Chewsday Challenge - North Albert Boston Pizza - January 27, 2015 (18:00)

[RockBane]

You can sign me up for Jupiter Rescue, please.

[Tempest]

The time has come for the corn to make a comeback. I'm not sure when yet, but I will post details when they become available...

(oooOOoOh, I'm so mysterious...)

[Lori]

Put Jim down for Tammany Hall s'il vous plâit.

[Bix Conners]

Thomsoda: Any chance you could run Compounded at 8:30?

[Lori]

I'll play Jupiter Rescue - sounds like fun.

[Mark M]

I'll try this one more time,

GAME TITLE: Baltimore and Ohio
TEACHER: Mark M
START TIME: 6:30
DURATION: 4 hrs
# OF PLAYERS: 3-6
URL: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43307/baltimore-ohio

It really is a terrific game. In my opinion, the best of the train boardgames.

[silent_rob]

I'll bring out the dice/worker placement game Alien Frontiers with the Outer Belt Expansion (which just came out). We may throw in the Factions Expansion, too, but we'll see what the players think on Tuesday.

New players are welcome - I'll start off by teaching the game. It's usually around 90min but with teaching that may push it to 120min. And while it plays more, I want to keep it to 4 players (anything more than that can make the game too long).

GAME TITLE: Alien Frontiers with Outer Belt Expansion
TEACHER: silent_rob
START TIME: 6:30
DURATION: 120min (with teaching)
# OF PLAYERS: 4
URL: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/48726/alien-frontiers and http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/70647/alien-frontiers-outer-belt

[silent_rob]

And I'll also bring out the negotiation game Chinatown (it just got reprinted). Players are merchants in the Chinatown district of 1960's New York, trying to build the biggest businesses to get the best pay-out. But what the game really boils down to is pure negotiation (the main phase of each turn is a negotiating free-for-all). Everyone tries to trade plots of land, various stores and the least amount of money so they can expand their businesses and end up with the most money in the end.

Everyone's welcome to play - it's pretty straight-forward (though just a heads-up that it's on the more-interactive side). The box says 60min but with teaching and new players I'd say 90min, instead.

GAME TITLE: Chinatown
TEACHER: silent_rob
START TIME: 8:30
DURATION: 90min
# OF PLAYERS: 5
URL: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/47/chinatown

[omegadirective]

Count me in for Baltimore and Ohio

[ChadBoudreau]

I'm in for Chinatown!