February 2008 has been a whirlwind. Started off by going up to SF to work with Adaptive Path every Monday for four weeks where I got to brainstorm with Jesse James Garret and had lunch with Peter Merholz and a bunch of other people from AP. So that sort of set the stage for this being an extraordinary month.
Now, I knew he was in town (I’m guilty of reading his livejournal in addition to watching his video podcast, and listening to the podcast On Board Games that he participates in), but when I saw Scott Nicholson of Board Games with Scott in the cafe where LA Games meets I was pleasantly surprised.
I even got a chance to chat with him a little bit, congratulating him on his new game that’s out in the fall. He said it’s not going to be for everyone, it’s a people-oriented economics game simulating the Tulip bubble market in 1637, but he’ll definitely make a video about it as soon as he gets a copy. Scott asked my name, and actually recognized it from when we corresponded via email back in September 2006. His email signature is where I borrowed the idea of providing a label for each of the several domain names in mine. Scott almost joined us for a game of Diamant, but opted for slightly more substance with Ticket to Ride (Diamant, now sold as Incan Gold, feels a lot like blackjack, even has gambling built in) .
So, that was my leap year. Not sure if anybody else will appreciate how cool it was, but just thought I’d share.
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