Post that describe tabletop or board game gatherings.
NSHU Perry Hall hosted some Commander Magic, with paper cards, and humans! We said we were going to start at 7, I think the first cards were played at 7:48 and we for sure crossed midnight. Everyone got in 2 games though, so that’s something. We also had quite the crowd, some who have been …
We finally made the Draft event in Baltimore happen; disease or disaster be damned! With six faculty on hand, we made use of a team draft format pitting teams of three in three* rounds to determine the champions. *Actually this draft took so long that we didn’t get through all games of the last round, …
NSHU PERRY HALL CAMPUS
We gathered last weekend to crack some packs of the new MTG set Murders at Karlov Manor. Because of a competing event, we only had 6 players which means a team draft format. So Jeremy, Dean, and Blaire faced off against Pete, Russ, and Chris. The games were hard fought, but after two rounds these …
Shiney! I finally got Firefly the Game back on the table recently and got to mosey in the ‘verse again with a few stalwart fans. I brought all the expansions like usual, and we ended up playing the base game like usual. It’s a lot of card piles to take in and I’m always reluctant …
Over the Thanksgiving break I dropped in to a board game cafe in Asheville called Well Played. They have a suitably impressive array of games available to while away an afternoon or 400. We ended up selecting a game called The Wolves, partly because it satisfied our need for a 5 player game, but mostly …
Taulva is a beautiful little game that is quick to set up and easy to explain. Watch I’ll teach you how to play right now. Each turn consists of two actions 1) place a tile and 2) place a building. If you are unable to play a building you are out of the game. That’s …
Prompted by an article on Bell of Lost Souls about the second most complicated board game of all time, I went out and found a copy. Then I watched, and re-watched, and re-watched a seven part YouTube series on how to play the damn game. Then I set it up and played solo. I died …
I played a bit of Hanabi over the weekend, it’s another small game that’s pretty easy to explain and a snap to set up. That and the fact that it’s a co-op game make it a slam-dunk feel-good experience. Even when you don’t win. The main hitch in the game is that you’re not allowed …
I played Dominion last weekend for the first time in a very long while. The concepts started coming back to me after a while, but not in time to keep me in competition VP-wise. It’s one of those games that’s fun and manageable and then they went and printed a bazillion expansions. So just when …