I’m off to BGG Con in the morning. Yippie!! For those who are unfamiliar with BoardGameGeek.com, the website is like the imdb.com for board games. They have a big convention every year in Dallas. The convention is actually at a hotel attached to the airport, so technically you never have to leave the airport. There will be 24-hour board …
Takenoko is an adorable panda game that gets a lot of play during my personal game nights. My friends enjoy the cute theme, as well as the not-super-complex style of playing. It also doesn’t hurt that the rule book is this visually beautiful comic book that’s easy to follow and reference. The game plays 2-4 …
During the workweek, I attend a meetup.com gaming group. If you’re not familiar with meetup.com, it’s a website where a group host will post an event, and people can join a group and RSVP if they’re attending or not. It’s a great way to meet people who share similar interests. I’ve been attending this gaming …
I was lucky enough to do some back-to-back gaming sessions this weekend. I was starting to get some gaming withdrawal as I hadn’t been able to attend my weekday game group because of work. And missing gaming totally makes me a cranky Meeple Lady. Last Friday night after work, a group of us met up …
Out of my closest group of friends, I’m the biggest gamer. People enjoy coming over to my place (even though it’s the smallest location among our homes) to play games and learn new ones. I like having a variety of games for different group sizes and levels of gaming. There are some friends who like …
This blog will primarily be about board games and my gaming experiences. And the meeple is central to board-gaming. A meeple is a small person-shaped piece used as a player’s token in many eurogames. The word is a mashup of “my people.” So while this post isn’t officially about playing board games, I still wanted to …
This past weekend, we met for our monthly game of Arkham Horror. My friend has done an amazing job of tricking out his game. He replaced all the small cardboard tidbits such as hearts, brains and track tokens with color-coded glass beads. Each set of the glass beads also sit in awesome small decorative bowls …
I am part of an Arkham Horror gaming group that meets up once a month. Arkham Horror is one of my uber-favorite games, but it’s hard to find people who are down to play it. Until I connected with these Arkham folks this past summer, I would play it about once a year. Yeah, pretty …
Hello, people of the Internet! I just started this blog to talk about all things board games, and to learn a thing or two about blogging. This is an entirely new process for me. I plan to write about my board-game nights, new purchases, board games that I enjoy or don’t enjoy playing, and next month, …