Monday, September 12, 2005
TABS CondoCon
On Saturday, I got up at my normal weekday time, which I'll admit isn't exactly really early anyway, and then had Jacquie drop me off at Dave's place in Pickering. Shortly thereafter, Dave and I set off for our trek into the city to attend TABS' CondoCon IV, a quarterly mini-convention held in the recreation room in one member's condominium building.
Since CondoCon started at 9:00, Dave and I were running a bit late, but shortly after we arrived, the two of us were invited to join a game of WildLife. I'll admit I got my ass kicked really badly in the game. There were five people playing, and by the end, most of the others were roughly even and I was trailing the second lowest score by about twenty points. Ouch. Okay, I guess I suck at that game, but I enjoyed it enough that I'm going to keep my eyes out for a copy of it. Unfortunately, it's out of print, so it might be tough to find.
After that, we took a break for lunch and the TABS crew invaded a local pizza joint en masse. We were probably there for close to an hour, and then we all started heading back to the room.
With lunch over, several of us were trying to figure out what to play next. A few people broke away for a game of In The Shadow of the Emperor. Another group of us broke off to play a six-player game of RoboRally, which turned out to be as chaotic and fun as I had heard. The unfortunate thing is I don't see the game working very well with fewer than four players.
The last game of the day I played was Duell, which I brought because Justin said he was interested in checking out. So I re-read the rules, noted a few errors I had made the last time I played it, and then taught Justin how to play. I lost ... but only by one point. :)
After that, everyone helped pack up and then Dave and I headed back to Durham.
Since CondoCon started at 9:00, Dave and I were running a bit late, but shortly after we arrived, the two of us were invited to join a game of WildLife. I'll admit I got my ass kicked really badly in the game. There were five people playing, and by the end, most of the others were roughly even and I was trailing the second lowest score by about twenty points. Ouch. Okay, I guess I suck at that game, but I enjoyed it enough that I'm going to keep my eyes out for a copy of it. Unfortunately, it's out of print, so it might be tough to find.
After that, we took a break for lunch and the TABS crew invaded a local pizza joint en masse. We were probably there for close to an hour, and then we all started heading back to the room.
With lunch over, several of us were trying to figure out what to play next. A few people broke away for a game of In The Shadow of the Emperor. Another group of us broke off to play a six-player game of RoboRally, which turned out to be as chaotic and fun as I had heard. The unfortunate thing is I don't see the game working very well with fewer than four players.
The last game of the day I played was Duell, which I brought because Justin said he was interested in checking out. So I re-read the rules, noted a few errors I had made the last time I played it, and then taught Justin how to play. I lost ... but only by one point. :)
After that, everyone helped pack up and then Dave and I headed back to Durham.
// posted by Chris @ 1:47 PM 
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