Board Games Day - June 13th 2009

passing along for Greg

Board Games Day - June 13th 2009

There will be an all-day board-gaming event in Models Inc, Dorset Street on Saturday the 13th of June.

Everybody, whether completely new to board-gaming, or a long-term fan is welcome.

There will be longer-duration games starting at 11:00 and 3:30, with an experienced player there to show
people how to play. Spaces in these games will go to those who have pre-signed up for them, and any extra
spaces to anybody on the day who wishes to play.

Plenty of quicker games will be going on all the time, so there's no need to sign up to the longer games if you
don't want to. However, if you're interested in one of them, and are SURE you'll be there, then please do
sign up.

Players should have time to go out for lunch during the gap between games. Sandwiches are available for sale
in Models Inc in case of emergency ;)
The following games have scheduled start times,
and pre-sign-up lists further down.

Arkham Horror: 2-6 players, co-operative
Arkham Horror is a cooperative adventure game themed around H.P Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. Players
choose from 16 Investigators and take to the streets of Arkham. Before the game, one of the eight Ancient
Ones is chosen and it's up to the Investigators to prevent it from breaking into our world. During the
course of the game, players will upgrade their characters by acquiring skills, allies, items, weapons,
and spells. It's up to the players to clean out the streets of Arkham by fighting many different types of
monsters, but their main goal is to close portals to other dimensions that are opening up around town. With
too many portals open the Ancient One awakens and the players only have one last chance to save the world.
Defeat the Ancient One in combat!

BattleStar Galactica: 3-6 players, semi co-operative
Battlestar Galactica is an exciting game of mistrust, intrigue, and the struggle for survival. Based on
the epic and widely-acclaimed new Sci Fi Channel series, Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game puts
players in the role of one of ten of their favorite characters from the show. Each playable character has
their own abilities and weaknesses, and must all work together in order for humanity to have any hope of
survival. However, one or more players in every game secretly side with the Cylons. Players must attempt
to expose the traitor while fuel shortages, food contaminations, and political unrest threatens to tear
the fleet apart.

Descent: 2-5 players
A dungeon crawl game using modular boards and scenarios. One player acts as the Overlord, controlling the
forces of evil - monsters, traps, and general mayhem, while the others take on the roles of adventurers
co-operatively exploring a fantasy dungeon.

Shadows Over Camelot: 3-7 players, co-operative, with a traitor
In most games, players compete against each other to achieve victory. Shadows over Camelot proposes a
journey of a very different kind, where you and your fellow players, as Knights of the Round Table, will
collaborate to jointly defeat... the game! At first glance, this task seems simple enough. After all,
shouldn't a band of young and noble Knights - fleet of foot and sound of mind - easily defeat a game that plays
itself? Alas your quest is further complicated by the ever-present possibility of a Traitor in your
midst, biding his time, waiting to strike at the worst possible moment...

A Touch of Evil: 2-6 players, competitive or co-operative
A Touch of Evil is a fast-paced game of fiendish creatures, dashing Heroes, and high-adventure. Each
player takes on the role of a unique monster-hunting Hero, racing against time to stop the forces of
darkness from claiming another foothold in the world of man. Only by investigating the town and building
your Hero's strength can you hope to hunt down the Supernatural Villain to his Lair and defeat him in an epic
Showdown. Players can race Competitively to be the first to defeat the Villain and save the town, or they
can work together Cooperatively to defeat a much stronger Villain. The game will be played in
competitive, not co-operative mode, during the scheduled game, as this is the default mode of play for the game.

Last Night on Earth: 2-5 players
Last Night on Earth, The Zombie Game is a survival horror board game that pits small-town Heroes
head-to-head against a limitless horde of Zombies (players can play on the Hero team or as the Zombies). A
modular board randomly determines the layout of the town at the start of each game and there are several
different scenarios to play. Fast Paced Game Play with easy to learn rules allows players to jump right
into the action, while strategic depth and strong co-operative Play keeps the game interesting. (not
currently scheduled, may be if there is sufficient demand/someone to run it)

Signup:

If you're certain you'll be there, then you can sign up for a scheduled game. Email staff [at]
boardgamesday-ireland.org to sign up. Please include a mobile phone number, so I can call to confirm
you're coming if you're late for a scheduled game. Please, if you can't make it, do email me as far in advance
as possible and I'll remove you from the list - the other players are to an extent relying on signed up people
to show up. If you're not sure if you'll make it, then don't worry, just come along and there'll be gaming for
anybody dropping by. You don't need to sign up to any scheduled games even if you're planning on playing all
day long.

If there is enough demand to schedule a 2nd running of one of these games we'll try our best to accomodate.
Sign-up list

11:00 am games:

Arkham Horror, 2-6 players: Ryan (running game), ?, ?, ?, ? ,?
Descent: 3-5 players: Gerry (running game), Sinead, Barbara, Maebh, ?
BattleStar Galactica: Mike (running Game, TBC), ?, ?, ?, ?, ?

3:30 pm games:

BattleStar Galactica: Adam (running Game), ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
A Touch of Evil: Me (barring an alternate), ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
Shadows over Camelot: Ciaran (running game), ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?

Shorter duration games will be available to play throughout the day.

Some of the briefer games that will be available are:
Race for the Galaxy
Carcassonne
Galaxy Trucker>
Aquaretto
Pandemic
Small World
Wings of War: The Dawn of World War II

Participants are welcome to bring their own games and to try and organise a game on the day. Just please keep
in mind the duration of the game, and if you, or other players involved, have signed up for an upcoming
scheduled game.

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