EPIC 2012 Boardgaming
Sorry, I'm a bit late with this. EPIC is sneaking up on me. 
As in past years, I will be running the official Boardgaming events at this year's Expo.
Not much is changing from last year. Most official boardgaming events will be held up in the cozy picture window room at the back of the cafe.
General Boardgaming
I will be bringing a selection of boardgames from my collection, and I will be running boardgame events basically all day each day with the exception of a few overidding events like the external food tour and the DTEC, which I expect everyoine else will likely be at anyway, and the Magic tourneys, which may use the boardgames space.
I'll be playing in many of the games, but my official job will be to teach and referee the sessions. Keep in mind that, due to the nature of EpIc, nearly every game we play will be a 'teaching game', since there is almost always at least one person who has never played that game at the table. This is welcome, and it's part of the point of the boardgaming events. This means that those who are regular to the game will have to be a bit patient sometimes. Also: as some rules can be interpreted different ways, all rules conflicts are up to my immediate and final ruling, no matter what experience or errata you might have. This will keep everything running smoothly.
All the games for the official gaming events will be from my extensive collection. I'd kindly request that others not bring their own games to the official boardgames table. The reasons are many, but the primary one is that I want to make sure that every board game that is played is one that I can quickly teach and easily referee. (You are free, of course, to bring your own games to play at another table or what-have-you)
Here is the list of games which are currently on the list to be brought:
- CB's gamebox (a toolbox with a bunch of supplies and smaller games)
- Setters of Catan
- Carcassonne (plus misc. expansions)
- Pandemic
- Puerto Rico
- Vegas Showdown
- Dominion (plus Intrigue and Black Market)
- Small World
- Ticket to Ride: Europe
- Nexus Ops
- Ponte di Diavolo
This list is subject to change. If you would like to see my list of games, and make a request look here. Not every game in my collection will work for this event (Sid Meier's Civilization, for example, is right out), but if it's a game of sutable complexity, style, and length for EpIc, I'll add it to the list. .
Participating in these official boardgames will earn the players tickets for prize jars, as in past years.
Players for each game will be decided by a sign-up list which will be put up in, or just outside of the boardgame room, so that people don't have to sit and wait for one game to be over in order to get in on the next one. Players do not need to "in" in this thread to play any of these standard boardgaming events. Just sign up when the board goes up, or listen for me to shout about needing players for a game. Everyone is welcome to observe games at the table at any time, and even ask questions.
Giant Settlers
I will be bringing with me the (finally) finished Giant Settlers set, which allows Settlers of Catan games to be played on a larger scale to allow observers to more easily keep track of the action, and give enough room for teams of players to stand around the board.
The set will be used at least twice. First, there will be the 'Giant Settlers Unveiled' Exhibition Game (GSU), which will take place at 4pm on Thursday.
This special event will be the first official use of the set (I'll be running some test games with it down here first to make sure I know how to manage it), and will accommodate any number of players. Whoever shows up will be split into four teams, so not everyone necessarily needs know how to play, as long as one person on each team knows the rules.
The game will use standard Catan rules, and will run until it ends. It'll be outdoors, so, hopefully, it wont be too hot.
Once that game is complete, we'll start the first game of the
Catan Tourney
The structure of the tournament will be determined by the number of people who sign up, but in general it will be in the form of a bracket, and will likely use tourney rules for the first round at least, so as not to suck up too much time (and also because it does seem to cause some interesting upsets in the bracket
)
We'll likely only fit the first round of the tourney in that evening, depending on participation, but luckily, there is enough room for two game tables in the boargame room, so I'll be able to run a Catan table simultaneously with other table. This way the Catan tourney will not dominate the remainder of the boardgaming for the weekend.
--
If you would like to request a game from my collection, join the Catan tourney, or if you have any questions, post here. Note once again, the only "in"s I need are for the Catan tourney.
The players for the tourney, so far are:
CB
Ghoosdum
Cola
Ilriyas
Humerus Meg
Mertesn
CrazyJoe
Lershee
AlexDeGruven
Midga
I hope everyone is looking forward to a weekend of boardgaming as much as I am.
As in past years, I will be running the official Boardgaming events at this year's Expo.
Not much is changing from last year. Most official boardgaming events will be held up in the cozy picture window room at the back of the cafe.
General Boardgaming
I will be bringing a selection of boardgames from my collection, and I will be running boardgame events basically all day each day with the exception of a few overidding events like the external food tour and the DTEC, which I expect everyoine else will likely be at anyway, and the Magic tourneys, which may use the boardgames space.
I'll be playing in many of the games, but my official job will be to teach and referee the sessions. Keep in mind that, due to the nature of EpIc, nearly every game we play will be a 'teaching game', since there is almost always at least one person who has never played that game at the table. This is welcome, and it's part of the point of the boardgaming events. This means that those who are regular to the game will have to be a bit patient sometimes. Also: as some rules can be interpreted different ways, all rules conflicts are up to my immediate and final ruling, no matter what experience or errata you might have. This will keep everything running smoothly.
All the games for the official gaming events will be from my extensive collection. I'd kindly request that others not bring their own games to the official boardgames table. The reasons are many, but the primary one is that I want to make sure that every board game that is played is one that I can quickly teach and easily referee. (You are free, of course, to bring your own games to play at another table or what-have-you)
Here is the list of games which are currently on the list to be brought:
- CB's gamebox (a toolbox with a bunch of supplies and smaller games)
- Setters of Catan
- Carcassonne (plus misc. expansions)
- Pandemic
- Puerto Rico
- Vegas Showdown
- Dominion (plus Intrigue and Black Market)
- Small World
- Ticket to Ride: Europe
- Nexus Ops
- Ponte di Diavolo
This list is subject to change. If you would like to see my list of games, and make a request look here. Not every game in my collection will work for this event (Sid Meier's Civilization, for example, is right out), but if it's a game of sutable complexity, style, and length for EpIc, I'll add it to the list. .
Participating in these official boardgames will earn the players tickets for prize jars, as in past years.
Players for each game will be decided by a sign-up list which will be put up in, or just outside of the boardgame room, so that people don't have to sit and wait for one game to be over in order to get in on the next one. Players do not need to "in" in this thread to play any of these standard boardgaming events. Just sign up when the board goes up, or listen for me to shout about needing players for a game. Everyone is welcome to observe games at the table at any time, and even ask questions.
Giant Settlers
I will be bringing with me the (finally) finished Giant Settlers set, which allows Settlers of Catan games to be played on a larger scale to allow observers to more easily keep track of the action, and give enough room for teams of players to stand around the board.
The set will be used at least twice. First, there will be the 'Giant Settlers Unveiled' Exhibition Game (GSU), which will take place at 4pm on Thursday.
This special event will be the first official use of the set (I'll be running some test games with it down here first to make sure I know how to manage it), and will accommodate any number of players. Whoever shows up will be split into four teams, so not everyone necessarily needs know how to play, as long as one person on each team knows the rules.
The game will use standard Catan rules, and will run until it ends. It'll be outdoors, so, hopefully, it wont be too hot.
Once that game is complete, we'll start the first game of the
Catan Tourney
The structure of the tournament will be determined by the number of people who sign up, but in general it will be in the form of a bracket, and will likely use tourney rules for the first round at least, so as not to suck up too much time (and also because it does seem to cause some interesting upsets in the bracket
)We'll likely only fit the first round of the tourney in that evening, depending on participation, but luckily, there is enough room for two game tables in the boargame room, so I'll be able to run a Catan table simultaneously with other table. This way the Catan tourney will not dominate the remainder of the boardgaming for the weekend.
--
If you would like to request a game from my collection, join the Catan tourney, or if you have any questions, post here. Note once again, the only "in"s I need are for the Catan tourney.
The players for the tourney, so far are:
CB
Ghoosdum
Cola
Ilriyas
Humerus Meg
Mertesn
CrazyJoe
Lershee
AlexDeGruven
Midga
I hope everyone is looking forward to a weekend of boardgaming as much as I am.
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Sort of on topic I have Axis and Allies sitting around in my basement somewhere should I bring that with me?
The game is fun, and you will feel fun
And as GH said, you can bring it if you like, but Axis an Allies is, frankly, not well suited to this kind of event due to the time investment involved. That's not a 'game', it's an activity with minor gaming elements.
CB, can we get raffle tickets for board games we play that you don't own (like Ascension?)
I would also like to second GQ's request for someone to bring Ascension. I really enjoyed it last EPIC. Need more.
Personally, I'll be bringing my fabled "We Didn't Playtest This At All" card decks for side-play, as well as Tetris Link (think a fancy version of Connect Four... but Tetris).
Huge ^5 to CB for putting that together along with being Board Game Master as always.
But I'm really fun to play with.