We are now on Tabletop.events for our event tickets. You must have a badge to sign up for events. If you already have a badge you will or have already received an email with a link to confirm your badge with Tabletop. From there you can sign up for any of our official events, and yes, all our official events are free to all badge holders. If you want to submit/run your own events – you can do that as well. All event tickets will be available as of Saturday July 27th – so sign up for what you want before they are gone! Here is the link for our official events that you can sign up for. If you don’t have a badge yet, get it now! You will get an email with the link to tabletop.events when you purchase through our official site, or at any of our weekly game nights directly from Rick, Katherine, Ben, Vaughn and even Kyle. Or you can head to tabletop.events and get them all in one place. If you have any questions – please direct them to Katherine at [email protected] (or come play games on Tuesday nights). Happy Gaming!
Author: Katherine
Game Planning
Plan out a few games in advance and let others know what you’d like to get to the table now.
We’re using a geeklist on Board Game Geek to help organize the advanced game: BGG MoonCity Con Game Planning List
(and if you’re unfamiliar w/ boardgamegeek or geeklists – check out this post that will walk you through the basics)
Don’t forget to check out our Library to see what other games you’ll have at your disposal…
Library Update
Our library list is growing – keep checking back for more. Please note: ** Titles can be scheduled/reserved to be played in the library only/ @MegaCiv can be available if pre-scheduled for 10-18 players.
1812 The Invasion of Canada
1846: The Race for the Midwest
7 Wonders
7 Wonders Duel with Pantheon
A Feast for Odin
A Fool’s Fortune
A Game of Thrones the Board Game
A Handful of Stars
A Study in Emerald, first edition
Acquire
Adrenaline
Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery
Age of Steam
Agricola
Air Baron
Airlines Europe
Alhambra
Alhambra: Big Box
American Rails
Amerigo
Aquasphere
Arboretum
Archon: Glory and Machination
Arkwright
Asara
At the Gates of Loyang
Automobile
Backgammon
Bang! The Walking Dead (card game)
Battleline
Between Two Cities
Beyond Baker Street
Big Boss**
Blue Moon City
Blueprints
Bohnanza
Bottom of the 9th
Brass: Lancashire
Brew Crafters
Bruges
Bruges (with Cities on the Zwinn expansion)
Bruges: The City on the Zwin
Bruxelles 1893
Bunny Bunny Moose Moose
Ca$h ‘n Guns
Camel Up
Captain Sonar
Cards Against Humanity
Carson City: Big Box
Cartography
Catacombs
Caverna: Cave vs Cave
Caverna: The Cave Farmers
Century: Spice Road
Chicago Express
Chinatown
Circus Train (First Edition)
Citadels
Citadels: The Dark City
Code 777
Codenames
Coloretto
Concordia (with all map expansions)
Conflict of Heroes: Guadalcanal
Container
Coup
Crisis
Cutthroat Caverns
Cyclades
Dancing Eggs
Dead of Winter
Deception: Murder in Hong Kong
Die Kutschfahrt zur Teufelsburg
Die Macher**
Dixit
Doctor Who: The Card Game
Dogs of War
Doshboard Golf
Downforce
Dungeon Fighter
Eclipse
Egizia
Eight Minute Empire: Legends
Eleminis
Empire Builder
Enigma
Ethnos
Euphoria
Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia
Evolution
Fields of Arle
First Train to Nuremberg
Flipships
Food Chain Magnate**
For Sale
Freedom: The Underground Railroad
Get Bit
Glass Road
Gloomhaven
Good Cop Bad Cop
Guillotine
Hab & Gut
Hanabi
Hansa Teutonica
Happy Salmon
Hawaii
Hero Realms (with Hero packs)
High Society
Honshu
Imperial Settlers
In the Year of the Dragon
Indonesia**
Inis
Jarl: The Vikings Tile-Laying Game
Kemet
Keyflower
King of Tokyo with (Powered Up and Halloween expansions)
Kingdom Builder
Kingdomino
Knit Wit
Knot Dice
Kraftwagen
La Granja
Lancaster
Lanterns: The Harvest Festival
Last Will
Last Will: Getting Sacked
Le Havre
Le Havre: The Inland Port
Leaders of Euphoria: Choose a Better Oppressor
Legacy: The Testament of Duke de Crecy
Liberte
Lifeboats
Lisboa
London
Loop Inc.
Lords of Waterdeep (with Scoundrels of Skullport)
Lost Cities
Lotus
Luna
Lunar Rails
Macao
Mage Knight Board Game
Marco Polo
Mascarade
Medici
Mega [email protected]
Merchant of Venus (second edition)
Mille Bornes
Mistborn: House War
Money!
Municipium
Mythotopia
Nations
Navegador
New England Railways
New York Slice
Ninjato
Notre Dame
Number 9
Once Upon A Time
One Night Revolution
Onitama
Onward to Venus
Ora et Labora
Orleons
P.I.
Panamax
Pandemic
Paperback
Paris Connection
Patchwork
Perspective
Picasimo
Pit
Ponzi Scheme
Power Grid
Princes of the Renaissance
Qin
Quiddler
Ricoco
Rise of Augustus
Roads & Boats / & Cetera**
Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island
Rococo
Roll Player
Santa Fe
Scrabble
Scythe
Segrada
Shadows Over Camelot
Ships
Skull
Skull & Roses
Sleuth
Small World
Specter Ops
Splendor
Spot it!
SpyFall
Stac
Star Realms
Steam
Stockpile
Stone Age
Strasbourg
String Railway
Struggle of Empires
Survive
Tales of the Arabian Nights
Targi
Terra Mystica
Terraforming Mars
The Arrival
The Battle at Kemble’s Cascade
The Castles of Burgundy
The Duke
The Game
The Game of 49
The Great Zimbabwe**
The Grizzled
The Networks
The Oracle of Delphi
The Pillars of the Earth: Builders Duel
The Resistance
The Resistance: Avalon
The Speicherstadt
Thebes: The Tomb Raiders
Thief’s Market
Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization
Tichu
Ticket to Ride
Tinners’ Trail
Tournay
Trajan
T-Rex
Triassic Terror
Tribes: Early Civilization
Trick of the Rails
Trickerion
Trickerion: Dahlgaard’s Gifts
Troyes
Tsuro
Tsuro of the Seas
Tulipmania 1637
Tumbling Dice
Tuscany: Expand the World of Viticulture
Twilight Imperium 3rd edition (with Shards of the Thrown and Shattered Empire expansions)
Twilight Struggle
Tzolk’in: The Mayan Calendar
Ultimate Werewolf: Ultimate Edition
Vikings
Village
Vinhos Deluxe Edition
Viticulture (with Tuscany)
Walnut Grove
Warbands
Werewolf
Whistle Stop
World Conquerors
Yokohama
There will be some rare games that will only be available for play in the “Reference” section. These will be play tables in or near the library.
Why go to a con?
With GenCon still fresh on my mind, Geekway to the West Patron tickets on sale this week, BGG Con a few months away and of course Moon City *constantly* in the mix, I’ve been mulling over what draws me to the Con scene and why I spend, literally, all of my vacation days for conventions.
So – first and foremost, let’s discuss this year’s GenCon.
The 50th – a HUGE convention. Almost intimidatingly so. Upon reflection, there was only really one day (the first) where I really felt like there were *that* many more people… Thursday morning at 8a felt like Saturday at 2p – the halls were a crush. Other than that, the vendor hall felt about the same to me, as well as the rest of the con. I think GenCon did a smash up job of keeping the flow of traffic and people moving throughout the “Best Four (and a half) days of Gaming”. With the addition of Lucas Oil (which I *still* have not ventured over for a walk through), the crowds have been well dispersed. Plus they increased the vendor hall tremendously – which I also think made for an easier time when I finally made my rounds.
All people’s motivations for going to various cons are unique.
GenCon has fantastically diverse pull: every single type of gaming, cos-play at an almost professional level, and of course the newly released (or soon to be) games, and the shopping. Most of my gaming friends from the local scene ask me about the spectacle of it all – what were the new hot games, what did I get, etc..? But that’s not how I do a con. I don’t rush to the vendor hall and fight for the new limited released games or the special promos or any of that. Though – I do completely understand the draw.
My main attraction to cons is the experience of gaming with new people. Older games that I may have played 20-30 times, but through the fresh eyes of different interactions at the table. That and really epic games. Games that you can’t get to on a typical game night. (we’ll get to that in a few). But when you play with the same people consistently, there becomes a certain interaction that will cloud all games, even new ones that you haven’t played before. And while this is good to hone certain habits – or learn to change things about yourself, it’s also fantastic to experience a game you know through and through with new players. First and foremost, the obvious of different ways of attacking the strategy, new insights on how to manipulate certain features/actions. Not just that, people’s choices are clouded by their experience with you – so if you play a game with all new players, you get a new experience because the interaction is completely different.
Epic games are another major attraction for me at cons. To me an epic game is anything that is over the three hour mark as the standard. Games that you build up with a fantastic arc and so satisfying conclusion. Here’s the thing with those types of games, I understand that it can be frustrating to invest so much time and energy into a game that ends in defeat – but the beauty of the epic game is not the winning or losing, it’s the moments in the play that such interesting and crazy things occur that you don’t get in shorter games. You don’t have the same tension, build up and arc in the shorter (still great) games. Die Macher is fantastic because regardless of the front runner in rounds 2 or 3, the way an election can fall to switch out the Nation’s platform can completely change the game in the last round. But it wouldn’t be the same game if you didn’t have the full build up of all 7 rounds. You get a gaming experience like none other when you play an epic game. You get to know people on a completely different level. So – if you’ve never had the opportunity or time to participate in one of those 4+ hours, come join us at Moon City this spring – message me with any requests, I will be sure to give you some great options to schedule an unforgettable experience. (plus – there are always cookies when you game with me.)
Get your tickets today – email me at [email protected] to get a game scheduled. #meeplenewpeople