Georgia Boardgames Association

 

They are having a board game sale of 50% off at Barnes and Noble.  I picked up Arkadia and a few others.  Not all games were on sale, but they had a good selection of them (for a B&N.)

Our first game of Arkadia:

 

 

Game we just played today:

 

Wow, we had 15 people today at our Georgia Boardgames Association meetup.  Some familiar faces and some new people too.  I’m not sure all the games that were played, but what I saw was:

Wyatt Earp

Bohnanza

Ticket to Ride and Ticket to Ride 1910

Carcassonne (lots of folks huddled around this huge tile game)

Walk the Dogs (for the kids playing board games)

Triominos (haven’t seen that one in a while, but fun)

Sequence (adult version)

Blokus

We even had one play test of a new game from a local game inventor.  Interesting looking game.  I wish we could have all helped you.

We had over 30 games available this month, and I wish we could have played them all.  Thanks to everyone who brought their games.  I would have loved to played Race for the Galaxy, Shogun, and Augsburg 1520,but we just didn’t have time this month.

Thank you all for coming and I hope you had a great time.  Look for information on future Georgia Boardgame Assocation meetings soon.   Don’t forget to check out our blog at www.georgiaboardgames.com.  I have articles, board game reviews, and soon hope to get our pod cast going.  It’s all hard work but worth it.  I’m especially pleased to see so many people coming from as far as 50 miles away, and I’m glad the GBA could provide the opportunity for you.

I have a special thank you for all the board game teachers today.  It’s hard to remember how to play all the board games let alone know them well enough to teach others to enjoy them.  I had my opportunity to teach Wyatt Earp today and it was a little harder to teach than I thought it would be.  Thankfully I had players eager and patient to learn.

Again, thanks to all who attended today, and I’m looking forward to next month’s board game meetup.

John Marchant

Georgia Boardgames Association

www.georgiaboardgames.com