Hours spent

So, Monkeyjack mentioned EM and his "turn taking" lasting an hour in 'planning' before doin' jack-diddly-squat.

"I remember going to [unsavory locale] Taco Hades, getting back, eating, watching MTV and still -- he had not moved." Ah, Axis & Allies, the takes-forever game. It's more strategy than chess, with that disastrous loki known as lucky dice. You rolled thirty friggin' ones! You blankity blank blank (goes on) cheater! How the! And the game is won by the US that is mostly just a buffer who sends bombers to the UK ... much like the real WWII.

Monkeyjack also reminded me that one evening, leaving the board with all the pieces placed (marking locations, units and their numbers, cash, etc.) Walker had nicely cleaned up the game so that the boys could eat breakfast. Hours -- lost. That was a game I remember playing until 5 am, seeing Goldie in the morning, offering toast, pancakes and cereal. Top it off with some Hi-C, please! Poor John, still in HS, playing until 5, 30 minute trip home, then off to boring senior year. We weren't too kind to him on his last year.

If memory serves me well, Jeff tended not to do the marathon nights like John on school nights.

My father and I used to play the game, 3-5 hours, split over two days. There was a spare room, unused otherwise that was a nice place for the board -- a game in progress.