Board Game Bash 2014

Coming up on Feb 17th, 2014 (aka "Family Day" in Ontario, Canada) the Kitchener-Waterloo region will be having its first ever board game convention. The event is called the BOARD GAME BASH. Emmanuel Bible College will be hosting the event (100 Fergus Ave., Kitchener, ON). The event will feature some fun tournaments (including a Android: Netrunner tournament at 5pm) and lots of open gaming. We will have a board game lending library free of charge to play games at the event. Also, we will be highlighting some amazing games from our sponsors with some scheduled demo's. FunGamesCafe.Com will have a retail booth setup from 12-6pm so you can purchase that amazing game you just tried in the lending library or demo. FunGamesCafe is offering free pickup for anyone who wants to purchase a specific game and pick it up at the event. Also, the BOARD GAME BASH will be giving away some amazing door prizes at different times throughout the day. And hopefully we will arrange a free math trade for the event too.

MORE INFO AT: BOARDGAMEBASH.CA

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Gaming for understanding....

This is an awesome response to a child who asks about slavery.  It takes a few minutes to get into it but it is totally worth it.  Yes, yes, yes, games have educational value.

"We're not going to make it." Amazing.

(Thanks for the tip, Andrew.)

The family that plays together...

I've played games since I can remember. Card games with my parents and their friends and board games with friends and family. Seems like a much healthier activity than sitting in front of the TV all day. Still to this day it continues...


My parents visited for a week in the fall and 5 of the 7 nights we spent together we had a card game or a board game out. One of Mom's personal favourites, Ticket to Ride, got played repeatedly (the Nordic Countries edition that week). Mom loves TTR so much she went out and bought her own copy of the game.


Might sound sappy but I really think games bring people together - a bit of healthy competition and a ton of interaction is a lot more meaningful than an evening glued to a television....


Latest Dominion Strategy: Buy only the cards that let you draw more cards (i.e. Smithy and Council Room). It seems to work for the drunk Romanian...