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Dominion => Dominion General Discussion => Topic started by: werothegreat on July 17, 2014, 05:41:38 pm
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I know there's a few of you in DC, but is anyone else in Virginia? Chicago (and Montreal) is definitely a little too far away, but I'd be down for a meetup somewhere in the Mid-Atlantic area. DC has the whole central thing going on. Anyone else?
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I'm down.
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I'm up, maybe. If it's DC.
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Sure, if someone can organize something there. I'd organize something in SC but DC/Virginia/NC seem better geographically.
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So who could host in DC?
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Heron and I could. But NYC might bring more people out.
EDIT: Didn't mean to volunteer you Heron. It depends on what "host" entails.
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An NYC meeting would probably be awesome, but I would love to see a mid-Atlantic one personally. (since I wouldn't have to travel nearly as much)
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An NYC meeting would probably be awesome, but I would love to see a mid-Atlantic one personally. (since I wouldn't have to travel nearly as much)
Yeah I'm with you but judging by this thread it'd be a small gathering, which is fine too!
I don't own any sets of Dominion and I'm not in touch with the DC gaming community. Would we meet up at a gaming night? Or what?
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Virginia's good; the further south; the more likely I'd be there; but DC wouldn't be out of the question at all either.
I'd also bring all Dominion sets and Promos, so make it not too far from Raleigh!
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Virginia's good; the further south; the more likely I'd be there; but DC wouldn't be out of the question at all either.
I'd also bring all Dominion sets and Promos, so make it not too far from Raleigh!
Virginia's great, and I live there, but I don't really have the space to host.
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My apartment is pretty small. 4-5 people is pushing it, any more than that is probably not a good idea.
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My apartment is pretty small. 4-5 people is pushing it, any more than that is probably not a good idea.
I was thinking more in terms of sleeping quarters. If you guys want to drive to Williamsburg and back in the same day, my apartment certainly has game-playing space.
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My house could accommodate 10 or so for game playing. I have three good game-playing surfaces and reasonable seating for 10. (I can also buy more chairs, and if a group wanted to sit outside then 14-16 would be possible, but you DO NOT want to do this in the summer here). Technically, there's floor space. Unfortunately, Columbia is a bit far south for most and the airport is not always cheap/convenient to fly in to. There is a cool board game store here that could potentially be willing to let us do some sort of event, but I have no actual rapport with them. I also own all Dominion expansions, so there's that.
That's all I've got. I am not a great organizer, I just have space.
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I suppose I should have mentioned that I can host; I have the room and the games. But it sounds like Raleigh is too far south for most people.
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I suppose I should have mentioned that I can host; I have the room and the games. But it sounds like Raleigh is too far south for most people.
Yeahhh..... maybe. I mean I probably have a place to crash in Raleigh but I'd rather do DC, considering I live 5 minutes from the DC line and all. We should take a poll! Raleigh, Williamsburg, maybe somewhere like Charlottesville, or DC.
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FWIW, I would be able to do DC, but nothing too far from it.
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RVA here, can't host (I have an 800-sq.ft. 1br) but will travel.
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RVA here, can't host (I have an 800-sq.ft. 1br) but will travel.
You're in Richmond? You're not even an hour away from me. We could totally do a day thing.
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I'm probably moving to Raleigh, NC area end of august/early september, so I'm in for anything within driving distance of that.
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I would do Raleigh and even have a separate place to stay if needed.
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What about Lancaster, PA on Friday, August 8th and 9th?
Just in time for this. http://boardgamers.org/yearbkex/dompge.htm
Both theory and I have a 2nd in this event, but no f.ds'ers have ever won. Let's fix that this year.
I'll also buy large quantities of good beer for everyone of age.
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I'm probably moving to Raleigh, NC area end of august/early september, so I'm in for anything within driving distance of that.
Let me know if you're looking for games in general; I'm always looking for more people to join my game night.
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single elimination dominion tournaments with 4-player games make me sad. I have played in several.
if you want to win at 4p, you will have to practice because it is very different from 2p.
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especially when most games played are just base set. Pure luck for the winner.
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especially when most games played are just base set. Pure luck for the winner.
yes. 4p base games can be fun, but they're pretty useless for picking the wheat from the chaff in the first round of a tournament.
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I live in Fredericksburg, VA and would be interested. There is a board game store in Falls Church, VA called The Compleat Strategist that might be able to host. Don't really know anyone there but I would be willing to check on it.
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I'm sure there has to be places in NYC where we could host an event. I know there are a lot of gaming shops, and there are bars/lounges/etc. that have private spaces available.
I have an apartment in Hoboken (literally directly across the river) in which I could host people for socializing, but I'm unequipped in the way of tables and chairs to make gaming very viable. Theory and Rrenaud probably have options as well, but I don't want to speak for them.
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What about Lancaster, PA on Friday, August 8th and 9th?
Just in time for this. http://boardgamers.org/yearbkex/dompge.htm
Both theory and I have a 2nd in this event, but no f.ds'ers have ever won. Let's fix that this year.
I'll also buy large quantities of good beer for everyone of age.
The only day I could possibly make would've the 9th, which would probably be too late for the tournament. But are there any more PA people wanting to meet up? Even NYC might work for me
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I'm sure there has to be places in NYC where we could host an event. I know there are a lot of gaming shops, and there are bars/lounges/etc. that have private spaces available.
I have an apartment in Hoboken (literally directly across the river) in which I could host people for socializing, but I'm unequipped in the way of tables and chairs to make gaming very viable. Theory and Rrenaud probably have options as well, but I don't want to speak for them.
One possibility is The Uncommons, a gaming cafe in the village (230 Thompson Street).
(I’ve never actually been there, but people I know have, and it’s one of the places that the board game Meetup uses regularly.)
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I'm probably moving to Raleigh, NC area end of august/early september, so I'm in for anything within driving distance of that.
Let me know if you're looking for games in general; I'm always looking for more people to join my game night.
OK, it's official. I start work in the research triangle Sept 22. I am always down for game nights. And I'm down for any meetups if it happens after then.
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I'm probably moving to Raleigh, NC area end of august/early september, so I'm in for anything within driving distance of that.
Let me know if you're looking for games in general; I'm always looking for more people to join my game night.
OK, it's official. I start work in the research triangle Sept 22. I am always down for game nights. And I'm down for any meetups if it happens after then.
Awesome! (Pre-emptive) welcome to the triangle! Send me a message closer to the time; it's a big area so you might not be all that close, but I host a weekly gamenight; and I know of at least 1 other with good people.
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I'd be down for a weekend thing in NYC after I get back to college (in Philly) in September. Virginia is probably a little far for me though.
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I'd be down for a weekend thing in NYC after I get back to college (in Philly) in September. Virginia is probably a little far for me though.
If we're looking to get all the VA/DC area folks (which it seems was kind of the intent), we'll probably end up somewhere in Northern VA (the DC suburbs). Not as far as, say, Richmond.
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I will not really be free until after August 21st.
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I'd be down for a weekend thing in NYC after I get back to college (in Philly) in September. Virginia is probably a little far for me though.
If we're looking to get all the VA/DC area folks (which it seems was kind of the intent), we'll probably end up somewhere in Northern VA (the DC suburbs). Not as far as, say, Richmond.
For those of you not from the DC metro area, there is an interesting dynamic. Marylanders hate Virginia but love DC. Virginians hate Maryland but love DC. Washingtonians hate both Maryland and Virginia. So as a native Marylander, I'd like to vote against the meetup being in NOVA. Speaking of votes, we should take a poll!
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For those of you not from the DC metro area, there is an interesting dynamic. Marylanders hate Virginia but love DC. Virginians hate Maryland but love DC. Washingtonians hate both Maryland and Virginia. So as a native Marylander, I'd like to vote against the meetup being in NOVA. Speaking of votes, we should take a poll!
That's got a lot to do with how painful it often is to drive across MD/VA line (there aren't many alternatives to the beltway and it often has bad traffic). And for District folks, many don't need cars, so MD and VA mean riding out toward the far ends of the metro. But it could be done, especially on a weekend when traffic lightens... I'm on the MD side but I go to VA regularly.
There's a board game friendly cafe in College Park that could work as a venue (http://theboardandbrew.com/ (http://theboardandbrew.com/)), and my local game store might consider it (http://www.dreamwizards.com/ (http://www.dreamwizards.com/)), though they have a pretty full calendar already. And if someone put something together in the district or NOVA on a date when I'm free, I'd certainly make an effort to be there.
Physically I have all sets, no promos, for what that's worth.
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Nice! That place looks perfect, have you checked it out yet?
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I'll be running a Dominion tourney at TCEP in Sterling, Virginia over Labor Day weekend. Unfortunately, it will probably be single-elimination 4p tourney. Fortunately, it will not be Base only. https://barkingmad.org/
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Nice! That place looks perfect, have you checked it out yet?
Which place, Dream Wizards or Board and Brew?
Dream Wizards, I've been plenty of times, they're set up like most game stores: folding tables and chairs for tournaments and events. The trick would be convincing them that hosting us is good for business (say we'll teach new people to play or something), and finding a good date that's not already taken by something like a Magic tournament.
Board and Brew would probably be the simpler option, I think you just pay a nominal cover for table(s), but I'm not 100% sure, they just opened a few months ago, I haven't been there yet, and the web site doesn't say very much. But I'm sure if we got a big enough group together they'd take some sort of reservation.
While we're talking about things in the DC area, if anyone else plans to be at MAGFest (http://magfest.org/) next January, I'd be down to meet some f.ds-ers there and play a game or two there.
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I meant Board and Brew. They made it sound like they have a ton of games and I don't see why thwy wouldn't have Dominion. Maybe I'll go check it out with the woman in the next couple days and report back.
I'd be interested in checking out MAGFest but really I'm not that nerdy, I'm more of a wannabe-nerd. I'd have to show up with a couple really nerdy friends just to fit in.
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Eh, some of MAGFest is over my nerd-level too, I just spend the weekend drinking, playing games and going to concerts with friends from out of town and sometimes total strangers.
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I'm in DC for a bit and would love a meet-up. One place to look into is a game store called Labyrinth Games. It's downtown DC (think Eastern Market) and has table space. It hosts game nights weekly but they get crowded with people who don't see the beauty of Dominion. I would imagine if one were to call, it could be arranged to host a Dominion fest there. I know they have table space for at least 25-30.
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Bump!
My girlfriend and I finally checked out The Board and Brew in College Park a couple nights ago. Pretty sweet place, a ton of board games and they've got every set of Dominion. $5 (per table?) fee for playing games, beer (didn't check on non-alcoholic drinks), food, nice new clean place.
For the sake of organization, let's just say for now that the meetup will happen at this place in College Park. How many are willing travel there for a weekend? Post a prospective weekend that would be best for you in January or February.
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Are you offering to host, or would we need to get a hotel? I am not willing to drive 3+ hours both ways in one day.
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Ah yes, sleep. I guess that's what killed this conversation last time. I'm in a small apartment only have a small loveseat.
If you guys have air mattresses I have floorspace for two or three people.
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It's a 7.5 hour drive for me. I could maybe stretch it but it'd have to be worth going, heh. When there are more details on the date etc I'll see. My sister in law lives 20 minutes from that place, though. I could convince my wife to make it a road trip/flight for a visit possibly. Again, let's hear a date.
My wife's really busy, but we have Jan 23-26 off if that is a possibility. She is interested in the idea, I just checked; we'd be able to stay with her sister so it's low cost aside from air fare for us.
Also I have some special cards you might be interested in.
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Well it's a 2 hour drive for me and I'd have to either borrow a car or investigate public transport (more like 4 hours, probably). It would have to be after I get back to school, so no earlier than the 23rd. On the plus side, I will be 21 by then! I could potentially see if I could crash with a friend at UMD. It's hard to know which weekend will work best, since it will be entirely dependent on homework load, but if you guys pick any weekend from Jan 23rd onward, I will try to make it happen.
Also I am interested in these special cards of Jsh's...
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Well it's a 2 hour drive for me and I'd have to either borrow a car or investigate public transport (more like 4 hours, probably). It would have to be after I get back to school, so no earlier than the 23rd. On the plus side, I will be 21 by then! I could potentially see if I could crash with a friend at UMD. It's hard to know which weekend will work best, since it will be entirely dependent on homework load, but if you guys pick any weekend from Jan 23rd onward, I will try to make it happen.
Also I am interested in these special cards of Jsh's...
If you're in Virginia, I could pick you up on the way.
And I, too, am interested in Jsh's cards.
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Well it's a 2 hour drive for me and I'd have to either borrow a car or investigate public transport (more like 4 hours, probably). It would have to be after I get back to school, so no earlier than the 23rd. On the plus side, I will be 21 by then! I could potentially see if I could crash with a friend at UMD. It's hard to know which weekend will work best, since it will be entirely dependent on homework load, but if you guys pick any weekend from Jan 23rd onward, I will try to make it happen.
Also I am interested in these special cards of Jsh's...
If you're in Virginia, I could pick you up on the way.
And I, too, am interested in Jsh's cards.
Other direction (Philly). Thanks though!
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So I was just checking out the forum members map, and it looks like AJD, heron, and Robz are all close by and not already in this thread. If this becomes a thing we should PM them. Is the Board and Brew a 21 and over place? heron is still young IIRC. I also have ulterior motives with AJD because he's in Philly and maybe we could carpool or something.
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Yea I am still like sixteen. I would go if my parents are okay with it and it's not on the 17th. I have some friends at UMD I could probably crash with. Or I could just make it a day trip and go home in the evening since I live quite close.
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I'd love to come, but again, only if I have a place to crash.
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5 hours is so far though... I would love to come, but I'm not sure I'd be able to. Now if it were Pittsburgh...
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I'd love to come, but again, only if I have a place to crash.
Got an air mattress?
heron I think you'll be fine, and yeah definitely just go home afterwards.
Robz doesn't actually live over here.
So heron, wero, Geolib, possibly Ahoppy and Jsh. Jsh and Ahoppy iif you guys come you should make it a long weekend and do some stuff around DC or something to make it worth the drive.
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I'd love to come, but again, only if I have a place to crash.
Got an air mattress?
I do not. Do you have a couch?
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I'd love to come, but again, only if I have a place to crash.
Got an air mattress?
I do not. Do you have a couch?
Yes, more of a loveseat. It's small but what it lacks in length it makes up for in comfortableness.
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I'd love to come, but again, only if I have a place to crash.
Got an air mattress?
I do not. Do you have a couch?
Yes, more of a loveseat. It's small but what it lacks in length it makes up for in comfortableness.
I could probably make do with that. If you don't mind, that is!
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AFAIK Board and Brew is not age-restricted. I haven't been there, but a few friends told me it's more like a cafe than a bar, though as AndrewisFTTW mentions they do have beer.
As far as dates, Jan 23-26 is MAGFest (http://magfest.org) but otherwise Jan and Feb are fairly clear for me, and I live maybe half an hour from there, so I'd show up to a meetup. Speaking of MAGFest, that is also an excellent place to gather and play games of all sorts, and if other f.ds-ers happen to be going, I might be convinced to bring my set.
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Robz doesn't actually live over here.
He doesn't? I thought he was in DC. His profile says DC. The map says DC.
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Robz doesn't actually live over here.
He doesn't? I thought he was in DC. His profile says DC. The map says DC.
It's all lies.
I live in Michigan right now. I've moved back and forth semi-frequently, and will likely be DC bound again in the future. But for now, I'm in Detroit.
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I would not be opposed to convening at magfest. I have always wanted to go.
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Hmmm... I haven't heard of MAGfest before. Just reading about it. It looks pretty cool. I'm not sure that I'm enough of a videogamer, though. Also $60...
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Hmmm... I haven't heard of MAGfest before. Just reading about it. It looks pretty cool. I'm not sure that I'm enough of a videogamer, though. Also $60...
I concur about the cost part. Would rather just get Dominion peoples together.
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Return to DC on the 15th, home until the 2nd-3rd. Would probably be able to make it over on most nights between then and I have some friends who might care to join. Can't say if my fam would be comfortable hosting internet people for the night. I'll ask - if it were my own place wero and others would be more than welcome but unfortunately that is not the case.
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Return to DC on the 15th, home until the 2nd-3rd. Would probably be able to make it over on most nights between then and I have some friends who might care to join. Can't say if my fam would be comfortable hosting internet people for the night. I'll ask - if it were my own place wero and others would be more than welcome but unfortunately that is not the case.
Also because I don't check f.DS on a regular basis, if anything starts to fully take form, PM me.
Also I'd rather not do MAG fest because money.
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I've been wanting to check out MAGfest but I'm trying to avoid going by myself as I myself am not nerdy enough. So how about the weekend after, Friday the 30th-Feb. the 1st?
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I personally can't go that weekend, but it seems that no matter what it will be hard to pick a date that satisfies everyone.
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Someone should set up a poll/Google Form and have interested parties fill it out.
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I personally can't go that weekend, but it seems that no matter what it will be hard to pick a date that satisfies everyone.
True and of everyone who has expressed interest you're the farthest away. Maybe we can just meet up at MAGfest? I definitely want to check out these "special" cards.
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Well, I will say that since I AM so far away it's probably not wise to plan the whole event around me going if the date doesn't work. But, I will definitely go if I'm able. I love playing IRL dominion, meeting like-minded people is fun, and the area is a pretty ideal visit for me anyway. That one weekend just happens to be perfect for me, but that doesn't mean it is for everyone else.
And I didn't realize MAGfest was $60. They don't even offer single day passes! If we are doing MAGfest, we need to decide before Nov. 30th, since the tickets are $55 if you get them before then. No pressure, right?
Me, I'm crazy. I'll buy the tickets. I'll freakin' do it, man.
Edit: ALSO, if I bring my cards, based on my last experience I will either need to a) only bring a few non-special cards or b) mix the cards with someone else's who also uses MayDay Euro sleeves. The full set is too heavy to take on the plane. If enough people are going anyway, it'd be nice to have more base cards that are sleeved.
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I meant me and you and whoever else was planning on attending MAGfest can meet up there but a separate meetup should still be planned. The weekend after MAGfest seems to be ideal for mostly everyone right now and the first priority is accommodating as many people as possible. Now is probably a good time to add a poll to this thread.
As far as MAGfest is concerned, let me call up a couple friends of mine and if I can get them to buy tickets then I'll go ahead and buy mine.
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I meant me and you and whoever else was planning on attending MAGfest can meet up there but a separate meetup should still be planned. The weekend after MAGfest seems to be ideal for mostly everyone right now and the first priority is accommodating as many people as possible. Now is probably a good time to add a poll to this thread.
As far as MAGfest is concerned, let me call up a couple friends of mine and if I can get them to buy tickets then I'll go ahead and buy mine.
Ah, that is not a bad idea. Not bad at all. I'll ask my wife if she wants to go to the convention. Odds are, she'll just want to hang out with her sister, which saves us money and gives me more freedom to wander about. MAGfest is about 20 minutes farther than the Board & Brew, but that's still acceptable commute I think. I'll need to sort out the details before pulling the trigger.
Also, if anyone else is around there at the time, I'd be glad to meet up for a few games somewhere near MAGfest.
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I got at least one friend to go with me so it looks like we're going!
AFAIK Board and Brew is not age-restricted. I haven't been there, but a few friends told me it's more like a cafe than a bar, though as AndrewisFTTW mentions they do have beer.
As far as dates, Jan 23-26 is MAGFest (http://magfest.org) but otherwise Jan and Feb are fairly clear for me, and I live maybe half an hour from there, so I'd show up to a meetup. Speaking of MAGFest, that is also an excellent place to gather and play games of all sorts, and if other f.ds-ers happen to be going, I might be convinced to bring my set.
Would you be willing to do a meetup in college park one of those nights? Do it for Jsh!
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The 24th would be ideal for that, I think. I'm actually not clear on if we have the 26th off or not.
Anyway, I'll let you guys know my plans when I have them.
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I just made a new thread for MAGfest so let's use this thread to talk about a separate meetup that may or may not take place during that weekend. Here's the MAGfest thread:
http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=12114.msg442382#new
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Definitely far more interested in this than MAGfest. So count me in for this, but not that.
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If enough people are only interested in the meetup and not magfest that weekend, I might also not go to Magfest. We should get a clear list going so we know.
My guess is right now:
Andrew - Magfest and/or meetup
jsh - Magfest and/or meetup
wero - only meetup
blankman - only Magfest
Geo - only meetup
heron - only meetup?
Ahoppy - Unclear in general
If I'm right about these assumptions, the meetup seems valuable even on that weekend (23-25th)
My own personal schedule would be like, fly in Friday night hopefully, drive to Bethesda for lodging, drive to Board&brew/magfest Saturday, have fun, not sure about Sunday? I'd probably be leaving Sunday evening.
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I'm going to say neither... But I wish I could go
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OK, looked over stuff with my wife.
We do actually have the 23rd-26th off, so I'd be able to fly Friday and Monday. I'd be able to do Magfest if I wanted as well, we just need to rent a car probably.
My thinking is that I wouldn't want to be AT the convention the entire time anyway, so I could get the tickets and we could make plans for the meetup elsewhere (Board & Brew or otherwise) and I could make that too.
Put me down for definitely going, then. We were gonna use that weekend for ourselves regardless.
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OK, looked over stuff with my wife.
We do actually have the 23rd-26th off, so I'd be able to fly Friday and Monday. I'd be able to do Magfest if I wanted as well, we just need to rent a car probably.
My thinking is that I wouldn't want to be AT the convention the entire time anyway, so I could get the tickets and we could make plans for the meetup elsewhere (Board & Brew or otherwise) and I could make that too.
Put me down for definitely going, then. We were gonna use that weekend for ourselves regardless.
That's how I feel about it as well. Alright! It looks like this is actually happening. Can anybody else commit to this?
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I got at least one friend to go with me so it looks like we're going!
AFAIK Board and Brew is not age-restricted. I haven't been there, but a few friends told me it's more like a cafe than a bar, though as AndrewisFTTW mentions they do have beer.
As far as dates, Jan 23-26 is MAGFest (http://magfest.org) but otherwise Jan and Feb are fairly clear for me, and I live maybe half an hour from there, so I'd show up to a meetup. Speaking of MAGFest, that is also an excellent place to gather and play games of all sorts, and if other f.ds-ers happen to be going, I might be convinced to bring my set.
Would you be willing to do a meetup in college park one of those nights? Do it for Jsh!
A meetup in College Park during MAGFest? I'd probably skip that. I have a bunch of out-of-town friends coming to MAGFest, so I'll want to spend time with them. Many of them would happily play Dominion with us though, so I would definitely do a meetup with f.ds at MAGFest. I would also do a meetup at Board and Brew on some other weekend, if that happened.
For those worried about the cost of MAGFest, it's high now, but like most cons and festivals, it's lower if you buy early. I only paid $30 because I got my ticket back in the summer, and did it with a group of 10 people for volume discount. Even individually it would've been $35 back then. So if you're interested in the fest but $60 is too much, there's always next year.
BTW Temron is also close enough to maybe come out, he and I have chatted about DC area meetups too, so I'm gonna PM him to read this thread.
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jsh, let me know if you want the latest high-res images for your "special cards" before these events. Sorry I've been lazy about updating them over the last several months.
EDIT: Also, you might want to specify whether you have regular or "premium" Mayday sleeves.
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Man, as much as I'd appreciate those, the thought of re-sleeving all the cards terrifies me now, especially with the new set on the horizon anyway. I'm just gonna say don't worry about it.
I just have the regular Mayday sleeves. Not premium. If someone can't bring a sleeved set, it's fine; it just means we can probably only play one group of new cards at a time.
I will see about shuffling around my cards and forming an extra set of base cards just in case. Can also play using other cards as proxies.
There are other spoiler-ish solutions to this quandary. I'll think of things.
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I can bring a non-sleeved set, but that's probably not much help.
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It could help. I will devote some hours soon to sort out my collection and see what I can get together, then I'll let you know if I'll need assistance. I can avoid bring stuff like extra Colonies/Potions/Curses and work things out just fine.
Speaking of that, since I do not plan to bring all of my cards, list any cards you DO or DO NOT want to see from the old sets here. I am already excluding Tournament, Urchin, Knights, Margrave, and Doctor for sure. Will bring Watchtower, Prince and Black Market (BM deck will be just new set cards) at least. If you have requests either way, speak here and I'll plan accordingly.
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Sooo I actually don't own any sets. Sorry about that.
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I assume the "special cards" are the new expansion previews? I would be really hype to see those, but MAGFest is enough of a public event that it might be a good idea to clear it with Donald and/or RGG before bringing them out there (if you haven't already done so, and if you're coming to the fest jsh).
Also my dead-tree set is unfortunately not sleeved :( I suppose I could sleeve it just for this, but I rarely even use it because I play so much more online than IRL.
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I am still deciding on Magfest; if there is enough interest to make the most of the days outside of there I may skip it.
I would only be playing with folks from here.
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Do not count on me when organizing anything. However, once everything is locked down, I would consider making the lengthy trip by train from Chicago just for this (but not Magfest). Call me crazy. I'd bring my partially-sleeved set.
The odds I actually do this are about 10%. Just an fyi, I guess.
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Do not count on me when organizing anything. However, once everything is locked down, I would consider making the lengthy trip by train from Chicago just for this (but not Magfest). Call me crazy. I'd bring my partially-sleeved set.
The odds I actually do this are about 10%. Just an fyi, I guess.
OR you could make a much shorter trip to Minnesota and play Dominion here:
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Do not count on me when organizing anything. However, once everything is locked down, I would consider making the lengthy trip by train from Chicago just for this (but not Magfest). Call me crazy. I'd bring my partially-sleeved set.
The odds I actually do this are about 10%. Just an fyi, I guess.
OR you could make a much shorter trip to Minnesota and play Dominion here:
I don't see anything after the end of your sentence?
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Do not count on me when organizing anything. However, once everything is locked down, I would consider making the lengthy trip by train from Chicago just for this (but not Magfest). Call me crazy. I'd bring my partially-sleeved set.
The odds I actually do this are about 10%. Just an fyi, I guess.
OR you could make a much shorter trip to Minnesota and play Dominion here:
I don't see anything after the end of your sentence?
Yeah, you're supposed to play Dominion in that space after the end of his sentence.
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Do not count on me when organizing anything. However, once everything is locked down, I would consider making the lengthy trip by train from Chicago just for this (but not Magfest). Call me crazy. I'd bring my partially-sleeved set.
The odds I actually do this are about 10%. Just an fyi, I guess.
OR you could make a much shorter trip to Minnesota and play Dominion here:
I don't see anything after the end of your sentence?
Sorry, that was supposed to be a period, not a colon. Damn phone keyboard.
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There's a hidden link to iso there for sure.
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I would try to make a meetup pretty much any weekend, but probably not willing to shell out for MAGfest. I would be invested in trying to make it a weekend when jsh could go because of these "special" cards. Let me know whether that weekend is going to be festing or a meetup and I'll see if I can work out logistics. I'll probably have enough work to do that if other people went to MAGfest for some part of the weekend and there was a solid amount of Dominion time in Board and Brew, I could just find a coffee shop or something and do homework, but if you guys are exclusively doing MAGfest then I won't come down.
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I am pretty settled on not going to MAGfest at this point--I'd only get to go to part of it, and the only guest there I would want to see is SmoothMcgroove, but he isn't performing anyway. A Dominion tournament could sway me, but we could just run a !newcards virginity tournament at the meetup if we really wanted to. The winner gets a random f.ds post upvoted by everyone we can convince to do it.
For the record, I would be down to play/do stuff most of the day Saturday and Sunday myself. I'm not sure what anyone else's schedule is, though.
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I got my ticket to MAGfest and I'm probaably meeting up with Theblankman while I'm there, but I'm hoping we can set up a night at the Board and Brew during that weekend as well for everyone that isn't interested in MAGfest.
Right now we have five people (me, Jsh, Geo, heron, and wero) who from what I can tell are willing to attend. I think that's pretty good. What do you guys think?
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It sounds like I'm the only one really thinking "MAGFest all weekend," and that's mainly cause of my prior plans to be there with friends. If the "special cards" aren't coming to the fest, that might be enough to drag me away for a few hours (if I'm allowed to bring a few RL friends, that could be even more likely). I guess the upshot for GeoLib is don't let the fest be your reason to skip this cause it sounds like there will be a separate f.ds meetup.
btw jsh, there actually was a Dominion tournament at magfest last year, but it wasn't that great. Four-player games, and due to limited supplies the first round was base only :-\
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Your friends are welcome to come and play a few games; I just ask that you guys keep the details to yourselves (like all of us have had to). It's not about this-forum exclusivity, it's just about not telling the whole internet about it. You won't have to wait long before we're making memes and talking about scout interactions here. Probably.
And yeah, my experience with Dominion tourneys at big events has been spotty to say the least. The first time I played at PAX the TO did a decent job mixing in the sets, but the second time it was a 4 player base-only snoozefest. So it goes.
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It's not about this-forum exclusivity, it's just about not telling the whole internet about it.
I figured as much, just thought it'd be polite to make sure before I potentially show up with more people. I guess I'll play it by ear with my fest group, see Andrew for sure and maybe others.
And yeah, my experience with Dominion tourneys at big events has been spotty to say the least. The first time I played at PAX the TO did a decent job mixing in the sets, but the second time it was a 4 player base-only snoozefest. So it goes.
Yeah magfest tourney last year was similar... they only had one or two copies of most expansions so the first round had to be base only and the TO couldn't really mix it up until later.
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Ok, this sounds like it will be a thing. I will see if I can figure out transport and lodging arrangements. I'm pumped!
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Ok, this sounds like it will be a thing. I will see if I can figure out transport and lodging arrangements. I'm pumped!
Just curious, where are you coming from? And do you know people in the DC that have a couch you can crash on? Wero already called dibs on mine.
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Ok, this sounds like it will be a thing. I will see if I can figure out transport and lodging arrangements. I'm pumped!
Just curious, where are you coming from? And do you know people in the DC that have a couch you can crash on? Wero already called dibs on mine.
I'm coming from the Philly area. I've got various friends in colleges in the DC area. I also have a camping mattress if that floor space you mentioned is still available.
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It could help. I will devote some hours soon to sort out my collection and see what I can get together, then I'll let you know if I'll need assistance. I can avoid bring stuff like extra Colonies/Potions/Curses and work things out just fine.
Speaking of that, since I do not plan to bring all of my cards, list any cards you DO or DO NOT want to see from the old sets here. I am already excluding Tournament, Urchin, Knights, Margrave, and Doctor for sure. Will bring Watchtower, Prince and Black Market (BM deck will be just new set cards) at least. If you have requests either way, speak here and I'll plan accordingly.
I was planning on bringing my copy of Hinterlands, which I've shoved the better-looking Base Cards into.
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It could help. I will devote some hours soon to sort out my collection and see what I can get together, then I'll let you know if I'll need assistance. I can avoid bring stuff like extra Colonies/Potions/Curses and work things out just fine.
Speaking of that, since I do not plan to bring all of my cards, list any cards you DO or DO NOT want to see from the old sets here. I am already excluding Tournament, Urchin, Knights, Margrave, and Doctor for sure. Will bring Watchtower, Prince and Black Market (BM deck will be just new set cards) at least. If you have requests either way, speak here and I'll plan accordingly.
I was planning on bringing my copy of Hinterlands, which I've shoved the better-looking Base Cards into.
I can bring DA, Intrigue, and Prosperity (unsleeved).
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The Board & Brew have all the sets so there's that. Not sure what the rules are for bringing your own games in.
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Ah, if there are rules that might be a complication? I don't see any rules listed on their site. One review on their Facebook indicates there is a charge for bringing your own games, but well, whatever.
I should be able to get 2 full sets of base cards for 3 player games ready, maybe even 4 player. If we have ~5-6 people that seems fairly solid. Speaking from experience, it's hard to shuffle sleeved cards with non-sleeved, but it doesn't hurt to have more sets sitting around I suppose.
I can also bring Innovation, Hanabi, and Saboteur. Those are the only games I have that are small enough to consider bringing.
PS I am jealous that these board game bar places are in like every city except the ones near me.
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They charge for you to bring in your own games...? Weird. What's the economic rationale for that? If we're doing things other than dominion, I have diplomacy, forbidden island, and a molecular modeling kit.
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I know there's a $5 charge for playing their games, probably per person but I'm not sure.
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My guess is they just charge you $5 regardless of whose games you play, which makes some sense--they probably don't want freeloaders using their space. I'm not that worried about it. They can't all be the best $5 cover charge ever.
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I talked to some friends just a few days ago who went there recently, but it was at a birthday party so I was drinking a bit :) If I remember correctly the $5 cover is per table. My friends didn't say one way or the other about bringing in your own games, but I can't imagine the place objecting to that (they get the cover charge either way). I think they want to make money on drinks while you play. If you can't find anything on the web site, someone could just call them and ask.
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So I guess just post if you've decided you want to make the trip. If we get about 5 confirmed participants we can go ahead and lock down a specific date and time for that weekend, or maybe even a night and afternoon or something like that.
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Is there any kind of train that goes to College Park from NYC? I know there's a DC train.
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Is there any kind of train that goes to College Park from NYC? I know there's a DC train.
I could pick you up in DC if you need a ride from there. Pretty sure it'll be on my way anyway.
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Is there any kind of train that goes to College Park from NYC? I know there's a DC train.
The Tripper Bus goes to Bethesda or you could take the Bolt Bus or Megabus to DC. I can pick you up in Bethesda or you could take the metro to College Park or Takoma Park (where I live) and I can pick you up. I went to school in NYC and took the buses back and forth all the time. Do you have a place to crash?
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Is there any kind of train that goes to College Park from NYC? I know there's a DC train.
The Tripper Bus goes to Bethesda or you could take the Bolt Bus or Megabus to DC. I can pick you up in Bethesda or you could take the metro to College Park or Takoma Park (where I live) and I can pick you up. I went to school in NYC and took the buses back and forth all the time. Do you have a place to crash?
If I were to take a trip I'd probably just get a hotel. I'll have to see how everything fits schedulewise once you all decide everything, so mark me down as a "maybe".
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I am interested in this! I can help transport people from college park to bethesda/dc. I can NOT commit to hosting people at my house sadly. I also can't promise availability on the 25th - family time and such.
I have all of my Dominion sets at school unable to bring them home sadly. I do have a friend that has everything through dark ages more or less.
I also know multiple good FLGS. I reckon one that is more in the city (but easily accessible by Metro) would let us use their space for a tournament. It's called Labyrinth and has lots of table space for Dominion.
Also doable: during the day renting out rooms at libraries can be done. Seems a bit goofy but gives us all space in which we can play.
Just food for thought.
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I am interested in this! I can help transport people from college park to bethesda/dc. I can NOT commit to hosting people at my house sadly. I also can't promise availability on the 25th - family time and such.
I have all of my Dominion sets at school unable to bring them home sadly. I do have a friend that has everything through dark ages more or less.
I also know multiple good FLGS. I reckon one that is more in the city (but easily accessible by Metro) would let us use their space for a tournament. It's called Labyrinth and has lots of table space for Dominion.
Also doable: during the day renting out rooms at libraries can be done. Seems a bit goofy but gives us all space in which we can play.
Just food for thought.
If we can get one of those places for one of the days that weekend, it might be a nice change of scenery from the B&B.
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Yeah I'm down. Labyrinth is on Penn Ave in SE I think?
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I haven't been to Labyrinth but I've heard good things about it (I live out in Rockville so B&B is closer to me than Labyrinth normally, but Laby might actually be closer coming from MAGFest).
For the people talking about trains from NYC, Union Station is a bus/Amtrak station and also a DC metro station, so you can get to College Park or down to Labyrinth from there.
And Andrew's right, Labyrinth is on Penn Ave SE near Eastern Market metro.
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I'd potentially be down (+ have friends in DC who may want to attend), depending on the dates. Where in the DC area would this be?
Labyrinth would be great if you could guarantee there wouldn't be another event during the time, it is fairly small though. But I've always had a great time there.
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I'm not in DC right now, so I can't ask for sure, but the owner is super friendly about those type of things. I'll send an e-mail. As for the library stuff... I think many libraries offer this. Namely there are a few near Shaw if I remember correctly.
Issue with Labyrinth is that Christmas is chaos and thus I imagine they will be working after hours to restock the store while we are there.
Just going to selfishly shout out Child's Play as a great FLGS. My family and friends manage the local chain and if anyone wants to get games while in DC check it out (disclaimer: Christmas is a hell of a time).
@theblankman: Check out Rockville's Child's Play in Congressional Plaza. It won't disappoint.
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I'm not in DC right now, so I can't ask for sure, but the owner is super friendly about those type of things. I'll send an e-mail. As for the library stuff... I think many libraries offer this. Namely there are a few near Shaw if I remember correctly.
Issue with Labyrinth is that Christmas is chaos and thus I imagine they will be working after hours to restock the store while we are there.
Just going to selfishly shout out Child's Play as a great FLGS. My family and friends manage the local chain and if anyone wants to get games while in DC check it out (disclaimer: Christmas is a hell of a time).
@theblankman: Check out Rockville's Child's Play in Congressional Plaza. It won't disappoint.
Christmas? I think we're talking about January here, aren't we? Also, what's an FLGS?
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woah woah woah I thought this was all December based. Count me out then. FLGS = friendly local game store.
Labyrinth is not available near Christmas but if it is January maybe y'all can swing something. They also already have begun planning a Dominion tournament January 4th.
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OK everyone
I spent the morning (and part of afternoon) getting my cards arranged, properly sleeved, and making cuts where needed.
I now have my collection set up to provide THREE simultaneous games of three-player Dominion. To do this, I had to chop down the number of Treasures in the supply, cut out Platinum/Colony/Ruins/Spoils, and two groups will have to use Shelters instead of Estates. What a pity, right? I just didn't pack any cards that use the missing things, so we're good.
The way I see it, with this setup we can accommodate nine players at time, which should hopefully be enough, and if only six come, then we can even play three two-player games with the new cards.
Hope you're all excited.
If you guys want, I can set up a tournament once we know who all is coming for sure. Otherwise, playing casually is totally fine as usual.
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I'd potentially be down (+ have friends in DC who may want to attend), depending on the dates. Where in the DC area would this be?
Labyrinth would be great if you could guarantee there wouldn't be another event during the time, it is fairly small though. But I've always had a great time there.
We're talking about Jan. 23-25 or so at The Board & Brew in College Park MD.
OK everyone
I spent the morning (and part of afternoon) getting my cards arranged, properly sleeved, and making cuts where needed.
I now have my collection set up to provide THREE simultaneous games of three-player Dominion. To do this, I had to chop down the number of Treasures in the supply, cut out Platinum/Colony/Ruins/Spoils, and two groups will have to use Shelters instead of Estates. What a pity, right? I just didn't pack any cards that use the missing things, so we're good.
The way I see it, with this setup we can accommodate nine players at time, which should hopefully be enough, and if only six come, then we can even play three two-player games with the new cards.
Hope you're all excited.
If you guys want, I can set up a tournament once we know who all is coming for sure. Otherwise, playing casually is totally fine as usual.
Dude. You rock. Right now itt sounds like we'll have around 6-7 people.
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Well I won't be there sadly. As awesome as it sounds. Rock on without me.
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Dude. You rock. Right now itt sounds like we'll have around 6-7 people.
Seconded.
I think I'd prefer casual play to a tournament, but I would be down with some combination.
Also, assuming I can find transportation, it's easy for me to bring my cards which include plat/col, ruins, spoils and all the things that use them. That way one game can include them (or we could just have 0 possibility of a game with cultist. oh noes).
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Dude. You rock. Right now itt sounds like we'll have around 6-7 people.
Seconded.
I think I'd prefer casual play to a tournament, but I would be down with some combination.
Also, assuming I can find transportation, it's easy for me to bring my cards which include plat/col, ruins, spoils and all the things that use them. That way one game can include them (or we could just have 0 possibility of a game with cultist. oh noes).
I am out of sleeves, so if you really want that you'll need Mayday standard sleeves, but let's be real here: you'll have plenty of opportunities to use whatever cards I didn't bring later.
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So I think Geo said he lives closeby? So that's me, Geo, Jsh, wero who have more or less committed to this weekend. Anyone else?
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Dude. You rock. Right now itt sounds like we'll have around 6-7 people.
Seconded.
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FTTW, can I have a spot on your floor?
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FTTW, can I have a spot on your floor?
Sure. You got an air mattress or something?
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FTTW, can I have a spot on your floor?
Sure. You got an air mattress or something?
Yup. Little camping thermarest, so I'm all set.
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To confirm, since I'm confused... This is Jan 23-25 for sure? I may be there, will let you know for sure within a few weeks before. If so, I'll be bringing every Dominion set and promo, plus Temporum and maybe a couple others.
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To confirm, since I'm confused... This is Jan 23-25 for sure? I may be there, will let you know for sure within a few weeks before. If so, I'll be bringing every Dominion set and promo, plus Temporum and maybe a couple others.
That'd be awesome! Yeah let's say the evening of Jan. 23rd and possibly something in the afternoon of the 24th? Maybe we can all just get breakfast or whatever.
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Arghhh....im busy that day
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Arghhh....im busy that day
Shit. The meetup is off! Ozle can't make it!
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Hi all, semi-regular lurker here. Not sure how I missed this thread, but I'm in DC (well, Arlington) and would be definitely up for a meetup in the area. I could also invite some of the crowd I play Dominion with in the area, too, unless we are trying to keep it more of a forum thing.
Also, if we are still trying to think of a venue, the Board Room near Dupont might be a good option, though it is definitely a 21 and over location.
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Welcome to the forums! You and your friends are welcome. It sounds like we have enough people for this to be a successful event. Everybody good with the evening of Jan. 24th?
EDIT: Actually the evening of Jan. 25th (Saturday) might be easier for people coming from out of town. Does anybody have a preference?
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Saturday would probably be easier for me, but it's hard for me to know this far in advance.
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Welcome to the forums! You and your friends are welcome. It sounds like we have enough people for this to be a successful event. Everybody good with the evening of Jan. 24th?
EDIT: Actually the evening of Jan. 25th (Saturday) might be easier for people coming from out of town. Does anybody have a preference?
Preference for the 25th because I'd be driving up on Friday. But again, dunno for sure yet if I can come.
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Welcome to the forums! You and your friends are welcome. It sounds like we have enough people for this to be a successful event. Everybody good with the evening of Jan. 24th?
EDIT: Actually the evening of Jan. 25th (Saturday) might be easier for people coming from out of town. Does anybody have a preference?
I don't know what universe you're living in, but January 25th, 2015 in the United States of America on the planet Earth is a Sunday.
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Welcome to the forums! You and your friends are welcome. It sounds like we have enough people for this to be a successful event. Everybody good with the evening of Jan. 24th?
EDIT: Actually the evening of Jan. 25th (Saturday) might be easier for people coming from out of town. Does anybody have a preference?
I don't know what universe you're living in, but January 25th, 2015 in the United States of America on the planet Earth is a Sunday.
Sorry, definitely a universe discrepancy.
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You probably want to nail down which universe you plan to have the meetup in.
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For me, Saturday and Sunday are both fine all day. I'd be willing to meet up nearby when the meetup isn't actually happening as well, as I won't have much else to do.
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Just saw this thread. Name the time and place and my girlfriend and I will be there. DC area or northern Virginia would be best as I live in Arlington. Evening of Friday the 23rd, or evening of Saturday, or Sunday during the day would be best.
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Andrew, I suggest making a second thread with the details in a convenient first post for everyone. Info is being lost in the shuffle here
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Andrew, I suggest making a second thread with the details in a convenient first post for everyone. Info is being lost in the shuffle here
I wanted to get the date (and universe) sorted out first which I believe we have! So new thread coming soon!
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Andrew, I suggest making a second thread with the details in a convenient first post for everyone. Info is being lost in the shuffle here
I wanted to get the date (and universe) sorted out first which I believe we have! So new thread coming soon!
Actually I think your days of the week were correct if using the Julian calendar system. So you need to sort out the date, universe AND calendar system (I would recommend using Earth and the Gregorian calendar).
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Or you could use the Tralfamadorian calendar, in which case it doesn't matter when you schedule it, because it happens at the same time that it always will and always has.
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Or you could use the Tralfamadorian calendar, in which case it doesn't matter when you schedule it, because it happens at the same time that it always will and always has.
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I'm busy on that day too....
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Would someone potentially be able to give me a ride from union station if I were to catch a megabus there? The time of day would be dependent on when precisely this is happening.
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Would someone potentially be able to give me a ride from union station if I were to catch a megabus there? The time of day would be dependent on when precisely this is happening.
I can.
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FTTW made another thread for the event, but didn't actually link it, so here it is: http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=12162.0
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Thanks!