Comments on: Board games!

Board games!

grouse — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 19:14:40 -0800

Anyone want to play some board games this Friday evening? Let's meet at A-Game Cafe at 6 p.m. Unlimited play for $7, or $3.50 for one hour.

By: mandolin conspiracy

mandolin conspiracy — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 20:06:50 -0800

Could potentially do Friday, but not Saturday. Both locations a-ok.

By: ricochet biscuit

ricochet biscuit — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 20:20:35 -0800

Likewise for me — Friday is fine, Saturday not. And I was on Edward Street a couple of weeks ago: either Roll Play is relocated or it is no more. There is a restaurant in its place now.

By: ilana

ilana — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 00:07:54 -0800

I could theoretically do either day. The spouse will be curling both days, unfortunately (well, for me; he'll have fun).

By: ambilevous

ambilevous — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 05:43:00 -0800

File me under Friday: Maybe, and Saturday: Nope.

By: tickingclock

tickingclock — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 11:55:52 -0800

Agh, I'd love to come but I'm definitely not available on Saturday and Friday night is a maybe. If you guys meet again at another time, I'll join that.

By: blerghamot

blerghamot — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 17:33:29 -0800

I'm quite likely down for either day!

By: grouse

grouse — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 15:24:03 -0800

OK Friday night it is! I'll propose starting at 6. Please let me know when you plan to arrive. (If you're all arriving later, obviously I'll change the start time.) Looking forward to it!

By: chunking express

chunking express — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 15:57:48 -0800

I know the owner!

By: chunking express

chunking express — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 15:58:05 -0800

I will try and come. I don't think I have plans.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 17:24:36 -0800

Believe it or not, I will be in town. I will try to come to this.

By: grouse

grouse — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 18:14:25 -0800

I messed up the date when confirming the event. It was supposed to be this Friday, 27 January. Now fixed. Thanks to ricochet biscuit for politely pointing this out in a MeMail. Also I feel like an asshole for only noticing this after jessamyn's comment. I hope we can have another meetup while you're here?

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 18:29:45 -0800

Bah! Yeah I am in town Monday through Sunday more or less and done working on Wednesday, so let's think about doing a thing.

By: ilana

ilana — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 18:46:29 -0800

Yes! I'm up for another meetup while you're here - maybe next weekend (Saturday the 4th maybe)?

By: rodlymight

rodlymight — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 02:58:06 -0800

I'm just starting to get over the worst chest cold so I can't this Friday, but next week should be good.

By: mandolin conspiracy

mandolin conspiracy — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 06:54:22 -0800

Would be totally up for something next week as well. The 4th sounds good to me. As for this Friday, we're in.

By: ricochet biscuit

ricochet biscuit — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 15:54:20 -0800

Glad to see folks can make it for tomorrow (and I am in for another meetup next week). I have a game I will bring along tomorrow called Bring Your Own Book which I have been enjoying a lot lately. Anybody who is up for it, please, well... bring along a book. You will get it back unharmed at the end, I promise.

By: mandolin conspiracy

mandolin conspiracy — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 16:14:00 -0800

I like that...it reminds me of a party game I was introduced to where the host handed out random selections of books from the bookshelf and people would have to read a paragraph or two selected by a random page flip, then turn to the person next to them, who would then randomly flip to a page and read the first paragraph or two they came across, then pass on the turn so on and so forth around the circle.* * If Naked Lunch, a Harlequin romance novel, and some dry academic textbook were in the mix somewhere it worked very well.

By: ricochet biscuit

ricochet biscuit — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 17:17:09 -0800

Indeed. One of the mechanics I like about the game is that the books do change hands, so my first game I passed along a Bill Bryson travel book and was then obliged to work from Phil Collins' autobiography. One game I played, one of the prompts was "a message in a bottle." At that point I was stuck with Mickey Spillane's Kiss Me Deadly, so my submission was the fortuitous "I don't need help." Well, that's a relief. I admire that level of resourcefulness.

By: clawsoon

clawsoon — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 08:33:05 -0800

I plan to be there - maybe a bit late - for what I'm pretty sure is my second Mefi IRL ever.

By: mandolin conspiracy

mandolin conspiracy — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 13:56:45 -0800

May be arriving a little later (closer to 7:00) - Mr. C. will be getting back into town a little later than expected.

By: ilana

ilana — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 14:08:24 -0800

I'm about halfway through writing an article I have to file, so I'll be a little late, maybe an hour, but I'm still coming!!

By: grouse

grouse — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 14:43:17 -0800

Well in case ricochet biscuit is coming at 6 I am going to head over there now. Looking forward to seeing the rest of you later!

By: grouse

grouse — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:09:20 -0800

Here!

By: grouse

grouse — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:57:12 -0800

Five of us!

By: ilana

ilana — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 16:08:00 -0800

Article filed; on my way!!

By: sillygwailo

sillygwailo — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 16:14:38 -0800

I just found out about this. I'm on my way!

By: mandolin conspiracy

mandolin conspiracy — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 09:32:56 -0800

Aaaaand it was "street perfume" for the win!!!* Special judge's prize for daring and audacity goes to "tar hoop." * Long story, see game here.

By: chunking express

chunking express — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 04:38:03 -0800

God damn it! I thought this was next Friday. (Ah I see it was, briefly.)

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 05:31:19 -0800

And still sort of is ... next Saturday!

By: grouse

grouse — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 06:44:23 -0800

chunking express, join us on Saturday!

By: chunking express

chunking express — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 20:30:15 -0800

I'm such a metafilter flake. Sorry I missed you all.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 06:43:33 -0800

gman and I remembered you fondly.