Well, they were NEW TO ME, guys...

Tom and Joe are doing their end of year reviews right now on their DICE TOWER PODCAST, so I'm being edited in with some august names: Thornquist, Cheatham, and my pal, Gary "Man Mountain" Christiansen. They are ALREADY teasing me about getting the instructions wrong. I interperted Tom's request of "what was your top games of 2005?" as being "what were the top games that YOU PLAYED in 2005?", not "what were the top games that YOU BOUGHT in 2005?"...

Sorry, gents.. should have asked for clarification.

Sweet, they're gonna grill me without mercy or shame for the gaffe of adding my naive first impressions of SETTLERS OF CATAAN. Swell!

Other than my ritual humiliation, Number 30 comes highly recommended.. Lots and Lots of reviews and new audio bits. I don't come off as a complete klutz. At least I can pronounce "Marengo"... yeah, I got that going for me.