"So what now" I said with a hesitant look of confusion. The Master sat across the wooden table from me with a patient look in his eyes. His ability to walk me through the paces of a beginner has stretched his limits, yet still, he goes over the form again. I take another sip from my cold cup of coffee and try not to let the bug by the hanging lamp distract me as he covers the preccess one more time.
"Now its the battle phase. You can place your monsters in defensive position, face down on the battle feild or face up to attack."
"Not that card. Thats not a monster card, its a spell/trap card"
"that one is a Feild card, but it only effects Fire dragon type monsters so don't put it down becuase I have blue-eyes-white-dragon, and you don't have any dragon types at all right now" His brow furrows in a way that reminds me vaguely of my father. Where did he learn that from?
"okay, got it. I want to attack with this guy"
"DAAAD, that s a level six type feind! you can't summon him unless you pay tribute with two lesser cards worth at least that many level points....."
"Oh, look at that! Sorry son, 8:00. time to get ready for bed. Let's try again tommorrow."
"Okay dad, but your gettin the hang of it."
"Thanks Son."
At least he's graceful in his victory. My five year old trounced me six games in a row at Quiddich World Cup earlier. He was almost grounded for life for gloating. Someone forgot to tell the boys that sometimes Dad is a sore loser. But in the end, it's just a game.
I'd go into more detail, but now that everyone else has gone to bed, I have to go.....ummm, clean up the game room. Theres a couple of rule books somewhere in there......
Posted by cmckeithan at April 15, 2004 01:22 AMYou knew it was coming, but I must; I have my weaknesses too...
When you whup his sorry l'il 7 year old butt, how many Manly Points is that worth. (IT'S A BEST BUY, YOU ACCURSED MINION OF SATAN!)
And when you're blurry-eyed from reading manuals all night, and small children have a roof fall on their heads...tsk, I say. Tsk.
Posted by: Beth at April 15, 2004 08:09 AM