I had a good time.
For me, the most fun I had playing a new game was playing Flick 'Em Up. They had a double sized version of it to demo and after a couple minutes of playing it, I bought it!
Think Rampage but with a cowboy theme.
I'm not a tabletop gaming expert but I just setup a price alert for The X-Files board game. I'm a huge fan of the show and I've heard good things about the game. http://www.amazon.com/IDW-Games-666IDW-The-X-Files/dp/1631400916
Pretty much like a chess timer works I believe. Last time I saw you I believe you were rocking an android phone. Here is a link to the official game app. It is free and also available for ios/windows phone I believe.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.czechgames.codenames&hl=en