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What: The ChewsDay Challenge series of events is part of an initiative to host a public weekly game night that is welcoming to new members and is a way for people new to boardgames to experience a beginner friendly atmosphere. A opportunity for people new to designer board games or veterans of the hobby to come out, meet 'n' greet, and play some games.   This is held at a great location with full food and beverage service. Come on out and try some games.

The venue is also a great place for Wargamers and Strategy Gamers to come out and play a game. There are some titles that are hard to get to the table, let's try to get them the attention they deserve at a ChewsDay Challenge.

Where: North Albert St. Boston Pizza (Regina) (http://sask.games/index.php?topic=2043.0)

When: Every ChewsDay night of course, see date on this post for this particular event.

Who: Anyone interested in playing boardgames. The venue is suitable for many different styles of games: (Wargames, Euro Games, Crokinole, Chess, Go, Scrabble, Backgammon, etc.)

Why: Life is Short; Play Games!

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Although not necessary, we urge you to post in this thread if you are coming and what games you might bring or would like to play. Prearranging some games helps get some of the harder titles to the table. Perhaps you have seen someone post about a game in THIS THREAD (http://sask.games/index.php?topic=1799.0), this might be an opportunity to get them to bring out the game and show you.

If you are new to the gaming scene in the City of Regina, come on out and meet some others. Feel free to come a bit early and grab a bite to eat. See you there!!!  :excited

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Every ChewsDay Challenge, we will have a Game Host on site to teach a game. This is a great way for new players to experience a game in a beginner friendly environment. The Weekly Game will be set up at 6:15pm and players are urged to be there for 6:30. The feature game will start at 6:45pm. Note: A number of us go early (5ish) to grab a bite to eat, you are welcome to join us.


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There are lots of people bringing games out to play on ChewsDay Challenge Game Nights. To help attendees maximize their gaming experience we can help schedule games into slots for planning purposes. Post in the thread if you want to schedule a game and have folks sign up in advance. There are TWO basic time slots for this. 6:30pm time slot and 8:30pm. This is the start time for these games. They will be set up earlier. If you sign up for a game, please be there at least 15 minutes prior to start or your seat may be given to someone else. This is not mandatory, casual open gaming is still very much encouraged as well. Whether you wish to plan your game night or just show up and play it by ear, game on...

***** FEATURE GAME TIME SLOT (6:30pm Start) *****
GAME: Lancaster
TIME: 60 Minutes
PLAYERS...
1. Dana Tillusz
2. qwijybo
3. Zircules
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***** ADDITIONAL GAMES & SIGNUP *****
This is to help various attendees schedule games and ask for sign up.
GAME: Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft Board Game
TEACHER: Tempest
TIME: 90 Minutes
START: 8:00 pm
PLAYERS...
1. Cordawg
2. Tempest
3. Matt Robertson
4. Bellis
5.

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In 1413, the new king of England, Henry V of Lancaster, has ambitious plans: The unification of England and the conquest of the French crown! Each player takes the role of an ambitious aristocratic family. Who will be the best supporter of this young king, and the most powerful Lord of his time?

In Lancaster the players want to proceed from simply being a Lord to the most powerful ally of the king. They may achieve this by developing their own knighthood as well as by clever deployment of individual knights in the counties of England, at their own castle, and to conflicts with France. In parliament, they try to push laws from which they will benefit themselves most. The player with the most power points at the end of the game is the winner.

Every turn, players send their knights to the different locations:
• Counties, where they compete with knights from other players for rewards and the favor of the nobles.
• The castle, to receive income or new knights.
• Into conflict with France, where all players combine their power and try to gain power points.

In the counties the strength of the knights is important as you can remove the knight of another player by placing a knight of your own with higher strength in the same location.

Hey, I should be there. I'd love to get a game of Castle Ravenloft going (it supports up to 5 people) and/or Smallworld/Smallworld Underground (or both, combined!)

Quote from: Tempest on December 29, 2012, 04:56:34 PM
Hey, I should be there. I'd love to get a game of Castle Ravenloft going (it supports up to 5 people) and/or Smallworld/Smallworld Underground (or both, combined!)

Tempest: set a time and confirm game and I'll post it in the top thread and get some pre-sign ups for you.

Tyler I'll b in for castle ravenloft

Castle Ravenloft it is! Would you rather I pick a time that doesn't override with the feature game or does it matter? I'll be there around 6:00 anyways.

I would say 8 because I'm in the twighlight league   But it's all up to u

8's fine.

Quote from: Cordawg on December 31, 2012, 01:07:03 AM
I would say 8 because I'm in the twighlight league   But it's all up to u

Is the Twilight Struggle LEague meeting this night?

Mark mentioned the 2nd Tuesday of the month, but I am not sure what he had in mind for scheduling games or signups. Maybe this first month will be used to hammer out those details?

Mark... how are you planning to schedule games?

Sign me up for Lancaster.

I will give Ravenloft a go.

Put me down for some Lancaster. I haven't cast my Lan in forever.

Z

I should have posted earlier but we will be starting the Twilight Struggle League this Tues. Anyone interested in playing should post here and i'll try to set up the matches. We will start at 6 to give enough time to finish all the games.

Twilight Struggle Players

1 Mark M
2 Ian Schofield
3 Cordawg
4 Kent Fisk
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6
7

I should be able to be there on Tuesday for the Twilight Struggle league. I might be a few minutes late. I will bring a copy of the game.

I will be in the league but I'm committed to games already and won't be able to participate.

I am in the Twilight Struggle League and will start playing in February. I am already committed to a game this coming Tuesday. Let the Cold War begin!

I'm in I just havnt played in a few months but I will b their

Wow! Both featured games sound good, but I'm doubtful I could make it on time for Lancaster. So............please sign me up for D&D-Castle Ravenloft. See you all tomorrow!

Quote from: Matt Robertson on December 31, 2012, 12:30:49 PM
Mark... how are you planning to schedule games?

I was simply going to match up the players who signed up with others with similar experience if possible.


Matt, you and Dana should consider playing Twilight Struggle next week then as a league game.

Perhaps if there are no experienced players of Twilight Struggle coming tomorrow I will pass for this month. It would be very difficult for me to get there by 6pm in any event.

Thanks

Ian

Quote from: Ian Schofield on January 07, 2013, 05:13:14 PM
Perhaps if there are no experienced players of Twilight Struggle coming tomorrow I will pass for this month. It would be very difficult for me to get there by 6pm in any event.

Thanks

Ian

Ian, in all honesty, I think it would be better for new players to play with experienced ones. It's a big game and it's better to have a guide to help navigating it.

Agreed, but I am not going to be able to be there at six tomorrow. I will try to drop by later.

I will be there around 5 to have something to eat.

Minor point, but I'm the one teaching Ravenloft tonight ;p

Quote from: Tempest on January 08, 2013, 03:30:33 PM
Minor point, but I'm the one teaching Ravenloft tonight ;p

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I would like to get in on ravenloft if there still is a spot

I shall be there tonight! (Sorry for the late reply, wasn't sure for a bit there.)

Yep, one spot left!

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ATTENDANCE: 24 People

GAMES PLAYED: Twilight Struggle, Coloretto, Lancaster, Ninja Burger, Pikemen, Ascension: Mortal Heroes, Kill Doctor Lucky, Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft Boardgame, Las Vegas, Smallworld, Thurn & Taxis

ANNOUNCEMENTS: ChewsDay Challenge is off & running in 2013. On a very snowy-blowy night, we were surprised at the attendance. "Neither rain, nor hail, nor sleet, nor snow shall keep the gamers from their appointed games." - I think that is how the famous quote goes. :)

The 2013 Twilight Struggle League started with two players playing a match. Mark Macza is running the league and is it looks like the venue will suit the league quite well. Thanks Mark.

The monthly draw occurred...
...Tyler Polishak was the lucky winner of $50 worth of gift certificates for Boston Pizza. Way to go Tyler.

...David Gray-Owen's name was drawn for the ComicReaders $25 gift certificate but unfortunately was not in attendance. That means that next month, the draw for ComicReaders will be $50.

...Big thanks to both Boston Pizza and ComicReaders for your continued support of ChewsDay Challenge!!!

Also, if you have any thoughts or feedback about these events, send an email to ChewsDayChallenge@SaskGames.com