Time for a gaming post. Don’t get those much even though the name of the blog is Gamerism. Last night I went to a friends house to play some Rock Band, Arkham Horror and some more Rock Band.

Arkham Horror

Arkham horror is a board game based on the stories of H.P. Lovecraft. It is set in H.P. Lovecrafts New England town of Arkham. The player takes the role of an investigator who try to stop a massive alien being from invading our place of existence and destroying life as we know it. It’s an interesting game in that even though everybody is on the same team, there is some competition except between the investigators for loot, special abilities and weapons. It’s also a long game, it takes a little while to set up. The game last night took about 4 hours play, partly because there was a bit of a learning curve for the new players. But once we got into it The turns just flew by and it wasn’t long before we had all the gates closed. It was a fun game and I look forward to playing it again in the future.

Rock Band

The game of Arkham Horror was bracketed with Rock Band. Rock Band is amazing. When playing with other people you genuinely feel like your in a band. One of the things that really surprised me was the easiness of the singing. Everybody had a go willingly. A lot more and a lot better has been written about it. All I’ll say is that after finishing up last night at 3 in the morning, I decided to call in to a local 24 hour Walmart and pick up my own copy. I played until 6 in the morning and all day to day. Lots of fun.