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

[Dana_Tillusz]

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What: ChewsDay Challenge Boardgame Night.
Where: Boston Pizza, North Albert Street (Regina)
When: Every ChewsDay Night.
Who: Anyone interested in playing boardgames.
Why: Life is Short; Play Games!


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THIS WEEK'S EVENT AMBASSADOR: Roxanne Stankievech

GAME: Samurai
TEACHER: omegadirective
START TIME: 6:30
DURATION: 60 Minutes
PLAYERS... 4
1. omegadirective
2. PhotoJim
3. anubis
4. Wendy Johnson

GAME: Innovation
TEACHER: scuudz
START TIME: 6:30
DURATION: 60 Minutes
PLAYERS... 4
1. scuudz
2. miles
3. Bryce
4.

GAME: The Target
TEACHER: Shrimpy228
START TIME: 6:30
DURATION: 45-120 Minutes
PLAYERS... 5-12
1. Shrimpy228
2. Patrick
3. Joran
4. Des
5. Kristy
6. BrittaniBruder
7. Bellis
8.
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10. 11. 12.

GAME: King of New York
TEACHER: silent_rob
START TIME: 6:30
DURATION: 60 Minutes
PLAYERS... 4
1. silent_rob
2. NeikeDjour
3. Lori
4. prairieguy

GAME: Brass
TEACHER: scuudz
START TIME: 7:30
DURATION: 180 Minutes
PLAYERS... 4
1. scuudz
2. R Newell
3. prairieguy
4. omegadirective

GAME: Arcadia Quest
TEACHER: NeikeDjour
START TIME: 7:30
DURATION: 120 Minutes
PLAYERS... 4
1. NeikeDjour
2. Wojo
3. GreyLurker
4. Jason

GAME: King of New York
TEACHER: silent_rob
START TIME: 8:30
DURATION: 60 Minutes
PLAYERS... 6
1. silent_rob
2. CappyZed
3. BrittaniBruder
4. Dana Tillusz
5. PhotoJim
6. DCStyles


If you would like to schedule a game. Please post in this event thread with the following information:
Name of the game, when you would like to start, The duration of the game, and the number of players it can accommodate.

Due to the overwhelming success of ChewsDay Challenge we might need to limit table space in the early evening if attendance is high and the restaurant is busy. We ask that larger-sized games be planned for 7:30 and later after Boston Pizza's dinner rush when we can spill out into the dining area, if needed, and with the restaurant's permission.  Please be considerate when choosing your table area to maximize player density. Thank you for helping make ChewsDay Challenge a success!

[omegadirective]

Id like to teach Samurai again. It went over well last time.

4 players.
60 minutes.

[craftybernardo]

Putting out the call for Risk Legacy League night.

[Bricktown]

Can't make it.  I'll be on nights, but I'm a game up so I can let one of you catch up :p

[silent_rob]

I was finally able to pick up King of New York, the sequel to King of Tokyo. King of New York adds numerous layers and is considered more of a "gamer's game" than KoT - so it's not as light as the original. In it, you're still a giant monster trying to conquer a city (that would be New York) and you still lose the game by losing all of your health and win by reaching 20 VPs or if you're the last monster standing. But there are more ways to lose your health and new ways to score points - all new ways, actually, because the dice have changed. Instead of either being in or out of the city (as in KoT), you actually move around the different boroughs of New York where you'll find buildings to destroy and army units that attack you (if you roll wrong and don't destroy them, first). And instead of rolling matching sets to gain points, you either gain them by rolling stars (which add to the celebrity status of your monster) or by destroying buildings and army units (which can also gain you other benefits). Some stuff stayed the same from KoT (the energy cubes) but there's a lot of new stuff.

The game can handle up to 6 players but things get more complicated with more than 4. So I figured I'd start with a game of 4 players at 6:30 and then teach a game of 6 players at 8:30. Everybody's welcome to give it a try - playing time on the box is 40 minutes but it might take a little longer with the new elements/rules.

(4 players, 60 minutes at 6:30 and 6 players, 60 minutes at 8:30)

You are a giant monster and you want to become King of New York! Compete against other immense creatures and destroy everything in your path. In order to win, attack your enemies, crush high-rises, buy new abilities, become a star and keep an eye on the army: the humans haven't thrown in the towel yet....

[NeikeDjour]

I'm in for KoNY, please!

[Lori]

I'll play King of NY too. At 6:30

[prairieguy]

Me too Rob!

[scuudz]

I will bring out/teach/run Brass at 7:30.  It is considered one of Martin Wallace's best games, and it is certainly one of my favourites.  Players represent industrialists in Yorkshire at the peak of the industrial revolution.  You build industries (cotton mills, coal mines, iron works etc.) and transportation routes (canals and rail lines) in order to sell your goods.  Even though this is a competitive game, in some cases, there is also a forced cooperation mechanism in the game, which makes it very unique.

If you enjoy deep strategy games, you are most likely to enjoy Brass.  3-4 players and will take 3 hours to play, including teaching the game.

I will leave this game up until Monday morning at 10am.  If 3 people haven't signed up by then, I will sign up for a different game.

Edit: Start time changed to 7:30.

[R Newell]

I'd love to try Brass.  Sign me up.