Burncycle    

I inadvertently finished my game of "White Tribe" by losing on turn 3 (1968). I was pursuing a liberal vector as head of state, in order to keep the terror level low. In 1968, the Land Tenure bill came up in the legislature. The gist of it was to empower whites to hold onto the land at the expense of blacks. I decided to abandon the bill. The Rhodesian Front Party lost a lot of popularity, and my move force a new election...which I lost. In retrospect I did not fully appreciate the political danger of moving too fast toward the left.

Anyway, that cleared the table for my latest acquisition--Burncycle. A dystopian game in which you play the side of the robots fighting for survival against the evil human corporations trying to destroy you. Looks to be a very complex game. I worked my way through the tutorial, but I have this feeling there are a lot of little rules that I will forget when I play alone. We'll see. Basically, you organize a raid into a  corporation building to complete a mission. It's a Chip Theory Game, which means it's expensive and over-produced, like Too Many Bones. Looks good on the table. 

Suzanne and I are empty-nesters now, and we love it! Really enjoy the privacy, but it is fun when the Lat kids/spouses come over to visit. We are just about done climbing out of our post-travel doldrums, and I will commence a hard training cycle on Monday.

Over the weekend I visited Bev/Craig/Asher/Micah/Grayce and Molly/Austin/Jace...and new baby girl on the way! Also visited with Sam and his girlfriend Ashley--nice girl. Jace was hilarious, and we got a great pic of him on my shoulders. Because it's a "live picture", you can view it as a video, and Jace is dancing. So cute. We ate some good food, had lots of conversations with the grandkids. We had a swimming party at Bev's house. Lots of fun. Even wandered into a political discussion with my kids, who are all pro-Trumpers! How did this happen? Where did I go wrong!?!?

Meanwhile, we continue to watch the January 6th hearings and wonder if anything will come of them. 

The SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has unleashed a firestorm of protest, both on the streets and in the media/social media. I discovered the depth of the hatred and violence of the pro-choice crowd. I always miscalculate and expect that they will engage in reasonable discourse. Instead, educated people descend immediately into name-calling and Christian-bashing. Ugh.