There are two groups in the area on MeetUp that I have been to and enjoy:



http://www.meetup.com/New-England-Gamers/

http://www.meetup.com/Milford-Board-Card-Games/



Michelle



From: Unity_Games@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Unity_Games@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Caedes
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 3:35 PM
To: Unity_Games@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Unity_Games] (unknown)





Hello all,

I've recently moved to Manchester, NH and I'm trying to get plugged into a
few good gaming groups. Upon a time, I used to game with some of you at Your
Move Games on Mondays (2003). But then I went to visit family for the
holidays and came back to find YMG closed on Monday nights and the group
scattered to the suburbs. Well, anyway I'm back in the area, and more
importantly I have a car.

I look forward to meeting with you and attending future events. If you're
curious about who I am and what I'm in to, here's my BGG profile:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/user/discoking7.

R





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Our next game day will be Saturday Septemeber 10th at Toys N' Things in Danvers,
MA. 

http://www.facebook.com/ToysNThingsDanvers

This game day will feature

Board Games (will be taught if needed):
Arkham Horror
Kingsburg
Settlers of Catan
Axis and Allies: War at Sea

TC Realms Role-Playing (new players welcomed! Contact Russ Rheame at
tcupdates(at)totalcon(dot)com for character info/creation):

My Way Out: levels 1-9
Weary and tattered from your latest exploits you find yourself traveling through
the remote northern wilderness of Five Eyes.  The snow is getting deeper by the
hour and you have just stumbled upon a hunting cabin in the middle of all of
this cold wintry weather.  Hungry and tired, you decide to find out if there are
any friendly inhabitants in this cabin.

The Longest Night: levels 1-9
Now that you are have found shelter and dealt with the former resident, you find
yourself hearing strange sounds from the basement.  What could that horrible
groaning possibly be?.

A Yuletide Rest: levels 1-9
The cabin's troubles are now behind you and you find almost yourself back in the
city of Five Eyes.  All you want to do now is get yourself a nice rest before
the Yuletide Holiday.  You find yourself at the fine German inn with holiday
music and excellent food and drink to get you through the biting cold that you
have come in from on your long journey.

Plus: RPGA: D&D Lair Assault and some M:TG demo's!!!  Full snacks and drinks
available for purchase at the store.

The fun starts at 12pm till closing!

Looking forward to seeing you there!



Toys N Things
66 Maple St
Danvers, MA 01923
Phone: [978] 777-1879
Email: ToysNThingsDanvers@...
Web: http://www.facebook.com/ToysNThingsDanvers

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Oh, well. I have apparently goofed and scheduled the next gaming weekend
opposite a MENSA Regional Gathering. I had asked the MENSA calendar editor if
there was another MENSA Halloween party going on that weekend. I guess I
should have asked if there was any MENSA event going on that weekend.

However, after discussing this with a number of you, I have decided to
continue with the event as planned. No matter what week I schedule this for,
there will always be some people who can not make it. The only problem is that
it MIGHT NOT appear in the MENSA calendar. I am not sure if the policy about
scheduling things opposite RG's is still in effect. However, we should
still have plenty of Unity Games and meet-up members, as well as many of the
regulars. If we lose John to the RG, so be it. We will miss Lev though.


As always, the event will begin on Friday night at 7:30 and run through
Sunday night until at least midnight. Weather permitting, we will cook out on
Saturday night. Either way, dinner will still be provided. There is plenty of
room for people who want to stay overnight.

I have a bunch of new games on order including the new expansions for DIXIT
and CATACOMBS which should be here in plenty of time for the event. Also,
in doing some cleaning, I have found Jerry's BETRAYAL AT HOUSE ON THE HILL
scenarios, if people want to try them.


If anybody wants to volunteer to run the Saturday party game, please let me
know as soon as possible. Using the theater as a staging area worked well
last time, but I am also looking for suggestions as to how to make things
fairer for teams with a home base downstairs.

In honor of Halloween, feel free to dress up, though costumes are not
required. Also because of the holiday, I will be stealing the theater back from
BUZZ and ROCK BAND at various time throughout the weekend to show some horror
films.


In other news, after 17 years, one of the roommates has finally left. We
helped Seth move into his new house today. Ryan should be moving in around the
15th, but he will only be here for four months and I will again be needing
a new roommate in January. Please let me know if you know of anyone who may
be interested.

Tuesday Movie Night in the theater has been very well-received with about
8-10 people each week. If you want to be added to the distribution list for
this event, please let me know. As Christine will not be here this week, I am
being allowed to show a horror movie. This week's feature will be the
vampire musical comedy "SUCK", at 8:00.

The Patriots start in Miami on Monday night, so I will NOT be having people
over for the game, but for most Sunday games, people are welcome to join me
in the theater. If you are unsure of times, feel free to contact me.

As always, my events are open to all members of UNITY GAMES, MENSA and
MEET-UP.

For more information, to be added to one of my other distribution lists, or
to be removed from this one, please email  me.

-Matt





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We should have a quorum of board game players at Scholars, this coming Friday
evening, 7-12PM.
  Four players showed up last week and even more should be there this week. The
auto announcement will be coming, but I wanted to let everyone know that there
will be gamers at Scholars this Friday.
  Please post if you might be coming by, have any questions, or have a game
request.
See you there!
ScottH.

There will be board gamers at Scholars tonight. Hope to see you there!
ScottH.

--- In Unity_Games@yahoogroups.com, Unity_Games@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>
> Reminder from: Unity_Games Yahoo! Group
>  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unity_Games/cal
>
> BOGS  Bridgewater Open Gaming Session
> Friday September 9, 2011
> 7:00 pm - 3:00 am
> (This event repeats every week.)
> Location: Scholars'
> Street: 35 Central Square
> City State Zip: Bridgewater MA 02324
> Phone: 508 279 1712
>
> Notes:
> Off street free parking in lot behind the store.  Entrance to back parking lot
is between the florist and gas station.
>
>
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Is there anyone in the area going to Essen who would be willing to bring
two (not large) games there and deliver them to Tom Hilgert?

--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum 				         tool@...
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

Hello Everyone,

This is the time of year when Total Confusion gets ready to accept event
submissions.  Is there anyone out there that would like to volunteer to GM games
for TC's Young Players' Area.  We are looking for people who could insruct 6 to
16 years olds in how to play boardgames, card games, minis or roleplaying games.
Volunteering would follow the same  compensations as GM's for adult events. So
think of when you were younger and what you would have loved to have learned. 
Give it a try it is a lot of fun.  Any inquiries address to bruce@.... 
Thanks for your time.

Sincerely
Bruce Heroux
Young Players' Coordinator
Total Confusion Covention

Quick BOGS summary from Friday, Sept. 9, 2011
7 Players:
  Scott, Eric, Lori, Terry, Mike, Rich & Nick
6 Different Games played (9 total plays):
  Ra, Glory to Rome (x2), A Few Acres of Snow(x3), Caylus,
7-Wonders and Ruse& Bruise
A great time for all and we had one first time visitor (Welcome Mike!).

We had 7 gamers show up for BOGS. Ra hit the table first. Rich, Terry, Lori ,
Scott & new guy Mike played this while Nick & Eric played a few games of Glory
to Rome.
New guy Mike won at Ra, his 1st game of it! Sweet!
Next, Terry, Lori, Rich, Mike & Eric played Caylus while Scott & Nick ended up
playing 3 games of A Few Acres of Snow. Nick won all three, though two were
close.
Eric left and the remaining 6 played 7 Wonders, which I believe Mike won! I know
I was last in every game I played this Friday at BOGS.
I left and the 5 remaining players played Ruse & Bruise.

ScottH.

--- In Unity_Games@yahoogroups.com, "Scott" <sahenshaw@...> wrote:
>
> There will be board gamers at Scholars tonight. Hope to see you there!
> ScottH.
>
> --- In Unity_Games@yahoogroups.com, Unity_Games@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> >
> > Reminder from: Unity_Games Yahoo! Group
> >  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unity_Games/cal
> >
> > BOGS  Bridgewater Open Gaming Session
> > Friday September 9, 2011
> > 7:00 pm - 3:00 am
> > (This event repeats every week.)
> > Location: Scholars'
> > Street: 35 Central Square
> > City State Zip: Bridgewater MA 02324
> > Phone: 508 279 1712
> >
> > Notes:
> > Off street free parking in lot behind the store.  Entrance to back parking
lot is between the florist and gas station.
> >
> >
> > All Rights Reserved
> >  Copyright © 2011
> >  Yahoo! Inc.
> >  http://www.yahoo.com
> >
> > Privacy Policy:
> >  http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us
> >
> > Terms of Service:
> >  http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
> >
>

Hi Everybody...

Once again, this TUESDAY, there's board gaming at my house (335 Highland
Ave Apt 2, Somerville) - about a 7 minute walk from either Davis Square
T stop or Porter Square T. The fun starts at 7:00 and typically ends
around 11:00 or so. Everyone is welcome to come (including newcomers and
friends), but PLEASE E-mail RSVP so I get an idea on the person count.

Felix

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Diana, Jason W, Kevin, Joseph, Alyssa, Matthew G, Mark B, Don N, Andy,
Sarah, Matt S, Lisa, Andrew, Greg, Randy, Cy, Rick L, Rob F, Bo C, Don
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Greetings Bruce,
      I am interested but very busy, so could you send some dates and times?
I love me some gaming and jsut don't get to do it as often as I like.
No promises, but thanks for the info,

Greg Zekser

On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Silverbackdad247 <
silverbackdad247@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> This is the time of year when Total Confusion gets ready to accept event
> submissions. Is there anyone out there that would like to volunteer to GM
> games for TC's Young Players' Area. We are looking for people who could
> insruct 6 to 16 years olds in how to play boardgames, card games, minis or
> roleplaying games. Volunteering would follow the same compensations as GM's
> for adult events. So think of when you were younger and what you would have
> loved to have learned. Give it a try it is a lot of fun. Any inquiries
> address to bruce@.... Thanks for your time.
>
> Sincerely
> Bruce Heroux
> Young Players' Coordinator
> Total Confusion Covention
>
>
>


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ATTENDEES: Phil, Greg, Eric.S, Todd, Mark, Adam

GAMES PLAYED: Money, 7 Wonders + Leaders, Seeland, A Game of Thrones: The
Card Game, Quarriors

GSG (Guy Stuff Gamers) met at my home in Cumberland, RI.  Greg was first to
arrive, and after talking a bit about Glory to Rome and Innovation I took
out Organic Soup, with the hope of teaching him while waiting for others.
  Well I got the game out, but didn't get too far in the explanation before
we were at five players ( and this game only takes 4).


MONEY: Greg, Mark, Eric, Todd, Phil
We played one hand of this Knizia classic while waiting for Adam.  I hadn't
played this game in quite some time, and the rust showed.  I was going for
yen, but foolishly used a 30 yen card in one of my bids.  I might have
beaten Todd, but he picked up a 20 value card in the last round that netted
him lots of points.  Final scores were something like: 540, 440, 330, 320,
230.

7 WONDERS + LEADERS: Mark, Phil, Adam, Greg, Eric, Todd
I was the Pyramids, Adam was the Colosseum, Todd was the Hanging Gardens,
and I forget the others.  I played two of my three leaders during the game
(using my third for money); one gave me a discount on building wonder
stages, while the other gave me 3pts for every set of blue/red/green cards
that I played.  Toward the end of the third round I had 3 blue buildings, 3
green buildings, and 2 red buildings in play.  Mark was to my right, and had
just played a red card to boost his military total greater than mine.  But
he passed me a military card!  So, do I play it, completing my third B/R/G
set for 3pts and potentially giving me 5pts for military dominance over
Mark, or do I take the guaranteed 7pts by building the last stage of my
wonder?  I chose the risky move.  Mark played a military card as well!
  AAAAIIIEEEEEE!!  If I had built the wonder stage, I would have ended in a
tie with Mark, but he had more money than me, and so would've won the
tiebreaker.  As it is, he won by 4pts.  Final scores were something like:
64, 60, 60, 55, 45, 45

A GAME OF THRONES: THE CARD GAME: Eric, Mark, Phil
I've played this a few times, and always 2player, so this was the first time
any of us played using the titles.  I was House Stark, Eric was House
Targaryen, while Mark was House Baratheon.  My initial hand contained a
single character card, so I opted to use all lands for my initial layout,
and played the Valar Morghulis plot card, which eliminated all characters in
play.  Probably not an optimal play, but it felt good seeing Robert
Baratheon wiped out of the game.  Eric subsequently managed to play a dragon
(Rhaegal?) along with a character who gains strength for dragons that are in
play.  Mark rebuilt his Baratheon forces, while I eventually got Jon Snow,
Ghost, and Edrick Cassel into play.

The board dynamic was interesting, although I seemed to always have one
player that I could not attack each turn, as the board-play dictated that I
support them.  I could never get a character in play that could defend
against intrigue attacks, so I was always losing cards while my opponents
picked up free power tokens.  Late in the game I made a military attack
against Mark's Baratheons, saving three weak characters in defense.  Mark
let it through, and then proceeded to send three high-powered characters
against me.  I then knelt two characters and played the Lethal Counterattack
card, which killed all attacking characters.  That felt good!

Eric, meanwhile, stood pat most turns, content in acquiring power for being
the most dominant.  We had to cut the game short due to the time, so I
launched one final attack against Eric's Targaryens, gaining a couple of
power tokens.  He then launched three attacks against me, taking the power
tokens I had just won, plus several others for undefended attacks.  Mark
then took control of my land that granted 1 influence.  This frustrated me,
because I was all set to combine this with the 2 influence from the Habd of
the King title and execute Visarys.  But without that third influence I
could not play the event card.  Darn it!  Eric had the 4 coins needed to use
Visarys's power to kill a character (I think he chose Jon Snow).  The game
ended with Eric having 7 power tokens and Mark and I having around three.
  This is definitely a game whose play will speed up and  improve once we are
all familiar with the cards.

OTHER GAMES:
Todd, Adam, and Greg played Seeland, and after Greg left Todd and Adam
played Quarriiors.  I have no idea who won either game.


GSG will be meeting on 09/13, although I don't know where yet.  Stay tuned.


--
Eastern MA Gaming
http://www.unitygames.org/

"When playing a game the goal is to win, but it is the goal that is
important, not the winning."
- Reiner Knizia


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Greg,
Here is the info for our convention date.  The game times open at 1pm Thursday
and finish at 5pm on Sunday.  Game slots are normally 2 hours long, but may be
longer or shorter depending on the time the gamemaster needs.
Thanks
Bruce Heroux

Total Confusion 26The Holiday Inn
31 Hampshire Street
Mansfield, MA 02048
508-339-2200
February 23-26, 2012

Celebrating 26 years of Great Gaming in New England

TotalCon...dedicated to bringing the best in gaming to the heart of New England

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Cool - maybe this will be the year I finally make it there...


-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Heroux <silverbackdad247@...>
To: Unity_Games <Unity_Games@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Mon, Sep 12, 2011 8:29 am
Subject: [Unity_Games] Re: request for GM's who would like to teach
young players





Greg,
Here is the info for our convention date.  The game times open at 1pm
Thursday and finish at 5pm on Sunday.  Game slots are normally 2 hours
long, but may be longer or shorter depending on the time the gamemaster
needs.
Thanks
Bruce Heroux

Total Confusion 26The Holiday Inn
31 Hampshire Street
Mansfield, MA 02048
508-339-2200
February 23-26, 2012

Celebrating 26 years of Great Gaming in New England

TotalCon...dedicated to bringing the best in gaming to the heart of New
England

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I'd like to share a recent experience with Boards & Bits.  It reinforces how
important it is that we support our local stores.  Suffice to say, it was not a
pleasant experience, and I feel compelled to give warning to other board gamers.
Please read the post at BGG

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/7455936

Chad Bergeron