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2013 game night

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Dominion (7:45)
7:30 setup
7:45 start playing games!
10:30 00 start winding down (don't start new games) 1110:00 30 all done, turn off the lights   I highly recommend that people walk in groups to get back to their respective lodgings. I'll ask folks still around at the end to help me clean up so we can walk back to the conference hotel Please bring your badge with. (You don't need to wear it on the way, but that'll help us make sure everyone in the room is supposed to be there.)
= Where =
We have a conference room (1-470) at the UIC library (Richard J. Daley Library MC 234, 801 S. Morgan, Chicago) reserved for 7:30 on Tuesday the 11th. I'll try to show up at the lobby and hang out there for at about 7:15. I'll be the guy with a code4lib nametag and a box of games ;). Not sure how late we'll play, it looks like the library is open till 1:00am, but I suspect I will for now put a rough ending time of 11pm.
(Note, there's also some discussion on Cards Against Humanity. I will try to make sure there's an alternative game, but I don't know if I want to prohibit any games. I would say though to remember to be respectful and courteous to those around you. I will probably be pondering this issue for a while)
Some notes:
 
Please bring your badge with. (You don't need to wear it on the way, but that'll help us make sure everyone in the room is supposed to be there.)
 
We may have more people signed up for this night than there is space. Due to that, we're going to try to set up tables in the space that volunteers who aren't playing can also teach. Also, we may have to ask people to find somewhere else to play if we need overfill. We'll try to make a list of locations that might have tables and space that people can go to in walking distance. Also, given some of the constraints, I'm going to say two-player games can be added, but may ask them to move out to the overfill since it's a bit easier for two people to find a spot to play and it'll free up some room. We're going to have to play this by ear, my apologizes. I hope we can make this work!
== Time's Up! Title Recall (7:45)==
A mix of charades and Taboo. You'll start with a set of titles and the ability to give nearly unlimted clues and go through a series of tougher rounds until it's just charades. The same titles (literature, arts, music) are used from round to round, so you'll end up even developing your own language ;). Good party game that isn't as well know as it could be. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36553/times-up-title-recall
# <s>Heidi Frank (hf36@nyu.edu) </s> - havensorry, I won't played this one before, but sounds cool!make it after all :(#Megan O'Neill Kudzia (moneill@albion.edu)
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Featured on the first season of the Tabletop show, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMtlQxJeWvc. A nice game that's difficult to describe. You lay tiles that control your future path and try to avoid running into other folks http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/16992/tsuro!
# Christie Peterson (have played before, but don't have game, so T if I can review rules quickly)
#Emily Shaw#Christian Sarason (this game looks cool)
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== Carcassone (7:45) ==
The classic tile laying game. Build up a medieval town, http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/822/carcassonne
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== Mahjong (8:00) ==
Chinese tile game made up of three suits, two types of "honors": winds and dragons, and bonus tiles: seasons and flowers. Typically played with four players, the game is a little bit like Rummy but with tiles. You can find more detailed information on Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahjong. There are several variations on rules and scoring. We're playing the Chinese version with "classic" scoring.
# Karen Coombs (T)
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# Robert Haschart (T)
# Demian Katz
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== Dominion (7:45) ==
In Dominion, each player starts with an identical, very small deck of cards. In the center of the table is a selection of other cards the players can "buy" as they can afford them. Through their selection of cards to buy, and how they play their hands as they draw them, the players construct their deck on the fly, striving for the most efficient path to the precious victory points by game end. http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36218/dominion
 
I did not bring this game, however if there is interest, there is a free online web-based version of the game that includes the base game as well as all of the expansion sets. To go this route those interested will need to have a laptop. I will be able to Teach both the rules of the game as well and the mechanics of playing the game using the web-interface.
 
Info for Dominion at Lunch. Go to http://dominion.isotropic.org Select play without logging in.
Enter a nickname starting with c4l_ and select the lobby : Secret Chamber - meeting up with friends and Enter Lobby
 
For the first game select card selection constraints:(add row)
change the From: drop down to 10 select cards with tag: set=base
 
Select one or two or three other c4l_nickname players and click Propose Game With
when it asks you to approve card selection, select yes.
 
During play it shows your cards and the cards available for purchase. Click the +3$ to enter the "buy phase" and purchase a card.
After you have purchased action cards they will appear in your hand, and you merely click them to play them, but be sure to play all actions you want to play before proceeding to the buy phase.
 
See you in the Secret Chamber at lunch - Bob Haschart rh9ec at virginia dot edu
 
If people want to play in a co-located manner, I'm located in the second row in from of the podium.
 
 
# Rob Dumas
# Shawn Kiewel (c4l_smkiewel)
# Sean Purcell (c4l_SeanPurcell)
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== Bang! (8:30) ==
"The Outlaws hunt the Sheriff. The Sheriff hunts the Outlaws. The Renegade plots secretly, ready to take one side or the other. Bullets fly. Who among the gunmen is a Deputy, ready to sacrifice himself for the Sheriff? And who is a merciless Outlaw, willing to kill him? If you want to find out, just draw (your cards)!" (From back of box) More at http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30933/bang-the-bullet
 
# Ian Walls (only actually played once before, but I'm sure we can figure it out)
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= Contact info =
Any questions? Contact jonathan (dot) gorman (at) gmail (dot) com.
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