Booze & Board Games - Conventions, re-caps, and general mayhem.

Of Boardgames, Booze, and Beards, June Game Day recap

6/15/2015

Eat, Drink and be Merry.

Our last Game Day had a new addition, Jamison. He apparently enjoyed himself so much that he offered to host the June Game day.

Jamison is part of his own game group which refers to itself as the Bearded Boardsmen, and this particular Game Day would be a meeting of the groups; Booze, Beards, and all.

All was scheduled to start at noon and we straggled in over the course of half an hour or so, with one of the Beardsmen announcing he would be a couple hours late. The first hour or so was sans any gaming and was more of a meet and greet; Al providing both entertainment and refreshment by plying us with his latest liquid concoction.

Something involving mint, lemons, and gin; a drink which at first is nameless.

Game Day, May 2015

5/25/2015

Jamison McLean schools us on Caverna.

This Month's much looked forward to Game Day was held at Mike's house on Sunday May 24th. There was a new drink for everyone to try the Fancy Pants, a new game Caverna, and a special guest appearance from the relatively famous Jamison McLean of the Bearded Boardsmen gaming group. Needless to say we had a bit of fun.

Huzzah! 2015 Part 2

5/20/2015

Part two of my personal look at Huzzah 2015, this one is the lengthiest, by far, of the three.

Day 2, Saturday May, 16th 2015

Saturdays at every convention are always the busiest and it's no different at Huzzah. Day Trippers (people who come for but a single day), arrive in a steady flow. Anxious to make the most of their time, they hurry and hustle to renew acquaintances from years past, get their badges, and say hello, before running off to the tables for a game or two. I generally do not like crowds , or people for that matter, but these convention goers breathe a measure of excitement into the air upon arriving which can be contagious. Children, eyes wide with anticipation impatiently hop from foot to foot, waiting to get on with the fun. While the busy Game Masters smile patiently as they explain the rules.

Huzzah! 2015 part 1

5/18/2015

Huzzah is the Maine Historical War gamer Association’s annual spring convention. This event though focused primarily on miniature wargames of all types, has over the last few years attempted to expand the venue to include board games as well.

I must say they are doing a pretty good job of it.

I spent the weekend of the 15th through 17th at this convention in South Portland Maine , and had a grand time of it. I met some very nice people, played a bunch of different games and even put on a game of Wizard’s Quest on Saturday night for some younger folks.

I have been struggling to write up a good recap for this convention, this is due to a couple of factors. First, I am out of practice and my poor mind needs to get back into writing mode, and Second, whenever I think about my personal time at Huzzah I get a bit overwhelmed. There were so many positive experiences that I wanted to fit them all into one article. Alas I know that won’t work, so I’ll just highlight some of my best moments at this great little gaming convention and break it up into pieces for easier reading.

Looking Back on 2014. (slide show)

1/7/2015

2014 Remembered in pictures. If 2015 is half as fun then we are blessed indeed.

Cheers
AL

Garage Con 2014

8/30/2014

For a few years now we at Booze & Board Games have been talking about holding a full gaming weekend. An event where all we do is play games for two or three days and drink copious amounts of alcohol. The initial idea was to rent a cabin somewhere in Maine, on a lake or in the hills and call it Cabin Con. This year was looking good to actually fulfill our dream; however my darling wife had other plans. She decided that we needed to build a garage and that all of my limited resources would be allocated to said project with no “ifs”, “ands” or, “buts”, coming from me. *Sigh* She does feed me, so unless I wanted to starve to death or be resigned to foraging for berries in the woods like a wild animal I had to comply with her wishes.

DAY TWO:Total Con, Where the Geeky Things Are.

2/21/2014

This is the second installment in a series of posts dedicated to our adventure at Total Con. Tuna secretly kept a detailed journal of the events and items of interest and we have decided it is important for us to not only share these bits of geekery with other folks but also to save them for posterity here.

DAY ONE: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Total Con.

2/20/2014

Feb 20th Not just another Geek Day, but a whole long Geek Weekend! Mike and Al arrive to pick me up around 10:20, so we can drive towards our long planned trip to Total Con: New England’s largest gaming convention (according to them). This differs a bit from Temple Con last year in that this convention is only about board games, whereas last year we went to a con that had a mix of themes and events. Our hope is that this one will have more access to games we can try out and more developers promoting new games (also for us to try out).

February 9th; a sober, but fun, Game day.

2/11/2014

Kurt gets the low down on Toxic City Mall from Mike.

This past Sunday we had another game session which went on for several hours and included all of the usual highs and lows of our get-togethers, sans alcohol that is “yeah I know”. Anyway it was a pretty “epic” day as you’ll see further on, and if you missed it I can only encourage you to show up next time and join in the fun.

Geek Day...again? Man, how time flies.

12/22/2013

Thirsty Demon

Recap of December 7th Game day.

Al was taking his turn at hosting and we had a bit of a slow start, being just the three of us (Mike, Al, and myself (Tuna). Valerie had promised to come later, as she was attending a distillery; which we all admit was at least a decent reason for not joining us.