The Frozen North
With the region being held tight in the grip of a seriously PO’ed Old Man Winter (and according to the source of all knowledge, Wikipedia, he is known in Russian folklore as Morozko, which now brings thoughts of MST3K’s take on Jack Frost, my favorite Russo/Finnish movie ever!) I thought I would toss out some thoughts as to how gaming can help one survive (even when it is -17F, as it is now this morning) until NE Wars which will bring Spring to the land and joy to the hearts of the people!
Play a very authentic version of Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries. You may need extra large pieces so that you can move them about even while wearing mittens.
Take out all your eurogames with their wonderful and charming wooden pieces out of storage. . .
. . . and burn them for warmth.
Take out all your Avalon Hill games with several pounds of flammable cardboard tokens . . .
. . . and burn them for warmth.
Take out all your boxes of CCG cards that you have spent many happy hours (days, weeks..) at a time playing . . .
. . . and not burn them for warmth, instead pulp them to make warm cellulose insulation for your house.
Play an exciting new variant of A Game of Thrones where whenever the ‘Winter is Coming’ card is drawn everybody has to go outside and run around the house once. Anyone who doesn’t contribute to fending off the Wildings will have to do three laps.
Break out all those games that are set in the siege of Stalingrad or Napoleon’s campaign in Russia to make a few days of sub zero weather seem like nothing.
Knit meeple cozies for all your meeples.
Why stop with meeples? Knit fetching little jackets for all of your Space Marines, Dark Eldar, Orcs, Skaven, Daemons, Zulu, Union and Confederate Regiments, Jacks, Pirates, and of course Trolls.
Krug likes cashmere, just saying . . .
Please add your own comments!