macedwin:

sadly, the gamers band has not yet cleaned the rust of the guitar strings, otherwise, we could help you get the last of the gamers out at 6am ;-) we'll definitely be ready for the next one!

shrapnel:

macedwin:

sadly, the gamers band has not yet cleaned the rust of the guitar strings, otherwise, we could help you get the last of the gamers out at 6am ;-) we'll definitely be ready for the next one!

Wow! Best-nya!
I specialized in the Triangle.
My genre : Hard Rock

Hey bro, you FHM with new-born babe coming? Just checking ...

Hear Ye,Hear Ye, Our Warhammer fanatics commence their session at 10pm.Booked the conference table. Anyone for it?

We arrived a bit late at 8pm, but as it turned out, things haven't really started. My 2 boys were introduced to Werewolf by.... Wolf! They always retell the "stories" [2 games played] excitedly. Next up they were introduced to Blokus & O Zoo Le Mio. All were new games to them, which achieved one of my objectives i.e. to introduce them to other games. Last game of the night for them was Puerto Rico, an old favourite. My thanks to the gamemasters including Wolf, jack208 and Wai Yan.

I got to learn Notre Dame, which is posted separately in another thread.

finally some updates. but we need more, more! no of attendees, games played, etc. where's the organisers with the pics??? c_mun, shrapnel, jack208, rhyen, you guys are wanted here...

aanemesis: glad to know your kids love the games, they shud do PS2 less often... I'm surprised that they can do puerto rico, they're like primary shool kids yet, rite?

Hi guys,

reports from me by tonight...

ayheng:

aanemesis: glad to know your kids love the games, they shud do PS2 less often... I'm surprised that they can do puerto rico, they're like primary shool kids yet, rite?

Brought the 13yo and 10yo. Both play PR, Caylus, AoS & Sceptre of Zavandor. Have yet to play TI3 as I lack the time. Yes, I wanted them to play less PS2, and meet more BG people for the social interaction and brain tickling.

aanemesis:

Brought the 13yo and 10yo. Both play PR, Caylus, AoS & Sceptre of Zavandor. Have yet to play TI3 as I lack the time. Yes, I wanted them to play less PS2, and meet more BG people for the social interaction and brain tickling.

Oh.. they know how to play a lot of games! They even say one of their faves is some "memory" game... oops. Wait, they said I'm not suppose to tell their father this.

Joking aside, they know P.Rico well (relatively speaking) - I was observing that game - and they picked up O Zoo Le Mio pretty fast though we only did one year (ie one round).

Event Report of Friday the 14^th.

Hobby Canteen event came about when good friends- C_mun and shrapnel, shared the idea of spreading the gospel of boardgaming.., even to their very own friends. Also, what sparked the idea was the lamentation of the lack of ASH babes. And the FHMs.

They got hold of Eric (an old friend of many years) - he has got the venue.

And Kopikid, he brews coffee passionately.

Time to start: 700pm (but many were expected to be late due to Friday and all…)

FHMs usually mean there will definitely be kids. Heck, there will be families. Hence, few things were set up:

1                    Nursing room

2                    Kids Room

3                    Food was catered (since they realized that moms will rush home to immediately pick up kids to Hobby Canteen with nothing in their tummy).

Below are their open, honest reports. Sources also include the feedback forms.

The Good.

• There were 27 adults & 15 kids.
• While some were eating, Wolf (from WGS) took a bunch of kids and adults to a room for Werewolves session. But he had to leave early for band practice. They asked for more!
• A family of five started with Arbos. Although it was a simple game, it also created ‘tension’. It’s a dexterity game mah… It's like a party game so laughter is guaranteed.
• They made LostBoyz to be Game master. He bestows knowledge on the young ones on Zooloretto. It is such a pleasant game and LostBoyz being made a Game master was not a mistake.
• Blokus was on. Knowing the simple rules was one thing. Once the gamers grasped the concept, they went scheming frenzy! (witnessed by shrapnel)
• O Zoo Le Mio was introduced. Pretty easy game to pick up… not that easy to put down. Six year old was seen scoring many points!
• LostBoyz brought along Notre Dame. Such an honor to have a new un-punched game punched at Hobby Canteen. Caught playing with Rob and aanemesis.
• jack208 and waiyan - Game masters.
• Hey! That’s my fish was a blast! Saw 2 families cracking away…
• Kid’s Room: Played Hisss, Slamwich.
• Lucky Draw at 10pm. Total 6 giveaways.
• R2: Saw 4 person playing Settlers of Catan. 3 of them were new to that game. On another table had Arbos going and later ‘Life Boats’ (Also new to those games).
• R2: Saw 5 players on Gloom. What a nice gloomy game. The 10 yr old like it a lot.
• R2: Saw 9 players (inclusive 1 moderator) on Werewolves
• Ended 4am.
• Good amount of feedback forms returned with good amount of … well, feedbacks.

The Bad.

• Very Noisy
• 7 people didnt turn up.
• Some found food was too pricey.
• Tables too small.
• Some could not find location easily.
• Very difficult to game with kids in Kids Room. Shrapnel’s notebook was more intriguing than the cartoon shown!
• Sales could not cover Food cost.
• Lack of man-power = slow service.

The Ugly.

• Tremendous Food wastage! Very guilty!
• The Cleaning up. (But it was a mighty fine job done). Got home at 7++am. Zzz
•  Go to work after that...

Objectives met:

• Introduce people to various boardgames. There’s more to it than just Monopoly, y'know?
• Stir interests to know even more boardgames and play.
• Already, there are requests to purchase games.
• Also request for the next event.
• Make new friends
• There were many ladies… >ahem!<

Finally, Hobby Canteen is happy to have cooked up such an event within 2 weeks. On the other hand, they humbly apologize should there be any sort of disappointments caused.

There’s an almost unimaginably huge room for improvement. Tolong help share ideas, ya!

(Pics coming soon!)

Nice long report! Kudos!

some initial reactions:

1. food? there was food?

2. 27 adults and 15 kids and you guys did only a few boardgames? what did the rest do?

3. what happened to the new copy of that's life?

That's all the question for now, will write when i think up more.

again, good job with the event!