I just returned from our latest Georgia Boardgames Association meetup. I met four new people, learned two new games, and played a third better than before. First, I wanted to say thanks to every one who came and played. You’re very nice people and great teachers. I didn’t have one dull moment. Okay, there was this one moment where someone got up to buy some freshly baked bread, while we all waited :), but other than that it was non-stop board gaming.

Our first game was Vegas Showdown. It was the first time I had played. And since I am a fan of auction games, it worked out well for everyone. I lost, but at least I now have another game to purchase. Our second game was For Sale, another auction game, that acted as a nice filler until our last game of Citadels.

I had only played Citadels with three people, but this game had six. It lasted longer than expected, but it was worth it. One of the highlights of the Citadels game was the confirmation that I was not alone on one thing: There is no good way to assasinate your wife. For those who have not played Citadels, you can assassinate another player’s character. You don’t know who has the character, but after you play someone over and over, you can guess, sometimes, what a person will pick. The husband and wife team today had played a lot of Citadels, and I think the husband may been using past experience to guess his wife’s card. Well, he was right, but as I’ve told one of my sons before, “Even if you’re right, you’re wrong.” In reality, I’m embellishing, she took it well, even though it was close to the end fo the game. I think she was being picked on because next round the thief stole all her money (not buy her husband, whew!)

Folks came from all over today. We had a gentleman from fifty miles away this time and this gave me the idea for our new rule, where the person that comes from the farthest, gets to pick the game. I also wanted to apologize to a nice person that didn’t have a game to play at first. I’m glad you stayed. I’ll try and have a one player game for this situation in the future.

Again, thanks to everyone that came. If you didn’t make it this time, I hope you can come to the next board game meeting.

John Marchant
Georgia Boardgames Association
“Together time all the time”™