T'was an awesome game night at Bink's workplace, Tifa Chocolate & Gelato. 

I met Kevin and Shag there at 6:30.  After ordering gelato from Bink, Kevin taught us the game "Ride The Rails".

Kevin spent all of $20 on it, and it was awesome.  Players take turns investing in one of 6 colored railroad lines, placing tracks in the colors they invest in, and then moving passengers through different cities connected by the lines.

You score points if you have invested in a track that connects 2 cities a passenger moved along - based on how much investment you've made in that line.

Bonus points are scored for connecting the west coast to the east coast, and building through certain cities.

Throughout the game a couple of people came to the table and asked us all about the game and though it sounded cool.

Well... all of that aside, I won.  And that's all that matters. :)

We had about an hour left, and decided to play a quick game of this little Pathfinder Dice game Chris convinced me to order.  It was impossibly hard, and we all died. 

So, in the end I was humbled.

One cool moment was when the owner of Tifa, John, came up to me during our game and asked if I was Kalea's dad.

Of course, I said, "yes".

He proceeded to gush about how awesome she is as an employee.  The guy was blown away by her early performance on the job.

I thanked him for letting me know and said he can keep her as long as he wants. :)

He's absolutely thrilled with her.

In some ways, your first job sets the stage for future jobs.  You learn to interview, interact with other people - customers and co-workers alike.  You learn responsibility, and all the little things that are never, ever in the job description.

You learn to show up, and be responsible for your actions, your time, and the way you make customers feel.

She's definitely on the right track with this first job, and it's setting her up for the future in more ways than any of us realizes.

I'm sure my paper route had a profound effect on me, in ways I'll never fully understand and can only guess at now.

Anyway, it was a good night, and I'm proud of both of my girls in different ways for different things.  This is a shining moment for Bink as she comes of age...

This is getting pretty easy... maybe I have adapted and learned how to play this, but I was never really in danger of losing this realm or the last.  Is it the characters?  Or me?  Not sure but it was only a little dodgy the first few locations of the first expedition.

There's a little simple math involved -- how many dice do I have, how much damage can they do to the enemies - and do I have an extra "ooomph" necessary to weather unforeseen unfortunate events... :)

Fun game, but ready to move on when I either lose or complete the next 2 realms to beat the game...

It's been sitting on the shelf in plastic for many, many months so I just had to play it through!

It was slightly challenging, but got through it better than expected with the Bounty Hunter, Witch, Druid, and Beast Master.

Trained a couple Mountain Apes to help defeat some creatures in the line while the Druid's Owl also helped attack.

It was a mental challenge because I don't have the optimum skills equipped so had to do some serious thinking to solve this puzzle and take of the creatures in line with the least amount of damage.

Onto the final expedition of this realm.  Unlocked the Monk for future use!