Chewsday Challenge - North Albert Boston Pizza - May 27, 2014 (18:00)

[Tempest]

I could be down for Agricola. I'm still getting the hang of multiplayer.

[KimberlyCupcake]

Sign me up for a game of Coconuts.

[ChadBoudreau]

I'll also bring Agricola for after if there is time.

When would Agricola start, Rye M? Post a time and I'll add it to the schedule.

[ChadBoudreau]

Coconuts is a dexterity game based on the "Monkey King" character from Chinese mythology. In the game, players launch coconuts toward a field of cups in the middle of the playing area. Land in a cup, and you get to stack it on your player board; land in a cup on someone else's board, and you get to move it to yours. By playing special "Monkey King Magic" cards, you can force opponents to shoot blind, take long shots, or otherwise bollix their efforts to cup a coconut. Whoever first completes a pyramid of six cups on his player board wins! Game teacher Lareina Chan is a staff member of ComicReaders Downtown.  Lareina will run multiple games since it is a quick playing game. Start time is 7pm.

[ChadBoudreau]

In Archipelago, players are Renaissance European powers competing in the exploration of a Pacific or Caribbean archipelago. They will explore territories, harvest resources, use those resources in markets both internal (for their use and that of the natives) and foreign (to sell it in Europe), build markets, harbors, cities and temples, and negotiate among themselves (and maybe betray each other) – all this to complete their secret objectives. They will also need to guess the secret objective of the other players to be able to benefit from them. But players also need to be careful of the natives; if they make them too unhappy or if too many of them are unoccupied, they could revolt and declare independence. Then everyone will lose! Game teacher Marc Bendig is one of the Chewsday Challenge Ambassadors. He has taught many games at Chewsday Challenge. Start time is 6:30pm.

[ChadBoudreau]

Normandy, June 6th, 1944 – as you land on the well-defended beaches, a German machine gun nest is killing your comrades like flies. You must do something! In D-Day Dice, players are Allied soldiers trying to organize improvised units for an attack against the machine gun nest. Each player starts the game with a unit of a few soldiers and nothing else. As the game progresses, he will collect resources and advance on the beach, sector by sector, as his unit grows stronger and deadlier. He will succeed...or die trying. D-Day Dice is a multiplayer co-op game, where all players play their turn simultaneously and must help each other in order to stay alive. It also includes solitaire optional rules. Although built around dice rolling, this game is about resource management (soldiers, specialists, items and courage) and knowing when to move your unit. Resources are kept from turn to turn, so the players can plan ahead. Game teacher prairieguy (Murray) is the newest addition to the Chewsday Challenge Ambassador team!

[ChadBoudreau]

I can't sit in on D-Day Dice because I'll be flinging coconuts with my kids at 7pm, but I would highly recommend D-Day Dice for anyone that enjoys cooperative games, tense games, and war games.

[madbaker]

I'd love to play archipelago again, if Chewsday Etiquette allows.  I played last week, so if someone new wants to play I will step aside.

But I'm down for Agricola after, either way.

For what it's worth, I'm trying various worker placement strategies at the day job but it's not working so well. Meeples won't stand still. 

[Rye M]

I'll also bring Agricola for after if there is time.

When would Agricola start, Rye M? Post a time and I'll add it to the schedule.

Well, I'm scheduled for Archipelago, so it could start as soon as that's done.  I guess that would be 9pm.  Five player max, probably a two hour play time, to be on the safe side. 

[Bellis]

I would like to be in on the second game of Coconuts, if there are enough people interested in playing.

And Tempest, could you bring out Penny Arcade:Rumble in R'lyeh on a night when you would have time to teach it/play it? Thanks!