Well, hey, guys!

It came and went. Friday was out of control, as you may know. What you may not know is that we had 23 folks there, quite a few of whom stayed up all night. I was glad to see that the musical theme held up as well as it did, and that my ears held up as well as they did to JJ's singing!

I'll post some pictures over the next few days, but I had a thought, which was to have this space open for people (Aaron) to ask any rules questions that you may have about whatever games we were playing (Arkham Horror).

Let me know,

Pastor Jim.

Well, yeah.

It happened anyway. Like an inevitable tide, Dillon Vallee has taken another game. Like a savage. Even though Greg tried to wipe him out early, Dillon proved to be the stronger competitor, and survived the round. Can anyone catch him? Will Kyle Chupik show up again? Tune in this Saturday to find out. As usual, army choices can be made at this site in advance, and you can keep yourselves on top of what's going on at this space. Sorry for not updating in a while.

In other news, the street hockey league is starting this Thursday at 6:45 pm, so those of you who would like to participate are more than welcome to join us at Mount Olive for a bit of a throwdown. Also, VBS is starting in July, and I have plenty of spots available for those who would like to join in the fun. Youth are totally welcome to participate, as I have lots of fun stuff to do (and yes, it will be fun.) Kyle, I hope you're listening, because I have a specific art project for you, my man.

Huh.

Although the Vallee boys won a game each last Saturday, it would appear as though Vicar Jim has managed to get a score in the win column as well (mainly thanks to this guy).

Now, I won't be around for a couple of weeks, but Greg will, and he's got permission to make posts on this blog now, so I think everything should be fine. The supplies, etc, have been moved to the old church office, and playing in the senior's room has worked okay for a while. If we do decided to play in the fellowship hall, it's still closer than dragging all the stuff in from my office!

Scenario Alert!


wWe've been playing HeroScape for a while, and some seem to think that it would be a good idea to mix things up a bit, and to add a scenario to the mix. And you know what, I totally agree! What we need are some objectives, you know, to keep things fresh. With that in mind, our illustrious Greg Vallee (one of two winners last week incidentally, the other being his son Dillon) has found the following scenario for us.

Quest for the Temple of Heroes

The objective of this game is to obtain the Temple of Heroes which will be located in the centre of the board. You must then place it on the throne marker of an army on the opposite side of the board. This piece contains great powers and will give you ultimate victory over every army on the board provided you survive the quest!

Each army will start by placing all pieces no more than 2 tiles from the edge of the board. Your Throne marker has to be placed in among the starting point of your army and on an outside edge tile.

- You can pick up the Temple simply by moving your piece on a tile next to it. Once the Temple is acquired your move is done. For example if your piece has a move of 5 and you are beside the Temple after you move 1 tile, that is the end of you turn.

- Once a piece has obtained the Temple the only way it can lose the temple is by being destroyed. The Temple may not be passed to another member of your army while the piece carrying it still exists.

- When the piece with the Temple has finished moving it may place the Temple on any open adjacent tile.

- Placing the Temple on the enemies Throne is done by moving your piece adjacent to their Throne marker.

- Any piece carrying the Temple loses all special abilities.

- The piece carrying the Temple also has its move number cut in half. If that number ends in a remainder of .5 such as 5 divided by 2 equals 2.5 then the following applies. If the piece is a medium or small you round the number down and if large you round the number up.

Now, I realize that this may not appeal to everyone, so we'll likely run one table with the scenario, and one table without. Those who want to mix it up can, and those who are still getting to know the game's mechanics and the pieces can play a regular "elimination" style game. Sound good?

Oh, and here are some shots of our last outing, to Valeport and the lake hike. Weren't those the good times? Hope none of you found ticks after the fact!

Okay, ladies and germs.

Here's the HeroScoop. We'll be throwing down on Saturday after the Last Mountain Hike in Valeport. As you all know, Kyle Chupik won last Saturday, and Vicar Jim, shock of all shocks, managed to pull out a win on Sunday after church. What does this mean, that the Vallees' dominance of Heroscape has been shaken? Very very possibly. For those who are interested, we have some new terrain and characters that could very well spell the difference between victory and defeat. Check out the stats, and if you need to pick these guys, know that I have two sets of them. If nobody else picks them, I sure will.

Vicar Jim.

Volcarren Wasteland.

Zombies of Morindan.

'Morning guys!

As you all know by now, we will not be having our HeroScape throwdown this coming Saturday. Something about Holy Week... Now, this isn't to say that you shouldn't have fun during Holy Week, but I'm afraid I'll be far too busy, and Greg will be out of town, so there's really no way around it. That means that you'll have to wait until the weekend after this one to try to get Dillon off of that leaderboard!

Use the comment feature to post your army, so I can have it ready for you when you show up next Saturday. First come, first served, I'm afraid. The interesting thing is that when you post your army, everyone else will be able to see it, and react to it accordingly. As usual, I will be picking last, since I don't mind if all the best units get taken. Also, if someone could agree to bring the video game console for next Saturday, that would be great. First come first served with that too!


Vicar Jim.

Hey, youth of today.

In case you were not aware, there are a few things I'd like to mention. Firstly, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church finally has a website. You can find it at http://goodshep.sasktelwebsite.net. You youth have a page all of your own there, so if you have any requests, let me know, and I'll do what I can to accomodate you.

Secondly, we're working on getting another event going on pretty soon. We've had some requests, and we're figuring that our next activity might involve riding horses. If there is a pile of interest, let me know, and I'll do what I can to make it work.

Thirdly, as some of you know, this Sunday almost all of the Sunday School teachers will be away at breakforth, the large Christian conference in Edmonton. That means that the remaining Sunday School teachers are going to need some help with the games that Greg Vallee will be putting together. If you can help, then please let me know. It'll be 9:45, between services. It would be great to see some of you there.

Lastly, finally, we have some humour that is both Clean, and, actually, quite funny. If you're familiar with Sir-Mix-A-Lot, it's even better. Check out "Baby Got Bible" Baby got Bible.

Hey, youth of today.

In case you were not aware, there are a few things I'd like to mention. Firstly, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church finally has a website. You can find it at http://goodshep.sasktelwebsite.net You youth have a page all of your own there, so if you have any requests, let me know, and I'll do what I can to accomodate you.

Secondly, we're working on getting another event going on pretty soon. We've had some requests, and we're figuring that our next activity might involve riding horses. If there is a pile of interest, let me know, and I'll do what I can to make it work.

Thirdly, as some of you know, this Sunday almost all of the Sunday School teachers will be away at breakforth, the large Christian conference in Edmonton. That means that the remaining Sunday School teachers are going to need some help with the games that Greg Vallee will be putting together. If you can help, then please let me know. It'll be 9:45, between services. It would be great to see some of you there.

Lastly, finally, we have some humour that is both Clean, and, actually, quite funny. If you're familiar with Sir-Mix-A-Lot, it's even better. Check out "Baby Got Bible" http://www.glumbert.com/media/babygotbible