Chewsday Challenge - North Albert Boston Pizza - November 6th, 2012 (18:00)

[Dana_Tillusz]

*** ChewsDay Challenge ***

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)

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!
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, 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!!! 
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.

Without further adieu, here is the Game Host of the week:


THIS WEEK'S HOST: Matt Robertson
THIS WEEK'S GAME: Kingsburg
# OF PLAYERS: 5

 
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...

***** TIME SLOT 1 (6:30pm Start) *****
GAME: KINGSBURG  / 2 Hours / Matt is Teaching
1. Matt Robertson
2. Robere
3. Jeff Haubrich
4. Theodain
5. Greg Vallee

***** TIME SLOT 2 (7:00pm Start) *****
GAME: SPARTACUS / 2 Hours / Ryan is Teaching
1. Ryan
2. Barry
3. Mark M
4.

***** TIME SLOT 3 (8:30pm Start) *****

[Dana_Tillusz]

If anyone wants to set up a game and find players, now is the perfect time to do it.

Or if you are a member and want to try a game, post it and we'll see if we can wrangle someone into demonstrating it.

[Robere]

I'll be there for both times please add me to the list.

Thanks

Robert

[R Newell]

I just picked up the brand-spanking-new Spartacus game (based on the TV show) from Comic Readers Downtown.  Apart from not having full frontal nudity on every other card, it looks like the game does a good job of representing the show.  I expect it to be more in line with "Battlestar Galactica" than "24: The DVD Board Game."  Chad mentioned that he saw some people playing it and that it looked good to him.

I plan on bringing this to BPs.  According to the box it accommodates 3-4 players and takes 2-3 hours to play.

BGG link: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/128671/spartacus-a-game-of-blood-treachery

[Bix Conners]

I just picked up the brand-spanking-new Spartacus game (based on the TV show) from Comic Readers Downtown.  Apart from not having full frontal nudity on every other card, it looks like the game does a good job of representing the show.  I expect it to be more in line with "Battlestar Galactica" than "24: The DVD Board Game."  Chad mentioned that he saw some people playing it and that it looked good to him.

I plan on bringing this to BPs.  According to the box it accommodates 3-4 players and takes 2-3 hours to play.

BGG link: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/128671/spartacus-a-game-of-blood-treachery

Awesome Ryan. What time slot do you want for a start time and I will add a sign up sheet to first post?

[R Newell]

Awesome Ryan. What time slot do you want for a start time and I will add a sign up sheet to first post?

My guess is 7:00, but I'll have to get back to you on that before you "officially" schedule it.

[Tempest]

I should be coming, not sure if I can commit to a feature game yet. I'll bring Munchkin Quest again + something else. Not sure what yet.

[ChadBoudreau]

Chad mentioned that he saw some people playing it and that it looked good to him.

I saw it at a retailler convention we attended in September. Board looked very good set up and feedback from people at the table was that they were surprised by the depth in the game (considering it is based on a TV show). If I remember correctly, each player runs a rising house in ancient Rome. You're trying to gain influence, and to do so you're going to develop not only your household, but also scheme against rival players, buy and develop gladiators and then see those gladiators go toe-to-toe with gladiators belonging to other players.

The other thing I remember is that people who played the game on the Friday night requested to have it on the table on the Saturday night.

[vegantendo]

weather permitting i can make the trip from moose jaw. i plan to bring epic spell wars of the battle wizards duel at mt skullzfire as well as ad astra. 

[ChadBoudreau]

i plan to bring epic spell wars of the battle wizards duel at mt skullzfire]i plan to bring epic spell wars of the battle wizards duel at mt skullzfire

At the store, we had two people ask about this game in as many days. Word must be getting out about this one.