Long long ago, back
before the weight of the world crushed my spirit, I was an avid
gamer. Back before BGG, before Magic, before the Internet, I played
games regularly. But my gaming group grew up, went off to school and
work, got married and had kids. I had given up on gaming, until about
a year ago when I dusted off a game of Junta, got together a group
and had a great time. I decided I would get back into gaming. I found
a group starting up near my house, found BGG and reconnected with my
hobby.
I spent a lot of time
surfing BGG and marveling at the many new and innovative games. We
had been limited to the Gamemaster Series and various role playing games. Since my golden years in
the 1980's, there has been an explosion of new games.
I decided I would jump
right back in, and after much research, I purchased Twilight
Struggle. I am a bit of a Cold War buff, so the theme appealed to
me, and the two player aspect of it might enable the wife and I to
play.
I bought it from a
local store and quickly opened it up, surprised at the high quality
of the components (remember, I grew up on typical 1980's quality). I
could not wait to give it a try and dove into the rule book.
