I've been playing Lords of Waterdeep and Pandemic on my iPad lately. Lords of Waterdeep is hard. I was surprised. Eryn and I watched Felicia and Wil play it on Tabletop and I didn't think it looked particularly difficult in practice. But when I started playing it for realz it was certainly challenging, even after the game walked me through the first several turns as a learning demonstration.
Strangely, when it was over and I'd handily lost to two computer opponents, I realized that the guy I was playing looks a lot like me. Or at least a lot like younger me. The one of the top there. Sort of creepy. The tablet is scanning me. Or perhaps the game was developed by someone who knew me when I was younger.
And here's Pandemic. You know how often I win at Pandemic on the iPad? Never. Ever. I've cured one disease. I've cured two diseases. I've never cured three diseases (out of four). I lose in new ways. I run out of cubes. I get pandemic-ed slowly. I get pandemic-ed in a glorious domino chain that throws me over the edge in mere moments. Sometimes at the end of a slow burn. Sometimes so quickly it's obvious the world never stood a chance.
That last picture...me losing. This picture. Me losing. Wait...those are the same game. Now it's like I'm losing every game twice. You can see I kept the triples away from each other and perhaps there's hope. But that's wishful thinking. Doom is near. The ebola-zombie-birdflu-rage or lymes-plague-malaria-influenza conjunction is nigh. Put on your mask and pray you don't bleed out if I'm in charge of saving your ass.
