[Ghoulish Delight]

We're back. We hurt.

I'm sure the whole thing will be rehashed over the next week, so I'll give the quick hits:

I'll be honest, the whole Paradise Pier Ballroom thing was an unwelcome start to the day. I was waiting for the time share spiel. I know it's totally unavoidable, and it certainly has its advantages (you mean we can hear ALL of the instructions?). But it just loses some charm.

That being said, this game was fun. Fun fun fun. Good mix of puzzles, lots of stuff to keep you moving and looking around. Hard stuff, easy stuff. Fun.

Up until 9PM last night, I was honestly feeling very unmotivated for MA. The Masters rust was piling up, and we didn't have shirts.

That's right, 9PM last night, we didn't even have a solid idea for a shirt.

But by some miracle, we came up with an idea, went out to buy shirts, and did the work after 9. That got us pumped and by the end I was definitely feeling in MA form.

How'd we do? I'll go with respectably. The Brothers Bear, still not far removed from their competing days, wiped the floor with the rest of us Masters, scoring well enough to have won if they were in competition. But we were in the hunt, a mere quest's worth of points away from placing. And the Denton Affair was hot on our heels, doing well enough to have beaten us if not for some controversial errata.

So once again, MA proves to be a stellar affair. Yay.