November 28th, 2016... anybody home?

At this week's meeting, only Nina and I showed up. Herr Kandah gave us soda (Danke Kumpel). I brought a mini magnetic chess set I found in my basement so we played that. It ended up being sort of a stalemate/draw because I tried to prolong her suffering too much and ended up in a situation where she wasn't in check but if she moved her king (her last remaining piece) anywhere, she would have been. C'est la vie. The meeting ended a little early at about 3:45 and for the latter half of the meeting we just talked about the Congress Bundestag Scholarship and Herr Kandah's trip to Japan in 2012. Anyway, the next meeting is Monday, December 5th. Also, the joint meeting with Gamer's club is next Thursday, December 8th, but the location has been changed to Herr Kandah's room (Room 618.)

November 7, 2016 Meeting: Taboo & Chess

This week, eight people came to Board Game Club! Max, Nina, Jane, & Julian, plus four new people: Nick, Jaylen, Sean and Joey. Max and Nick started playing chess while Nina, Julian, Jaylen and I began a game of Taboo, which is similar to charades but with words instead of motions and you have to describe a word without using it or a few other words listed on each card. Nick won the chess game and Jaylen's friend Sean walked in during the Taboo game and joined Team A (me and Jaylen). Team B, Nina and Julian, won the game by a whopping 17 points--over twice Team A's score. The final scores were 13 points for Team A and 30 points for Team B. The Taboo game lasted a while, and Julian and Jaylen left when it was over. Then Nina and I played an intense game of chess--I won. The meeting ended at about 4:10 with the conclusion of our chess game. Congratulations to all of this week's winners! See you at the next meeting, on November 14th!
Side note, the joint meeting with Gamer's club has been rescheduled to Thursday, December 8th. It will still be in Mr. Leblanc's room, 2725.

October 24, 2016 Meeting: RftG

Meeting #4

At this week's meeting, Max, Nina, Julian, and I attended, as well as a first time attendee, Zoey, and my friend Alexis, the president of Gamer's Club. We played a card game, Race for the Galaxy, and Max beat us all...by a lot. I think it's safe to say he's probably the only one who really understands the rules. Oh, and there was ice cream! Herr Kandah conjured up some leftover Neopolitan & Coffee ice cream. Some random kid walked in, ate some ice cream and watched us play for a bit, and then left. So I guess Board Game Club is growing...Nina walked in late, I think she had band or something, so she just watched us play. Me and Alexis were on one team cause RftG is only a 5-player game, and everyone else was on their own. It ended shortly before 4:00 when I reached the limit of 12 cards out on the table. We also discussed having a joint meeting with Gamer's Club in Mr. LeBlanc's room (where Gamer's Club usually meets) on November 3rd, a Thursday. 
Our next regular meeting is November 7th, in two Mondays.

October 3, 2016 Meeting: AYYYY MATEY, SEE YOU AT PIRATE'S COVE!

So we had a nice meeting today, Jaylen, a new fellow, whose name
I hope I spelled correctly, who dropped in to check out Board Game Club, Nina and brother Max, stalwart gamers, Chris, another regular attendee who likes to roll the dice, and myself, Julian, a new member, who brings great enthusiasm to our club, and myself,

Herr Kandah, carrying on the long-standing tradition of board gaming at Enloe and beyond!


Jane wasn't in today, feeling poorly, and we missed her gaming style. So I am writing up today's meeting notes.

We played Pirate's Cove, a Days of Wonder, big box adventure game. Max and I played on a team, and the others rigged up their own ships as we sailed around the islands battling for plunder and avoiding the Legendary Pirate, who this time was the Flying Dutchman. Several brave pirates attempted to take him down, and failed. And there were plenty of other battles at hull island, sail and cannon islands, tavern island, and crew island. We couldn't play the entire 12 month adventure, so after 6 months, we counted up our fame points, and declared the Kandah/Max partnership the winner, with Julian a close second.

Good Game!!!! next meeting, October 10, 2016 - Monday!!
 

Meeting #2!

Winning cards of the first round

Everyone at the last meeting came to this one too. We had soda and mini cupcakes and we played a French card game called Mille Bornes brought by Julian. The objective of the game was to reach exactly 1000 miles first and we had three teams: Max + Herr Kandah, Nina and I (Jane), & Christopher and Julian. Kudos to the best team™, me and Nina, for winning all three rounds. The next meeting is October 3.

Can't wait to get my hands on this game!

First meeting of the school year!

At today's meeting we had one new member, Julian, come to the club. Max, Nina, Christopher and I (Jane) also attended. We introduced ourselves and our positions. We also discussed making posters & t-shirts and the responsibility of bringing refreshments and decided to either have a rotating schedule or keep it on a volunteer basis. In addition we resolved to have Board Game Club meetings every Monday except for the third week of the month when Herr Kandah has meetings. Then we played The Worst Case Scenario Survival game. The blue team, me & Christopher, won (or, got closest to the finish line, being only one jump away)...The next meeting is on Monday, September 26th.
Auf Wiedersehen board gamers!

P. S. I know this was really a side conversation but Isabelle Eberhardt is definitely one of my favorite historical figures so if anyone wanted to know more about her, click this.

Updates to the Board, Last Meeting?

At our meeting yesterday, we had elections for the board. Max K. is still president, Nina K. is once again secretary, Josiah is the new vice president, and I'm (Jane T.) the new historian. We also discussed when we will be meeting next year (most Mondays; I'll try to put a calendar on here soon) and goals/ideas for things we should do next year:

• Make T-shirts
• Meet with other clubs
• Go to Flight School and club fairs to promote our club
• Have snack volunteers
• Make easy-to-understand cheat sheets for games with complicated rules
• Maybe make our own board game
• Make sure we put our meeting days on the Loe Down

That's about it for now. We might have another meeting this year so we can play one last game, but for now, the date is a mystery...