In reply to Chris.

I'll definitely bring it. I've played several more times by now, and I still like it a lot. It plays very differently with 5 players -- a lot harder to get stuff done -- but still feels balanced and pretty fun.

Interesting to hear about Mass Effect 3; I'd heard people saying they really enjoyed the multiplayer but never got an idea of how it actually plays out. I did neglect to mention that most of the "pure gameplay mechanics" stuff in video games seems to be happening in multiplayer modes & add-ons, or dedicated multiplayer games (like Frozen Synapse).

I'm wondering if it's possible, or whether it'd be appealing to enough people, to have that kind of strategizing in more of a thinking/tactical environment and less of a shooter. Could be that that's already going on, and I've just not seen it since I hardly ever play multiplayer video games.