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Being an extraordinary Monday meeting and only two days before Christmas, we didn’t really know who or what to expect, so didn’t have a “Feature Game” planned.  In the event, almost everyone expected turned up and we played some of our all-time favourite games.  Pink was first out of the traps, and persuaded Black, Lime and Pine to join him in a game of his favourite race game, Downforce.  This…

Blue and Pink were the first to arrive to the news that The Jockey was under new management.  Pine soon followed and after a bit of chatter, the three of them settled down to the first “Royal Themed” game, Love Letter.  This is a very quick little game played with a deck of just sixteen cards.  The idea is that players have a hand of one card and, on their turn draw a second and choose which one…

Blue and Pink were the first to arrive, soon joined by Black and Purple.  Others quickly rolled up and before long, everyone was discussing what they’d been doing over the holiday.  Teal produced a new “Roll and Write” game that everyone could play together, called Trek 12: Himalaya, a game where players are climbing a mountain.  He gave a quick summary and demonstrated how he’d raided the…

Blue and Pink were, unexpectedly, joined by Green and Lilac thanks to a clock-reading malfunction.  So while Blue and Pink were dealing with their dinner, Green introduced Lilac to Tsuro.  This is a very accessible game that we actually managed to play a little over a year ago from home, but is much better played in person.  Each player starts with a stone lined up on the edge of the board and a…

12th May 2020 (Online)

Having spent the last few meetings playing online using Tabletop Simulator shared through Microsoft Teams, this time we decided to do something a little different.  One of the group’s most popular games is 6 Nimmt!, which also plays lots of people.  It has unavoidable hidden information, but is available through the online platform, Board Game Arena.

– Image by boardGOATS

On our first…