

The fate of those leaving for home early because they lacked the stamina to complete a night's festivities were disciplined even more vigorously. These sessions would penetrate deep into the night, and anyone unlucky enough to doze off into sleep between turns would receive a vicious pillow beating.

Three of my good friends and I would run out to the grocery store, buy two cases of Mountain Dew, a good three pounds of bulk-food Sour Patch Kids, and circle around the PC for a 13-hour marathon session of multiplayer Heroes. Some of my all-time favorite gaming memories come from the Heroes of Might and Magic series.
