Monthly Brooklyn Board Game Meetup
posted January 17, 2013 1:57 PM RSS | iCal | +googleCal
Sat February 9 at 2:00 PM, ocherdraco's apartment (#4D)
192 East 8th Street, Brooklyn, NY, USA (Map & Directions)
Our February meetup will be either on Saturday the 9th or Sunday the 10th. Bring your games, snacks and/or drinks. Please let me know if you're bringing a snack or a drink, so I can say, "Hey, we need more people to bring drinks!" or similar. December's board game meetup lasted 8 hours, and January's lasted 9, so feel free to come over even if you couldn't make it for the first hour or three.
As previously, we'll be starting at 2pm.
Favorite this if you prefer Sunday 2/10.
posted by ocherdraco at 1:58 PM on January 17, 2013 [7 favorites]
posted by ocherdraco at 1:58 PM on January 17, 2013 [7 favorites]
If we have it on Groundhog Day will it keep repeating forever until ...
posted by sciencegeek at 5:47 PM on January 17, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by sciencegeek at 5:47 PM on January 17, 2013 [1 favorite]
Sounds cool! Can't bring much except my Magic The Gathering black deck, but would like to play :)
posted by rosswald at 11:40 AM on January 18, 2013
posted by rosswald at 11:40 AM on January 18, 2013
Then favorite both days, Eideteker, please. (I know it's a weird use of favorites, and if it bothers anyone, remember that you can unfavorite once we've decided the date.)
rosswald, you are under no obligation to bring anything other than yourself! Please come!
posted by ocherdraco at 1:50 PM on January 18, 2013 [1 favorite]
rosswald, you are under no obligation to bring anything other than yourself! Please come!
posted by ocherdraco at 1:50 PM on January 18, 2013 [1 favorite]
Nifty! I've got quite a few I could bring---Lost Cities, Dominion, Forbidden Island, Sequence, Catan---and shall!
posted by ThatFuzzyBastard at 6:53 AM on January 20, 2013
posted by ThatFuzzyBastard at 6:53 AM on January 20, 2013
Great! FYI, we've got Dominion and Forbidden Island in-house, so no need to carry those.
posted by ocherdraco at 9:14 AM on January 20, 2013
posted by ocherdraco at 9:14 AM on January 20, 2013
Saturday it is!
posted by ocherdraco at 8:29 AM on January 21, 2013
posted by ocherdraco at 8:29 AM on January 21, 2013
I'm excited to play Dominion again! I'll bring my 80 versions of Fluxx, Risk, fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies, Set and other smaller games to play while a group spends 3 hours setting up power lines.
posted by lintacious at 8:36 AM on January 21, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by lintacious at 8:36 AM on January 21, 2013 [1 favorite]
We will attempt to bring strange forms of cheetos again. Or maybe go a little crazy and make something.
posted by sciencegeek at 7:10 PM on January 21, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by sciencegeek at 7:10 PM on January 21, 2013 [1 favorite]
I am thinking of purchasing a new game before the next meetup. I was thinking Alhambra might be a good choice. Any suggestions?
posted by ocherdraco at 1:22 PM on January 22, 2013
posted by ocherdraco at 1:22 PM on January 22, 2013
Bringing Carcassonne as usual. Also going to see if I can swipe Dixit from my friend to bring.
posted by Hactar at 8:11 PM on January 22, 2013
posted by Hactar at 8:11 PM on January 22, 2013
I ended up getting an entirely different game: Discworld: Ankh-Morpork. I could not resist the allure of getting to play as Sam Vimes.
posted by ocherdraco at 9:29 PM on January 27, 2013
posted by ocherdraco at 9:29 PM on January 27, 2013
I'm putting myself down as Maybe. I'm moving to the city this Saturday and have a few things planned for the 9th, but this sounds like a great way to meet more than my two friends I'll be living with, and if I can spare a few hours I'll come up. I probably won't have room to pack anything hefty as I'm flying in (my favorite right now is Ticket to Ride, but it will unfortunately be left behind with family), but it looks like a big line-up anyway and I hope I won't be thought to mooch if I jump in on a game of Carcassonne or something. And if I don't make it, maybe March!
posted by mcoo at 11:16 AM on January 29, 2013
posted by mcoo at 11:16 AM on January 29, 2013
Forgot - I don't see too many drinks on here so far, so I'll bring some ginger ale or root beer with me. But don't count on me for your fizzy needs, in case I'm tied up.
posted by mcoo at 11:32 AM on January 29, 2013
posted by mcoo at 11:32 AM on January 29, 2013
OK, I've got y'all down on my calendar. I have a plethora of board games I can bring, including Dixit, RoboRally, Hoity Toity, Carcassone and Castle of Magic. See anything you like?
posted by ursus_comiter at 7:23 PM on February 2, 2013
posted by ursus_comiter at 7:23 PM on February 2, 2013
I've been wanting to try Dixit!
posted by ocherdraco at 11:36 PM on February 2, 2013
posted by ocherdraco at 11:36 PM on February 2, 2013
Reminder! This meetup is coming up this weekend!
posted by ocherdraco at 6:33 PM on February 4, 2013
posted by ocherdraco at 6:33 PM on February 4, 2013
Pretty sure I'll be there again. I'll bring a few games.
posted by yeti at 12:09 PM on February 6, 2013
posted by yeti at 12:09 PM on February 6, 2013
I wonder how much snow we're going to get ...
posted by sciencegeek at 4:08 PM on February 6, 2013
posted by sciencegeek at 4:08 PM on February 6, 2013
Some folks have recently been favoriting the dates I posted at the top of the thread, so I just want to clarify: the date is set at this point, and is not going to change.
posted by ocherdraco at 7:40 AM on February 7, 2013
posted by ocherdraco at 7:40 AM on February 7, 2013
Alright, since my last comment, we've gotten the official blizzard warning till 1pm on Saturday. Conveniently, we are planning to start at 2pm!
My current plan: assess things at 10am on Saturday and if the subways are running, we're on. If the subways aren't running, we'll reschedule. Sound good to y'all?
posted by ocherdraco at 2:25 PM on February 7, 2013
My current plan: assess things at 10am on Saturday and if the subways are running, we're on. If the subways aren't running, we'll reschedule. Sound good to y'all?
posted by ocherdraco at 2:25 PM on February 7, 2013
What is the percentage of board game meet ups that have intersected major weather events?
posted by sciencegeek at 3:41 AM on February 8, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by sciencegeek at 3:41 AM on February 8, 2013 [2 favorites]
How the monthly game meet up actually works...
posted by loriginedumonde at 8:59 AM on February 8, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by loriginedumonde at 8:59 AM on February 8, 2013 [1 favorite]
I'll be there. My +1 (possibly +2?) may back out. If so, I don't know if I'll have Dixit.
posted by Hactar at 11:56 AM on February 8, 2013
posted by Hactar at 11:56 AM on February 8, 2013
What is the percentage of board game meet ups that have intersected major weather events?
As of this writing, 50%.
posted by ocherdraco at 4:22 PM on February 8, 2013
As of this writing, 50%.
posted by ocherdraco at 4:22 PM on February 8, 2013
Subways are running, so we are a go. Please come!
posted by ocherdraco at 6:44 AM on February 9, 2013
posted by ocherdraco at 6:44 AM on February 9, 2013
I will add that the sidewalk in front of our building has been shoveled. We aim to please.
Even if we're not the ones who shoveled them.
posted by ocherdraco at 9:26 AM on February 9, 2013
Even if we're not the ones who shoveled them.
posted by ocherdraco at 9:26 AM on February 9, 2013
I'm heading out... any last minute thoughts about what I should bring? Any particular game? Any particular food / drink?
posted by grobstein at 11:47 AM on February 9, 2013
posted by grobstein at 11:47 AM on February 9, 2013
I just awoke from the most glorious of afternoon naps and can't quite persuade myself to go back outside again for a bit.
posted by sciencegeek at 12:27 PM on February 9, 2013
posted by sciencegeek at 12:27 PM on February 9, 2013
No worries! There will be more opportunities.
posted by ocherdraco at 4:41 PM on February 9, 2013
posted by ocherdraco at 4:41 PM on February 9, 2013
SO MUCH DOMINION
posted by mlle valentine at 6:23 PM on February 9, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by mlle valentine at 6:23 PM on February 9, 2013 [1 favorite]
MOAR DOMINION
posted by lintacious at 8:04 PM on February 9, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by lintacious at 8:04 PM on February 9, 2013 [1 favorite]
Had a good time again. I'm really bad at Dixit. I think I scored more accidental points on my "discard" turns.
And That Hoity Toity game was fun in a weird way, even though I kept choosing the wrong cards and was still confused near the end. I have no idea how I ended up in second place in that.
posted by yeti at 7:18 AM on February 10, 2013
And That Hoity Toity game was fun in a weird way, even though I kept choosing the wrong cards and was still confused near the end. I have no idea how I ended up in second place in that.
posted by yeti at 7:18 AM on February 10, 2013
I think I had imaginary Dominion cards in my dreams last night. Hoity Toity looked like fun; sorry we had to head out.
posted by mlle valentine at 9:58 AM on February 10, 2013
posted by mlle valentine at 9:58 AM on February 10, 2013
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posted by ocherdraco at 1:57 PM on January 17, 2013 [7 favorites]