# [2020.03.31] Defeat of Malthael and Rise of Vassal Engine

Yesterday evening my wife and I finally defeated (after multiple
attempts) the last boss of Diablo 3. At night I had a strange
backache which prevented me from falling asleep for several hours
until I tried to lay on the floor. Unexplainably that helped not only
to fight insomnia but also to cure the ache. Sedentary self-isolation
plays dirty jokes on my body.

We spent today's evening playing Pandemic board game using the
[Vassal Engine](https://www.vassalengine.org). Vassal doesn't have
any AI to play with you, nor it controls your obedience to the rules
(you may err, cheat or home-rule if you like). It only provides you
with scans of the field, cards, and all other pieces for a wide
selection of off-line board games. My wife and I played Pandemic in
cardboard quite a lot several years ago, but today we called your old
friend from France thus gathering an internationally distributed team
to fight imaginary diseases:)