Thursday, July 29, 2010

Acquired: Geek Happiness


The husband and I made our way to the local game store last night to try out a few board games. The Dice Dojo is only a few blocks away but is one of the best gaming stores I've been to in a long time. It's got a pretty large selection of games, board, card, tabletop and otherwise, and a large area in back set up with the specific intention of allowing people to play some games and socialize.

Every Wednesday the store hosts an open board gaming night. They allow people to come in and try out nearly 300 different games they have opened for general use, and I suppose the idea is that if you try out some games, you'll be more likely to buy them. After all, most people are "try before you buy" types. That certainly includes myself and my husband, and the set up worked perfectly!

To be honest, I had been looking for a board game the husbear and I could play at home together. He's not really in to chess, there's only a few video games he enjoys (and even those on rare occasion), and the only board games we own involve hours of time and/or set up (Risk, Axis and Allies), so I was hoping to find something smaller scale that we could both enjoy. After consulting with a few friends and a shop employee, I decided we should try Carcassonne, and I'm glad we did.

The store was full of the types or people you might expect to find at a gaming function. I'm not one to normally stereotype, but if you know hard core gamers, you know what I'm talking about. But people were friendly enough and also smart enough to give us our own space to explore new games. Honestly though, we only got through one game of Carcassonne - Hunters and Gatherers before we decided to pick up the original version of the game for our own home use.

I wasn't shocked that my husband liked the game: it's fun and known as somewhat of a modern classic, so I knew that the game would be enjoyable. But I am very happy to have acquired a new piece of geekery for our house and particularly on that we can both enjoy. Together.

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