Nerdy Friday recap - Now Captain you die, and we all move up in rank

Games played:  Space Alert, Ticket to Ride, No Thanks!

Space Alert:  This game still remains fresh.  Mostly because we haven't seen all the cards or played all the soundtracks.

Introductory training:  Handled with no problem
Advanced training:  Handled with no problem
Mission 1:  Whoops.  I screwed up the commando, forgetting that he moves.  He blew apart the previously damaged red section.  Sorry Captain Red Wings John.
Mission 2:  Captain Mike led us to a successful completion, but did it while screaming at everyone at the top of his lungs.  After action we had to check the F%^&ing rules to make sure that we heard the threats right and didn't downgrade a serious to a normal threat.  Security Officer Darren unlocked the arms locker and led a mutiny.
Mission 3:  No good deed goes unpunished.   Captain Darren gets the entire crew killed.  Again.  Warren may have survived in the interceptors, but probably asphyxiated before someone came by and rescued him.

So some things we did right in mission 2.  Ensign David blasted the ablative shield with the laser that takes no power before we piled on with the big guns.  One attaboy for David!  Captain Mike and Security Officer/Chief Engineer Darren tag teamed the power draining serious threat with a pair of B+1's.  That's how we do it downtown!

Things that went wrong in Mission 3.  Mike has an advantage when he's captain, he doesn't have to deal with Mike as a subordinate.  Mike miscounted the actions it took to kill the Man-O-War, which was bad enough.  But he also insisted that he had it right, so no redundancy was applied by Gunnery Sergeant Red Wings John.  Gunny played well over his head.  His timely missile launches ALMOST saved the day.  Oh yeah, Warren played with droids for the entire game, which means he basically passed 11 of 12 turns.

Ticket to Ride:  Warren won a really close game.  I knew I was screwed 3 turns in when I had cheap easy routes and no more than 3 train cards in the same suit.

No Thanks!:  David won the first game.  Bully for him.  Mike set a record for the 2nd game, finishing at -15! He wrote that down, but also got some amazing F&*%ing luck when he pulled that 11 card run out of his A$$.