Comments on: Board Games in Brooklyn!

Board Games in Brooklyn!

ocherdraco — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 10:51:59 -0800

I want to play board games with you fine people! I can host such an event on Sunday, Oct. 28th. We have Ticket to Ride, Scrabble, and Risk, and I've been looking for an excuse to buy Pandemic or Dominion. We can either use my place (we have three tables that could be used for playing games) or somewhere else.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:24:53 -0800

I am commenting that I am interested.

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:26:29 -0800

I am commenting that I am pleased that you are interested.

By: grobstein

grobstein — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:02:04 -0800

I am interested, too, and I have so many boardgames. Actually sciencegeek and I were just talking about trying to have another boardgame meetup, so your timing is especially excellent!

By: likeatoaster

likeatoaster — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:12:27 -0800

Yes, please! I've got Catan & Cities and Knights, Agricola, and Eurorails that I could bring, if desired.

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:19:58 -0800

Yay! What time of day should we start? 2pm-ish?

By: bookwibble

bookwibble — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:30:38 -0800

I'm very much interested. Maybe 3? But 2 could potentially be fine as well. I don't have any games, but I'm very much open to learning.

By: mlle valentine

mlle valentine — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:35:08 -0800

Argh, that's the one weekend I can't since I'll be helping my boyfriend move up to NYC in a U-Haul with, among other things, about 20 boardgames. We'd be very interested in the future!

By: sciencegeek

sciencegeek — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:23:31 -0800

I need to confer with the husband about the calendar, but I'm interested as well. As mentioned by grobstein, we were talking about this on Saturday while hiking. I even told him that I'd be willing to go to Brooklyn for such an event especially if it were on a weekend afternoon (yay for synchronicity!).

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:24:11 -0800

I'm sad I missed the hike. But I had a lovely relaxed weekend at home.

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:25:19 -0800

(So I guess what I'm saying is, with this event I can combine being a homebody and going to a meetup in one!)

By: greta simone

greta simone — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:54:49 -0800

I'd be down for that.

By: TrishaLynn

TrishaLynn — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 03:52:01 -0800

That sounds awesome! I hope I won't be called in to work.

By: Karmakaze

Karmakaze — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:08:53 -0800

How accessible to mass transit?

By: inkytea

inkytea — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:13:00 -0800

Sounds fun! I'm interested.

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:18:44 -0800

Quite accessible. A short walk from the B, Q, and F trains.

By: nobody

nobody — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 07:43:15 -0800

I can't confirm my calendar yet, but I'm interested if I end up being free.

By: ansate

ansate — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:28:12 -0800

oooo, I'll be in town for work and I was hoping there would be some kind of meetup. A boardgame meetup may be my favorite kind.

By: mountmccabe

mountmccabe — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:07:41 -0800

ausdemfenster and I are interested in going, pending another meet-up with friends who are in town for the weekend. The last board game meet-up was a lot of fun!

By: loriginedumonde

loriginedumonde — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:51:00 -0800

Risks fulfills my need for world domination in a healthy, non-Geneva Convention flouting, way.

By: bookwibble

bookwibble — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:09:08 -0800

Is anyone definitely going to bring Settlers? I feel bad for not being able to play last time.

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:52:05 -0800

I don't have it, so if people want to play it, someone should definitely bring a copy! Also, anyone potentially interested in a game of Fiasco to top off the evening? It's another game I've been meaning to try.

By: ausdemfenster

ausdemfenster — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:51:45 -0800

Assuming I'm free to attend, I can bring Settlers! I hope there's a copy of Agricola present; I've wanted to try that for ages.

By: likeatoaster

likeatoaster — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:05:09 -0800

Oh shoot I was going to bring Agricola, but I am last minute out of town that weekend :( Next time!

By: brina

brina — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:47:49 -0800

Can I come to this? I totally want to come to this.

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:08:39 -0800

Of course you can! I would love to see you.

By: SpaceWarp13

SpaceWarp13 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:55:57 -0800

This sounds like a lot of fun i'd like to come!

By: lintacious

lintacious — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:18:47 -0800

whoa! an event I barely have to leave my block for! I'm in with a maybe.

By: sciencegeek

sciencegeek — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:13:24 -0800

I'm having a craptastic week (sprained knee) and am looking forward to this more than I should admit to. One question: are there a lot of flights of stairs involved in the location?

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 08:22:54 -0800

There are stairs into the building (one small set outside and one small set inside) but once inside there is an elevator. Also, I will memail you my phone number, and if you call when you arrive, I can come meet you at the basement entrance (also on the front of the building, but down a ramp, so stairs can be entirely avoided).

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 08:27:59 -0800

Also, if you want to avoid stairs as you come from the subway, take the F to Church Avenue, as there is an elevator at that station, while the nearby stations on the Q line do not have elevators. You can then take the B35 bus from Church & McDonald to Church & E 7th if you'd prefer to avoid the walk from the subway.

By: Hactar

Hactar — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:52:24 -0800

I'm bringing Carcassonne. I don't have any of the interesting expansions though.

By: I'myourMuppet

I'myourMuppet — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:56:40 -0800

I'm a longtime lurker visiting Brooklyn for the first time. Would my fellow lurker friend and I be welcome to join you all?

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:25:11 -0800

Sure!

By: sciencegeek

sciencegeek — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 04:32:41 -0800

should we bring snackies/drinkies?

By: mlle valentine

mlle valentine — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 08:07:21 -0800

Do you know what time you will be playing until? I may be back from Philly in the afternoon after all.

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:59:33 -0800

Please do bring snacks and drinks! I will have a take set up for them. We did buy Pandemic, so that will be available. mlle valentine, I expect we'll be playing for several hours. Call/email/text when you get back.

By: SpaceWarp13

SpaceWarp13 — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 11:45:02 -0800

Is there anything food/drink wise you'd like specifically Ocherdraco? And do you need some plastic cups/plates?

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 11:55:22 -0800

I'll be taking care of cups and plates. Just bring the kind of snacks and drinks you'd like to have, with the one caveat being that it might be best to avoid snacks that give us sticky fingers.

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 13:08:09 -0800

I should mention that I know at least one vegan will be present, so vegan-friendly snacks would be particularly welcome.

By: sciencegeek

sciencegeek — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 18:45:13 -0800

Well. I am now going to be going to work tomorrow to deal with the possibility of water and wind. We thought we'd have Monday to set stuff up and move things off the floor, but now ... who knows. I'm also noting that our lovely mayor may be shutting down the subway system Sunday evening. (I live at the northernmost end of the 1 train so I want to be home long before this kind of thing starts happening). This means that I can't come and play board games. Which sucks.

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 18:46:11 -0800

Okay! We have three tables set up for games. Two in the living room (dining table and coffee table), one in the bedroom (card table). And we've got a snacks/drinks table set up in the foyer. When you arrive, buzz apartment 4D (Maloney/Bolotsky). Anyone need help with transit directions?

By: ansate

ansate — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 09:26:44 -0800

work people are freaking out and have succeeded in scaring me. :( bummed to miss this. I am literally walking around midtown with games in a tote bag.

By: SpaceWarp13

SpaceWarp13 — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 10:43:07 -0800

I'm really sorry i won't be able to make it because of the storm prep. My apartment is in one of the evacuation areas and i want to be home with the cat just in case. I'm really bummed but thanks for doing this Ocherdraco!

By: grobstein

grobstein — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 11:38:33 -0800

I'll be there in 20 minutes or so.

By: Karmakaze

Karmakaze — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 11:41:32 -0800

I know I only maybe'd but storm prep has me stuck at home too.

By: mlle valentine

mlle valentine — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 12:28:25 -0800

Alas, family has called me home to help them prepare for storm-related things. Hope we can have another board game meetup soon!

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 14:38:59 -0800

No worries everyone! We'll have another soon. grobstein and loriginedumond are here; we're having a mini meetup.

By: sciencegeek

sciencegeek — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:44:15 -0800

Can we make this a semi-regular (monthly?) meet up?

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:46:15 -0800

Yes! We should. Today we played Pandemic and Power Grid.

By: grobstein

grobstein — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:29:55 -0800

What a treat! Thanks to our hosts and loriginedumonde. Sorry no one else could make it! I would'nt've come but I live in walking distance.

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:01:11 -0800

We're doing another Board Game Meetup on Dec. 1. Please come!