Figure painting total March 2016 - It's smaller on the outside

I did pick up a Reaper Bones 'Police Call Box' that I can paint as a Tardis. It looks a bit small compared to regular figures but should be fine with the Doctor Who Micro Universe figures.
Police Call Box – 1

Mar figures bought -1, figures painted – 0
Running total 2016 – figures bought 3, figures painted 0

Hateful Eight Casserole

Lately, we’ve been going over to a friend’s house for supper and games. We take turns doing the meal and dessert, and I’ve been bringing over some games that we hadn’t played yet to try out. The selection is a bit tricky as there is usually 6 of us, as well as the kids.

The last time we were over it was our turn so we brought our Hateful Eight casserole. Truly, it’s a seven layer casserole with an extra layer added because I wanted to be able to turn it into the Hateful Eight version below.

The recipe is simple, and easy to modify. It doesn’t have exact measurements so much as it has directions. The original recipe is:


In a 9” casserole dish
1. Place 1” layer of raw potatoes sliced thin
2. Layer of onion sliced thin (1 large onion)
3. 1” layer of sliced carrots
4. ¼ cup of raw rice
5. 1 tin peas (drained) or 12 oz. frozen peas
6. Layer of pork sausages (1 ½ lbs) or hamburger
7. 1 can tomato soup diluted with 1 tin of water
Bake at 350 degrees F for 2 hours, covered for the first hour.

Tip from Mom – I usually make this in a casserole dish and cover with foil wrap for the first hour – hour and a half and then uncover for the last ½ hour. I have made this is a small roaster as well with a lid and uncovered for the last half hour.

I have also used frozen peas and carrots or mixed vegetables instead of the layer of carrots and the layer of peas.




Our modifications - My wife doesn’t like the onions so she was skimpy on the onion layer.

For a dish this size, we added more rice – about a cup.

She also doesn’t drain the peas, but we did add a canned corn that we mostly drained.

We used a bit over two cans of soup for the topping.

We covered it in foil wrap. It did require a bit longer cooking (I don’t believe they preheated the oven) to cook the rice properly.

Top 100 games - so far

Off the top of my head, after a bit of time, I have the following as my Top 100 Games. Next I have to work through BGG a bit closer to see what else I have missed. Looking at my plays alone, I already see some that will be slotting into here.

Top
1 - Space Hulk
2 - Circus Imperium
3 - Family Business
4 - Diplomacy
5 - Warhammer 40,000
6 - Assault on Hoth
7 - Illuminati
8 - Icebergs
9 - Bosworth
10 - OGRE Designer’s Edition

Upper
11 - Walk The Plank
12 - Risk
13 - Survive: Escape from Atlantis
14 - Cash ‘n’ Guns – second edition
15 - Sushi Go
16 - Bang: The Dice Game
17 - Monty Python Fluxx
18 - Groo: The Game
19 - Race Day
20 - Highlander:The Card Game
21 - Crimson Skies
22 - Car Wars
23 - Scoville
24 - Heroclix
25 - Blood Bowl 3rd
26 - Fortress America
27 - Go
28 - Star Wars: The Queen’s Gambit
29 - Conquest of the Empire
30 - Battle Masters
31- Tsuro
32 - Battleship Galaxies
33 - Daytona 500
34 - Rocketville
35 - Car Wars Card Game
36 - Camel Cup
37 - Horrorclix
38 - Pandemic
39 - Cardline – Animals
40 - Fluxx

Mid
41 - Shogun (Ikusa)
42 - Aliens
43 - Search for the Emperor’s Treasure
44 - Canvas Eagles
45 - Dragon Dice
46 - Pente
47 - Chess
48 - Girl Genius: The Works
49 - INWO
50 - Monsters Menace America
51 - Unexploded Cow
52 - Junta
53 - Toss Up!
54 - Star Warriors
55 - Yetisburg
56 - Risk: Battlefield
57 - Hive
58 - Chill: Black Manor Morn
59 - Timeline – Music & Cinema
60 - Filthy Rich
61 - Roll For It!
62 - Monopoly
63 - Resistance
64 - Canasta
65 - Wits and Wagers Family
66 - Iota
67 - Empire Builder
68 - Colt Express
69 - Word Thief
70 - Qwirkle
71 - Blood Royale
72 - Bejeweled Frenzy
73 - Stack
74 - The x-files Card Game
75 - Nuclear War
76 - Scrabble
77 - Michigan Rummy
78 - Takenoko
79 - Eurorails
80 - Express
81 - Attack of the Mutants!
82 - Battle for Moscow
83 - Fairy Meat
84 - Young Jedi CCG
85 - Payday
86 - Awful Green Things from Outer Space
87 - Space Crusade
88 - Double Solitaire
89 - G’nerts
90 - No Thanks
91 - Get Lucky
92 - Heroquest
93 - Exago
94 - Devil Bunny Needs a Ham
95 - Dixit!
96 - Castellan
97 - Battle Cry – 150 Anniversary
98 - Straw
99 - Cribbage
100 - Revolution