NJPA Boardgame Alliance
New Jersey and Pennsylvania Game Club and Game Testing Group
Founded by game designers Alex Strang (Cybergecko Games) and Jason Tagmire (Championland Games) NJPABGA (New Jersey Pennsylvania Boardgame Alliance) is a unique gaming group that features game testing, demos and a wide variety of creative game events
A game club that specializes in board games, card games. RPGs, family games, CCGs, miniature gaming and any form of tabletop games. We also specialize on playtests of new games or games in development by game designers.
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WHERE WE OFTEN MEET
Redcap's Corner
3617 Lancaster Ave, Philadelphia, Pa
19104
215-387-4040
We also meet at many other locations throughout the New Jersey and Pennsylvania area
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ABOUT NJPA Board Game Alliance
NJPA BGA now runs many of its events through the Philadelphia Game Experiment
We hav events at least once per week
All of our events are perfect for gamers AND game desiogners |
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ARCHIVES OF OLDER EVENTS: |
TUE JULY 10th What We Played |
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| Go Pound Sand |
Brian's Tunnel Run |
Kevin's Tunnel Run |
Castle Panic |
| PLAYTEST of the wargame thats too big to fail! |
PLAYTEST of new tunnel run-themed game |
PLAYTEST of new tunnel run-themed game |
fun cooperative game of men vs monstres |
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PREVIOUS EVENTS...
TUE JULY 3rd: What We Played |
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| Tsuro |
Pixel Lincoln |
Castle Panic |
Agricola |
King of Tokyo |
Settlers of Catan (German version) |
Kittens In A Blender |
Fast Track |
PLAYTEST: Brian's Tunnel Run game |
Citadels |
Smallworld |
Dominion |
Robo Rally |
Spot It |
Revolution |
Lords of Waterdeep |
Penny Arcade |
Munchkin |
NJPA Board Game Alliance now meets at Top Deck Games in Westmont, NJ AND Redcap's Corner in Philadelphia, PA
TUE JUNE 26 at Redcap's: What We Played |
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| Forbidden Island |
Playtest: Turbo Crash! |
Hey! That's My Fish |
Carcassone |
Playtest: Brian's Global Manipulation Game |
Ticket To Ride |
Castle Panic |
Settlers Of Catan |
NJPA Board Game Alliance now meets at Top Deck Games in Westmont, NJ AND Redcap's Corner in Philadelphia, PA
TUE JUNE 19 at Redcap's: What We Played |
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| Race For The Galaxy |
Fastrack |
Carcassone |
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Brian's Sinking Island Solitaire Game |
Piranha League: Alex's demo of new board game |
Sentinels of the Multiverse |
TUE JUN 12 at Redcap's: What We Played |
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| Puzzle Strike |
Ticket To Ride |
Playtest from Brian: Land Grab Game |
Carcassone |
Playtest from Kevin: Buffet |
Chaos |
TUE JUN 5 at Redcap's: What We Played |
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| 7 Wonders |
Station Master |
Chaos |
SAT MAY 26 at Top Deck: What We Played |
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| Lords Of Vegas |
Lady Pirates On Terror Island |
Pixel Lincoln |
Hapless Labyrinth |
Munchkin |
Traitor Tavern |
Chaos |
| Who can run the strip?? |
Great cooperative RPG fun! Yaaar! |
ALL NEW card game based on the video game based on anotehr card game! |
New! Dingeon Crawling Tiel game |
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Brawl-crawling backstrabbing fun |
Just what the name says! |
SAT APR 21 What We Played |
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| Formula De |
Adventure Lands |
World Championship Dodge Ball |
Chaos |
| One of the best autoracing games ever! |
PLAYTEST of new reverse RPG hex-tile game by Alex Strang / Cybergecko Games |
Intense deck-building dosgeball madness |
Just what the name says! |
NJPA Board Game Alliance will now be meeting at Top Deck Games starting Jan 2012
SAT MAR 17 2012: What We Played |
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Twisted Tails |
Stack Market |
Quarriors |
Velociraptor Cannibalism |
Pizza Game |
Carcassone |
Traitor Tavern |
BATTLE BALL TOURNAMENT |
| PLAYTEST: Ninja jump across rooftops and steal from innocent condo-dwellers |
Snakes got your tail? PLAYTEST of new Jason Tagmire game! |
Dice-Stacking and Financial Ruin...from Japan! Woo-hoo! |
Quazy Fun Dice-Bulding Game! (instead of deck-building) |
THIS MONTH's GUEST GAME DESIGNER and a hot new playtest! Mutate your vicious dino and eat eat eat! |
Get The Most of YOUR Toppings on the Pizza to win! |
It started but never quite finished..... |
PLAYTEST: Brawl-crawling backstrabbing fun |
Futuristic Football Combat Game! Many games were played! |
NJPA Board Game Alliance will now be meeting at Top Deck Games starting Jan 2012
SAT FEB 18 2012: What We Played |
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ONGOING PICK-UP GAME |
ONGOING PICK-UP GAME |
ONGOING PICK-UP GAME |
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| Mondo |
Twisted Tails |
HeroQuest |
Time Ninja:
Diamond Ninja |
7 Wonders |
Walking Dead |
Junta |
Quarriors |
Jersey Devil Chess |
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Barca |
| Animals and Habitats in the Environmentally Fun game! |
JUST ADDED!Snakes got your tail? PLAYTEST of new game! |
Classic dungeoncrawl! (for up to 8 players) |
PLAYTEST: Ninja jump across rooftops and steal from innocent condo-dwellers |
Experience the 3 ages of human history in this deck-building favorite |
THIS MONTH'S INSTORE GAME: Based on the TV show! Survive against zombies or become one! |
Its all about El Presidente!...and cool shades! |
Quazy Fun Dice-Bulding Game! (instead of deck-building) |
Play the fast-paced game based on the New Jersey Devil Legend |
THIS MONTH'S VINTAGE GAME: 2-player 'computer' board game from the 80s |
The Watering Hole Game! |
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SAT JAN 21 2012: What We Played |
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| Junta |
Mondo |
10 Four Good Buddy |
Sandwich City |
Alien Mafia |
LangGuini |
Cathedral |
Traitor Tavern |
Ascension: Storm of Souls |
Tree Game |
Famous Missions |
Impossible Machine |
Bears! |
Eurorails |
| Its all about El Presidente! |
Animals and Habitats in the Environmentally Fun game |
Grab your CB radio for this classic board game |
Hungry? Make a sandwich!!! |
Classic Mafia....with Bodysnatching Aliens |
All new intense party game |
Classic 2 player Pickup game |
PLAYTEST: Brawl-crawling backstrabbing fun |
deck-building excitement |
PLAYTEST of Jason's new game |
TMZ eat your heart out |
Rube Goldberg woudl be proud |
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crayon train gsma |
SAT MAR 13 2011: What We Played |
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| Consipracy |
Nexus Ops |
Linq |
Web of Gold |
Go Pound Sand |
Small World |
Escape From Alpha Mega |
Tac-Tyx |
Broadsides and Boarding Parties |
Movie Plotz |
| Freaky mindbending spy game |
Cool little translucent aliens wage war against humanity |
Game that teache syou how to Read Minds |
VINTAGE CLASSIC: grab the gold before the spiders grab you! |
Paroduy wargame by Cubergecko Games! |
Rampaging Batmen vs. Frollicking Were-Goats: you decide! |
PLAYTEST of new storytelling game by Alex Strang |
PLAYTEST of new postcard game by Alex Strang |
2-player action on the high seas |
the blockbuster party game |
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SAT FEB 13
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Settlers of Catan
Jason took 1st, that island-settling scoundrel
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Baby Race
White won! Again!
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Small World
Close game between Alex and Jason....Jason's Dwarves turned the game at the end
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Movie Plotz
two wild sessions with extra BONUS material by Tom Keiser!!!
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Ticket To Ride
Jason ran away with this fun game like a railroad tycoon
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Fox and Geese
Marty is Geese who thinks he's Ducks. George is Fox with a self-esteem issue.
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Hit The Beach
we are not sure how Tom talked peopele into playing this again, but he did
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Celebrities
Hilarious new party game hosted by Emily and The Joe
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Linq
Many sessions of thie game that teaches you how to Read Minds
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SAT JAN 9
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Settlers of Catan
Jason took 1st, that island-settling scoundrel
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Chrononauts
Tiemstream manipulation with Nick claiming temporal victory
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Broadsides & Boarding Parties
Gerry's ship took many hits but he boarded Alex's in one daring attacked and killed Alex's Captain within seconds....Arrrgh!
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Baby Race
White won!
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Scotland Yard
Jason caught, in like 8 rounds
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Cosmic Encounter
Lots of shouting and yelling so I guess the aliens were having fun
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BattleBall
Quite a few games on intense future football
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Paranoia
RPG fun led by Marty. Something about a BIG BOX
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Small World
New fantasy strategy game/div>
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SAT DEC 26
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Stone Age
we played likereal cavemen..I think George took his shirt off too
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Battle Cry!
Alex was the blue...Marty was the grey.....blue beat grey but barely!
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Heroscape: Amulets Of Time: The Race
Super Marro Brothers challenged the Gamma Horde in a dealdy race with Guns Of Fury operating the track!
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Cosmic Encounter
Fisticuffs in outer space! Gerry fought for human logic! Joe was nonplussed!
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Scotland Yard
2 games of Mr X catching!
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Escape From Alpha Mega
early playtest of new brainstorming game by Cybergecko
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BattleBall
Gerry and Tom made it to halftime but that's it!
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Movie Plotz
a few sessions of this new brainstorming game by Cybergecko
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Zombie Fluxx
Like regular Fluxx but undead...Nick 'killed'
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8-Bit Battles
playtest of postcard game by Championland Games, Marty vs Alex (more civil-war rivalries with these two)
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Tac-Tyx
Playtest of new postcard game by Cybergecko
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Zombies!!!
More undead mayhem as Jeff outwits a town crawling with goons (not to mention the xombies also)
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Sorry Sliders
Charles proved the old adage: 'playing Sorry Sliders means never having to say you're sorry.........sliders'
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Bring A Man Out
Playtest of new boardgame by Championland games
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SAT NOV 28
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Heroscape: Battle of Rathax
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Cosmic Encounter
Continuous games of this interstellar classic
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BattleBall
The Future Of Football: many games (especially between Tom and Charles)
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Movie Plotz
Quick brainstorming game by Cybergecko w/ Tom and Charles
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Lunch Munch
Alex, Nick and Jeff play the most annoying game ever
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Dominion
Jason hosts the addictive Euro card game/div>
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SAT SEP 19
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Fox and Geese
a few interesting rounds of this classic game from the 140s....Tom seemed to excel as the Fox
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Wings of War
We played this WWI dogfight game at least 3 times throughout the day!
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Star Munchkin
Molly was the Queen Munchkin of Space in this version
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Gheos
the Gods must be Crazy (or at least Alex is) as the civilizations of Earth rose and fall like coloured blocks of wood |
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Paranoia
MORE RPG fun led by Charles....SESSION REPORT COMING SOON>
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Stone Age
Rob had the huts and civilization cards to take 1st place...Jason took 2nd....Alex left sulking in the mud pits as per usual
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Apples to Apples
Molly won using Steve Martin.....well, excuuuuuuuuuuse me! |
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Three of a Crime
Jason versus Carolyn. Cute.
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5ive Straight
Tom out-pegged Alex arse again. Will this ever end?
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Cloud 9
More floating fun
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Carcassone
More tile-building fun in southern France
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Connect Four
Let's face it. This game is always here.
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SAT AUG 29
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Munchkin
Rob's graverobbing halfing had a strong showing but Jay took the game
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Bloque
Special playtest of Championland's new wooden game of blocks (the 'Pile Up' variant)
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Fox and Geese
a few interesting rounds of this classic game from the 140s....Tom seemed to excel as the Fox
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Wings of War
We played this WWI dogfight game at least 3 times throughout the day!
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Star Munchkin
Molly was the Queen Munchkin of Space in this version
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Gheos
the Gods must be Crazy (or at least Alex is) as the civilizations of Earth rose and fall like coloured blocks of wood
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Paranoia
MORE RPG fun led by Charles....SESSION REPORT COMING SOON>
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Stone Age
Rob had the huts and civilization cards to take 1st place...Jason took 2nd....Alex left sulking in the mud pits as per usual
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Apples to Apples
Molly won using Steve Martin.....well, excuuuuuuuuuuse me! |
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Three of a Crime
Jason versus Carolyn. Cute.
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5ive Straight
Tom out-pegged Alex arse again. Will this ever end?
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Cloud 9
More floating fun
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Carcassone
More tile-building fun in southern France
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Connect Four
Let's face it. This game is always here.
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SAT AUG 8
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Stone Age
Rob had the huts...and the civilization cards.....Jason 2nd...Alex still in the mudpits
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Bloque
Interesting playtests of Championland's new wooden game of blocks gone bad. Alex killed.
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Spy Alley
International Intrigue as spies guessed each other's country of origin
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Turbo Crash
A few playytests of a Cybergecko'c new high-speed racing (and crashing!) game. Jason won the first race and Alex the 2nd. Gerry crashed and killed over 12 people.
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Zombies!!!
Zombies died! Everyone cried! (heavy metal music sure helped)
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Pirates Of The Spanish Main
We assembled many ships and sorted through Jason's collection but never actualy started the game..oh well!
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Connect Four
A constant favorite at GameDay. Today saw witness to Tom messing up the best part: the spilling of the chips
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Paranoia
Wild RPG fun led by Charles....with spooky Torchwood music
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Point Blank
Arrows lead the way to victory or at least cheating in this cute abstract game
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Illuminarium
fun new playtest from George....lighthouses battle to the death!
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UFO Smash
More playtesting of Cybergecko's new UFO card game (Marty bit the spacedust)
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5ive Straight
Rob and Jason made a great team and won 2 out of 3 games in this 50's classic, those pegheads!
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Cathedral
Alex out-city-planned Tom into oblivion
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Cloud 9
More floating fun
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Can't Stop
Jason, Rob and Kat.....Kat won with 1, 12 and 7 (those same numbers that brought Sesame Street to you this morning...damn!)
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Survive!
Jason pulled the volcano piece and sunk along with Kat as Rob won yet another day at sea
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SAT JUL 18
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UFO Smash
various playtests of Cybergecko's new card game with UFOs blasting each other because they can
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Dominion
addictive Euro card game run by Rob, Victory claimed by Marty
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5ive Straight
Cool peg board game from the 50s; Marty and Rob's team won
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Famous Missions
More playtests of Championland's new celebrity card game
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Hexspace
Fun playtest of Aaron's new strategy boardgame
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Cloud 9
Aaron flew away with the win in this great, lighter-than-air race for the sky
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Cathedral
More medieval city building malarky
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This Just In
Playtest of Championland's game of battling TV news startions, with a disaster-ridden town, hanging in the balance!
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Giant Chess
really really big Chess...Molly vs Marty
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1000 Blank White Cards
Aaron won our first DIY game event, and the white cards were flying! Highlights: Victory condition changing midway, Qerxbil's name change, Rob's discard pile bonanza, the old Michael Jackson reference pitard
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SAT JUN 27
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Mag Blast ('classic' edition)
5-way space batlle that George won
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Cathedral (tournament)
George ran away with points in our tournament by torturing noobs
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Amoeba
Tried it with 4, but 2 players was best
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Famous Missions
Fun new Playtest! Alex became the Most Famous!
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Battle Masters
Chaos ALMOST won but SOMEHOW the Imperial Army did...with the Cannon! Congrats Marty
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Starts With / Ends With
Tom vs Jason with some big words
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Pokemon Whatever
more mindless mayhem
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Super Giant Monster Showdown
7 monsters decended upon the city and Tyrannoroo was King!
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Uzu
PLAYTEST of new game by Alex Strang was very helpful
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SAT MAY 23 Kickoff Party
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Starts With / Ends With
NEW GAME DEMO Jason Tagmire's new word game was a fun challenge! Katrina took the lead!
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Mississippi Queen
Alex raced far ahead, caused a bottleneck and took last place while Rob settled for 1st place
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Battle Masters
The Imperial Army wiped the vinyl floor with the Chaos Army. Boo-hoo! Gerry schooled Marty, even with a cannon that was less than useless
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Conspiracy
MInd-numbing but engaging fun. Tom's favorite game????? (he won anyway, despite incessant whining)
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Pokemon Whatever
The two winning Pokemon so far: Mew and Dewgong (?!?)
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