dressing (don't fact check me, I may be wrong).

You run the risk of feeling awfully stupid if he fact checks you .

[Ken]

risk

Risk? I've heard that's a good game.

[Kevin Seitzer]

Risk? I've heard that's a good game.

If you can afford it.

[Kevin Seitzer]

Risk? I've heard that's a good game.

Don't make blowing like Hurricane Ken

[Bene Futuis]

Risk is an awesome game but my brain isn't really built to excel at games like that. I played a bunch and rose to the level of mediocre after some time.

Have you guys ever played Axis and Allies? Amazing game, like Risk on steroids. Takes like two hours just to set the game up. My roommates and I used to play games that would last for weeks. We had a table off to the side of our kitchen dedicated for long Axis and Allies games.

[heyelander]

You run the risk of feeling awfully stupid if he fact checks you .

Doubters mock believable lies.

[heyelander]

Risk is an awesome game but my brain isn't really built to excel at games like that. I played a bunch and rose to the level of mediocre after some time.

Have you guys ever played Axis and Allies? Amazing game, like Risk on steroids. Takes like two hours just to set the game up. My roommates and I used to play games that would last for weeks. We had a table off to the side of our kitchen dedicated for long Axis and Allies games.

My brother and I use to play a ton. My 9 year old niece is just getting into it. Looking forward to playing on weekends with the two of them.

[Ken]

Risk is an awesome game but my brain isn't really built to excel at games like that. I played a bunch and rose to the level of mediocre after some time.

Have you guys ever played Axis and Allies? Amazing game, like Risk on steroids. Takes like two hours just to set the game up. My roommates and I used to play games that would last for weeks. We had a table off to the side of our kitchen dedicated for long Axis and Allies games.

Thanks for this note, now I'm realizing that my story was actually about Axis and Allies which we had moved on to after playing risk for a while. I'm getting too old to remember the details damnit.

And yes, it takes forever to setup which is why me ruining the game should have been a big deal. Thankfully I had good friends who laughed it off.