OO Boardgamers, what did you play this weekend?

[paulbaxter]

I got my copy of Arcs about a week ago but finally was able to try it out with the boys today. We did a quick run through of the rules last night and played a single round just to test the waters, then a full game this afternoon. We all really enjoyed it. Lots of interesting elements to it, lots of decision spaces. I love the combat system where only the attacking player rolls the dice which result in either good, bad, or mixed results.

[Fardaza]

I really wish I had some regular gamers to meet up with. I like playing solo, but it's lonely in here sometimes!

[Isgrimnur]

I hear there's a convention or two around where people here might attend on occasion.

[LordMortis]

I really wish I had some regular gamers to meet up with. I like playing solo, but it's lonely in here sometimes!

Yeah, I need to get back in to some of the localish meetup groups. I've been away from people forever and specifically away from gaming groups outside of rare a very tight and tiny group since the before times. I did hit a very small Ann Arbor gaming group meetup once this year. It had been so long that even as I knew the host, I felt terrible anxiety.

[Fardaza]

Being in a large group of people and not knowing anyone is getting harder to do. In my past life I'd just get drunk and have a great time. (Although I was told that some of the people around me weren't having such a great time because of me.) Now the anxiety just takes over sometimes, and I can't do it.

[LordMortis]

+1 I'm trying to force myself there because the isolation I've put myself in especially in the environment around me is just not healthy. I need to reintegrate even in tiny doses. Like, exactly once this year, in a small group of people I didn't know, for the first time since the before times. I hope to do it twice. Maybe even push to three times if I can really force myself, but that's pushing it, as it's already halfway through November.

[Holman]

I just got back from Madmarcus' house, where we (him, me, his brother, and his adult daughter) played two games of ARCS.

It's a great game with lots of possible strategies and very little downtime. The game suggests that it will last 30 minutes per player when players know the rules, and that estimate was spot-on.

Then we had some *delicious* ribs smoked by Madmarcus while we were playing. A great time! This was the first time we've played together since they moved to Philadelphia (just a few blocks from my house), but it won't be the last.