Lots of reading to catch up on.

Glad you liked Canal Mania. It does have a nice balance of systems and play. I am not sure I am super happy to have paid a lot for the first edition, only to find the second edition will be "fixed"...

We played Walhalla last week for the third time and it 'lost it'. You know when a game is fine, then all of a sudden a sequence of events really throws it all out of whack? Basically we had a run of boats and positioning that left two of the four players unable to get many men on the board. This hurt, and continued to hurt till the end. A little worried by this, but as you say it was struggling for table time anyway.

Hey guys! Merry Christmas to the whole Rozmiarek clan! I hope Santa leaves lots of great games under the tree!